Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe have announced the winners in the Show Us Your Musical Genius competition. The challenge, presented by NatGeo, Fox 21, Milan Records and hosted by indi.com, had contestants submit their rendition of Zimmer and Balfe’s Emmy-nominated main title theme for the NatGeo TV series Genius. Zimmer & Balfe’s prize winner is entitled Pipe Dream created by Henrik Lindström and Normann Bjorvand from Sweden (click here to check out the video). The Buzz winner is What is Time by Nick Nußbickel from Germany (watch the video here). Top prize winners of the musical challenge are invited to a Hans Zimmer or Lorne Balfe recording session in London or Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Show Us Your Musical Genius’ Winners Announced
Posted: September 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Genius, Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
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‘Just Getting Started’ from ‘If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast’ to Be Released
Posted: September 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alan Bergman, Dave Grusin, HBO, If You're Not in the Obit Eat Breakfast, Marilyn Bergman
Reel Gold Records will release the original song Just Getting Started from the HBO documentary If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast. The track is written by Academy Award winners Alan & Marilyn Bergman (Yentl, The Way We Were) and Dave Grusin (The Milagro Beanfield War, The Firm, On Golden Pond) and performed by Alan Bergman with Grusin & Band. The song will be released as a digital single on September 26, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label will also release the song Young at Heart performed by Dick Van Dyke from the film on the same day (click here to pre-order). If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast is produced and directed by Danny Gold and follows Carl Reiner as he tracks down several nonagenarians, including Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Norman Lear and Betty White who show that the later years can be the happiest and most rewarding. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 8, 2017)
Posted: September 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 9/11, Bear McCreary, Benjamin Wallfisch, Erick Lee, Fallen, Gregory Tripi, Home Again, It, Jeff Toyne, Jeremy Turner, Johan Söderqvist, John Debney, Mark Isham, Rebel in the Rye, Rememory, The Limehouse Golem, Trophy
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the horror thriller It directed by Andrés Muschietti and starring Jaeden Lieberher, Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Chosen Jacobs, Nicholas Hamilton and Bill Skarsgård. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Annabelle: Creation, Hidden Figures, Blade Runner 2049, A Cure for Wellness). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the romantic comedy Home Again written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer and starring Reese Witherspoon, Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff, Jon Rudnitsky, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen and Lake Bell. John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the Open Road Films release, which follows a recently separated mother of two whose new life in Los Angeles is overturned when she decides to take in three young, charismatic guys who become part of her unconventional family, visit the official Facebook movie page. Read the rest of this entry »
Abel Korzeniowski to Score ‘The Conjuring’ Spinoff ‘The Nun’
Posted: September 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Corin Hardy, The Nun
Abel Korzeniowski has been hired to score the upcoming horror thriller The Nun. The film is directed by Corin Hardy (The Hallow) and stars Taissa Farmiga, Demián Bichir, Charlotte Hope, Bonnie Aarons, Jonas Bloquet and Ingrid Bisu. The movie is a spinoff of New Line Cinema’s hit franchise The Conjuring and follows a priest who is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of a nun. Gary Dauberman (It, Annabelle) wrote the screenplay. James Wan (Furious 7, Insidious, Saw) and Peter Safran (The Conjuring, Buried) are producing the New Line production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, Goodbye Christopher Robin, score, Simon Curtis, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the biographical drama Goodbye Christopher Robin have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, Twilight, Being John Malkovich, In Bruges). The soundtrack will be released on October 13, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Goodbye Christopher Robin is directed by Simon Curtis and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Will Tilston, Kelly Macdonald, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Alex Lawther. The movie centers on the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie-the-Pooh. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring ‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘USS Callister’
Posted: September 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker, Daniel Pemberton, Netflix, Toby Haynes
Daniel Pemberton has recently composed the music for the upcoming Black Mirror episode USS Callister. The episode is directed by Toby Haynes (Doctor Who, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell) and stars Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, Michaela Coel and Billy Magnussen. The show’s creator Charlie Brooker wrote the script with William Bridges (SuperBob). No plot details have been announced yet. Pemberton follows composers such as Clint Mansell, Max Richter, Bear McCreary, Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow, Martin Phipps, among others who previously scored episodes of the anthology series. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dead Again in Tombstone’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dead Again in Tombstone, Hybrid, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the western sequel Dead Again in Tombstone. The album features the film’s original music composed by the UK-based electronic music group Hybrid (Vice, Interlude in Prague, Catacombs, Billionaire Ransom) who previously scored the 2013 original film. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Dead Again in Tombstone is directed by Roel Reiné and stars Danny Trejo, Jake Busey, Elysia Rotaru, Dean McDermott, Elizabeth Lavender, Peter Skagen, Michelle Rios and Joe-Norman Shaw. The movie follows Guerrero as he is forced to protect a stolen relic from getting into the hands of a gang of soldiers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Get Down’ Score Album to Be Released
Posted: September 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Baz Luhrmann, Elliott Wheeler, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Get Down
RCA Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Get Down. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Elliott Wheeler (Restraint). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 8. The download link will be added to this article over night. The label has previously released two soundtracks for Part I and Part II of the drama featuring the songs from the series. The Get Down is created by Baz Luhrmann and stars Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Herizen Guardiola, Skylan Brooks, Tremaine Brown Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Jimmy Smits. The show is set in 1977 New York City and follows the talented and soulful youth of the South Bronx as they chase dreams and breakneck beats to transform music history. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Soundtrack Set for December 15 Release
Posted: September 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The soundtrack album for Star Wars: The Last Jedi is set to be released on December 15, 2017 by Walt Disney Records. John Williams (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Superman, Jaws, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, E.T.) who previously scored the first seven episodes in the series is composing the original music for the movie. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and check back on this page for updates on the release. Star Wars: The Last Jedi written and directed by Rian Johnson and starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie and Andy Serkis will be released in theaters nationwide on the same day by Walt Disney Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Masterworks to Release Patrick Doyle’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Soundtrack
Posted: September 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kenneth Branagh, Murder on the Orient Express, Patrick Doyle, score, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release the official soundtrack album for Kenneth Branagh’s new movie adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Patrick Doyle (Sense and Sensibility, Cinderella, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Thor, Brave). The soundtrack will be released on November 3, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Murder on the Orient Express stars Branagh, alongside Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Marwan Kenzari and Olivia Colman. Read the rest of this entry »
