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 »
‘Fifty Shades Freed’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Fifty Shades Freed, Soundtrack
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 »
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
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 »
‘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 »
