Anne Dudley has recently recorded her score for the BBC family comedy drama Grandpa’s Great Escape. The film is directed by Elliot Hegarty (The Bad Education Movie) and stars Tom Courtenay, Kit Connor, Jennifer Saunders, Samantha Spiro and David Walliams. The movie is based on an original book by Walliams and tells the story of a World War II flying ace who now suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and when his family can no longer look after him he is moved to an old people’s home called Twilight Tower. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Dudley Scoring BBC’s ‘Grandpa’s Great Escape’
Posted: December 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Dudley, BBC, Grandpa's Great Escape
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‘Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Coulais, Droles de petites betes, score, Soundtrack, Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the French animated feature Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings (Droles de petites betes). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, The Secret of Kells). The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings is directed by Antoon Krings & Arnaud Bouron and follows Apollo, a vagabond cricket, as he sets off to start a new life in the magical garden and gets involved with the wrong crowd. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘The Russia House’ & ‘The Orphanage’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: December 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fernando Velazquez, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The Orphanage, The Russia House
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1990 spy drama The Russia House directed by Fred Schepisi and starring Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeifer, Roy Scheider, James Fox and Klaus Maria Brandauer. The album features the remastered and complete original score from the MGM production composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Poltergeist, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Chinatown, Patton), including over 15 minutes of previously unreleased music from the movie based on the John Le Carre novel. The limited edition soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the track list. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 10, 2017)
Posted: December 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Joseph Trapanese, Netflix, Paul Leonard Morgan, Wormwood
Premiering on Friday, December 15, is the new Amazon original series Jean-Claude Van Johnson created by Dave Callaham and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kat Foster, Moises Arias and Phylicia Rashad. The show’s original music is composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, Only the Brave, The Greatest Showman). 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. The show’s full first season will be available to stream on Friday on Amazon Prime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pottersville’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brando Triantafillou, Pottersville, Soundtrack
Goat Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama Pottersville. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including The Andrews Sisters, Gene Autry, Rosemary Clooney, The Debonaires, Kitty Wells & more. Also included is a track from the movie’s original score composed by Brando Triantafillou. The soundtrack will be released next Friday, December 15, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Pottersville is directed by Seth Henrikson and stars Michael Shannon, Judy Greer, Tom Lennon, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks and Ian McShane. The movie follows a beloved local businessman who is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume, setting off an international media spectacle and attracting a lot of much needed business for the town . Read the rest of this entry »
Melpo Mene’s ‘Shut Eye’ Season 2 Main Title Theme Released
Posted: December 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Melpo Mene, Shut Eye
Madison Gate Records has released the main title theme from the second season of the Hulu original series Shut Eye. The track is written by Melpo Mene and is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. The label has also released Leslie Bohem’s main title song Walk on Well Lighted Streets from the show’s first season earlier this week. Shut Eye is created by Bohem and stars Jeffrey Donovan, KaDee Strickland, Isabella Rosselini, David Zayas, Susan Misner and Emmanuelle Chriqui. The drama is set in the world of storefront psychics in Los Angeles and centers on a disgruntled former player in the world who begins to experience visions. The series’ second season premiered this past Wednesday on Hulu.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 8, 2017)
Posted: December 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Wurman, Andrew Feltenstein, Austin Wintory, Bullet Head, David Norland, Gustavo Santaolalla, I Tonya, John Nau, Just Getting Started, November Criminals, Peter Nashel, The Pirates of Somalia, The Tribes of Palos Verdes
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the comedy Just Getting Started written and directed by Ron Shelton and starring Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Russo, Joe Pantoliano, Glenne Headley, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Elizabeth Ashley, George Wallace, Graham Beckel and Jane Seymour. The film’s original music is composed by Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins, Talladega Nights, Anchorman, The Newsroom). Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Susan Werner and Johnny Mathis. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
Opening in New York and Los Angeles before expanding nationwide in January is the comedy drama I, Tonya directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser and Bobby Cannavale. Peter Nashel (The Deep End, Bee Season, Marco Polo, The Night Listener) has composed the film’s original score. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Cliff Richard, Bad Company, Doris Day, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Violent Femmes & more. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Junkie XL to Score Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Alita: Battle Angel’
Posted: December 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alita: Battle Angel, Junkie XL, Robert Rodriguez, Tom Holkenborg
Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi action movie Alita: Battle Angel. The film is directed by Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn, Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) and stars Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley and Keean Johnson. The movie is based on the graphic novel series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro and follows a young woman who sets out on a journey that will lead her to take on the injustices of this dark, corrupt world. James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar) co-wrote the screenplay with Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island, Terminator Genisys) and Rodriguez. He is also producing the project with Jon Landau. Read the rest of this entry »
’24 Hours to Live’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 24 Hours to Live, score, Soundtrack, Tyler Bates
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the action thriller 24 Hours to Live. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, Watchmen, John Wick, The Punisher, Dawn of the Dead). Also included is the previously unreleased song, God’s Going to Cut You Down, by Marilyn Manson. The soundtrack will be released physically on January 19, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. 24 Hours to Live is directed by Brian Smrz and stars Ethan Hawke, Xu Qing, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer and Paul Anderson. The movie follows a career assassin who is given a chance at redemption after his employer brings him back to life temporarily after being killed on the job. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score ‘Studio 54’ Documentary
Posted: December 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, Matt Tyrnauer, Studio 54
Lorne Balfe has been tapped to score the upcoming documentary Studio 54. The film is directed by Matt Tyrnauer (Citizen Jane: Battle for the City) and centers on on the pulsating epicenter of 1970s hedonism: a disco hothouse of beautiful people, drugs, and sex. The movie follows club owners Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell – two best friends from Brooklyn who conquered New York City – as they frame this history of the “greatest club of all time.” Tyrnauer is also producing the project with John Battsek (Searching for Sugar Man, How I Live Now, Restrepo) and Corey Reeser. Read the rest of this entry »
