Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) has signed on to score the upcoming survival drama Adrift. The film is directed by Baltasar Kormakur (Everest, 2 Guns, Contraband) and stars Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin. The movie tells the true story of Tami Oldham, who, after being knocked unconscious by the largest hurricane in the history of the Pacific Ocean, awakens to find her fiancé badly injured, their boat in ruins, and no means of communication or navigation. Aaron & Jordan Kandell (Moana) wrote the screenplay and are also producing the project with Kormakur. Read the rest of this entry »
Hauschka to Score Baltasar Kormakur’s ‘Adrift’
Posted: December 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrift, Baltasar Kormakur, Hauschka, Volker Bertelmann
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Nominations for 45th Annie Awards Announced
Posted: December 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 45th Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees:
Music in an Animated Feature Production
- Theodore Shapiro – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – DreamWorks Animation
- Michael Giacchino, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez & Germaine Franco – Coco –Pixar Animation Studios
- Clint Mansell – Loving Vincent –BreakThru Films, Production Company Trademark Films, Co-Production Company
- Christophe Beck, Elyssa Samsel & Kate Anderson – Olaf’s Frozen Adventure –Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna – The Breadwinner –Cartoon Saloon / Aircraft Pictures / Melusine Productions
‘Santa & Cie’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alain Chabat, Matthieu Gonet, Santa & Cie, score, Soundtrack
Gaumont & Légende Films have released a soundtrack album for the French family comedy Santa & Cie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthieu Gonet (Madame, Les profs). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the track list. Santa & Cie is directed by Alain Chabat (Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra, HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami) and stars Golshifteh Farahani, Audrey Tautou and Pio Marma. The movie follows the journey of Santa Claus when he is forced to travel to Earth to find a cure for his sick elves a few days before Christmas and across a young Parisian family who help him complete his mission. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Lax Scoring Netflix’s ‘Juanita’
Posted: December 3, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clark Johnson, Juanita, Kevin Lax, Netflix
Kevin Lax is scoring the upcoming Netflix original movie Juanita. The film is directed by Clark Johnson (S.W.A.T., The Sentinel) and stars Alfre Woodard, Blair Underwood, Adam Beach, Marcus Henderson and LaTanya Richardson. The drama is based on Sheila Williams’ book Dancing on the Edge of the Roof and centers around a woman who is fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence and takes a Greyhound bus to Montana, where she reinvents herself and finds her mojo. Roderick Spencer wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 3, 2017)
Posted: December 3, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Cohen, Andy Price, Blair Mowat, Christopher Lennertz, El Camino Christmas, Happy!, History, John Robert Wood, Knightfall, Netflix, Psych: The Movie, Syfy, USA
Premiering on Wednesday, December 6, is the History original series Knightfall created by Don Handfield & Richard Rayner and starring Tom Cullen, Bobby Schofield, Sabrina Bartlett, Julian Ovenden, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Padraic Delaney, Simon Merrells and Olivia Ross. The show’s original music is composed by Andy Price (Robin Hood, Law & Order: UK). The drama chronicles the true accounts of the Knights Templar, the elite warriors of the Crusades during the 14th century. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and History’s official show website to learn more about the series.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the new Syfy original series Happy! developed by Grant Morrison & Brian Taylor and starring Chris Meloni, Lili Mirojnick, Joseph Reitman, as well as Patton Oswalt as the voice of the title character. Blair Mowat (Class) is composing the show’s original music. The series is based on Morrison’s & Darick Robertson’s graphic novel of the same name and follows an intoxicated, corrupt ex-cop turned hit man who is adrift in a world of casual murder, soulless sex and betrayal. For more information about the comedy drama, visit Syfy’s official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
John Ottman to Score Animated Series ‘The Gang’s All Here’
Posted: December 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Ottman, The Gang's All Here
John Ottman is attached to compose the music for the upcoming animated series The Gang’s All Here. The show developed by Byron Burton and voice actor Rob Paulsen centers on an animal cast of actors as they star in their own films and navigate the pitfalls of the entertainment industry. Voice actors Kevin Conroy, Cal Dodd and Andrea Romano are also involved in the project. Burton has previously served as an assistant to Ottman and wrote the lyrics to the song Rest Young Child (performed by Michael Fassbender’s Magneto) from X-Men: Apocalypse. Read the rest of this entry »
David Cieri’s Score from ‘The Vietnam War’ & Other Documentaries Released
Posted: December 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Baseball, David Cieri, Ken Burns, PBS, Prohibition, score, Soundtrack, The Address, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, The Vietnam War
Ropeadope Records has released a new soundtrack album featuring music composed by David Cieri (Oklahoma City) from several docu-series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick & produced by Florentine Films. Notes from the Underscore: 10 Years with Florentine Films includes selections of his scores from this year’s PBS series The Vietnam War, 2011’s Prohibition and 2014’s The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon and iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Separate soundtrack albums for The Vietnam War, featuring Trent Reznor’s & Atticus Ross’ contributions to the series, the pop/rock songs as featured in the show, as well as The Silkroad Ensemble & Yo-Yo Ma’s arrangements of traditional Vietnamese songs have been released earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 1, 2017)
Posted: December 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 24 Hours to Live, Alexandre Desplat, Dave Porter, The Disaster Artist, The Shape of Water, Tyler Bates, Wonder Wheel
No movies are opening nationwide this week.
Opening in New York before being released in Los Angeles next week and in other markets later this month is the fantasy drama The Shape of Water co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Doug Jones and Octavia Spencer. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as tracks by Andy Williams, Carmen Miranda & more. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening in limited release is the comedy drama The Disaster Artist 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. Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Preacher, The Blacklist) has composed the film’s original score. WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score within the next couple of weeks. Visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with the composer about his work on the film and check out the official movie website to learn more about the A24 release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Molly’s Game’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Sorkin, Daniel Pemberton, Molly's Game, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut Molly’s Game have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Golden Globe nominee Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, The Counselor, Gold). The soundtrack will be released on January 5, 2018 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Molly’s Game is written and directed by Sorkin and stars Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O’Dowd and Bill Camp. The movie tells the true story of Molly Bloom an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Ballad of Lefty Brown’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: H. Scott Salinas, Jared Moshé, score, Soundtrack, The Ballad of Lefty Brown
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the western The Ballad of Lefty Brown. The album features the film’s original music composed by H. Scott Salinas (Birth of the Dragon, City of Ghosts, Cartel Land, Murder in the First). Also included is the original title song written and performed by Maiah Wynne. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 15, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Ballad of Lefty Brown is written, directed, and produced by Jared Moshé and stars Bill Pullman, Peter Fonda, Joseph Lee Anderson, Jim Caviezel, Tommy Flanagan and Kathy Baker. The movie is set in 1889 after Congress declared the frontier closed and follows a 63 year old sidekick who confronts the ugly realities of frontier justice. The western premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was picked up by A24 and DirecTV for domestic distribution. Read the rest of this entry »
