Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack album for the new Amazon original series Jean-Claude Van Johnson. The album features selections from the original music from the show’s first season composed by Joseph Trapanese (Straight Outta Compton, Oblivion, The Greatest Showman, Insurgent, Only the Brave). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jean-Claude Van Johnson is created by Dave Callaham and stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kat Foster, Moises Arias and Phylicia Rashad. The comedy follows a global martial arts and film sensation who is operating under the simple alias of “Johnson,” the most dangerous undercover private contractor in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jean-Claude Van Johnson’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Joseph Trapanese, score, Soundtrack
Steven Price Scoring Claire McCarthy’s ‘Ophelia’
Posted: December 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Claire McCarthy, Ophelia, Steven Price
Academy Award-winning composer Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Fury) has recently composed the music for the upcoming drama Ophelia. The film is directed by Claire McCarthy (The Waiting City) and stars Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen, George MacKay, Tom Felton and Devon Terrell. The movie based on Lisa Klein’s 2006 book of the same name is a new take on the Hamlet story and and focuses on Ophelia, the daughter of Claudius’ chief advisor who falls for Hamlet. Semi Chellas (Mad Men) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Dickon Hinchliffe to Score Idris Elba’s ‘Yardie’
Posted: December 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, Idris Elba, Yardie
Dickon Hinchliffe has been tapped to score the upcoming British drama Yardie. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Idris Elba and stars Aml Ameen, Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Fraser James, Sheldon Shepherd and Everaldo Cleary. The movie is based on the cult novel by Victor Headley and follows a young Jamaican named “D” who arrives in London in the early 1980s and unexpectedly discovers the man who assassinated his revered brother in Jamaica a decade earlier. Brock Norman Brock (Bronson) and Martin Stellman (For Queen & Country) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Christian Jacob Scoring Clint Eastwood’s ‘The 15:17 to Paris’
Posted: December 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Jacob, Clint Eastwood, The 15:17 to Paris
Christian Jacob has composed the music for the upcoming drama The 15:17 to Paris. The film is directed by Clint Eastwood and stars Anthony Sadler, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone, who all play themselves, as well as Jenna Fischer, Judy Greer, Ray Corasani, PJ Byrne, Tony Hale, Thomas Lennon, Paul-Mikél Williams and Bryce Gheisar. The movie tells the true story of three American soldiers who discover a terrorist plot on a Paris-bound train. Dorothy Blyskal wrote the screenplay based on the book by Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone & Jeffrey E. Stern. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Fantastic Woman’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Fantastic Woman, Matthew Herbert, score, Sebastian Lelio, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for Sebastián Lelio’s drama A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica). The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew Herbert (Life in a Day, Disobedience). Also included are songs by lead actress Daniela Vega and Hector Lavoe. The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on January 5, 2018 (click here to download) and physically on February 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Fantastic Woman is co-written and directed by Lelio and stars Vega and Francisco Reyes. The movie revolves around a transgender actress who falls in love with an older man who suddenly falls ill and dies and is forced to confront his family and society. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Man with the Iron Heart’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guillaume Roussel, HHhH, score, Soundtrack, The Man with the Iron Heart
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for the historical thriller The Man with the Iron Heart (HhhH). The album features the film’s original music composed by Guillaume Roussel (3 Days to Kill, Ransom, Outcast, It Boy). The soundtrack is now available to download overseas. Visit the British Amazon store to listen to audio samples. The Man with the Iron Heart is directed by Cedric Jimenez and stars Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike, Jack O’Connell, Jack Reynor and Mia Wasikowska. The movie is based on Laurent Binet’s 2012 bestselling novel and chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of Reinhard Heydrich, the most lethal man in Hitler’s cabinet, in Nazi Germany. Read the rest of this entry »
Deutsche Grammophon to Release ‘The Mercy’ Soundtrack
Posted: December 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Marsh, Johann Johannsson, score, Soundtrack, The Mercy
Deutsche Grammophon will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Mercy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Arrival, Prisoners). The soundtrack will be released on February 2, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. The Mercy is directed by James Marsh and stars Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis, Ken Stott and Jonathan Bailey. Read the rest of this entry »
David Norland to Score HBO’s ‘My Dinner with Hervé’
Posted: December 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Norland, HBO, My Dinner with Hervé, Sacha Gervasi
David Norland is reteaming with director Sacha Gervasi on the upcoming HBO original movie My Dinner with Hervé. The film starring Peter Dinklage & Jamie Dornan centers on the unlikely friendship that evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world’s most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both. Andy Garcia, Mireille Enos, Oona Chaplin, Harriet Walter and David Strathairn are co-starring. Gervasi (Hitchcock) also wrote the teleplay based on a story by himself and Sean Macaulay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tiny Christmas’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Nickelodeon, Ryan Shore, score, Soundtrack, Tiny Christmas
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the Nickelodeon original movie Tiny Christmas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grammy Award nominee Ryan Shore (The Shrine, Prime, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, Harvard Man, Julie’s Greenroom). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 15 and will be available to download on Amazon. Tiny Christmas is directed by Jonathan A. Rosenbaum and stars Riele Downs, Lizzy Greene, Graeme McComb, Panou, Patricia Drake and Matty Finochio. The movie follows a girl and her quirky cousin who are accidentally shrinked by one of Santa’s inept elves on Christmas Eve and must embark on a journey to un-shrink themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Errol Morris, Paul Leonard Morgan, score, Soundtrack, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Rage Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, The Numbers Station, Wormwood). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. A limited edition vinyl version is set to come out in 2018. The B-Side is directed by Errol Morris and revolves around legendary photographer Elsa Dorfman, whose subjects have included such friends as Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, and Jonathan Richman. The documentary premiered at the 2016 Telluride and Toronto Film Festival and was released in theaters this past summer by Neon. Read the rest of this entry »
