Universal Music will release a new soundtrack album for the musical comedy Pitch Perfect 3. The album features the content of the original soundtrack album, as well as previously unreleased tracks performed by Anna Kendrick, Moisés Arias, Rebel Wilson & John Lithgow, as well as MIKA’s Elle me fit, Martin Solveig’s All Stars, Sigala & Ella Eyre’s Came Here For Love, and a Pitch Perfect Franchise Medley performed by Todrick Hall. The Special Edition soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 2 and will be available to download on Amazon. Pitch Perfect 3 is directed by Trish Sie and stars Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hana Mae Lee, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, Chrissie Fit, Kelley Jakle, Shelley Regner, Ruby Rose, John Michael Higgins, John Lithgow and Elizabeth Banks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pitch Perfect 3’ Special Edition Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 3, Soundtrack
Diane Warren to Pen Original Song for Amy Ziering’s & Kirby Dick’s Next Documentary
Posted: March 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amy Ziering, Diane Warren, Kirby Dick
Diane Warren is reteaming with Amy Ziering & Kirby Dick (The Invisible War) and write an original song for the the filmmakers’ next, currently untitled documentary about the #MeToo movement and Hollywood. The movie will examine abuse and cover-ups within the entertainment industry and explore the lack of parity and diversity within the entertainment industry. Regina Scully, Dan Cogan, Alexandra Johnes, Geralyn Dreyfous and Jennifer Siebel Newsom are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Clinton Shorter Scoring ‘Quantico’ Season 3
Posted: March 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Clinton Shorter, Quantico
Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband, 2 Guns) is the new composer of the ABC drama Quantico. The composer is scoring the third season of the show created by Joshua Safran and starring Priyanka Chopra, Jake McLaughlin, Johanna Braddy, Russell Tovey, Alan Powell, Marlee Matlin and Blair Underwood. Michael Seitzman, Russell Lee Fine, Adam Armus, Robert Sertner, Mark Gordon & Nicholas Pepper are executive producing the ABC Studios production. Joel J. Richard (John Wick) has previously scored the first season of the series and Joseph Trapanese (Straight Outta Compton, Oblivion) composed the music for the second season. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s & Netflix’s ‘Marcella’ to Be Released
Posted: March 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ITV, Lorne Balfe, Marcella, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the ITV original series Marcella.The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Pacific Rim Uprising, Genius, The Crown, Terminator Genisys, Home). Also included is the opening titles song Fall performed by The Bug feat. Inga Copeland. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 9, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Marcella is created by Hans Rosenfeldt & Nicola Larder and stars Anna Friel, Nicholas Pinnock, Nina Sosanya, Ray Panthaki, Jamie Bamber and Jack Doolan. The series is set in contemporary London and follows a detective who returns to the Metropolitan Police’s Murder Squad after a 10-year long career break to start a family. Read the rest of this entry »
Adam Wiltzie Scoring Kevin Macdonald’s ‘Whitney’ Documentary
Posted: March 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Wiltzie, Kevin Macdonald, Whitney
Adam Wiltzie has been tapped to score the upcoming documentary Whitney. The film directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void, State of Play) and takes an in-depth look at the life and career of Whitney Houston who broke more records than any other female singer in the history of popular music, with over 200 million album sales worldwide, and inspired a generation of singers from Mariah Carey and Lady Gaga to Beyoncé. The movie, which marks the first documentary to be officially authorized by Houston’s estate, is produced by Simon Chinn (Man on Wire, Searching for Sugar Man), Jonathan Chinn (LA 92) and Lisa Erspamer. Read the rest of this entry »
Milan Records to Release Nick Cave’s & Warren Ellis’ ‘Kings’ Soundtrack
Posted: February 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Kings, Nick Cave, score, Soundtrack, Warren Ellis
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Kings. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Proposition, Wind River, Lawless, Hell or High Water). The soundtrack is set to be released on April 27, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Kings is directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven and stars Halle Berry, Daniel Craig, Lamar Johnson, Kaalan “KR” Walker and Rachel Hilson. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Schwartz to Develop Hans Christian Anderson Movie Musical
Posted: February 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Stephen Schwartz
Deadline is reporting that Stephen Schwartz is developing an untitled original musical fantasy about Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The project marks the first original musical from the composter/lyricist since Wicked and follows Andersen as a young man as he gets trapped in a world of his own imagination and searches for a way back to reality, when he comes face-to-face with characters from his own fairy tales. Ansel Elgort is in talks to to star in the movie. David Magee (Life of Pi , Mary Poppind Returns) is writing the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Michael Engler’s ‘The Chaperone’
Posted: February 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, Michael Engler, The Chaperone
Marcelo Zarvos is composing the original score for the upcoming period drama The Chaperone. The film is directed by Michael Engler and stars Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Victoria Hill, Campbell Scott, Geza Rohrig, Blythe Danner and Miranda Otto. The movie is based on Laura Moriarty’s best-selling novel and revolves around a woman whose life is changed forever when she chaperones a young and soon to be famous Louise Brooks to New York in the early 1920s. Julian Fellowes (Downtown Abbey, Gosford Park) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mrs. Mills’ (‘Mme Mills, une voisine si parfaite’) Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurent Perez Del Mar, Mme Mills une voisine si parfaite, Mrs. Mills, score, Soundtrack
Les films du Cap will release a soundtrack album for the French comedy Mrs. Mills (Mme Mills, une voisine si parfaite). The album features the film’s original music composed by Laurent Perez Del Mar (The Red Turtle, I Kill Giants, My Son). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 2 and is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Mrs. Mills is directed by Sophie Marceau who also stars in the film with Pierre Richard, Nicolas Vaude and Bastien Ughetto. The movie follows a woman whose life spirals out of control when she meets her new neighbor, Mrs. Mills. The comedy will be released in French theaters on March 7. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Brook Scoring Keith Behrman’s ‘Giant Little Ones’
Posted: February 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Giant Little Ones, Keith Berman, Michael Brook
Michael Brook has recently composed the music for the upcoming indie drama Giant Little Ones. The film is written and directed by Keith Behrman (Flower & Garnet) and stars Maria Bello, Josh Wiggins, Kyle MacLachlan, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson and Peter Outerbridge. The movie revolves around the lives of two popular teenage boys and best friends since childhood whose lives and families are surprisingly upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party. Read the rest of this entry »
