Jon Brion has signed on to score the upcoming romantic comedy Isn’t It Romantic?. The film is directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, The Final Girls) and stars Rebel Wilson, Adam Devine, Liam Hemsworth, Priyanka Chopra and Betty Gilpin. The movie tells the story of a cynical woman who discovers that her life has become a romantic comedy, and she goes from sidekick to center stage. Erin Cardillo (Life Sentence), Dana Fox (Couple Retreat, How to Be Single) & Katie Silberman and Paula Pell (Sisters) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Jon Brion to Score Todd Strauss-Schulson’s ‘Isn’t It Romantic?’
Posted: February 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Isn't It Romantic?, Jon Brion, Todd Strauss-Schulson
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‘The Cured’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Freyne, Niall Kennedy, Rory Friers, score, Soundtrack, The Cured
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Cured. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rory Friers & Niall Kennedy of the Irish rock band And So I Watch You From Afar. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 2, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Cured is written and directed by David Freyne and stars Ellen Page, Sam Keeley, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Paula Malcomson. The movie is set in a future where zombies try to reintegrate with society after a plague infects mankind. The thriller premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being released in select theaters and on VOD this weekend by IFC Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Trolls: The Beat Goes On!’ to Be Released
Posted: February 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alana Da Fonseca, Netflix, Soundtrack, Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
RCA Records will release a soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s Netflix series Trolls: The Beat Goes On!. The album features the main titles song Hair in the Air performed by Amanda Leighton & Skylar Astin and written by Jeannie Lurie, Mia Minichiello & Matias Mora. Also included are the other original songs from the show’s first two seasons written by Alana Da Fonseca and performed by the series’ voice cast. The soundtrack will be released physically on March 23, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A digital EP featuring six songs is already available to download here. Trolls: The Beat Goes On! is developed by Matthew Ireland Beans and features the voices of Leighton & Astin, as well as Ron Funches, David Fynn, David Koechner, Sean T. Krishnan and Sam Lerner. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Wrinkle in Time, Ava DuVernay, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Disney’s fantasy drama A Wrinkle in Time have been announced. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Pacific Rim, Iron Man) who recorded his music in Los Angeles with a 71-piece orchestra and a 29-person choir, as well as a 24-member children’s choir. Also included is the end-credit song I Believe performed by DJ Khaled feat. Demi Lovato and written by Khaled, Lovato, Denisia “Blu June” Andrews & Brittany “Chi” Coney. Also featured are two versions of Flower of the Universe performed by Sade and co-written by the singer/songwriter, Ben Travers & Andrew Hale, as well as Sia’s original song Magic, which she co-wrote with Jesse Shatkin, Kehlani’s Let Me Live and Warrior written and performed by sisters Chloe x Halle. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood Bowl 2018 Season Schedule Announced
Posted: February 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl has announced this summer’s season schedule, which includes a number of film music concerts. On July 5, the Bowl will host a live to projection concert for Patrick Doyle’s score for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Justin Freer will conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Click here for more information. On July 20, David Newman will conduct the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for a live-to-projection concert of John Williams‘ music for Jaws (click here for more details). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Midnight Sun’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bella Thorne, Midnight Sun, Nathaniel Walcott, score, Scott Speer, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the romantic drama Midnight Sun have been revealed. The album features the original songs from the movie performed by the film’s star Bella Thorne, as well as tracks by White Sea, Waters, Mia Wray and Adriel. Also included is the film’s original score composed by Nathaniel Walcott (The Fault in Our Stars). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on March 23 by Lakeshore Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Midnight Sun is directed by Scott Speer and stars Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Quinn Shepard, Ken Tremblett, Suleka Mathew and Rob Riggle. The movie follows a 17-year-old girl who is sheltered at home since childhood with a rare genetic condition, a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Jacques Audiard’s ‘The Sisters Brothers’
Posted: February 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Jacques Audiard, The Sisters Brothers
Alexandre Desplat is set to reteam with Jacques Audiard on the upcoming noir western The Sisters Brothers. The film marks the director’s first English language feature and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly and Riz Ahmed. The movie is based on Patrick deWitt’s novel of the same title and follows two brothers in 1850s Oregon who are hired to kill a prospector. Audiard also co-wrote the screenplay with Thomas Bidegain. Reilly is also producing the project with Alison Dickey (Terri), Michael De Luca (The Social Network, Captain Phillips) and Rosa Attrab. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Young Karl Max’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexei Aigui, score, Soundtrack, The Young Karl Marx
The Orchard will release a soundtrack album for the period drama The Young Karl Marx. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexei Aigui. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 23 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The composer’s score is also available on a soundtrack album, which also features his music for I Am Not Your Negro and was released physically last year. The Young Karl Marx is directed by Raoul Peck and stars August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps, Hannah Steele, Olivier Gourmet and Alexander Scheer. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Rennicks Scoring ‘Birthmarked’
Posted: February 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Birthmarked, Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, Stephen Rennicks
Stephen Rennicks (Room, Frank, Rebellion) has composed the music for the upcoming indie comedy Birthmarked. The film is directed by Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais (Whitewash) and stars Toni Collette, Matthew Goode, Michael Smiley, Fionnula Flanagan and Suzanne Clément. The movie follows two respected scientists who decide to quit their jobs to raise three very different children and to prove that everyone has the same potential to become anything they choose. Marc Tulin wrote the screenplay based on a story by himself and Hoss-Desmarais. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC’s ‘Champions’ to Feature Music by Jesse Novak
Posted: February 20, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Champions, Jesse Novak, NBC
Jesse Novak is scoring the new NBC comedy Champions. The show is created by Charlie Grandy & Mindy Kaling and stars Anders Holm, Fortune Feimster, Andy Favreau, J.J. Totah and Mouzam Makkar. The series follows a washed-up high school baseball star who reluctantly gave up his dreams to take over the family gym in Brooklyn. Grandy and Kaling are also executive producing the Universal Television & 3 Arts Entertainment production with Howard Klein, Matt Warburton and Michael Spiller. Read the rest of this entry »
