Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 4, 2019)

Posted: January 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The only new movie opening nationwide this week is the psychological thriller Escape Room directed by Adam Robitel and starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani and Yorick van Wageningen. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Furious 7, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron) and John Carey. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

Opening in limited release is the indie thriller State Like Sleep written and directed by Meredith Danluck and starring Katherine Waterston, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman and Mary Kay Place. David Wingo (Loving, Mud, Take Shelter, Barry) & Jeff McIlwain (Snow Angels, Joe, The Sitter) have composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and is being released in select theaters by The Orchard and is now also available on VOD. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Grace Scoring Jim Mickle’s ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’

Posted: January 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Jeff Grace is reuniting with director Jim Mickle on the upcoming Netflix original movie In the Shadow of the Moon. The film starring Boyd Holbrook, Michael C. Hall, Cleopatra Coleman and Bokeem Woodbine follows a Chicago detective who leads the hunt for an elusive serial killer whose crimes are timed to the lunar cycle. Gregory Weidman & Geoff Tock wrote the screenplay. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Midnight Special) & Rian Cahill are producing the sci-fi thriller for Automatik, alongside Ben Pugh (Welcome to the Punch, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) for 42, and Linda Moran (Transamerica) & Mickle for Nightshade. Read the rest of this entry »

‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: January 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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John Powell (The Bourne Identity, Shrek, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet, X-Men: The Last Stand) has revealed the track list of the soundtrack album for the animated sequel How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. The album features the film’s original written by the Academy Award-nominated composer who has previously scored the first two installments in the How to Train Your Dragon series. Also included is the new song Together From Afar performed by Jónsi. The soundtrack will be released on February 1 by Back Lot Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (CD version) and here (digital version). How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is directed by Dean DeBlois and features the voices of Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Kit Harrington, Craig Ferguson and F. Murray Abraham. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Walt Disney World’s ‘Pandora: The World of Avatar’ Released

Posted: January 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for Walt Disney World’s themed area Pandora: The World of Avatar. The album features the music written by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) and Simon Franglen (The Magnificent Seven, Peppermint) for the attractions located in the themed area. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon and iTunes, where you can also check out audio samples. Pandora: The World of Avatar is based on James Cameron’s 2009 hit movie scored by Horner who received an Academy Award nomination for his work on the project. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Edmond’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: January 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Gaumont and Légende Films have released a soundtrack album for the French/Belgian historical comedy drama Edmond. The album features the film’s original music composed by Romain Trouillet (Sauvage). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to to audio clips. A CD version will also be released overseas. Edmond is written and directed by Alexis Michalik and stars Thomas Solivérès, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner and Tom Leeb. The movie based on Michalik’s hit stage play of the same title is set against the vibrant backdrop of Belle Epoque Paris and revolves around the writing of the world famous play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand in 1897. Read the rest of this entry »

Andrew Hewitt Scoring Dan Berk’s & Robert Olsen’s ‘Villains’

Posted: January 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Andrew Hewitt is composing the original music for the upcoming thriller Villains. The film is directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen (The Stakelander, Body) and stars Bill Skarsgard, Maika Monroe, Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Donovan. The movie follows two amateur criminals who, after breaking into a suburban home, stumble upon a dark secret and two sadistic homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out. Tim & Trevor White (Ingrid Goes West, LBJ) and Allan Mandelbaum (Welcome Home) are producing the project for Star Thrower Entertainment, alongside Garrick Dion (Prospect, Parallel) for the Realm. Read the rest of this entry »

‘On Her Shoulders’ Soundtrack to Be Released

Posted: January 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary On Her Shoulders. The album features the film’s original music composed by Patrick Jonsson (Virunga, The White Helmets, Black Earth Rising). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 4 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. On Her Shoulders is directed by Alexandria Bombach and focuses on Nadia Murad, who survived the 2014 genocide of the Yazidis in Northern Iraq and escaped sexual slavery at the hands of ISIS. The movie is one of the 15 titles shortlisted in the Documentary Feature category for the 91st Academy Awards. Read the rest of this entry »

Roger Eno Scoring SundanceTV’s ‘State of the Union’

Posted: January 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Roger Eno is composing the music for the upcoming SundanceTV original series State of the Union. The show is created by Nick Hornby (About a Boy, High Fidelity, Brooklyn), directed by Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons, The Queen, Philomena) and stars Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd. The comedy follows a couple who meet at a pub immediately before their weekly marital therapy session. Each episode pieces together how their lives were, what drew them together, and what has started to pull them apart. Read the rest of this entry »

NBC’s ‘The Village’ to Feature Music by WAZ-Jackson

Posted: January 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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The composing duo of WAZ-Jackson (Cougar Town, Surviving Jack, Life Sentence) is composing the original score for the upcoming NBC drama The Village. The show is created by Mike Daniels (Shades of Blue, Sons of Anarchy) and stars Moran Atias, Dominic Chianese, Warren Christie, Frankie Faison, Jerod Haynes, Daren Kagasoff, Michaela McManus, Lorraine Toussaint and Grace Van Dien. The series follows the residents of a Manhattan apartment building. Daniels is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Jessica Rhoades (The Affair, Sharp Objects) and Minkie Spiro. Read the rest of this entry »

Matthew Margeson to Score Tanya Wexler’s ‘Buffaloed’

Posted: January 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Eddie the Eagle) has been tapped to score the upcoming indie comedy drama Buffaloed. The film is directed by Tanya Wexler (Hysteria, Finding North) and stars Zoey Deutch, Jermaine Fowler, Judy Greer and Jai Courtney. The movie follows a hustler who decides to become a debt collector and wages war with the “kingpin” of debt collecting in Buffalo. Brian Sacca wrote the screenplay and is also producing the project with Mason Novick (500 Days of Summer, Bad Words) & Finemore (Crawlspace) for Lost City and Jeffrey Katz & Michael Bannor MacGregor for Bold Crayon. Read the rest of this entry »

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