Gustavo Santaolalla has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars. The film is directed by Lili Fini Zanuck (Rush, producer of Driving Miss Daisy and Cocoon) and traces the guitar virtuoso’s career through The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos, and his solo years, telling the stories behind hits like For Your Love, Layla, and Tears in Heaven. The movie features extensive archival performances and home movies, which are accompanied by audio interviews with Clapton and people who played central roles in his life, including his grandmother Rose Clapp, George Harrison, Steve Winwood, Ahmet Ertegun and his former wife, Pattie Boyd. Read the rest of this entry »
Lin-Manuel Miranda Recording ‘The Magic School Bus Rides Again’ Theme Song
Posted: September 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Netflix, The Magic School Bus Rides Again
Lin-Manuel Miranda has recorded a new version of The Magic School Bus theme song for the upcoming Netflix original series The Magic School Bus Rides Again. The track was written by Peter Lurye and performed by Little Richard for the hit show from the 90s. Listen to the cover featured in the trailer for the new reboot after the jump. The animated show features the voices of Kate McKinnon, Miles Koseleci-Vieira, Lynsey Pham & Lily Tomlin and follows Ms. Frizzle’s kid sister Fiona as she takes the wheel at Walkerville Elementary. Read the rest of this entry »
Dominic Lewis to Score Will Gluck’s ‘Peter Rabbit’
Posted: September 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dominic Lewis, Peter Rabbit, Will Gluck
Dominic Lewis has signed on to score the upcoming family comedy Peter Rabbit. The film directed by Will Gluck (Easy A, Annie, Friends with Benefits) stars Domhnall Gleeson, Rose Byrne and Sam Neill, and features the voices of James Corden as the title character, Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley and Elizabeth Debicki. The live-action/animated hybrid is based on Beatrix Potter’s classic stories of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden. Gluck also co-wrote the screenplay with Rob Lieber (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) and is producing the project with Zareh Nalbandian. Read the rest of this entry »
Johann Johannsson Credited as Music & Sound Consultant on Darren Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’
Posted: September 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Darren Aronofsky, Johann Johannsson, Mother
Johann Johannsson is credited as “music & sound consultant” on Darren Aronofsky’s mother!. The movie doesn’t feature an original score in the traditional sense as was originally reported and marks the Aronofksy’s first feature without a full score. mother! is written and directed by Aronofsky and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Stephen McHattie and Kristen Wiig. The psychological thriller focuses on a couple’s relationship, which is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Honey, I Blew Up the Kid’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, Honey I Blew Up the Kid, Off His Rockers, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Walt Disney Pictures’ 1992 family comedy sequel Honey, I Blew Up the Kid directed by Randal Kleiser and starring Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri, Amy O’Neill and Keri Russell. The album features the film’s expanded original score composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Young Sherlock Holmes, Rescuers Down Under, Lost in Space), including almost 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. Also included is the world premiere release Broughton’s score for the 1992 animated short Off His Rockers, which appeared in front of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kid sequel. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bunyan & Babe’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angel Roché Jr., Basil Poledouris, Bunyan & Babe, score, Soundtrack, Zoë Poledouris-Roché
The details of the soundtrack album for the animated feature Bunyan & Babe have been announced. The album features the film’s original music composed by Zoe Poledouris-Roche & Angel Roche Jr. (The Hero of Color City). The score also features Basil Poledouris‘ theme from the film, which marked the late composer’s last recording. The soundtrack is now available to order on Notefornote Music’s website and will also be released as a CD and digital version this Friday, September 8, on Amazon. Bunyan & Babe is directed by Louis Ross and features the voices of John Goodman, Jeff Foxworthy, Kelsey Grammar, Johnny Orlando and Mark Hamill. Read the rest of this entry »
And So I Watch You From Afar’s Rory Friers & Niall Kennedy Scoring ‘The Cured’
Posted: September 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Freyne, Niall Kennedy, Rory Friers, The Cured
Rory Friers and Niall Kennedy of the Irish rock band And So I Watch You From Afar have recently composed the music for the upcoming horror thriller The Cured. The film is written and directed by David Freyne and stars Ellen Page, Sam Keeley and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. The movie centers on the fraught process of reintegrating formerly infected flesh-eaters into society in the aftermath of a zombie plague. Page is also producing the Tilted Pictures production with Rachael O’Kane and Rory Dungan. Read the rest of this entry »
BBC’s ‘The Last Post’ to Feature Music by Solomon Grey
Posted: September 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, BBC, Peter Moffat, Solomon Grey, The Last Post
Solomon Grey (aka Tom Kingston and Joe Wilson) are composing the original score for the upcoming BBC drama The Last Post. The show is created by Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, Silk, Undercover) and stars Jessica Raine, Jessie Buckley, Stephen Campbell Moore, Ben Miles and Jeremy Neumark Jones. The drama is set in the mid-1960s and centers on the lives of a Royal Military Police unit and their families in Aden, Yemen. Margery Bone & Elwen Rowlands and George Faber (Shameless, Skins) & Mark Pybus are executive the Bonafide Films & The Forge Entertainment production with Matthew Read. Read the rest of this entry »
Julian Wass Scoring ‘Creep 2’
Posted: September 3, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Creep 2, Julian Wass, Patrick Brice
Julian Wass has been tapped to score the upcoming horror sequel Creep 2. The film is directed by Patrick Brice who previously helmed the 2014 original movie and stars Mark Duplass, Desiree Akhavan and Karan Soni. The movie follows a video artist who, after finding an ad online for “video work”, drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man claiming to be a serial killer. Brice also co-wrote the screenplay with Duplass. Carolyn Craddock is producing the project. Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Split, Get Out), Duplass and Mel Eslyn (Blue Jay) are among the executive producers. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 3, 2017)
Posted: September 3, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: #realityhigh, Jonathan Zalben, Netflix, Ruwanga Samath
Premiering on Friday, September 8, is the Netflix original movie #realityhigh directed by Fernando Lebrija and Nesta Marlee Cooper, Kate Walsh, John Michael Higgins, Keith Powers and Anne Winters. The film’s original music is composed by Jonathan Zalben & Ruwanga Samath (Flock of Dudes). The movie follows a nerdy high schooler who finally attracts the interest of her longtime crush and lands in the cross hairs of his ex, a social media celebrity. The comedy will be available to stream on Friday exclusively on Netflix.
