Alexandre Desplat was honored with his second Academy Award for his score for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water at tonight’s 90th Oscar ceremony. The other nominated composers in the Best Original Score category were Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread), Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk), John Williams (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and Carter Burwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). Desplat previously won the award three years ago for The Grand Budapest Hotel. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Wins Academy Award for ‘The Shape of Water’
Posted: March 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, Coco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, The Shape of Water
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 4, 2018)
Posted: March 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Champions, Collateral, Crackle, Fred Rapoport, Hard Sun, Hulu, Jesse Novak, Life Sentence, NBC, Neil Davidge, Netflix, Rick Butler, Ruth Barrett, The CW, The Oath, WAZ-Jackson
Premiering on Wednesday, March 7, in the U.S. is the crime drama series Hard Sun created by Neil Cross and starring Agyness Deyn, Jim Sturgess and Nikki Amuka-Bird. The show’s original music is composed by Neil Davidge (Unleashed, Push, Monsters: Dark Continent, Britannia, Good People). The series, which follows detective who seeks to enforce the law and protect their loved ones in a world that every day slips closer to certain destruction, premiered in January in the UK on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Wednesday on Hulu.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the new CW comedy drama Life Sentence created by Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith and starring Lucy Hale, Carlos PenaVega, Elliot Knight, Dylan Walsh, Gillian Vigman, Jayson Blair and Brooke Lyons. The composing duo of WAZ-Jackson (Cougar Town, Surviving Jack) is composing the show’s original music. The series follows a young woman who was diagnosed with terminal cancer and has to learn to live with the choices she made when she decided to “live like she was dying”. To learn more about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on the CW, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Sergio Moure to Score ‘Feedback’
Posted: March 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Feedback, Pedro C. Alonso, Sergio Moure
Sergio Moure has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Feedback. The film is directed by Pedro C. Alonso and stars Paul Anderson, Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake and Ivana Baquero. The movie revolves around a radio host and his team whose live broadcast is interrupted when two intruders break into their studio and must carry on with the show without ever revealing the danger they are in. Alonso has also co-written the screenplay with Alberto Marini (Sleep Tight, Retribution). Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop, Unknown, The Shallows, The Commuter) & Juan Sola (Anna) are producing the project for Ombra Films, alongside Borja Pena & Emma Lustres (Cell 211, El Niño) for Vaca Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘First We Take Brooklyn’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny A. Abeckaser, First We Take Brooklyn, Lionel Cohen, score, Soundtrack
DNA-Productions has released a soundtrack album for the crime drama First We Take Brooklyn. The album features the film’s original score composed by Lionel Cohen. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. First We Take Brooklyn is co-written and directed by Danny A. Abeckaser who also stars in the film with Harvey Keitel, AnnaLynne McCord, Charlotte McKinney, Edoardo Ballerini and Kathrine Narducci. The movie follows an ex-convict who moves to New York hoping for a fresh start, when he gets dragged into a brutal turf war with the Russian mob forcing him to revisit his dark past and the survival skills he learned in prison. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Strangers: Prey at Night’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adrian Johnston, Johannes Roberts, score, Soundtrack, The Strangers, The Strangers: Prey at Night
The details of the soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Strangers: Prey at Night have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, Brideshead Revisited, Lassie, Dancing on the Edge). Also included are songs as featured in the movie by Kim Wilde, Bonnie Tyler, Mental As Anything and Air Supply. The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally on March 9 and physically in April by Varese Sarabande. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. The Strangers: Prey at Night is directed by Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) and stars Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison and Lewis Pullman. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 2, 2018)
Posted: March 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amit Poznansky, Dance Academy: The Movie, Darren Morze, David Hirschfelder, Death Wish, Foxtrot, Hondros, James Newton Howard, Jeff Russo, Ludwig Göransson, Ophir Leibovitch, Red Sparrow, Submission, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the spy thriller Red Sparrow directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeremy Irons. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive, Signs, King Kong, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the thriller Death Wish directed by Eli Roth and starring Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris and Kimberly Elise. Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther, Creed, Community, Fruitvale Station, Everything, Everything) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the MGM release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ghost Stories’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andy Nyman, Frank Ilfman, Ghost Stories, Jeremy Dyson, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller Ghost Stories have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves, The Etruscan Smile) who recorded his score with the London Metropolitan Orchestra at Air Lyndhurst Studios. Also included are the songs Why by Anthony Newley and Monster Mash by Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 13, 2018 by Varese Sarabande and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Ghost Stories is directed by Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman and stars Martin Freeman, Andy Nyman, Paul Whitehouse and Alex Lawther. The movie follows an arch sceptic professor who embarks upon a terror filled quest when he stumbles across a long lost file containing details of three cases of inexplicable ‘hauntings’. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Nashel Scoring Bill Holderman’s ‘Book Club’
Posted: March 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bill Holderman, Book Club, Peter Nashel
Peter Nashel has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Book Club. The film marks the directorial debut of producer/screenwriter Bill Holderman (A Walk in the Woods, The Company You Keep) and stars Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Andy Garcia and Don Johnson. The movie centers on four lifelong friends in their 60s who read Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club and have their lives forever changed — even though this is not the type of book they typically read. Holderman also co-wrote the screenplay with Erin Simms (Our Souls at Night). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Red Collar’ (‘Le collier rouge’) Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Johan Hoogewijs, Le collier rouge, score, Soundtrack, The Red Collar
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the French drama The Red Collar (Le collier rouge). The album features the film’s original music composed by Johan Hoogewijs (The Girl with Nine Wigs, Bloedbroeders). The soundtrack will be released digitally worldwide on March 23, 2018 and physically in France the following week. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album and to check out the track list. Also listen to three full tracks after the jump. The Red Collar is directed by Jean Becker and stars François Cluzet, Nicolas Duvauchelle and Sophie Verbeeck. The movie is based on the WWI novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin and revolves around three characters in the French countryside and the dog who holds the key to their destinies. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Silent Revolution’ (‘Das schweigende Klassenzimmer’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christoph M. Kaiser, Das schweigende Klassenzimmer, Julian Maas, score, Soundtrack, The Silent Revolution
Colosseum Records has released a soundtrack album for the German drama The Silent Revolution (Das schweigende Klassenzimmer). The album features the film’s original music composed by Christoph M. Kaiser & Julian Maas (The People vs. Fritz Bauer, Two Lives). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the track list. The Silent Revolution is directed Lars Kraume and stars Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke, Jonas Dassler, Isaiah Michalski, Ronald Zehrfeld and Carina Wiese. The movie is based on the book by Dietrich Garstka and follows a group of sixth-grade pupils who decide to show their solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by staging a minute’s silence during lessons. Read the rest of this entry »
