Composer and synth experimentalist Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is making her major feature film scoring debut on the upcoming indie comedy Duck Butter. The film is directed by Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Cedar Rapids, Beatriz at Dinner) and stars Alia Shawkat, Laia Costa, Mae Whitman, Hong Chau and Kate Berlant. The movie centers on aa one-night stand between two women that turns into a sexual experiment to have sex every hour for 24 hours. Arteta and Shawkat have also co-written the screenplay. Mel Eslyn (The One I Love, Blue Jay) and Natalie Qasabian (Searching) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Scoring Miguel Arteta’s ‘Duck Butter’
Posted: March 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Duck Butter, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Miguel Arteta
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Nominations for BAFTA TV Craft Awards Announced
Posted: March 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards
The BAFTA TV Craft Awards nominations have been announced today. Check out the nominees in the music-related category after the jump. This year’s awards ceremony hosted by Stephen Mangan will take place at the Brewery, London, on Sunday, April 22, and will be hosted for the sixth time by Stephen Mangan. The BAFTA TV Awards nominations will be announced on April 4. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Submergence’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fernando Velazquez, score, Soundtrack, Submergence, Wim Wenders
The full details of the soundtrack album for Wim Wenders’ drama Submergence have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, Mama, The Orphanage, Hercules, A Monster Calls). The soundtrack will be released next month by Varese Sarabande. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version, which is currently set for a release on April 27. Submergence starring James McAvoy, Alicia Vikander, Alexander Sidig, Celen Jones and Reda Kateb centers on the relationship between a British agent working undercover and a bio-mathematician working on a deep-sea diving project. Read the rest of this entry »
ABC’s ‘Alex, Inc.’ to Feature Music by Rob Simonsen & Duncan Blickenstaff
Posted: March 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alex Inc., Duncan Blickenstaff, Rob Simonsen, Zach Braff
Rob Simonsen & Duncan Blickenstaff are composing the original score for the new ABC comedy Alex, Inc. The show is developed by Matt Tarses and stars Zach Braff, Michael Imperioli, Tiya Sircar, Hillary Anne Matthews, Elisha Henig and Audyssie James. The series follows a successful radio producer as he navigates the crazy world of start-ups while trying to keep his marriage to his public defender wife and family a priority. Read the rest of this entry »
Trevor Morris Scoring ‘Hunter Killer’
Posted: March 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Donovan Marsh, Hunter Killer, Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris is currently recording his score for the upcoming action thriller Hunter Killer.The film is directed by Donovan Marsh (Avenged) and stars Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Gabriel Chavarria and Michael Nyqvist. The movie centers on an untested American captain who teams with Navy Seals for a mission to rescue the Russian president. Peter Craig (The Town) and Jamie Moss (Ghost in the Shell) have written the screenplay based on the novel Firing Point by George Wallace and Don Keith. Neal Moritz (Fast & Furious series, 21/22 Jump Street) and Toby Jaffee (Total Recall, Blue Streak) are producing the Millennium Films production with Butler, Alan Siegel & Mark Gill (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Law Abiding Citizen). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Call the Midwife’ Seasons 4-7 Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: March 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Call the Midwife, Maurizio Malagnini, PBS, Peter Salem, score, Soundtrack
A new soundtrack album will be released for the BBC drama Call the Midwife. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh season composed by Maurizio Malagnini (The Paradise, The C Word, Peter & Wendy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 27 and physically in May. Visit Amazon to download the album. DMG TV has previously released two soundtrack albums featuring music from the first two seasons and the 2012/2013 Christmas specials. Call the Midwife created by Heidi Thomas (Cranford) and starring Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Miranda Hart, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Bryony Hannah and Laura Main follows a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicholas Britell to Score Barry Jenkins’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
Posted: March 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk, Nicholas Britell
Nicholas Britell is reuniting with director Barry Jenkins on the upcoming drama If Beale Street Could Talk. The movie is written and directed by Jenkins and stars KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Brian Tyree Henry, Dave Franco, Ed Skrein, Teyonah Parris, Finn Wittrock, Aunjanue Ellis and Regina King. The movie is based on the 1974 James Baldwin novel of the same nam and revolves around a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover’s innocence while carrying their first child to term. Jenkins is also producing the project with Plan B Entertainment’s Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner & Dede Gardner (12 Years a Slave, Selma). Read the rest of this entry »
Marvel Music & Hollywood Records to Release ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Soundtrack
Posted: March 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel, score, Soundtrack
Marvel Music and Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Ready Player One, Cast Away) who has previously scored the original 2012 Avengers movie, as well as Captain America: The First Avenger. The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally on April 27. A CD version is set for a release on May 18 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Kousha Scoring ‘1st Born’
Posted: March 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 1st Born, A Day Like a Week, Ali Atshani, Ramin Kousha
Ramin Kousha is scoring the upcoming comedy 1st Born. The film is directed by Ali Atshani and stars Armin Amiri, Taylor Cole, Val Kilmer, William Baldwin, Robert Knepper, Jay Abdo, Denise Richards, Dominique Swain, Tom Berenger and Greg Grunberg. The movie follows a young mixed-nationality couple, Iranian born Ben and American Kate, who are experiencing complications in their first pregnancy, which forces their family to put aside their differences and come together for the sake of the infant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘One Strange Rock’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 20, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Pemberton, National Geographic, One Strange Rock, score, Soundtrack
National Geographic and Lakeshore Records have announced a soundtrack album for the docu-series One Strange Rock. The album features the show’s original music composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., All the Money in the World, Molly’s Game, The Counselor). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 30, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. One Strange Rock show is executive produced by Darren Aronofsky & Jane Root, hosted by Will Smith and tells the extraordinary story of Earth, told from the only people who have ever left it: astronauts. The 10-part series, which was filmed across 45 countries, on six continents and from outer space, reveals the twists of fate that have allowed life to emerge, survive and thrive on Earth. Read the rest of this entry »
