Laura Karpman has recently recorded her score for the upcoming Netflix original movie Set It Up. The film is directed by Claire Scanlon and stars Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Taye Diggs and Lucy Liu. The romantic comedy revolves around two overworked assistants who try to get their horrible bosses out of their hair by setting them up together. Katie Silberman wrote the screenplay. Justin Nappi (Arbitrage, All Is Lost, 99 Homes) and Juliet Berman are producing the project for Treehouse Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Laura Karpman Scoring Netflix’s ‘Set It Up’
Posted: January 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Claire Scanlon, Inventing Tomorrow, Laura Karpman, Netflix, Set It Up
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New Episodes of ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams’ to Feature Music by Mark Isham, BT & Bear McCreary
Posted: January 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, BT, Channel 4, Mark Isham, Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It) and BT (The Fast and the Furious, Monster) have recently scored two episodes of the new Amazon original series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. The composers collaborated on the music for the episodes Autofac starring Juno Temple, Janelle Monae & David Lyons, and Isham also scored the episode Safe and Sound. In addition, Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, Happy Death Day, The Walking Dead) has scored three episodes including the Dee Rees-helmed Kill All Others, as well as Real Life and Impossible Planet, both of which already aired in the UK on Channel 4. Read the rest of this entry »
Photek Scoring ‘Life in a Year’
Posted: January 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Life in a Year, Mitja Okorn, Photek
Photek is composing the score for the upcoming romantic drama Life in a Year. The film is directed by Mitja Okorn (Letters to Santa, Planeta Singli) and stars Jaden Smith, Cara Delevingne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Chris D’Elia and Nia Long. The movie follows a 17-year-old boy who is determined to give his dying girlfriend their entire life together, in the year she has left. Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews wrote the screenplay. Marc Bienstock (Split, The Visit) is producing the project with Will Smith’s & James Lassiter’s Overbrook Entertainment (I Am Legend, The Karate Kid, The Pursuit of Happiness). Read the rest of this entry »
2018 BAFTA Nominations Announced
Posted: January 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2018 Orange British Academy Film Awards. The winners will be announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday, February 18. For a full list of nominations, click here.
Here are the nominations in the ‘Original Music’ category:
Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer
Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kevin Reynolds, Michael Kamen, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new expanded soundtrack album for the 1991 action adventure Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael McShane and Nik Brimble. The album features the original music from the Warner Bros./Morgan Creek production composed and conducted by Michael Kamen (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, X-Men, Band of Brothers), including around an hour of previously unreleased music, as well as alternate cues. Visit the label’s official website to check out the full album details and to listen to audio samples and order the 2-CD set.
Soundtrack Album for Nat Geo’s ‘The Long Road Home’ Announced
Posted: January 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Beal, Nat Geo, score, Soundtrack, The Long Road Home
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the Nat Geo original mini-series The Long Road Home. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed and conducted by Emmy Award winner Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Rome, Pollock, Appaloosa, Carnivale). The soundtrack is now available to order as a limited edition 2-CD set on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. A digital version is also expected to be released. The Long Road Home is developed by Mikko Alanne and stars Michael Kelly, Jason Ritter, Kate Bosworth, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto and Noel Fisher, Jon Beavers, E.J. Bonilla, Jorge Diaz, Darius Homayoun and Patrick Schwarzenegger. Read the rest of this entry »
Clark Scoring Channel 4’s & Hulu’s ‘Kiri’
Posted: January 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Channel 4, Clark, Hulu, Kiri
Clark (aka Chris Clark) has composed the music for the new Channel 4 mini-series Kiri. The show is created by Jack Thorne (National Treasure, A Long Way Down, Glue) and stars Sarah Lancashire, Lia Williams, Steven Mackintosh, Lucian Msamati and Felicia Mukasa. The 4-part drama tells the story of the abduction and death of a young black girl, named Kiri, who is soon-to-be-adopted by her white foster family. Euros Lyn (Doctor Who, Torchwood) directed all episodes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fifty Shades Freed’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Fifty Shades Freed, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Fifty Shades Freed have been announced. The album features songs by Hailee Steinfeld x BloodPop, Miike Snow, Black Atlass feat. Jessie Reyez, Julia Michaels, Whethan & Dua Lipa, Bishop Briggs, as well as Liam Payne’s & Rita Ora’s For You, which is already available as a single. Also included are two tracks from the movie’s original score composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland) who previously scored the first two installments. The soundtrack will be released on February 9, 2018 and is now available for pre-order here (digital version) and here (CD version). Fifty Shades Freed is directed by James Foley and stars Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Arielle Kebbel, Kim Basinger, Brant Daugherty and Luke Grimes. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Wins Golden Globe for ‘The Shape of Water’
Posted: January 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Benj Pasek, Golden Globes, Justin Paul, The Greatest Showman, The Shape of Water
Alexandre Desplat has received his second Golden Globe Awards in the Original Score category for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water. He previously received a Golden Globe for his music for The Painted Veil. Check out the composer’s acceptance speech after the jump. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Carter Burwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread), John Williams (The Post) and Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk). In the Original Song category, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul won the award for the song This Is Me from The Greatest Showman. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Proud Mary’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fil Eisler, Proud Mary, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Proud Mary. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fil Eisler (Empire, Revenge, How to Be Single, CHiPs, To the Bone, Unreal). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Proud Mary is directed by Babak Najafi and stars Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di’Allo Winston and Danny Glover. The movie follows a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad. Read the rest of this entry »
