Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Appaloosa, Rome, Carnivale, Ugly Betty) is scoring the upcoming documentary Mike Wallace Is Here. The film is directed by Avi Belkin and centers on 60 Minutes newsman Mike Wallace who went head-to-head with the world’s most influential figures for half a century. The movie tracks Wallace’s storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point. Belkin is also producing the project with Rafael Marmor, John Battsek (How I Live Now, Studio 54), Peggy Drexler and Christopher Leggett (Becoming Bond). Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Beal Scoring ‘Mike Wallace Is Here’ & ‘Inside Game’
Posted: December 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Avi Belkin, Inside Game, Jeff Beal, Mike Wallace Is Here, Randall Batinkoff
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 2, 2018)
Posted: December 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ali N. Askin, Bad Blood, Christoph Schauer, Dogs of Berlin, FM Le Sieur, Freeform, Germaine Franco, Hans Zimmer, HBO, Icebox, Life-Size 2, Maurus Ronner, Netflix, Nightflyers, Steve Mazzaro, Syfy, Will Bates
Premiering tonight is the Syfy original series Nightflyers developed by Jeff Buhler based on George R.R. Martin’s novella and the 1987 film of the same name and starring Eoin Macken, David Ajala, Sam Strike, Maya Eshet, Angus Sampson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Brian F. O’Byrne and Gretchen Mol. The show’s original music is composed by Will Bates (The Path, The Looming Tower, I Origins, The Magicians). Check out our scoring assignment to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Syfy.
Also premiering tonight is Freeform original feature Life-Size 2 directed by Steven K. Tsuchida and starring Tyra Banks, Francia Raisa, Gavin Stenhouse, Shanica Knowles, Hank Chen and Alison Fernandez. Germaine Franco (Tag, Dope, Vida) has composed the film’s original score. Walt Disney Records has released a new version of the song Be a Star (originally written for the first movie, which premiered in 2000) performed by Tyra Banks. Check out our previous article for more information about the song and movie. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Hurford’s Interpretation of Bach’s ‘Fantasia In C Minor’ from Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘The Favourite’ Released
Posted: December 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
Decca Records has released organist Peter Hurford’s interpretation of J.S. Bach’s Fantasia In C Minor, BWV 562 from Yorgos Lanthimos’ historical comedy drama The Favourite. The track is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. The single marks the first and to date only official release of music from the film. The Favourite starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, James Smith, Mark Gatiss and Jenny Rainsford centers on the bitter battle between cousins to be the court favorite during the reign of Queen Anne in the early 18th century. Read the rest of this entry »
Cynthia Erivo’s Songs from ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ Released
Posted: December 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bad Times at the El Royale, Cynthia Erivo, Drew Goddard
Republic Records has released the songs This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) and Hold On I’m Coming from the soundtrack for Drew Goddard’s mystery thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. Both tracks are performed by Cynthia Erivo who performed the songs on screen in the movie. Her cover of The Isley Brothers’ This Old Heart Of Mine is available to download here and the cover of Sam & Dave’s Hold On I’m Coming can be downloaded on Amazon. Both songs were missing from the original soundtrack album for the thriller, which also stars Jeff Bridges, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Lewis Pullman, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman and Chris Hemsworth. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 30, 2018)
Posted: November 30, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anna and the Apocalypse, Blood Brother, Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back), Diego Baldenweg, DriverX, Guy Garvey, Head Full of Honey, Johann Johannsson, John Frizzell, Lili Haydn, Lionel Baldenweg, Mark Kilian, Martin Todsharow, Masakatsu Takagi, Mirai, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Nitin Sawhney, Nora Baldenweg, Paul Saunderson, Peter Jobson, Roddy Hart, The Mercy, The Possession of Hannah Grace, Tommy Reilly
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this week is the horror thriller The Possession of Hannah Grace directed by Diederik Van Rooijen and starring Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson and Stana Katic. The film’s original music is composed by John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Dante’s Peak, Office Space, The Following). No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more abut the movie, which is being released by Screen Gems/Sony Pictures.
