Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the British sci-fi drama The White King. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joanna Bruzdowicz (Vagabond, The Beaches of Agnes) and performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released on December 1, 2017. Check back on this page for the pre-order link. The White King is directed by Alex Helfrecht & Jörg Tittel and stars Lorenzo Allchurch, Jonathan Pryce, Agyness Deyn, Fiona Shaw, Greta Scacchi and Olafur Darri Olafsson. The movie is based on the novel by Gyorgy Dragoman and follows a young boy who overcomes growing up in a brutal dictatorship. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The White King’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 25, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joanna Bruzdowicz, score, Soundtrack, The White King
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8th Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: October 25, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hollywood Music in Media Awards
The nominations for the 8th Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) in the Visual Media categories have been announced. Check out the nominees in the major categories below after the jump and visit the official HMMA website to buy tickets and for the full list of nominations. The awards show will be held on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at The Avalon Hollywood. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Education Through Music – Los Angeles (ETMLA). Past HMMA honorees include Smokey Robinson, Glen Campbell, Dave Mason, Christopher Young and John Debney. Read the rest of this entry »
Hulu’s ‘There’s… Johnny!’ to Feature Music by Steven Argila
Posted: October 24, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Paul Reiser, Steven Argila, There's... Johnny!
Steven Argila is reteaming with Paul Reiser on the upcoming period comedy There’s… Johnny!. The show is created by Reiser & David Steven Simon (Mad About You) and stars Tony Danza, Ian Nelson, Jane Levy, Roger Bart, T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh, Nate Smith, David Hoffman, Daniel Strauss and Andrew Schulz. The series follows a wide-eyed 19-year-old Nebraskan who stumbles into a job on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1970s and a young Talent Coordinator on the show. Reiser and Simon are executive producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Victor Reyes Scoring Rodrigo Cortes’ ‘Down a Dark Hall’
Posted: October 24, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Down a Dark Hall, Rodrigo Cortes, Victor Reyes
Victor Reyes is currently recording his score for the upcoming supernatural drama Down a Dark Hall. The film is directed by Rodrigo Cortes and stars AnnaSophia Robb, Isabelle Fuhrman, Noah Silver, Rosie Day and Uma Thurman. The movie is based on the 1974 novel by Lois Duncan and follows a boarding school student who confronts the darkly seductive powers of the headmistress and comes face to face with the supernatural abilities that could make her all-powerful or destroy her. Chris Sparling (Buried, Mercy) and Michael Goldbach (Daydream Nation) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Trapanese to Score USA’s ‘Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac & The Notorious B.I.G.’
Posted: October 24, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joseph Trapanese, Unsolved, USA
Joseph Trapanese has signed on to score the upcoming USA drama Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac & The Notorious B.I.G. The show is developed by Kyle Long (Suits) and stars Josh Duhamel, Marcc Rose, Wavyy Jonez, Jimmi Simpson, Bokeem Woodbine, Jamie McShane, Brent Sexton, Luke James, Aisha Hinds and Letoya Luckett. The series chronicles the two major police investigations by LAPD Detective Greg Kading into the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. Long is also executive producing the Universal Cable production with Mark Taylor (Underground). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Thunderbirds Are Go!’ Volume 2 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 24, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ben Foster, Nick Foster, score, Soundtrack, Thunderbirds Are Go!
Silva Screen Records will release a new soundtrack album for the British animated series Thunderbirds Are Go!. The album features music from the show composed by Ben Foster (Torchwood, Hidden Kingdoms, Scott & Bailey) and Nick Foster (The Cube). The Volume 2 soundtrack will be released overseas on November 24, 2017. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring selections of the composers’ score from the first season. Thunderbirds Are Go! based on characters by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson is based on the classic 1960s adventure series and features the voices of Rosamund Pike, Thomas Sangster, Rasmus Hardiker, David Menkin, Kayvan Novak and David Graham. Read the rest of this entry »
Fil Eisler to Score ‘Proud Mary’
Posted: October 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Babak Najafi, Fil Eisler, Proud Mary
Fil Eisler has been hired to score the upcoming action thriller Proud Mary. The film is directed by Babak Najafi (London Has Fallen, Easy Money II: Hard to Kill) and stars Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di’Allo Winston and Danny Glover. The movie follows a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad. John Stuart Newman & Christian Swegal and Steven Antin (Burlesque, Gloria) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Breadwinner’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, Nora Twomey, score, Soundtrack, The Breadwinner
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Breadwinner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, Surf’s Up) and Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, Storks). The soundtrack will be released on November 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Breadwinner is directed by Nora Twomey (The Secret of Kells) and executive produced by Angelina Jolie. The movie is based on Deborah Ellis’ award-winning novel and tells the story of an 11-year-old Afghan girl, born into an ever-changing world of conflict and oppression, who finds strength in the love of her family and the power of storytelling. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Hart Scoring Showtime’s ‘SMILF’
Posted: October 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Hart, Frankie Shaw, Jeff Russo, Showtime, SMILF, Zoe Keating
Daniel Hart is scoring the new Showtime original series SMILF. The show is created by Frankie Shaw who also stars in the series alongside Miguel Gomez, Rosie O’Donnell and Samara Weaving. The comedy follows a smart, scrappy, young single mom trying to navigate the realities of motherhood with an extremely unconventional family. Shaw is also executive producing the ABC Signature Studios production with Lee Eisenburg & Gene Stupnitsky (Bad Teacher, The Office) and Michael London (Sideways, The Visitor). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kedi’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kedi, Kira Fontana, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Kedi. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kira Fontana. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 10, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Kedi is directed by Ceyda Torun and explores the hundreds of thousands of cats roaming the metropolis of Istanbul freely – a tradition that dates back thousands of years. The documentary was released in theaters this past February by Oscilloscope Labaratories and will be coming out on November 14 on Blu-ray an DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
