Magic Light Pictures will release a soundtrack album for the BBC animated holiday special The Highway Rat. The album features the original music from the short composed by René Aubry (The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child, Under the Bombs). The soundtrack will be released digitally on Monday, December 18 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Highway Rat is directed by Jeroen Jaspaert and stars David Tennant as the title character, Rob Brydon as the narrator, Nina Sosanya as the Duck, Tom Hollander as the Squirrel and Frances de le Tour as the Rabbit. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Highway Rat’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, René Aubry, score, Soundtrack, The Highway Rat
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‘Viking’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dean Valentine, score, Soundtrack, Viking
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Russian historical epic Viking. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dean Valentine (Tiger Raid), as well as the composer’s music written for the movie’s trailers. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Viking is directed by Andrei Kravchuk and stars Danila Kozlovsky and Svetlana Khodchenkova. The movie is set in late 10th Century and revolves around medieval prince Vladimir the Great, Prince of Novgorod, as he is forced into exile across the frozen sea after the death of his father. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve London to Score Robert Budreau’s ‘Stockholm’
Posted: December 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Robert Budreau, Steve London, Stockholm
Steve London is reuniting with director Robert Budreau on the upcoming thriller Stockholm. The film is written and directed by Budreau and stars Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong and Christopher Heyerdahl. The movie tells the true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm, during which the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities. The director is also producing the project with Nicholas Tabarrok (Defendor, The Art of the Steal) and Jonathan Bronfman (The Void, Edge of Winter). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 15, 2017)
Posted: December 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Beyond Skyline, Craig Wedren, Ferdinand, H. Scott Salinas, Joe Wong, John Powell, John Williams, Nathan Whitehead, Permanent, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Ballad of Lefty Brown
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie and Andy Serkis. The film’s original music is composed by John Williams (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, E.T.). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the animated feature Ferdinand directed by Carlos Saldanha and featuring the voices of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Gina Rodriguez, Anthony Anderson, Daveed Diggs, Gabriel Iglesias, Bobby Cannavale and David Tennant. John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Shrek) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack featuring the composer’s score has been released by Fox Music and La-La Land Records (click here for the full details). Island Records has released a separate soundtrack EP feat. the songs from the film by Nick Jonas, Juanes and Pitbull. Check out our previous article for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Vault’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Shaun Drew, Soundtrack, The Vault
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Vault. The album features the film’s original music composed by Shaun Drew (DC Super Hero Girls, Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The Vault is co-written and directed by Dan Bush and stars James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood, Q’Orianka Kilcher, Clifton Collins and Scott Haze. The movie follows two estranged sisters who are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother who burned down a warehouse owned by a notorious gangster. The thriller was released in select theaters and on VOD this past September by FilmRise and is now also available on Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Mulhern Scoring ‘What They Had’
Posted: December 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Mulhern, Elizabeth Chomko, What They Had
Danny Mulhern has recently recorded his score for the upcoming drama What They Had. The film is written and directed by Elizabeth Chomko and stars Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner, Robert Forster, Taissa Farmiga and Josh Lucas. The movie follows a woman who returns home to Chicago at her brother’s urging to deal with her mother’s Alzheimer’s and her father’s reluctance to let go of their life together. Keith Kjarval (A Single Shot, Rudderless), Bill Holderman (A Walk in the Woods, The Company You Keep), Albert Berger (Little Miss Sunshine, Cold Mountain), Ron Yerxa (Nebraska, Election, Little Children), Alex Saks & Andrew Duncan (The Florida Project) and Tyler Jackson are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Crooked House’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Crooked House, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Hugo de Chaire, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Crooked House. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hugo de Chaire (Capsule). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Crooked House is directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and stars Glenn Close, Terence Stamp, Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Gillian Anderson and Christina Hendricks. The movie is based on Agatha Christie’s novel of the same title and follows a spy-turned-private-detective who is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather’s murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secretd. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for BBC’s ‘Gunpowder’ to Be Released
Posted: December 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Gunpowder, Hauschka, HBO, Volker Bertelmann
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series Gunpowder. The album features the original music from the historical thriller composed by Academy Award nominee Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) (Lion, In Dubious Battle, The Current War, The Boy). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 15. The download link will be added to this article within the next day. Gunpowder is created by Ronan Bennett & Daniel West and stars Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Peter Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss. The 3-parter follows British activist Guy Fawkes and a group of provincial English Catholics as they plan to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in the early 17th century. Read the rest of this entry »
Elliott Wheeler Scoring Michael Sucsy’s ‘Every Day’
Posted: December 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elliott Wheeler, Every Day, Michael Sucsy
Elliott Wheeler is scoring the upcoming romantic drama Every Day. The film is directed by Michael Sucsy (The Vow, Grey Gardens) and stars Angourie Rice, Maria Bello, Debby Ryan, Jacob Batalon, Justice Smith, Owen Teague, Lucas Jade Zumann and Colin Ford. The movie is based on David Levithan’s bestselling YA novel and revolves around a shy teenage girl who falls in love with an entity named A, who inhabits a new body of another teenage boy each day. Jesse Andrews (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Father Figures’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Father Figures, Lawrence Sher, Rob Simonsen, Soundtrack
Epic Records and Alcon Sleeping Giant (ASG) Records will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy Father Figures. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Zee Will, Neil Diamond, Lord Netty, John Hiatt, Jason Mraz, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Tim Myers & more. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher, (500) Days of Summer, Nerve, The Spectacular Now). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 15 and will be available to download on Amazon. Father Figures is directed by Lawrence Sher and stars Owen Wilson, Ed Helms, J.K. Simmons, Katt Williams, Terry Bradshaw, Ving Rhames, Harry Shearer, June Squibb, Christopher Walken and Glenn Close. Read the rest of this entry »