Opening in limited release is the zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse directed by John McPhail and starring Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Ben Wiggins, Marli Siu, Mark Benton and Paul Kaye. Roddy Hart & Tommy Reilly have composed the film’s original music. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs written by the composers and performed by the movie’s cast. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the Orion Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Freeform’s ‘Life-Size 2’ to Feature Song by Tyra Banks & Original Score by Germaine Franco
Posted: November 30, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeform, Germaine Franco, Life-Size, Life-Size 2, Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks has recorded a new version of the song Be a Star for the Freeform original movie Life-Size 2. The song, which was originally written by George Blondheim & Mark Rosman for the first 2000 Life-Size movie (click here to download), has been released as a digital single from Walt Disney Records and is available to download here. Check out the music video after the jump. Germaine Franco (Tag, Dope, Vida) has composed the original score for Life-Size 2, which is directed by Steven K. Tsuchida and stars Banks herself, alongside Francia Raisa, Gavin Stenhouse, Shanica Knowles, Hank Chen and Alison Fernandez. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 30, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Astérix: Le secret de la potion magique, Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, Philippe Rombi, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the animated feature Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (Astérix: Le secret de la potion magique). The album features the film’s original music composed by Philippe Rombi (Swimming Pool, In the House, Angel, Joyeux Noel) who previously scored the last entry in the series, Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check the full track list and listen to audio samples. Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion is directed by Alexandre Astier & Louis Clichy and features the voices of Christian Clavier, Florence Foresti, Elie Semoun, François Morel and Lionnel Astier. Read the rest of this entry »
The Dave Grusin Premiere Collection Announced
Posted: November 30, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: ...And Justice for All, Absence of Malice, Dave Grusin, Murder by Death, score, Soundtrack, The Pursuit of Happiness
Varese Sarabande has announced The Dave Grusin Premiere Collection featuring four previously unreleased scores composed by Academy Award winner Dave Grusin (The Firm, The Milagro Beanfield War, Three Days of the Condor, Tootsie, Havana) for Columbia Pictures productions. The album features the composer’s music from the 1979 Academy Award-nominated drama …And Justice for All directed by Norman Jewison and starring Al Pacino, Jack Warden & John Forsythe, the 1981 Academy Award-nominated drama Absence of Malice directed by Sidney Pollack and starring Paul Newman, Sally Field & Melinda Dillon, 1976’s Murder by Death directed by Robert Moore and starring Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Sir Alec Guinness, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith & Nancy Walker. Read the rest of this entry »
Max Richter’s Main Theme from HBO’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’ Released
Posted: November 30, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Max Richter, My Brilliant Friend, RAI, Saverio Costanzo
Deutsche Grammophon has released the main theme for the HBO and RAI original series My Brilliant Friend. The track, entitled Elena & Lila, is written by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Mary, Queen of Scots, Waltz with Bashir, Hostiles, White Boy Rick, Miss Sloane). The theme is now available as a digital single on Amazon. My Brilliant Friend is co-written and directed by Saverio Costanzo and stars Elisa Del Genio, Ludovica Nasti, Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace. The drama based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling book of the same name tells the story of a now-elderly woman who discovers the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spitak’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 30, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Serj Tankian, Soundtrack, Spitak
Serjical Strike Records has released a soundtrack album for the Armenian drama Spitak. The album features the film’s original music composed by Serj Tankian (1915, Furious, Intent to Destroy) who is best known as the lead singer of System of a Down. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Spitak is directed by Alexander Kott and stars Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Olivier Pagès and Oleg Vasilkov. The movie is based on true events and tells a story of the devastating earthquake, which happened in the city of Spitak on December 7, 1988. The drama, which has been selected as the Armian entry for next year’s Academy Awards, opened in Armenian theaters this past April and will receive a theatrical release in the U.S. on December 7, 2018. Read the rest of this entry »
