Filmtrax will release a soundtrack album for the disaster action thriller The Hurricane Heist. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Pacific Rim Uprising, Home, The Crown, Terminator Genisys, Genius). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 9 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Hurricane Heist is directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious, xXx) and stars Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace, Ryan Kwanten, Ralph Ineson, Melissa Bolona, Ben Cross and James Cutler. The movie follows a group of thieves who attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint factories. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘The Hurricane Heist’ to Be Released
Posted: March 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lorne Balfe, Rob Cohen, score, Soundtrack, The Hurricane Heist
‘Thoroughbreds’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cory Finley, Erik Friedlander, Soundtrack, Thoroughbreds
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the indie thriller Thoroughbreds. The album features the film’s original music composed by Erik Friedlander. Also included are the songs from the movie by artists including King Harvest, A Tribe Called Red, Tanya Tagaq, The Sweet Hurt and Tanis. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 9 and will be available to download on Amazon. Thoroughbreds is written and directed by Cory Finley and stars Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin and Paul Sparks. The movie focuses on two teenage girls in suburban Connecticut who rekindle an unlikely friendship after years of growing apart and, in the process, learn that neither is what she seems to be – and that a murder might solve both of their problems. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams to Score James Wan’s ‘Aquaman’
Posted: March 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aquaman, James Wan, Rupert Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams has been hired to score the upcoming comic book movie Aquaman. The film is directed by James Wan (Furious 7, The Conjuring, Insidious, Saw) and stars Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Ludi Lin, Dolph Lundgren, Temuera Morrison, Michael Beach and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The movie is based on the DC Comics character who learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, born half-human as Arthur Curry and half-Atlantean. Peter Safran (The Conjuring, Annabelle) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chappaquiddick’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chappaquiddick, Garth Stevenson, John Curran, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the drama Chappaquiddick. The album features the film’s original music composed by Garth Stevenson (Tracks, Ten Thousand Saints). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 6, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Chappaquiddick is directed by John Curran and stars Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan, Clancy Brown, Taylor Nichols, Olivia Thirlby and Bruce Dern. The movie revolves around the scandal and mysterious events surrounding the tragic drowning of a young woman, as Ted Kennedy drove his car off the infamous bridge. The drama premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in select theaters on April 6 by Entertainment Studios. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Mayer’s ‘The Seagull’ to Feature Music by Nico Muhly
Posted: March 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anton Sanko, Michael Mayer, Nico Muhly, The Seagull
Nico Muhly (The Reader, Margaret, Kill Your Darlings, Howards End) has contributed original music to the upcoming drama The Seagull. He is sharing scoring credit with Anton Sanko who was previously announced as the film’s composer. The movie directed by Michael Mayer (A Home at the End of the World) and starring Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll, Elisabeth Moss, Brian Dennehy, Mare Winningham, Jon Tenney, Glenn Fleshler, Michael Zegen and Billy Howle is based on Anton Chekhov’s classic tragic story of eight people who fall in love with the wrong person. Stephen Karam (Speech & Debate) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kings’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Kings, Nick Cave, score, Soundtrack, Warren Ellis
The full details of the soundtrack album for the drama Kings have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Hell or High Water, The Proposition, Wind River, Lawless). The soundtrack will be released on April 27, 2018 by Milan Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Kings is directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven and stars Halle Berry, Daniel Craig, Lamar Johnson, Kaalan “KR” Walker and Rachel Hilson. The movie is set in 1992 in South Central Los Angeles and centers on a foster family’s arrival to town just a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Golden Exits’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Ross Perry, Golden Exits, Keegan DeWitt, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama Golden Exits. The album features the film’s original music composed by Keegan DeWitt (I’ll See You in My Dreams, Divorce, The Hero, Morris From America, Listen Up Philip, Queen of Earth). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Golden Exits is written and directed by Alex Ross Perry and stars Emily Browning, Adam Horovitz, Mary-Louise Parker, Lily Rabe, Jason Schwartzman and Chloë Sevigny. The movie centers on two Brooklyn families whose lives are interrupted by the arrival of a young foreign girl. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo to Score Peter Berg’s ‘Mile 22’
Posted: March 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Russo, Mile 22, Peter Berg
Jeff Russo has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller Mile 22. The film is directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor, Patriots Day, Deepwater Horizon) and stars Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, John Malkovich, Iko Uwais and Ronda Rousey. The movie centers on an elite American intelligence officer who, when aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of the country. Graham Roland (Jack Ryan) and Lea Carpenter have written the screenplay. Berg and Wahlberg are also producing the project with Stephen Levinson (Entourage, Boardwalk Empire, Contraband). Read the rest of this entry »
‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: How to Talk to Girls at Parties, John Cameron Mitchell, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi comedy How to Talk to Girls at Parties. The album features the songs from the movie by such artists as
The Damned, The Dyschords, The Velvet Underground, A.C. Newman, Amber Martin and Dyslexic Cnuts. Also included are selections of the original music from the movie by Nico Muhly (The Reader, Margaret), Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu and Matmos. The soundtrack will be released overseas next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version as an import. No word yet on a domestic release date. How to Talk to Girls at Parties is directed by John Cameron Mitchell and stars Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman and Ruth Wilson. The movie based on a short story by Neil Gaiman follows a schoolboy and punk and a female alien tourist who wants to escape her tour group and explore the most dangerous place in the galaxy, the London suburb of Croydon. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Reitzell to Score ‘Mars’ Season 2
Posted: March 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Reitzell, Mars, National Geographic Channel
Brian Reitzell has been tapped to score the second season of the National Geographic original series Mars. The show is created by Ben Young Mason & Justin Wilkes and stars JiHAE, Sammi Rotibi, Alberto Ammann, Clémentine Poidatz, Anamaria Marinca and Cosima Shaw. They are joined by new cast members Esai Morales, Roxy Sternberg, Gunnar Cauthery, Levi Fiehler, Evan Hall, Akbar Kurtha and Jeff Hephner. The second season of the drama jumps ahead several years into the future after the Daedalus astronauts have built a full-fledged colony called Olympus Town. Read the rest of this entry »
