Marvel Music and Hollywood Records have announced a score album for Marvel Studios’ Black Panther. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ludwig Goransson (Creed, Community, Fruitvale Station) who recorded his music in London with a 132-piece western classical orchestra, African percussionists and a 40-person choir. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 16 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Black Panther is directed by Ryan Coogler and stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Andy Serkis. Read the rest of this entry »
Marvel Music & Hollywood Records to Release Ludwig Goransson’s ‘Black Panther’ Score
Posted: February 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black Panther, Ludwig Göransson, Marvel Studios, Ryan Coogler, score, Soundtrack
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Giona Ostinelli & Sonya Belousova Scoring Brian A. Miller’s ‘Reprisal’
Posted: February 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian A. Miller, Giona Ostinelli, Reprisal, Sonya Belousova
Giona Ostinelli & Sonya Belousova are scoring the upcoming action thriller Reprisal. The film is directed by Brian A. Miller (Vice, The Prince) and stars Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo and former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo. The movie follows a bank assistant manager after a robbery at his bank ends in two dead and he barely escapes with his life. When the police comes up empty handed, he teams up with his ex-cop neighbor to launch their own investigation. Bryce Hammons wrote the screenplay. Randall Emmett & George Furla (Lone Survivor, Escape Plan, 2 Guns) are producing the project for Emmett Furla Oasis Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Winchester’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Peter Spierig, score, Soundtrack, Winchester
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Winchester. The album features the film’s original music composed by the movie’s co-director Peter Spierig (Predestination). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 16 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Winchester is directed by Peter & Michael Spierig and stars Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, Angus Sampson and Finn Scicluna-O’Prey with his brother Michael Spierig. The movie is inspired by real events and follows a woman, whose husband and their child died suddenly, and begins building the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California upon advisement from a medium. Read the rest of this entry »
‘For the Love of George’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Bertok, For the Love of George, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the romantic comedy For the Love of George. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Unsung Lilly, Lisa Brigantino, Steve Fawcett, Alex Louise, James Bowers and Dominique Pruitt. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by David Bertok (The Wedding Invitation). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. For the Love of George is directed by Maria Burton and stars Nadia Jordan, Tate Donovan, Rex Lee, Shaun Sipos, Kristen Johnston and Rosanna Arquette. The movie follows a jilted British woman who comes to Los Angeles, after discovering her husband is cheating on her, with the fantasy of meeting her ultimate dream man — George Clooney. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeremy Turner Scoring Laura Steinel’s ‘Family’
Posted: February 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Family, Jeremy Turner, Laura Steinel, Ode to Joy
Jeremy Turner has recently composed the original score for the upcoming indie comedy Family. The film is written and directed by Laura Steinel and stars Taylor Schilling, Bryn Vale, Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis, Blair Beeken, Matt Walsh, Allison Tolman, Eric Edelstein, Kate McKinnon and Fabrizio Guido. The movie revolves around an emotionally stunted 30-year-old woman who is tasked with watching her awkward and bullied 12-year-old niece for the week and finds her life unfurling when the girl runs away to be a juggalo. Read the rest of this entry »
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul to Write Original Songs for Blue Sky Studios’ ‘Foster’
Posted: February 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benj Pasek, Foster, Justin Paul
Variety is reporting that Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will write original songs for Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios’ upcoming animated feature Foster. The film is directed by Karen Disher (Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas) & Steve Martino (The Peanuts Movie, Horton Hears a Who!) and revolves around a young super fan who isn’t satisfied with the ending to a series of fantasy books and finds himself transported into a mystical world with the books’ author. Tim Federle (Ferdinand) wrote the screenplay for the movie, which will mark Blue Sky’s first musical project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gangsta’ (‘Patser’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, Gangsta, Hannes De Maeyer, Patser, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for Adil El Arbi’s & Bilall Fallah’s Belgian crime thriller Gangsta (Patser). The album features the film’s original music composed by Hannes De Maeyer who previously scored the directors’ last features Black and Image. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Gangsta is co-written and directed by El Arbi & Fallah (Snowfall) and stars Matteo Simoni, Nora Gharib and Nabil Mallat. The movie is set in contemporary Belgium and follows four drug dealer friends who are fan of “Scarface” and aspire to become real-life swaggers and organized crime legends. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau Scoring ‘Action Point’
Posted: February 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Action Point, Andrew Feltenstein, Drunk Parents, John Nau, Tim Kirkby
Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau are scoring the upcoming comedy Action Point. The film is directed by Tim Kirkby (Brockmire) and stars Johnny Knoxville. The movie imagines what would happen if Knoxville and his cohorts irresponsibly designed and operated their own theme park. Knoxville also co-wrote the screenplay with John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky (Silicon Valley, King of the Hill, Extract) and is producing the project with Billy Gerber (Gran Torino, The Dukes of Hazzard) and Derek Freda (Bad Grandpa). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nostalgia’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurent Eyquem, Mark Pellington, Nostalgia, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Mark Pellington’s drama Nostalgia have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Laurent Eyquem (Copperhead, Winnie Mandela, Rage, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage). The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally this Friday, February 16 and physically on March 23 by Varese Sarabande. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Nostalgia is written by Alex Ross Perry and stars Jon Hamm, Catherine Keener, John Ortiz, Nick Offerman, Chris Marquette, James Le Gros, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Amber Tamblyn and Patton Oswalt. The movie centers on the lives of a group of people connected through loss and analyzes the way people find love and solace in memories and objects they share with one another. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 11, 2018)
Posted: February 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brooke Blair, Disney Channel, Everything Sucks!, Gabriel Gundacker, George S. Clinton, HBO, Here and Now, Hrishikesh Hirway, Irreplaceable You, Lesley Barber, Michael Penn, Netflix, Our Cartoon President, Showtime, Sundance Now, This Close, Will Blair, Zombies
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series Here and Now created by Alan Ball (Six Feet Under, True Blood) and starring Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Bean, Joe Williamson and Peter Macdissi. Michael Penn (Girls, Masters of Sex, Boogie Nights, Sunshine Cleaning) is composing the show’s original score. To learn more about the drama, which revolves around a progressive multi-ethnic family – a professor, his wife, and their children – and a contemporary Muslim family, headed by the psychiatrist treating one of their kids, and which will air every Sunday night on HBO, visit the official show website.
Also premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Our Cartoon President created by Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Matt Lapin, Tim Luecke & R.J. Fried and featuring the voices of Jeff Bergman, Cody Lindquist, William Sadler and Emily Lynne. The show’s original music is composed by Gabriel Gundacker who also voicing the characters of Donald Trump Jr. and Stephen Miller. To learn more about the series, which follows the Commander-in-Chief as he opens the White House doors for a look at a typical day in the life of the President of the United States, his advisors, and family members, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
