Marco Beltrami is composing the music for the upcoming National Geographic documentary Free Solo. The film is directed by Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (Meru) and revolves around rock climber Alex Honnold as he is training on Freerider for the first ever rope-free climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Chin & Chai Vasarhelyi are also producing the project with Evan Hayes, Walter Parkes & Laurie MacDonald (Men in Black, The Ring, Flight) and Shannon Dill. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami Scoring National Geographic’s ‘Free Solo’
Posted: December 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Free Solo, Jimmy Chin, Marco Beltrami, National Geographic
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Daniel Pemberton’s Score from ‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘USS Callister’ to Be Released
Posted: December 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Black Mirror, Daniel Pemberton, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the Black Mirror episode USS Callister. The album features the music from the first episode of the show’s fourth season composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, Molly’s Game, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., All the Money in the World, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 29 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. USS Callister is directed by Toby Haynes and stars Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, Michaela Coel and Billy Magnussen. The episode written by Charlie Brooker & William Bridges follows a captain and his trusty crew as they explore the galaxy and the dangers of unknown alien planets and will premiere as part of Black Mirror‘s new season, which will premiere tomorrow on Neflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mully’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Mully, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the documentary Mully have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grammy Award and Golden Globe nominee Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Annabelle: Creation, Lights Out). Also included is the original song Love Will Be Your Shelter co-written by the composer and Siedah Garrett. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 29 by Varese Sarabande and will be available download on Amazon. Mully is directed by Scott Haze and center on a homeless orphan in Kenya who becomes a lucrative businessman, only to give it all up and open an orphanage that today serves over 2000 Kenyan children. Read the rest of this entry »
Guillaume Roussel Tapped as New Composer for Audience Network’s ‘Ice’
Posted: December 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Audience Network, Guillaume Roussel, Happy!, Ice
Guillaume Roussel is the new composer of the AT&T Audience Network original series Ice. The composer is scoring the second season of the show created by Robert Munic (Fighting, The Cleaner) and starring Cam Gigandet, Jeremy Sisto, Ray Winstone, Audrey Marie Anderson, Judith Shekoni, Jocelyn Hudon, Ashley Thomas, Laura Vandervoort, Amy Madigan and D.B. Sweeney The crime drama produced by Entertainment One (eOne) follows the Green family as they plunge into the underbelly of the Los Angeles diamond trade. Read the rest of this entry »
Nate Walcott & Mike Mogis to Score Josh Boone’s ‘The New Mutants’
Posted: December 27, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Josh Boone, Mike Mogis, Nate Walcott, Nathaniel Walcott, The New Mutants
Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis are reteaming with director Josh Boone on the upcoming superhero horror movie The New Mutants. The film starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga, Blu Hunt and Alice Braga is based on the X-Men spin-off comic book series of the same title created by Chris Claremont & Bob McLeod and revolves around five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, who fight to escape their past sins and save themselves. Boone also wrote the screenplay with Knate Lee (Kidnap). Read the rest of this entry »
Zacarías M. de la Riva Scoring Bobby Moresco’s ‘Bent’
Posted: December 27, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bent, Bobby Moresco, Zacarías M. De la Riva
Zacarías M. de la Riva is scoring the upcoming crime thriller Bent. The film is written and directed by Bobby Moresco (Crash, 10th & Wolf) and stars Karl Urban, Sofia Vergara and Andy Garcia. The movie is based on characters created by Joseph O’Donnell and follows a shamed and discredited narcotics detective who, upon his release from prison, makes plans to seek revenge on the accuser who framed him and killed his partner. O’Donnell is also producing the AMBI Media Group/ Deadly Codes Productions production with Andrea Iervolino & Monika Bacardi (To the Bone, Black Butterfly, In Dubious Battle). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mercy’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 26, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Marsh, Johann Johannsson, score, Soundtrack, The Mercy
The full details of the soundtrack album for James Marsh’s drama The Mercy have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Johann Johannsson (Arrival, The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Prisoners). Also included are several tracks from the composer’s studio albums Orphée and Englabörn. The soundtrack will be released on February 2, 2018 by Deutsche Grammophon and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Mercy starring Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis, Ken Stott and Jonathan Bailey chronicles amateur yachtsman Donald Crowhurst’s attempt to complete the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in 1968 and his subsequent attempts to cover up his failure. Read the rest of this entry »
Cezary Skubiszewski to Score Amazon’s ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’
Posted: December 26, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Cezary Skubiszewski, Picnic at Hanging Rock
Cezary Skubiszewski has been hired to score the upcoming Amazon original mini-series Picnic at Hanging Rock. The show is based on Joan Lindsay’s Australian novel and stars Natalie Dormer, Lily Sullivan, Madeleine Madden, Samara Weaving, Ruby Rees and Inez Curroas. The 6-parter revolves around the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and one teacher on Valentine’s Day 1900 and the subsequent investigation. Jo Porter and Anthony Ellis are executive producing the FremantleMedia International production with Penny Win (A Place to Call Home, Wentworth Prison). Read the rest of this entry »
Jake Monaco Scoring Hulu’s ‘All Night’
Posted: December 25, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: All Night, Hulu, Jake Monaco
Jake Monaco is scoring the upcoming comedy series All Night. The show is created by Jason Ubaldi and stars Chris Avila, Brec Bassinger, Chanel Celaya, Ty Doran, Teala Dunn, Allie Grant, Caleb Ray, Eva Gutowski, Tetona Jackson, Gus Kamp, Tom Maden, Jenn McAllister, Austin North, Tequan Richmond, Chester Rushing, Jake Short, Chance Sutton, Noureen DeWulf, Kate Flannery and Dawan Owens. The series centers on a group of teens at an overnight, lock-in graduation party, at which the new grads will do whatever it takes to make their remaining high school dreams come true. Read the rest of this entry »
Keegan DeWitt to Score Robert Greene’s ‘Bisbee ’17’
Posted: December 25, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bisbee '17, Keegan DeWitt, Robert Greene
Keegan DeWitt is reuniting with director Robert Greene on the upcoming documentary Bisbee ’17. The film centers on an old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border that finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Douglas Tirola (DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: The Story of the National Lampoon), Susan Bedusa (Actress) and Bennett Elliott are producing the project. DeWitt has previously scored Greene’s last directorial effort, Kate Plays Christine, and also composed the music for several movies edited by Greene, including Queen of Earth and Golden Exits. Read the rest of this entry »
