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 »
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
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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 »
‘Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Streicher, Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for the animated movie Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom. The album features the film’s original music composed by George Streicher who previously scored last year’s Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom is written, directed and produced by Sean Patrick O’Reilly and features the voice talent of Mark Hamill, Jeffrey Combs, Christopher Plummer and Doug Bradley. The movie based on Bruce Brown and Dwight L. MacPherson’s bestselling graphic novel follows a young Howard Lovecraft and his friend ‘Spot’ on an adventure from the frozen wasteland to the depths of a mysterious ocean. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Crown’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Lorne Balfe, Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Crown
The full details of the soundtrack album for the second soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Crown have been revealed. The album features selections from the original music from the show’s second season composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan) who was honored with an Emmy Award nomination for his work on the drama’s first season (available here) and Lorne Balfe (The Lego Batman Movie, Terminator Genisys, Genius, Home). The soundtrack will be physically and digitally on December 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Manhunt: Unabomber’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, Discovery Channel, Gregory Tripi, Manhunt: Unabomber, Nick Chuba, score, Soundtrack
Discovery Channel will release a soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed series Manhunt: Unabomber. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Gregory Tripi (Dark Places, Rememory). Also included is the main titles theme written by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl) & Nick Chuba. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 15, 2017. The download link will be added to this page within the next two weeks. Manhunt: Unabomber is created by Andrew Sodroski and stars Sam Worthington, Paul Bettany, Chris Noth, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Jane Lynch, Mark Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Elizabeth Reaser and Rebecca Henderson. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler to Score Stephanie Soechtig’s ‘The Devil We Know’
Posted: November 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Tyler, Stephanie Soechtig, The Devil We Know
Brian Tyler is reteaming with director Stephanie Soechtig on the upcoming documentary The Devil We Know. The movie centers on one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time, as a group of citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical – now found in the blood of 99.7% of Americans – into the local drinking water supply. Soechtig (Fed Up) is also producing the project with Kristin Lazure, Joshua Kunau and Carly Palmour. Tyler has previously collaborated with filmmaker on the 2016 documentary Under the Gun. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mr. Roosevelt’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mr. Roosevelt, Noël Wells, Ryan Miller, score, Soundtrack
ABKCO Records has announced a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Mr. Roosevelt. The album features the film’s original music score by Guster lead singer Ryan Miller (Safety Not Guaranteed, The Kings of Summer, In a World…), as well as tracks by Fruit Bats, Jimmy Radcliffe, Heartless Bastards, Lotus and others. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 8, 2017 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Mr. Roosevelt is written and directed by Noël Wells who also stars in the movie alongside Nick Thune, Britt Lower, Daniella Pineda, Andre Hyland, Doug Benson, Armen Weitzman and Sergio Cilli. The movie revolves around a struggling comedian who returns to her college town of Austin, Texas and must come to terms with her past while staying with her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend. Read the rest of this entry »
