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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 24, 2018)

Posted: June 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: A Very English Scandal, Amazon, Bear McCreary, Believer, Hans Zimmer, Harvey Street Kids, HBO, Jay Vincent, Kiss Me First, Matthew Simpson, Murray Gold, Netflix, Tau

Premiering tomorrow, June 25 is the documentary Believer directed by Don Argott. The film’s original score is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dunkirk). The composer also co-wrote original songs for the movie, including the track Skipping Stones co-written by Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds. Interscope Records has released the song as a digital single earlier this week. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the film, which is premiering on HBO.

Premiering on Friday, June 29, is the sci-fi thriller Tau directed by Federico D’ Alessandro and starring Maika Monroe, Ed Skrein. Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Outlander, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day) has composed the film’s original music. The movie follows a street-smart young woman who tries to escape a high-tech prison. Click here for more information about the thriller, which is premiering exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »

Howard Goodall Scoring ‘Johnny English Strikes Again’

Posted: June 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Howard Goodall, Johnny English, Johnny English Strikes Again

Howard Goodall is currently recording his score for the upcoming action comedy sequel Johnny English Strikes Again. The film is directed by David Kerr and stars Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Emma Thompson and Jake Lacy. The third installment in the series follows the title character on a mission to find the mastermind hacker of a cyber-attack that reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain. William Davies (How to Train Your Dragon, Flushed Away) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 22, 2018)

Posted: June 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: Boundaries, Damsel, Distorted, Howard Shore, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Michael Giacchino, Michael Penn, The Catcher Was a Spy, The Octopus Project, Todd Bryanton

The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom directed by J.A. Bayona and starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, BD Wong, James Cromwell, Ted Levine, Justice Smith, Geraldine Chaplin, Daniella Pineda, Toby Jones and Rafe Spall. The film’s original music is composed Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek, The Incredibles, Ratatouille). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Opening in limited release is the western comedy Damsel written and directed by Nathan & David Zellner and starring Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Forster, the Zellner brothers themselves and Joseph Biligiere. The Octopus Project who have previously scored the directors’ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter and Kid-Thing have composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the band’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

Dan Reynolds’ & Hans Zimmer’s ‘Skipping Stones’ from ‘Believer’ Released

Posted: June 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Believer, Dan Reynolds, Hans Zimmer, HBO

Interscope Records has released the original song Skipping Stones from the documentary Believer. The track is written by Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds and Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight) who also composed the original score for the film. The song is now available to download on Amazon. Listen to the full track after the jump. Believer is directed by Don Argott and follows Reynolds, frontman for the Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons, as he takes on a new mission to explore how the Mormon Church treats its LGBTQ members. Read the rest of this entry »

Siddhartha Khosla to Score ABC’s ‘The Kids Are Alright’

Posted: June 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: ABC, Siddhartha Khosla, The Kids Are Alright

Siddhartha Khosla has been hired to score the upcoming ABC comedy The Kids Are Alright. The show is created by Tim Doyle (Last Man Standing) and stars Michael Cudlitz, Mary McCormack, Sam Straley, Caleb Martin Foote, Sawyer Barth, Christopher Paul Richards, Jack Gore, Andy Walken and Santino Barnard. The series inspired by Doyle’s childhood is set in the 1970s and follows a traditional Irish-Catholic family as they navigate big and small changes during one of America’s most turbulent decades. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Genius: Picasso’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: June 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Genius, Lorne Balfe, National Geographic, score, Soundtrack

Milan Records has released the full soundtrack album for the National Geographic original series Genius. The album features selections of the show’s original music of the show’s second season composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The Lego Batman Movie, The Crown, Pacific Rim Uprising, Terminator Genysis). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released an EP featuring music from Season 2, as well as Balfe’s score from the first season. Season 2 of Genius is executive produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer and stars Antonio Banderas, Alex Rich, Clémence Poésy, Samantha Colley, T.R. Knight and Seth Gabel. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Orbiter 9’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: June 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Federico Jusid, Orbiter 9, score, Soundtrack

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish/Columbian sci-fi romance Orbiter 9. The album features the film’s original music composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Kidnap, Life Itself, Loving Pablo, Misconduct). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD version is also in the works and will be released by Quartet Records. Orbiter 9 is directed by Hatem Khraiche and stars Clara Lago, Alex Gonzalez and Andrés Parra. The movie follows a woman who has been alone on a spaceship her whole life and becomes enamored with an engineer who suddenly enters her world and upends her universe. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Domestics’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: June 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Mike P. Nelson, Nathan Barr, score, Soundtrack, The Domestics

Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the post-apocalyptic thriller The Domestics. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, Cabin Fever, Hostel, Hemlock Grove). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 22 and will be available to download on Amazon. The Domestics is written and directed by Mike P. Nelson and stars Kate Bosworth, Tyler Hoechlin and Lance Reddick. The movie takes place in a futuristic wasteland when a young couple travels through a harrowing, gang-ravaged countryside in an attempt to make it home. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for USA’s ‘Queen of the South’ to Be Released

Posted: June 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Giorgio Moroder, Queen of the South, Raney Shockne, score, Soundtrack, USA

Lakeshore Records will release the first soundtrack album for the USA original series Queen of the South. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Academy Award winner Giorgio Moroder (Scarface, Flashdance, Midnight Express) & Raney Shockne (The Do To List, Kevin Can Wait, Anger Management). The soundtrack will be released on July 13, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Queen of the South is is created by M.A. Fortin & Joshua John Miller and stars Alice Braga, Peter Gadiot, Hemky Madera and Veronica Falcon. The drama centers on a woman who is forced to go on the run and seek refuge in America, where she teams with an unlikely figure from her past to bring down the leader of the very drug trafficking ring that has her on the run. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Luke Cage’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details

Posted: June 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Luke Cage, Marvel, Netflix, score, Soundtrack

The full details of the second soundtrack album for Marvel’s Netflix original series Luke Cage have been revealed. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, as well as the songs King’s Paradise performed in an episode by Rakim and written by William Griffin, Younge & Muhammad, Love You Forever Right Now performed by Joi who also co-wrote the track with Marlon Cox and Family First co-written and performed by Gabrielle Dennis (Tilda Johnson). Also included are two covers by teen blues guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 22 and will be available to download on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »