Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21/22 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) is composing the original score for the new FX original series What We Do in the Shadows. The show is created by Jemaine Clement based on Taika Waititi’s 2014 feature of the same title and stars Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén and Mark Proksch. The comedy is based on the feature film of the same name from Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi and looks into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of four vampires who’ve “lived” together for hundreds of years. Read the rest of this entry »
FX’s ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ TV Series to Feature Original Score by Mark Mothersbaugh
Posted: March 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: FX, Jemaine Clement, Mark Mothersbaugh, Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows
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Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Our Planet’ to Be Released
Posted: March 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Our Planet, score, Soundtrack, Steven Price
Decca Records will release the official soundtrack album for the new Netflix docu-series Our Planet. The album features the original music from the show composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Fury, Baby Driver). Also included is the original song In This Together co-written by Price & Ellie Goulding. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Our Planet is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and explores the unique and precious wonders of our natural world. The 8-parter combines stunning photography and technology with an unprecedented, never-before-filmed look at the planet’s remaining wilderness areas and their animal inhabitants. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Jackman & Alex Belcher to Score Brian Kirk’s ’21 Bridges’
Posted: March 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 21 Bridges, Alex Belcher, Anthony Russo, Brian Kirk, Henry Jackman, Joe Russo
Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Big Hero 6, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class) & Alex Belcher have been hired to score the upcoming action thriller 21 Bridges. The film is directed by Brian Kirk and stars Chadwick Boseman, J.K. Simmons, Taylor Kitsch, Stephan James, Sienna Miller, Jamie Neumann, Keith David and Morocco Omari. The movie revolves around a disgraced NYPD detective who, after being thrust into a citywide manhunt for a cop killer, is given a shot at redemption. Read the rest of this entry »
‘And Then There Was Eve’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: And Then There Was Eve, Robert Lydecker, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the indie drama And Then There Was Eve. The album features the film’s original music composed by Robert Lydecker (Iron First, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Sleepy Hollow, Lethal Weapon, Designated Survivor). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. And Then There Was Eve is written and directed by Savannah Bloch and stars Tania Nolan, Rachel Crowl, Mary Holland and Karan Soni. The movie follows a successful photographer who wakes up one morning to find her apartment ransacked and her husband mysteriously missing. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers to Score Ava DuVernay’s Netflix Series ‘When They See Us’
Posted: March 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ava DuVernay, Kris Bowers, Netflix, When They See Us
Kris Bowers (Green Book, Dear White People, Monsters and Men) has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix limited series When They See Us. The show is created and directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time, 13th) and stars Michael K. Williams, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, Niecy Nash, Blair Underwood, Christopher Jackson, Joshua Jackson, Omar J. Dorsey, Adepero Oduye, Famke Janssen, Aurora Perrineau, William Sadler, Jharrel Jerome and Jovan Adepo. The drama chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple’s ‘Dickinson’ to Feature Music by Ian Hultquist and Drum & Lace
Posted: March 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple, Apple TV +, Dickinson, Drum & Lace, Ian Hultquist, Sofia Hultquist
Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, Animals, My Blind Brother, A-X-L) & Drum & Lace (aka Sofia Hultquist) are teaming up to compose the music for the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Dickinson. The show is created by Alena Smith and stars Hailee Steinfeld in the title role, alongside Jane Krakowski, Toby Huss, Anna Baryshnikov, Ella Hunt and Adrian Enscoe. The comedy centers on 1800s poet Emily Dickinson and explores the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of a budding writer who doesn’t fit in to her own time through her imaginative point of view. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Yared Scoring Rupert Goold’s ‘Judy’
Posted: March 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Yared, Judy, Niklaus Hilber, Paradise War, Rupert Goold
Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, 1408) has composed the original music for the upcoming biographical drama Judy. The film is directed by Rupert Goold (True Story, King Charles III) and stars Renee Zellweger in the title role as Judy Garland, alongside Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley and Michael Gambon. The movie follows the legendary performer as she arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts. Tom Edge (Lovesick) wrote the screenplay based on the stage play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Good Girls’ (‘Las niñas bien’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alejandra Márquez Abella, Las niñas bien, score, Soundtrack, The Good Girls, Tomas Barreiro
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican drama The Good Girls (Las niñas bien). The album features the film’s original music composed by Tomás Barreiro (Museo, Perras). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Good Girls is written and directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella and stars Ilse Salas, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Paulina Gaitan, Johanna Murillo and Flavio Medina. The movie follows a well-to-do socialite and her husband who must wrestle with the impact of Mexico’s 1982 economic crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 24, 2019)
Posted: March 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abby's, Amazon, Ben Salisbury, Brian H. Kim, Geoff Barrow, Hanna, History, Jason Akana, Knightfall, Natalie Holt, NBC, Netflix, Nitin Sawhney, Tacoma FD, Traitors, truTV
Premiering tomorrow, March 25 is the second season of the History original series Knightfall created by Don Handfield & Richard Rayner and starring Tom Cullen, Mark Hamill, Bobby Schofield, Sabrina Bartlett, Julian Ovenden, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Tom Forbes and Genevieve Gaunt. Natalie Holt (Journey’s End, The Honourable Woman, Beecham House) has composed the original music for the new season. Click here to learn more about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on History.
Premiering on Thursday, March 28, is the new NBC comedy Abby’s created by Josh Malmuth and starring Natalie Morales, Neil Flynn, Nelson Franklin, Jessica Chaffin, Leonard Ouzts and Kimia Behpoornia. The show’s original music is composed by Brian H. Kim (Hello, My Name Is Doris, Search Party, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, G.B.F.). Check out our previous news article for more information about the series, which will air every Thursday night on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
Alec Puro Scoring Netflix’s ‘Black Summer’
Posted: March 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alec Puro, Black Summer, Netflix
Alec Puro (The Art of Getting By, Higher Ground, The Fosters, All Nighter) is the composer of the new Netflix original series Black Summer. The show is created by Karl Schaefer & John Hyams is a spin-off of Syfy’s Z Nation and stars Jaime King, Justin Chu Cary, Kelsey Flower, Mustafa Alabssi, Erika Hau and Sal Velez, Jr.. The action horror drama and set in the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse and follows a group of complete strangers who band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones. Schaefer & Hyams are also executive producing The Asylum production with Craig Engler, David Rimawi and David Michael Latt. Read the rest of this entry »
