David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day, Stargate) has been tapped to score the upcoming Amazon original series Good Omens. The show is based on the 1990 book by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman (American Gods) and stars Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale trying to prevent the Apocalypse and David Tennant as the demon Crowley. Jon Hamm, Miranda Richardson, Nick Offerman, Adria Arjona, Nina Sosanya, Jack Whitehall, Michael McKean, Ned Dennehy, Ariyon Bakare, Mireille Enos, Anna Maxwell Martin, Lourdes Faberes and Yusuf Gatewood are co-starring in the 6-part series. Read the rest of this entry »
David Arnold to Score Amazon’s ‘Good Omens’
Posted: June 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, BBC, David Arnold, Good Omens, Neil Gaiman
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‘Angel Face’ (‘Gueule d’ange’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angel Face, Audrey Ismaël, Gueule d'ange, Olivier Coursier, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the French drama Angel Face (Gueule d’ange). The album features the film’s original music composed by Audrey Ismaël and Olivier Coursier. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips and check out the full track list. Angel Face is co-written and directed by Vanessa Filho and stars Marion Cotillard, Ayline Aksoy-Etaix, Alban Lenoir, Amélie Daure and Stéhane Rideau. The movie centers on a single mother who suddenly chooses to abandon her daughter for a man she has just met. The drama premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and was released in French theaters last month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rocket Gibraltar’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Powell, Rocket Gibraltar, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1988 drama Rocket Gibraltar directed by Daniel Petrie, written by Amos Poe and starring Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey and Macaulay Culkin. The album features the original music from the Columbia Pictures production composed and conducted by Andrew Powell (Ladyhawke). Visit the label’s official website to listen to audio samples, check out the full track list and order the limited edition CD.
Daniel Pemberton, Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka, Rob Simonsen, Eric Serra & Others Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 928 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, Ocean’s 8), Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka who received their first Academy Award nomination last year for Lion, Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Foxcatcher), Eric Serra (The Fifth Element, Goldeneye), Jeff Beal (Pollock, An Inconvenient Sequel), Trevor Morris (Olympus Has Fallen, Immortals), Benoit Charest who received an Oscar nomination for The Triplets of Belleville, Fil Eisler (Life of the Party, How to Be Single), Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin (Dangerous Minds), Emilio Kauderer (The Secret in Their Eyes), Jeff Rona (White Squall), Carlo Siliotto (The Punisher), Oswaldo Golijov (The Man Who Cried), Mandy Hoffman (The Lovers), Nitin Sawhney (Breathe), Jason Moran (Selma), Joanna Bruzdowicz (I Forgot to Tell You), Gingger Shankar (Circumstance), Nathan Wang (Rumble in the Bronx), Sharon Farber (When Nietzsche Wept), Lee Byung-woo (Mother), Joseph Koo (A Better Tomorrow), Yoko Kanno (Our Little Sister), Usha Khanna (Khandala House), Sofia Gubaidulina (Mary Queen of Scots), Sneha Khanwalkar (Gangs of Wasseypur), Ilona Sekacz (Wondrous Oblivion) and Lim Giong (The Assassin). Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch Scoring James Marsh’s ‘King of Thieves’
Posted: June 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, James Marsh, King of Thieves
Benjamin Wallfisch has recently scored the upcoming caper thriller King of Thieves. The film is directed by James Marsh (The Theory of Everything, Man on Wire) and stars Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Ray Winstone, Jim Broadbent, Charlie Cox, Paul Whitehouse, Michael Gambon and Francesca Annis. The movie is based on Mark Seal’s Vanity Fair piece The Over the Hill Mob and tells the story of the April 2015 Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company heist in which robbers stole more than £200 million worth of loot in the biggest heist in UK history. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Westworld’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack, Westworld
WaterTower Music has released the second soundtrack album for the HBO original series Westworld. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, A Wrinkle in Time, The Great Wall, Warcraft). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack album for the first season, as well as several digital singles featuring Djawadi’s covers of Seven Nation Army, Paint It, Black and C.R.E.A.M.. Westworld is created by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 feature and stars Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Tessa Thompson, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Salett to Score Chris Eigeman’s ‘Seven in Heaven’
Posted: June 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Eigeman, Peter Salett, Seven in Heaven
Singer/songwriter Peter Salett is composing the music for the upcoming horror thriller Seven in Heaven. The film is written and directed by Chris Eigeman (Turn the River) and stars Travis Tope, Haley Ramm, Gary Cole and Jacinda Barrett. The movie follows two twin siblings who enter a hidden closet and emerge in an alternate reality, where nothing is as it seems and have to find their way back through the closet before they’re trapped in the terrifying version of reality forever. Jason Blum (Get Out, The Purge, Insidious, Paranormal Activity) is producing the project through his Blumhouse production company, alongside Tony Roman. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 24, 2018)
Posted: June 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Very English Scandal, Amazon, Bear McCreary, Believer, Hans Zimmer, Harvey Street Kids, HBO, Jay Vincent, Kiss Me First, Matthew Simpson, Murray Gold, Netflix, Tau
Premiering tomorrow, June 25 is the documentary Believer directed by Don Argott. The film’s original score is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dunkirk). The composer also co-wrote original songs for the movie, including the track Skipping Stones co-written by Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds. Interscope Records has released the song as a digital single earlier this week. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the film, which is premiering on HBO.
Premiering on Friday, June 29, is the sci-fi thriller Tau directed by Federico D’ Alessandro and starring Maika Monroe, Ed Skrein. Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Outlander, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day) has composed the film’s original music. The movie follows a street-smart young woman who tries to escape a high-tech prison. Click here for more information about the thriller, which is premiering exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Goodall Scoring ‘Johnny English Strikes Again’
Posted: June 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Howard Goodall, Johnny English, Johnny English Strikes Again
Howard Goodall is currently recording his score for the upcoming action comedy sequel Johnny English Strikes Again. The film is directed by David Kerr and stars Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Emma Thompson and Jake Lacy. The third installment in the series follows the title character on a mission to find the mastermind hacker of a cyber-attack that reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain. William Davies (How to Train Your Dragon, Flushed Away) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 22, 2018)
Posted: June 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Boundaries, Damsel, Distorted, Howard Shore, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Michael Giacchino, Michael Penn, The Catcher Was a Spy, The Octopus Project, Todd Bryanton
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom directed by J.A. Bayona and starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, BD Wong, James Cromwell, Ted Levine, Justice Smith, Geraldine Chaplin, Daniella Pineda, Toby Jones and Rafe Spall. The film’s original music is composed Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek, The Incredibles, Ratatouille). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.
Opening in limited release is the western comedy Damsel written and directed by Nathan & David Zellner and starring Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Forster, the Zellner brothers themselves and Joseph Biligiere. The Octopus Project who have previously scored the directors’ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter and Kid-Thing have composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the band’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
