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 »
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
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‘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 »
Aimee Mann’s ‘Drive’ Cover from ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’ Released
Posted: February 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Aimee Mann, American Crime Story, FX, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
20th Century Fox TV Records has released Aimee Mann‘s cover of The Cars’ hit song Drive from FX’s limited series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. The track, which was featured in the last episode of the show, is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story is developed by Tom Rob Smith and executive produced by Ryan Murphy and stars Darren Criss, Edgar Ramírez, Penelope Cruz and Ricky Martin. The drama is based on Maureen Orth’s book Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History and explores the murder of designer Gianni Versace by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Return of the Hero’ (‘Le retour du héros’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurent Tirard, Le retour du héros, Mathieu Lamboley, Return of the Hero, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the French comedy Return of the Hero (Le retour du héros). The album features the film’s original music composed by Mathieu Lamboley (Lolo, I Kissed a Girl, Bonne pomme). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the track list. Return of the Hero is directed by Laurent Tirard and stars Jean Dujardin and Melanie Laurent. The movie centers on a war-of-the-sexes battle between the swaggering Captain Neuville, a supposed Napoleonic War hero and Elizabeth, a prim, honest daughter of the local landed gentry who seeks to expose him as a fraud. Read the rest of this entry »
Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969-2018)
Posted: February 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Johann Johannsson
Jóhann Jóhannsson passed away in Berlin this past Friday at age 48. The cause of death is unknown. The composer won the Golden Globe and received Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy nominations for his score for James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything. The following year, he won received an Oscar and BAFTA nomination for his music for Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario and also saw the release of Villeneuve’s Arrival, for which he received Golden Globe, BAFTA and Grammy nominations. He most recently collaborated with director Darren Aronofsky on mother!. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 9, 2018)
Posted: February 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Basmati Blues, Christian Jacob, Danny Elfman, Dominic Lewis, Fifty Shades Freed, Golden Exits, Hendrik Schwarzer, Jeff Cardoni, Joan As Police Woman, Keegan DeWitt, Monster Family, Permission, Peter Rabbit, Steven Argila, The 15:17 to Paris, The Female Brain, Thomas Bartlett
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the drama Fifty Shades Freed directed by James Foley and starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Arielle Kebbel, Kim Basinger, Brant Daugherty and Luke Grimes. Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by Liam Hayes & Rita Ora, Hailee Steinfeld x BloodPop, Miike Snow & more. Click here for the full details. Back Lot Music has released a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland). Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the family comedy Peter Rabbit created by Will Gluck and starring James Corden, Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, Sam Neill, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki and Margot Robbie. Dominic Lewis (The Man in the High Castle, Money Monster, Free Birds, DuckTales) has composed the film’s original score. Columbia Records has released a single featuring a score suite, as well as the song I Promise You written by Ezra Koenig & Gluck and performed by Corden. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full details and also click here to learn more about the songs in the film. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Simonsen Scoring Julia Hart’s ‘Fast Color’
Posted: February 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fast Color, Julia Hart, Rob Simonsen
Rob Simonsen has recently composed the music for the upcoming supernatural drama Fast Color. The film is directed by Julia Hart and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, Christopher Denham and David Strathairn. The movie revolves around a woman who is forced to go on the run when her extraordinary abilities are discovered. Hart also co-wrote the screenplay with Jordan Horowitz (La La Land, The Kids Are All Right) who is producing the project with Mickey Liddell (Jackie, The Grey, Go) and Pete Shilaimon (Megan Leavey, Risen). Read the rest of this entry »
