WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for James Franco’s comedy drama The Disaster Artist. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Blacklist, Preacher). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 8 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The Disaster Artist is directed by James Franco who also stars in the movie alongside Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Zax Efron, Ari Graynor, Jacki Weaver and Alison Brie. The movie written by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber takes an in-depth look at the making of the 2003 cult classic The Room. Read the rest of this entry »

WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for Alexander Payne’s social satire Downsizing. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rolfe Kent (Wedding Crashers, Up in the Air, Legally Blonde) who previously scored Payne’s Sideways (which earned him a Golden Globe nomination), Election, About Schmidt and Citizen Ruth. Also included is the original song A Little Change in the Weather written by Kent, with lyrics by the composer, Edward Randell & Joanna Goldsmith-Eteson and performed by The Swingles. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 22 (click here to order) and physically on January 12, 2018. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Downsizing is co-written and directed by Payne and stars Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Kristen Wiig. Read the rest of this entry »

Brazilian singer/songwriter Rodrigo Amarante has recently composed the music for the upcoming thriller 7 Days in Entebbe. The film is directed by Jose Padilha (Enemy Squad, RoboCop) and stars Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Ben Schnetzer, Lior Ashkenazi and Denis Ménochet. The movie is inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris Gregory Burke (’71) wrote the screenplay. Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Atonement, The Theory of Everything, Baby Driver, Les Miserables) are producing the Working Title Films production with Kate Solomon (The Program), Michelle Wright and Ron Halpern (The Gunman). Read the rest of this entry »

Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Just Getting Started. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins, Talladega Nights, Anchorman, The Newsroom, Hollywood Homicide). Also included are songs performed by Susan Werner and Johnny Mathis (who also appears in the movie). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 8 and will be available to download on Amazon. Just Getting Started is written and directed by Ron Shelton and stars Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Russo, Joe Pantoliano, Glenne Headley, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Elizabeth Ashley, George Wallace, Graham Beckel and Jane Seymour. The movie revolves around an ex-FBI agent and an ex-mob lawyer in the witness protection program who have to put aside their petty rivalry on the golf course to fend off a mob hit.  Read the rest of this entry »

Rob Lane has been hired to score the upcoming Sky drama A Discovery of Witches. The show starring Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode is based on Deborah Harkness’ historical fantasy novel of the same title and revolves around a young scholar at Oxford and a descendant of the Salem witches, who accidentally unlocks an enchanted manuscript and enters a forbidden romance with a charming 1,500-year-old vampire. Kate Brooke (Mr Selfridge) serves as the showrunner and is executive producing the project with Harkness and Bad Wolf’s Jane Tranter (The Night Of) & Julie Gardner (Doctor Who, Da Vinci’s Demons). Read the rest of this entry »

The full details of the soundtrack album for the musical comedy sequel Pitch Perfect 3 have been revealed. The album features the songs from the movie performed the film’s cast, as well as Bomba Estereo’s Soy Yo, Iggy Azalea’s & Zedd’s Boom Boom and Kim Viera’s Tribe. Also included is a suite from the film’s original score composed by Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Ride Along, Agent Carter, Baywatch). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on December 15 by Universal Music. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and vinyl version. Pitch Perfect 3 is directed by Trish Sie and stars Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hana Mae Lee, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, Chrissie Fit, Kelley Jakle, Shelley Regner, Ruby Rose, John Michael Higgins, John Lithgow and Elizabeth Banks. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for Ridley Scott’s dramatic thriller All the Money in the World. The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, Molly’s Game, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Gold) who previously collaborated with the director on The Counselor. The soundtrack will be released physically on January 12, 2018. A digital release is expected later this year. Check back on this page for the pre-order links. All the Money in the World starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris, Charlie Plummer & Timothy Hutton follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother Gail to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. Read the rest of this entry »

23rd Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: December 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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critics-choiceThe Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominations for the 23rd Critics’ Choice Movie Awards this morning. The film music-related categories are listed below. For a full list of nominations, click here. The awards will be given out on January 11, 2018 at the 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony, which will broadcast in the U.S. on The CW,

The Best Score nominees are:

The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli
Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer
The Post – John Williams
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer Read the rest of this entry »

Rising Phoenix Records has released a soundtrack album for the survival drama 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Furst (Need for Speed, Act of Valor, Dust to Glory). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Furst also co-wrote the original end credits song I’ve Been Tested with Beth Waugh. Click here to download the track, which was released earlier this year. 6 Below is directed by Scott Waugh and stars Josh Hartnett and Mira Sorvino. The movie tells the true story of former professional hockey player Eric LeMarque who was stranded atop a Mountain for eight days. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Goldbergs’ Mixtape to Be Released

Posted: December 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Madison Gate Records will release the first official soundtrack album for the ABC hit comedy The Goldbergs. The album features a selections of the songs from the show performed by cast members Hayley Orrantia, Troy Gentile, AJ Michalka and Sam Lerner. Also included is the series’ main title theme Rewind by I Fight Dragons and Kurtis Blow’s D&D from the episode Dungeons & Dragons, Anyone?. The Goldbergs Mixtape will be released digitally tomorrow, December 6 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Goldbergs is created by Adam F. Goldberg and also stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff Garlin, Sean Giambrone and George Segal. Read the rest of this entry »