Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the family comedy Cop and a Half: New Recruit. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grammy Award nominee Ryan Shore (Prime, Harvard Man, Julie’s Greenroom, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, The Shrine). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Cop and a Half: New Recruit is directed by Jonathan A. Rosenbaum and stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Lulu Wilson and Wallace Shawn. The movie follows an experienced detective who is placed undercover at a local middle school, where he must learn to work with a confident and intelligent 12-year old, on a high-profile case. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cop and a Half: New Recruit’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cop and a Half: New Recruit, Ryan Shore, score, Soundtrack
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John Swihart Scoring Andrew Fleming’s ‘Ideal Home’
Posted: July 31, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Fleming, Ideal Home, John Swihart
John Swihart is composing the music for the upcoming comedy drama Ideal Home. The film is written and directed by Andrew Fleming (Dick, The Craft, Hamlet 2) and stars Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan and Jake McDorman. The movie follows a bickering gay couple whose extravagant lives are turned upside down by a new addition to the family. Gabriella Tana (Philomena, The Duchess), Maria Theresa Arida (Vamps), Maxime Remillard (Head in the Clouds), Clark Peterson (Monster, Rampart) and Aaron Ryder (Arrival, The Prestige, Mud) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Bacon to Return for ‘Sherlock Gnomes’
Posted: July 31, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Bacon, John Stevenson, Sherlock Gnomes
Chris Bacon has been tapped to score the upcoming animated feature Sherlock Gnomes. The film directed by John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda) is the sequel to 2011’s Gnomeo & Juliet, which the composer co-scored with James Newton Howard. The movie’s voice cast includes Johnny Depp who lends his voice to the title character, as well as James McAvoy and Emily Blunt who reprise their characters from the original movie. The sequel follows Gnomeo & Juliet as they recruit renown detective, Sherlock Gnomes, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments. Read the rest of this entry »
Bruno Coulais Scoring Benoit Jacquot’s ‘Eva’
Posted: July 31, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benoit Jacquot, Bruno Coulais, Eva
Bruno Coulais has recently recorded his score for the upcoming French psychological thriller Eva. The film is directed by Benoit Jacquot and stars Isabelle Huppert and Gaspard Ulliel. The movie is based on James Hadley Chase’s novel of the same name and centers on a playwright who encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm. Jacquot also co-wrote the screenplay with Gilles Tauran (Thieves) for the EuropaCorp, Macassar and Arte France Cinema production. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 30, 2017)
Posted: July 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Discovery, Felix Penny, Gregory Tripi, Keegan DeWitt, Manhunt: Unabomber, Netflix, Ronit Kirchman, The Incredible Jessica James, The Sinner, USA, Vincent Cahay
Premiering on Tuesday, August 1, is the Discovery original series Manhunt: Unabomber created by Andrew Sodroski and starring Sam Worthington, Paul Bettany, Chris Noth, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Jane Lynch, Mark Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Elizabeth Reaser and Rebecca Henderson. The show’s original music is composed by Gregory Tripi (Dark Places, Rememory). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blade Runner 2049’ to Feature Music by Hans Zimmer
Posted: July 29, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve, Hans Zimmer, Johann Johannsson
Hans Zimmer is currently scoring Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049. While we first heard of the composer’s involvement in the project back in May, Villeneuve clarified in a recent interview with Studio Cine Live that the composer is collaborating with Benjamin Wallfisch on the score and the theme written for the movie by the film’s original composer Johann Johannsson who is still involved in the project will be used in the score. The sci-fi thriller starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista and Jared Leto takes place thirty years after the events of the first film and follows a new blade runner who unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. Hampton Fancher and Michael Green (Green Lantern) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 28, 2017)
Posted: July 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Family Man, Aaron Martin, An Inconvenient Sequel, Atomic Blonde, Brigsby Bear, Dag Rosenqvist, David Wingo, Detroit, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Jeff Beal, Joseph Trapanese, Mark Isham, Menashe, Patrick Doyle, Person to Person, Sharon Van Etten, Strange Weather, The Emoji Movie, The Last Face, Tyler Bates, Wolf Warriors 2
Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature The Emoji Movie directed by Tony Leondis and featuring the voices of T.J. Miller, Anna Faris, James Corden, Patrick Stewart, Maya Rudolph, Sofia Vergara and Christina Aguilera. The film’s original music is composed by Patrick Doyle (Brave, Cinderella, Thor, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Good Vibrations by Ricky Reed. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Atomic Blonde directed by David Leitch and starring Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella and Toby Jones. Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, John Wick) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring selections from the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the movie by artists including David Bowie, The Clash, George Michael, Marilyn Manson and HEALTH. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Milan Records to Release ‘Loving Vincent’ Soundtrack
Posted: July 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clint Mansell, Loving Vincent, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the animated feature Loving Vincent. The album features the film’s original music composed by Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, Noah, The Fountain, Moon). Also included is of the end credits song Starry Starry Night performed by Lianne La Havas. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 22, 2017 and physically the following week. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and check back on this page for the full album details. Loving Vincent is directed by Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman and features the voices of Robert Gulaczyk, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jerome Flynn, Saoirse Ronan, Chris O’Dowd, John Sessions, Aidan Turner, Helen McCrory. 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
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 »
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 »
