Dwayne Wayans is the composer of the new NBC comedy Marlon. The show is created by Christopher Moynihan & Marlon Wayans who also stars in the series with Essence Atkins, Notlim Taylor, Amir O’Neil, Bresha Webb and Diallo Riddle. The comedy is inspired by the real life of Marlon Wayans and centers on a loving (but immature) father committed to co-parenting his two kids with his very-together ex-wife. Moynihan and Wayans are also executive producing the Universal Television production with Rick Alvarez (Fifty Shades of Black, White Chicks), Michael Rotenberg (Silicon Valley, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), as well as Andy Ackerman (The New Adventures of Old Christine) who also directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC’s ‘Marlon’ to Feature Music by Dwayne Wayans
Posted: August 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dwayne Wayans, Marlon, NBC
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Gary Lionelli Scoring HBO’s Ben Bradlee Documentary & PBS’ ‘Chasing the Moon’
Posted: August 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chasing the Moon, Gary Lionelli, HBO, PBS
Gary Lionelli is scoring HBO’s upcoming untitled Ben Bradlee documentary. The film is directed by John Maggio and centers on the legendary Washington Post executive editor who became a national figure during the presidency of Richard Nixon, when he challenged the federal government over the right to publish the Pentagon Papers. Peter Kunhardt (Becoming Warren Buffett) is producing the project with Richard Cohen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kidnap’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Federico Jusid, Kidnap, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Kidnap. The album features the film’s original music composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Misconduct, Black Butterfly, The Hunter’s Prayer). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Kidnap is directed by Luis Prieto, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura & Erik Howsam and stars Halle Berry as a mother who will stop at nothing to rescue her kidnapped son. The thriller was released last weekend by Aviron Pictures and is now playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 11, 2017)
Posted: August 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annabelle: Creation, Bedeviled, Benjamin Wallfisch, David C. Williams, Good Time, Heitor Pereira, Ingrid Goes West, Joel P. West, Jonathan Sadoff, Nick Thorburn, Oneohtrix Point Never, Open Water 3: Cage Dive, Pilgrimage, Rob Simonsen, Stephen McKeon, The Glass Castle, The Newton Brothers, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, vThe Only Living Boy in New York
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the horror movie Annabelle: Creation directed by David Sandberg and starring Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Philippa Anne Coulthard, Grace Fulton, Lou Lou Safran, Samara Lee, Tayler Buck, Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures, Lights Out, It, A Cure for Wellness, Bitter Harvest). Watertower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the animated feature The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature directed by Cal Brunker and featuring the voices of Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Bobby Moynihan, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Bobby Cannavale, Isabel Moner, Sebastian Maniscalo and Jackie Chan. Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, he Angry Bird Movie, he Smurfs) has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the sequel, which is being released by Open Road Films, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Christophe Beck Scoring Nash Edgerton’s ‘Gringo’
Posted: August 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Beck, Gringo, Nash Edgerton
Christophe Beck has composed the original score for the upcoming thriller Gringo. The film is directed by Nash Edgerton (The Square) and stars David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, Paris Jackson, Amanda Seyfried, Yul Vazquez, Thandie Newton and Sharlto Copley. The movie follows an American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that’s about to go public who finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico. Anthony Tambakis (Warrior) and Matt Stone (Intolerable Cruelty) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hazlo Como Hombre’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hazlo Como Hombre, Manuel Riveiro, score, Soundtrack
Ponk Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Hazlo Como Hombre. The album features the film’s original music composed by Manuel Riveiro (The Green Inferno, Knock Knock, Aftershock). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Hazlo Como Hombre is directed by Nicolás López and stars Aislinn Derbez, Mauricio Ochmann, Alfonso Dosal, Humberto Busto and Ignacia Allamand. The movie follows the lives of two young couples whose happy lives are turned upside down when the guy who is about to marry his best friend’s sister discovers he’s gay. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from AMC’s ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ to Be Released
Posted: August 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Halt and Catch Fire, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the AMC original series Halt and Catch Fire. The album features a selection of songs from the show, including the main title theme by Trentemøller, as well as tracks by Violent Femmes, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, Pixies, David Bowie, talking heads, Ex Hex & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 18, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the show’s original score by Paul Haslinger. Halt and Catch Fire is created by Chris Cantwell & Chris Rogers and stars Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis, Toby Huss, Kerry Bishé, and David Wilson Barnes. Read the rest of this entry »
Elliot Goldenthal Scoring Ritesh Batra’s ‘Our Souls at Night’
Posted: August 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elliot Goldenthal, Our Souls at Night, Ritesh Batra
Elliot Goldenthal (Frida, Interview with the Vampire, Heat, Alien 3) has recently composed the music for the upcoming romantic drama Our Souls at Night. The film is directed by Ritesh Batra (The Sense of an Ending, The Lunchbox) and stars Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Matthias Schoenaerts, Judy Greer, Iain Armitage and Bruce Dern. The movie is based on a novel by Kent Haruf and and follows a widow who tries to make a connection with her Colorado neighbor, a widower. Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber (The Fault in Our Stars, (500) Days of Summer) adapted the novel for the screen. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna to Score ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’
Posted: August 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bharat Nalluri, Mychael Danna, The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mychael Danna has signed on to score the upcoming biographical drama The Man Who Invented Christmas. The film is directed by Bharat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) and stars Dan Stevens as Charles Dickens, Christopher Plummer as Scrooge and Jonathan Pryce as Dicken’s father. The movie is based on Les Standiford’s book and recounts how Charles Dickens created his iconic A Christmas Carol. Susan Coyne (Mozart in the Jungle) wrote the screenplay. Robert Mickelson and Ian Sharples are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Only Living Boy in New York’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marc Webb, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, The Only Living Boy in New York
Amazon will release a soundtrack album for Marc Webb’s drama The Only Living Boy in New York. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (The Spectacular Now, Nerve, Foxcatcher, Going in Style) who previously collaborated with the director on (500) Days of Summer and Gifted. The soundtrack will be available to download exclusively on Amazon this Friday, August 11 and is now available for pre-order here. The Only Living Boy in New York starring Kate Beckinsale, Callum Turner, Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Kiersey Clemons is set in New York City, where a recent college graduate seeks the guidance of an eccentric neighbor as his life is upended by his father’s mistress. Read the rest of this entry »
