Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature White Fang. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration) and performed by the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gast Waltzing. Also included is the original song You Will Find a Home by Bonnie “Prince” Billy (aka Will Oldham). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. A CD version is set to come out next month. White Fang is directed by Alexandre Espigares and features the voices of Rashida Jones, Nick Offerman, Eddie Spears and Paul Giamatti. The movie is based on Jack London’s classic novel of the same title and chronicles the life of White Fang, a wolf dog who experiences the best and worst of humanity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘White Fang’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Coulais, score, Soundtrack, White Fang
Benjamin Wynn (Deru) Scoring YouTube Red’s ‘Impulse’
Posted: March 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wynn, Deru, Impulse, YouTube Red
Benjamin Wynn (aka Deru) has announced that he has composed the score for the upcoming YouTube Red original series Impulse. The show is based on the third novel in the Jumper series by Steven Gould and stars Maddie Hasson, Missi Pyle, Sarah Desjardins, Enuka Okuma, Craig Arnold and David James Elliott. The drama tells the story of a rebellious 16-year-old girl who has always felt different from her peers and has longed to escape from her seemingly quaint small town and soon discovers she has the extraordinary ability to teleport. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for FX’s ‘The Americans’ Released
Posted: March 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: FX, Nathan Barr, score, Soundtrack, The Americans
20th Century Fox TV Records has released the first soundtrack album for the FX original series The Americans. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Nathan Barr (True Blood, Cabin Fever, Hostel, Hemlock Grove, Sneaky Pete, The Son). Also included is the song It Must Be Done by Pete Townshend & Barr, which has previously been released as a digital single in 2014. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Americans is created by Joe Weisberg and stars Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor, Margo Martindale and Noah Emmerich. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Cardoni to Score Netflix’s ‘The Kominsky Method’
Posted: March 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chuck Lorre, Jeff Cardoni, Netflix, The Kominsky Method
Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming Netflix original series The Kominsky Method. The show is created by Chuck Lorre (The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men) and stars Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin, Nancy Travis, Sarah Baker, Susan Sullivan, Emily Osment, Graham Rogers, Ashleigh LaThrop, Jenna Lyng Adams, Melissa Tang and Casey Brown. The comedy revolves around an actor who years ago had a brief fling with success and is now a revered Hollywood acting coach. Lorre and Douglas are also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Friend Dahmer’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Hollander, Marc Meyers, My Friend Dahmer, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the drama My Friend Dahmer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Hollander (Waitress, Sleepwalk with Me, Serious Moonlight). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 30, 2018 and will be available to download on Amazon. My Friend Dahmer is directed by Marc Meyers and stars Ross Lynch, Anne Heche, Alex Wolff, Dallas Roberts and Vincent Kartheiser. The movie centers on the troubled childhood of Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer who murdered 17 men and boys in the midwest United States between 1978 and 1991. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Silvestri to Score Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Women of Marwen’
Posted: March 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Silvestri, Robert Zemeckis, The Women of Marwen
Alan Silvestri is set to reteam with Robert Zemeckis on the upcoming fantasy drama The Women of Marwen. The film starring Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae, Eiza Gonzalez, Diane Kruger, Falk Hentschel and Gwendoline Christie is based on Jeff Malmberg’s 2010 documentary Marwencol about a man who builds a miniature WWII-era village to help him get over a terrible life event. Zemeckis has also co-written the screenplay with Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas) and is producing the ImageMovers production with Jack Rapke & Steve Starkey (Cast Away, What Lies Beneath) and Cherylanne Martin. Read the rest of this entry »
Ruth Barrett Scoring BBC’s ‘Bodyguard’
Posted: March 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Bodyguard, Jed Mercurio, Ruth Barrett
Ruth Barrett is composing the music for the upcoming BBC drama Bodyguard. The show is created by Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty) and stars Richard Madden, Keeley Hawes, Gina McKee, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin and Rowena King. The 6-part thriller tells the story of a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch (RaSP) of London’s Metropolitan Police Service. Mercurio is also executive producing the project with Simon Heath for World Productions and Elizabeth Kilgarriff for BBC. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 25, 2018)
Posted: March 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Series of Unfortunate Events, ABC, Alex Inc., Amazon, AMC, Audience Network, Barry, David Wingo, Duncan Blickenstaff, Fil Eisler, First Match, Freeform, FX, Guillaume Roussel, Happy Anniversary, HBO, Ice, Jack Leonard, James Lavelle, Jared Faber, Jim Dooley, Joshua Moshier, Little Shalimar, Marcus Fjellström, Michael A. Levine, Michael Andrews, Netflix, Nick Urata, Olivier Alary, Photek, Rob Simonsen, Siren, Splitting Up Together, Station 19, The Dangerous Book for Boys, The Terror, The Titan, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, Trust, UNKLE
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Barry created by Bill Hader & Alec Berg and starring Hader himself, alongside Henry Winkler, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan and Glenn Fleshler. The show’s original music is composed by David Wingo (Loving, Mud, Midnight Special, Take Shelter). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on HBO.
Also premiering tonight is the FX limited series Trust created by Simon Beaufoy and starring Donald Sutherland, Michael Esper, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Brendan Fraser, Anna Chancellor, Norbert Leo Butz, Charlotte Riley and Luca Marinelli. James Lavelle & Jack Leonard of the British music collective UNKLE have composed the show’s original music. For more information about the drama, which is executive produced by Danny Boyle who also directed the first episodes, check out our previous article. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathaniel Mechaly Scoring Netflix’s ‘November 13’ & ‘O.G.’
Posted: March 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathaniel Mechaly, Netflix, November 13, O.G.
Nathaniel Mechaly is scoring the upcoming Netflix docu-series November 13. The 3-parter is directed by Jules & Gédéon Naudet (9/11) and explores the human stories behind the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on November 13th, 2015. The documentary will share testimonies of the people brought together by tragedy, from the survivors, the fire department, the Police and the leaders of the French government including French President at the time of the events, François Hollande. The Naudet brothers are also executive producing the project with Propagate’s Ben Silverman & Howard T. Owens. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Honey: Rise Up and Dance’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elvin Ross, Honey: Rise Up and Dance, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the dance movie Honey: Rise Up and Dance. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Chris Brown, Future, Omarion, Stefflon Don, Troy Reign, Ni Emory & others. Also included is a suite from the film’s original score composed by Elvin Ross (Boo! A Madea Halloween, Diary of a Mad Black Woman). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 30, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Honey: Rise Up and Dance is directed by Bille Woodruff and stars Teyana Taylor, Sierra McClain and Bryshere Y. Gray. The movie follows an aspiring street dancer who decides to try-out for the same dance crew as her formally trained sister in order to compete for a college scholarship. Read the rest of this entry »
