30th Century Records/Columbia Records will release a new soundtrack album for Edgar Wright’s action movie Baby Driver. Baby Driver Volume 2: The Score For A Score features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, The World’s End, Fury), as well as more songs from the movie and dialogue excerpts. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 13, 2018. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album in various formats. Columbia Records has previously released a song compilation soundtrack when the movie was released last summer. Baby Driver written and directed by Wright and starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Eiza González, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx follows a young, talented getaway driver who is being being coerced into working for a crime boss and must face the consequences when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom. Read the rest of this entry »
Steven Price’s ‘Baby Driver’ Score to Be Released
Posted: March 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Baby Driver, Edgar Wright, score, Soundtrack, Steven Price
Vik Sharma Scoring Stephen Merchant’s ‘Fighting with My Family’
Posted: March 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fighting with My Family, Stephen Merchant, Vik Sharma
Vik Sharma has composed the original score for the upcoming comedy drama Fighting with My Family. The film is written and directed by Stephen Merchant (Cemetery Junction, The Office) and stars Dwayne Johnson, Vince Vaughn, Florence Pugh, Nick Frost and Lena Headey. The movie is inspired by the Channel 4 British documentary The Wrestlers: Fighting With My Family and revolves around a reformed gangster and former wrestler, his wife and their children, who make a living performing in tiny venues across the country. Read the rest of this entry »
‘When Margaux Meets Margaux’ (‘La belle et la belle’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kasper Winding, La belle et la belle, score, Soundtrack, When Margaux Meets Margaux
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy When Margaux Meets Margaux (La belle et la belle). The album features the film’s original music composed by Kasper Winding (The Riot Club, The Salvation, Moonwalkers). Also included are tracks by Chapelier Fou, N’to and Odezenne. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the track list. When Margaux Meets Margaux is written and directed by Sophie Fillières and stars Sandrine Kiberlain, Agathe Bonitzer and Melvil Poupaud. The movie centers on a woman in her mid-40s who meets another woman called Margaux, who is actually her younger self. Read the rest of this entry »
Laurent Petitgand Scoring Wim Wenders’ ‘Pope Francis – A Man of His Word’
Posted: March 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Laurent Petitgand, Pope Francis - A Man of His Word, Wim Wenders
Composer Laurent Petitgand is reuniting with director Wim Wenders on the upcoming documentary Pope Francis – A Man of His Word. The film sets out to present Pope Francis’ work of reform and his answers to today’s global questions, from his deep concern for the poor and wealth inequality, to his involvement in environmental issues and social justice. Wenders (Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas) is also producing the project with Samanta Gandolfi Branca, Alessandro Lo Monaco, Andrea Gambetta and David Rosier. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for AMC’s ‘Into the Badlands’ to Be Released
Posted: March 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, David Shephard, Into the Badlands, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release the first soundtrack album for the AMC original series Into the Badlands. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by David Shephard (Longmire). Also included is the main title theme by Warrior Blade. The soundtrack will be released physically on April 20, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Into the Badlands is created by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Smallville) and stars Daniel Wu, Marton Csokas, Aramis Knight, Emily Beecham, Sarah Bolger and Orla Brady. The drama is loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the Westand and tells the story of a ruthless, well-trained warrior and a young boy who embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. Read the rest of this entry »
Milan Records to Release ‘A Quiet Place’ Soundtrack
Posted: March 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Quiet Place, John Krasinski, Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the horror thriller A Quiet Place. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Logan, Scream, World War Z, The Hurt Locker, The Wolverine). The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally in early April and physically a couple of weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and check back on this page for the full album details. A Quiet Place is directed by John Krasinski and stars himself, alongside Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Simonsen Scoring Rupert Wyatt’s ‘Captive State’
Posted: March 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Captive State, Rob Simonsen, Rupert Wyatt
Rob Simonsen has composed the music for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Captive State. The film is directed Rupert Wyatt (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Gambler) and stars John Goodman, Vera Farmiga, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors and Colson Baker. The movie is set in Chicago decades after the inhabitancy of alien forces, and explores the lives of two sides of the conflict: the collaborators and dissidents. Wyatt has also co-written the screenplay with Erica Beeney (The Battle of Shaker Heights) and is producing the Participant Media production with David Crockett (A Cure for Wellness). Read the rest of this entry »
Pitbull to Write & Perform Original Song for Robert Rodriguez’s ‘UglyDolls’ Movie
Posted: March 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Armando Christian Perez, Pitbull, Robert Rodriguez, UglyDolls
STX Entertainment announced today that Grammy Award winner Pitbull (aka Armando Christian Perez) will write and perform an original song for the upcoming animated UglyDolls movie. The singer/rapper/record producer will also lend his voice talent to one of the film’s key characters. The movie based on the David Horvath-created dolls is directed and produced by Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, From Dusk Till Dawn, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) and follows the UglyDolls as they confront what it means to be different and struggle with their desire to be loved. Read the rest of this entry »
Ryan Elder & Ben Bromfield Scoring DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby: Back in Business’
Posted: March 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Bromfield, Netflix, Ryan Elder, The Boss Baby: Back in Business
Ryan Elder (Rick and Morty, Harmontown) and Ben Bromfield are scoring DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming Netflix series The Boss Baby: Back in Business. The show is based on last year’s Academy Award-nominated animated feature (scored by Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro) and features the voices of JP Karliak, Pierce Gagnon and Kevin Michael Richardson. The series follows the title character as he tries to balance family life with his job at Baby Corp headquarters. Brandon Sawyer (Penguins of Madagascar) is executive producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘This Is Us’ Season 2 Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: March 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: NBC, Siddhartha Khosla, Soundtrack, This Is Us
Universal Music will release a new soundtrack album for the NBC hit drama This Is Us. The album features a selection of songs from the show’s second season, including Grey Reverend’s Watch Me cover, Chrissy Metz’s cover of Landslide, the original song Where I Belong performed by Hannah Zeile and written by Elise Davis & the series’ composer Siddhartha Khosla, Hannah Miller’s cover of Beauty and Pain, Taylor Goldsmith’s cover of Jackson Browne’s These Days and Goldspot’s rendition of I Got You Babe. Also included are songs by Elton John, José González, Cat Stevens, Billie Holiday & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 13 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the first season, as well as an album featuring Khosla’s original score. Read the rest of this entry »
