Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series The Chi created by Lena Waithe and starring Jason Mitchell, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Jacob Latimore, Alex Hibbert, Yolonda Ross, Tiffany Boone and Armando Riesco. The show’s original music is composed by Patrick Warren (Bloodworth, According to Spencer). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which follows a group of residents from the south of Chicago and which will air Sunday nights on Showtime. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 7, 2018)
Posted: January 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 9-1-1, Amazon, Fox, Gabriel Kirshoff, Jingle Jared, LA to Vegas, Mac Quayle, Patrick Warren, Showtime, The Chi, Todd Haberman
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‘The Commuter’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jaume Collet-Serra, Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack, The Commuter
The full details of the soundtrack album for the action thriller The Commuter have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead, The Machinist, Risen, Oldboy, Sexy Beast). The soundtrack will be released physically on February 9 by Varese Sarabande and is expected to be available digitally on January 12. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The Commuter is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and stars Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Elizabeth McGovern and Sam Neill. The movie follows an insurance salesman on his daily commute home, who, after being contacted by a mysterious stranger, is forced to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger on his train before the last stop. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Heffes Scoring ITV’s ‘Next of Kin’
Posted: January 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, ITV, Justin Chadwick, Next of Kin
Alex Heffes has composed the original score for the first couple of episodes of the new ITV drama Next of Kin. The show is created by Paul Rutman (Indian Summers, Vera) & Natasha Narayan and stars Archie Panjabi and Jack Davenport. The 6-part series follows a Mona, a whip-smart GP who lives in London with a political lobbyist husband. Their family life is shattered when Mona’s brother is brutally murdered while working for a medical charity abroad. Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl) has directed the first three episodes. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 5, 2018)
Posted: January 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Day of the Dead: Bloodline, Frederik Wiedmann, Insidious: The Last Key, Joseph Bishara, Keefus Ciancia, Nathaniel Mechaly, Stratton, The Devil's Gate
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the horror thriller Insidious: The Last Key directed by Adam Robitel, written by Leigh Whannell, produced by Jason Blum and starring Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Josh Stewart, Caitlin Gerard, Kirk Acevedo, Javier Botet, Bruce Davison, Spencer Locke and Tessa Ferrer. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Annabelle, Dark Skies) who previously scored the first three installments in the series. No soundtrack album has been announced. To learn more about the Universal Pictures release, visit the official movie website.
Opening in limited release is the horror movie Day of the Dead: Bloodline directed by Hèctor Hernández Vicens and starring Johnathon Schaech, Sophie Skelton, Marcus Vanco and Jeff Gum. Frederik Wiedmann (Field of Lost Shoes, Dying of the Light, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Hangman) has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. The movie, which is set in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled world where a former med school student is tormented by a dark figure from her past, is being released in theaters and on VOD by Saban Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Debra Granik’s ‘Leave No Trace’
Posted: January 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Debra Granik, Dickon Hinchliffe, Leave No Trace
Dickon Hinchliffe is reuniting with director Debra Granik on the upcoming indie drama Leave No Trace. The film starring Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Kober and Dale Dickey is based on the book My Abandonment by Peter Rock. Granik also co-wrote the screenplay with Anne Rosellini who is also producing the project with Anne Harrison (The Danish Girl, Two Family House) and Linda Reisman (Affliction, Waking the Dead). Hinchliffe has previously scored Granik’s last narrative feature, Winter’s Bone starring Jennifer Lawrence. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Fox’s ‘The Exorcist’ TV Series Released
Posted: January 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Hart, Fox, score, Soundtrack, The Exorcist, Tyler Bates
Milan Records has released the first soundtrack album for the Fox drama The Exorcist. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, John Wick, Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen). Also included is the series’ main titles theme written by Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, A Ghost Story). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Exorcist is developed by Jeremy Slater and stars Alfonso Herrera, Ben Daniels, Kurt Egyiawa and John Cho. The show follows two very different priests tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession. Read the rest of this entry »
Liam Payne’s & Rita Ora’s ‘For You’ from ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ Released
Posted: January 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fifty Shades Freed, Liam Payne, Rita Ora
Republic Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for Fifty Shades Freed. The track entitled For You is performed by Liam Payne & Rita Ora and is now available to download on Amazon. Listen to the full song after the jump. Check back on this page for the details of the full soundtrack album. Fifty Shades Freed is directed by James Foley and stars Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Arielle Kebbel, Kim Basinger, Brant Daugherty and Luke Grimes. The third and final installment in the Fifty Shades series will be released in theaters nationwide on February 9, 2018 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
David Newman to Score Malcolm D. Lee’s ‘Night School’
Posted: January 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Newman, Malcolm D. Lee, Night School
David Newman has signed on to score the upcoming comedy Night School. The film is directed by Malcolm D. Lee (The Best Man, Undercover Brother) and stars Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Yvonne Orji, Rob Riggle, Taran Killam, Ben Schwartz, Yvonne Orji, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Keith David and Anne Winters. The movie follows a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they’ll pass the GED exam. Will Packer (Ride Along, Think Like a Man, Roots) is producing the project with Hart. Newman has previously collaborated with Lee on last year’s hit comedy Girls Trip, as well as the 2008 feature Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins. Read the rest of this entry »
‘If You Saw His Heart’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gabriel Yared, If You Saw His Heart, Joan Chemla, score, Si tu voyais son coeur, Soundtrack
Nord-Ouest Films will release a soundtrack album for the French drama If You Saw His Heart (Si tu voyais son coeur). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, 1408). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. If You Saw His Heart is written and directed by Joan Chemla and stars Gael García Bernal, Marine Vacth, Nahuel Pérez, Biscayart and Karim Leklou. The movie centers on a damaged and down-on-his-luck man who teeters between a life of crime and the path to redemption. Read the rest of this entry »
Kendrick Lamar & Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith to Curate ‘Black Panther: The Album’
Posted: January 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, Black Panther, Kendrick Lamar, Ryan Coogler
Marvel Studios and TDE Entertainment have announced today that Kendrick Lamar and record label founder Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith are set to curate and produce Black Panther: The Album. The soundtrack album will feature music from and inspired by the studios’ Black Panther movie, including the lead single, All The Stars, feat. Kendrick Lamar and label mate SZA, produced by Sounwave. The track can be checked out after the jump and the full album will be released on February 9 by Interscope Records. Click here to pre-order the digital version and visit Amazon to order the CD version. Check back on this page for the full album details and to learn more about a separate release of the film’s original score composed by Ludwig Goransson. Read the rest of this entry »
