La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the sci-fi series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The Volume 2 albums features 4 CDs including original music from the classic TV show by composers Dennis McCarthy (Star Trek: Generations), Jay Chattaway (Star Trek: The Next Generation), David Bell, Gregory Smith & Paul Baillargeon (Star Trek: Enterprise). Visit the label’s Facebook page for the track list and more information about the release, which is limited to 3000 copies and will be available on the label’s website on January 9, 2018. La-La Land Records has previously released the first Star Trek: Deep Space Nine soundtrack collection back in 2013.
‘Deep Space Nine’ Soundtrack Collection Vol. 2 Announced
Posted: January 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Bell, Deep Space Nine, Dennis McCarthy, Gregory Smith, Jay Chattaway, Paul Baillargeon, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Anna Meredith Scoring Bo Burnham’s ‘Eighth Grade’
Posted: January 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Meredith, Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
Anna Meredith is scoring the upcoming comedy Eighth Grade. The marks the feature directorial debut of Bo Burnham and stars Elsie Fisher and Josh Hamilton. The movie revolves around a thirteen-year-old girl who endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school before she begins high school. Burnham also wrote the screenplay. Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men, The Social Network), Eli Bush (Lady Bird, Top Five), Lila Yacoub (While We’re Young, Frances Ha) and Christopher Storer are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Strange Ones’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian McOmber, score, Soundtrack, The Strange Ones
Wayfind Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie thriller The Strange Ones. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian McOmber (It Comes at Night, Krisha, Ugly, A Teacher). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 5, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Strange Ones is directed by Christopher Radcliff & Lauren Wolkstein and stars Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus, Tobias Campbell, Owen Campbell, Gene Jones, Olivia Wang, Will Blomker and Melanie Nicholls-King. The movie follows two brothers who are making their way across a remote American landscape. Read the rest of this entry »
Joe Kraemer to Score ‘The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot’
Posted: January 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joe Kraemer, Robert Krzykowski, The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot
Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher) announced on Twitter that he will be composing the score for the upcoming drama The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot. The film is written and directed by Robert Krzykowski and stars Sam Elliot, Aidan Turner, Caitlin FitzGerald, Ellar Coltrane and Ron Livingston. The movie is set in 1987 and follows Calvin Barr who, decades after serving in World War II and assassinating Adolf Hitler, is contacted to lead the charge on hunting down the fabled Bigfoot who is hidden deep inside the Canadian wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi & Brandon Campbell to Score Sylvain White’s ‘Slender Man’
Posted: January 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brandon Campbell, Ramin Djawadi, Slender Man, Sylvain White
Ramin Djawadi and Brandon Campbell have been hired to score the supernatural upcoming horror thriller Slender Man. The film is directed by Sylvain White (The Losers, Stomp the Yard) and stars Joey King, Julia Goldani-Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso and Javier Botet. The movie is based on based on the myth created by Eric Knudsen (aka Victor Surge) and revolves around a tall, thin figure with unnaturally long arms and a featureless face who stalks, abducts and traumatizes people. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Samson’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Samson, Soundtrack
Dream Records will release a soundtrack album for the biblical drama Samson. The album features songs from and inspired by the movie by artists such as Emmanuel Church, Seacoast Worship, Cindy Cruse Ratcliff, April Nevels, MUSITRY & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 2, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Samson is directed by Bruce Macdonald and stars Jackson Rathbone, Billy Zane, Taylor James, Rutger Hauer, Caitlin Leahy, Lindsay Wagner, Frances Sholto-Douglas and Greg Kriek. The movie tells the story of Samson, a young Hebrew with supernatural strength who defends his people after losing the love of his life to a cruel Philistine prince. Read the rest of this entry »
Colin Stetson Scoring Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary’
Posted: January 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ari Aster, Colin Stetson, Hereditary
Colin Stetson is composing the original music for the upcoming horror thriller Hereditary. The film is written and directed by Ari Aster and stars Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd and Milly Shapiro. The movie follows the Graham family, after their reclusive grandmother passes away, as they try to escape the dark fate they’ve inherited. Kevin Frakes (American Ultra, Collateral Beauty, Laggies), Lars Knudsen (The Witch, Beginners, American Honey) and Buddy Patrick (Lee Daniels’ The Butler) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Johnny Klimek to Score James McTeigue’s ‘Breaking In’
Posted: January 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Breaking In, James McTeigue, Johnny Klimek
Johnny Klimek has been tapped to score the upcoming thriller Breaking In. The film is directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin, The Raven) and stars Gabrielle Union, Christa Miller, Ajiona Alexus and Billy Burke. The movie follows a woman who, after the sudden death of her father, takes her two kids to her father’s Malibu mansion to settle his estate, when four villains intent on finding the deceased’s safe and making off with its contents enter the premise. Ryan Engle (Non-Stop, The Commuter) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Travelers’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adam Lastiwka, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Travelers
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi drama series Travelers. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Adam Lastiwka. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 5, 2018. The download link will be added to this article later this week. Travelers is created by Brad Wright and stars Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson, Reilly Dolman and Patrick Gilmore. The drama follows a federal agent who tracks four people who suddenly seem to possess entirely new personalities, leading to a startling discovery about humanity’s future. Read the rest of this entry »
Top Film Scores of 2017 & Oscar Predictions
Posted: December 31, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsFilm Music Reporter’s Top 10 Original Scores of 2017 (in alphabetical order):
Battle of the Sexes – Nicholas Britell
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – Theodore Shapiro
Coco – Michael Giacchino
Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli
Ferdinand – John Powell
Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
The Post – John Williams
The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams
Wonderstruck – Carter Burwell
Oscar Predictions (in order of likelihood of receiving nomination):
The (Almost)-Locks:
The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
The Other Frontrunners:
The Post – John Williams
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli
Victoria & Abdul – Thomas Newman
Coco – Michael Giacchino
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell
Wonderstruck – Carter Burwell
The Other Possibilities:
War for the Planet of the Apes – Michael Giacchino
Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer
Jane – Philip Glass
Battle of the Sexes – Nicholas Britell
Molly’s Game – Daniel Pemberton
Lady Bird – Jon Brion
Murder on the Orient Express – Patrick Doyle
All the Money in the World – Daniel Pemberton
Mudbound – Tamir-kali
Good Time – Oneohtrix Point Never
Downsizing – Rolfe Kent
Wonder – Marcelo Zarvos
Get Out – Michael Abels
Hostiles – Max Richter
Wind River – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Check out a list of all scores/movies considered for our listings, as well as our top 10 movies of 2017 on the next page.
