Alberto Iglesias is reteaming with Pedro Almadovar on the upcoming Spanish drama Pain & Glory (Dolor y gloria). The film is written and directed by Almodovar and stars Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandía, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, César Vicente and Asier Flores. Penélope Cruz is also making an appearance. The movie revolves around a film director as he looks back on the choices he’s made in life as his past catches up with him to upend the present. Agustin Almodovar (Wild Tales) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias Scoring Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Pain & Glory’ (‘Dolor y gloria’)
Posted: January 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Dolor y gloria, Pain & Glory, Pedro Almodovar
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‘A Cambodian Spring’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Cambodian Spring, Chris Kelly, James Holden, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the documentary A Cambodian Spring. The album features the film’s original music composed by electronic music artist/DJ James Holden who made his feature film scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally and on vinyl on January 25 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to a full track after the jump. A Cambodian Spring is directed by Chris Kelly and follows three people caught up in the chaotic and often violent development that is shaping modern-day Cambodia. The documentary, which opened in British and Irish theaters last year, has just been BAFTA-nominated in the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer category. Read the rest of this entry »
Ceiri Torjussen to Score Mike Gan’s ‘Burn’
Posted: January 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Burn, Ceiri Torjussen, Mike Gan
Ceiri Torjussen has signed on to score the upcoming thriller Burn. The film is written and directed by Mike Gan and stars Josh Hutcherson, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Suki Waterhouse, Harry Shum Jr. and Shiloh Fernandez. The movie follows a lonely, unstable gas station attendant who constantly feels overshadowed by her more outgoing co-worker. When the gas station they work at is held at gunpoint, she comes up with a way to make a connection with the robber. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Drug King’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cho Young Wuk, Drug King, score, Soundtrack, The Soundtrackings
Warner Music Korea has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean crime drama Drug King (Mayakwang). The album features the film’s original music composed by Cho Young Wuk (aka Yeong-wook Jo) (The Little Drummer Girl, Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Thirst) & The Soundtrackings. Also included are several classical pieces as featured in the movie newly recorded with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra. The soundtrack is now available to stream here. A CD version will be coming out later this month and is available for pre-order here. Drug King is written and directed by Min-ho Woo and stars Song Kang-Ho, Jo Jung-Suk and Bae Doona. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams to Score HBO/Sky’s ‘Catherine the Great’
Posted: January 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Catherine the Great, HBO, Philip Martin, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Sky
Rupert Gregson-Williams has been hired to score the upcoming HBO/Sky mini-series Catherine the Great. The show is written by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I, The Name of the Rose) and directed by Philip Martin (The Crown, The Forger) and stars Helen Mirren in the title role, alongside Jason Clarke, Joseph Quinn, Gina McKee, Rory Kinnear, Richard Roxburgh, Kevin R. McNally and Sam Palladio The 4-parter is set against the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of Russian empress Catherine the Great, who wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of the 18th century and follows Catherine at the end of her reign during her affair with Grigory Potemkin. Read the rest of this entry »
2019 BAFTA Nominations Announced
Posted: January 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2019 Orange British Academy Film Awards. The winners will be announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday, February 10. For a full list of nominations, click here.
Here are the nominations in the ‘Original Music’ category:
BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard
If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat Read the rest of this entry »
Lesley Barber to Score Semi Chellas’ ‘American Woman’
Posted: January 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Woman, Lesley Barber, Semi Chellas
Lesley Barber (Manchester by the Sea, You Can Count On Me, Mansfield Park) has been tapped to score the upcoming drama American Woman. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Semi Chellas (Ophelia, Mad Men) and stars Hong Chau, Sarah Gadon, John Gallagher Jr., Lola Kirke and Ellen Burstyn. The movie tells the story of the women who cared for kidnapped newspaper heiress-turned-fugitive Patty Hearst. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Dog’s Way Home’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Dog's Way Home, Charles Martin Smith, Mychael Danna, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the family drama A Dog’s Way Home. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, Little Miss Sunshine, The Good Dinosaur, On the Basis of Sex). The soundtrack will be released this Friday, January 11. Click here to download the album and visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. A Dog’s Way Home is directed by Charles Martin Smith and stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Judd, Wes Studi, Alexandra Shipp, Jonah Hauer-King and Edward James Olmos. The movie based on the book by W. Bruce Cameron chronicles the adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Veronika Franz’s & Severin Fiala’s ‘The Lodge’
Posted: January 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bedlam, Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, Severin Fiala, The Lodge, Veronika Franz
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans are scoring the upcoming psychological thriller The Lodge. The film is directed by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala (Goodnight Mommy) and stars Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage and Daniel Keough. The movie centers on a young woman and her reticent new stepchildren who find themselves isolated in the family’s remote winter cabin, locked away to dredge up the mysteries of her dark past and the losses that seem to haunt them all. Read the rest of this entry »
55th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 55th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past few years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Tyson Lozensky for John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place (scored by Marco Beltrami), Jason Ruder for Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born, Christopher Fogel for Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther (music by Ludwig Goransson) and Ai-Ling Lee for Damien Chazelle’s First Man (scored by Justin Hurwitz). Read the rest of this entry »
