Matthew Herbert has recently composed the music for the upcoming romantic drama Disobedience. The film is directed by Sebastian Lelio (Gloria, Christmas) and stars Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams and Alessandro Nivola. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Naomi Alderman and follows a woman who returns to her Orthodox Jewish home after learning about the death of her estranged father and stirs up controversy when she shows an interest in an old childhood friend. Lelio also wrote the screenplay with Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Ida). Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Herbert Scoring Sebastian Lelio’s ‘Disobedience’
Posted: July 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disobedience, Matthew Herbert, Sebastian Lelio
Soundtrack for Spike TV’s ‘The Mist’ Series Released
Posted: July 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Giona Ostinelli, score, Soundtrack, Spike TV, The Mist
BMG has released a soundtrack album for the Spike TV event series The Mist. The album features the show’s original music composed by Giona Ostinelli (Carnage Park, Darling). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Mist is based on the Stephen King novella of the same title and stars Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Danica Curcic, Okezie Morro, Luke Cosgrove, Darren Pettie, Russell Posner, Dan Butler, Isiah Washington, Jr. and Frances Conroy. The series revolves around a small town family that is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world and, in some cases, each other. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘The Defiant Ones’ to Be Released
Posted: July 27, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Allen Hughes, Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, Leopold Ross, score, Soundtrack, The Defiant Ones
Interscope Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO docu-series The Defiant Ones. The album features the show’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Broken City). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 28 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Defiant Ones is directed by Allen Hughes and tells the stories of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, their improbable partnership and their leading roles in a series of transformative events in contemporary culture. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’
Posted: July 27, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson
Alexandre Desplat confirmed in a recent interview with Arturia (embedded after the jump) that he is reuniting with Wes Anderson on the upcoming stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs. The movie is written and directed by Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore) and features the voices of F. Murray Abraham, Bob Balaban, Bud Cort, Bryan Cranston, Greta Gerwig, Jeff Goldblum, Akira Ito, Scarlett Johansson, Harvey Keitel, Bill Murray, Kunichi Nomura, Edward Norton, Yoko Ono, Koyu Rankin, Liev Schreiber, Tilda Swinton, Akira Takayama & Frank Wood. The film is set in Japan and follows a boy’s odyssey in search of his dog. Read the rest of this entry »
Keegan DeWitt to Score Brett Haley’s ‘Hearts Beat Loud’
Posted: July 27, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brett Haley, Hearts Beat Loud, Keegan DeWitt
Keegan DeWitt has been tapped to score the upcoming movie musical Hearts Beat Loud. He has also composed four original songs for the movie directed by Brett Haley and starring Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner and Toni Collette. The movie revolves around a father and daughter who form an unlikely songwriting duo in the last summer before she leaves for college. Haley also co-wrote the screenplay with Marc Basch. Houston King (Results), Sam Bisbee (Robot & Frank, Cop Car) and Sam Slater (Drinking Buddies, Adult Beginners) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from ‘Teen Titans Go!’ Special ‘The Night Begins to Shine’ to Be Released
Posted: July 26, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cartoon Network, Soundtrack, Teen Titans Go!
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack EP for the Teen Titans Go! mini-series The Night Begins to Shine. The EP features five songs from the 4-part event, including a remix of the title track by B.E.R. (aka Carl Burnett, Franklin Enea, & William J. Reagan), as well as new versions by CeeLo Green and the Japanese rock group Puffy Amiyumi. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 28, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Night Begins to Shine is based on the Teen Titans Go! episode 40%, 40%, 20% and features guest appearances by CeeLo Green and Fall Out Boy. Read the rest of this entry »
John Powell to Score ‘Han Solo’ Movie
Posted: July 26, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Han Solo, John Powell, Ron Howard
Lucasfilm announced today that John Powell will score the untitled Han Solo movie. The film is directed by Ron Howard who took over directing duties from Chris Miller and Phil Lord and stars Alden Ehrenreich in the title role, alongside Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Joonas Suotamo. Lawrence Kasdan (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi) and Jon Kasdan wrote the screenplay. Kathleen Kennedy is producing the project with Allison Shearmur and Simon Emanuel. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Pictures Animation’s ‘The Star’ to Feature Original Song by Mariah Carey
Posted: July 26, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Mariah Carey, The Star
Mariah Carey is recording an original song for Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming feature The Star. The song, entitled The Star, will also be featured on the film’s soundtrack album, which is set to be released by Epic Records. The Star is directed by Timothy Reckart and features the voices of Steven Yeun, Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Keegan-Michael Key, Kelly Clarkson, Anthony Anderson, Kristin Chenoweth, Tracy Morgan, Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey. Read the rest of this entry »
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie Barry have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (The Gift, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Ozark, The OA). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 28 by Varese Sarabande and is now available for pre-order on
David Wingo (Loving, Mud, Midnight Special, Take Shelter) will be making his television scoring debut on the upcoming HBO original series Barry. The show is created by Bill Hader and Alec Berg (Silicon Valley, EuroTrip, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and stars Hader, alongside Henry Winkler, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan and Glenn Fleshler. The comedy follows an ex-Marine who works as a low-rent hitman in the Midwest who begrudgingly travels to Los Angeles to kill someone and ends up finding an accepting community in a group of eager hopefuls within the L.A. theater scene.