Premiering tonight is the Epix original series Get Shorty created by Davey Holmes and starring Chris O’Dowd, Ray Romano, Sean Bridgers, Megan Stevenson, Goya Robles, Lucy Walters, Sarah Stiles, Antwone Tanner and Carolyn Dodd. The show’s original music composed by Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner Antonio Sanchez (Birdman) who makes his television scoring debut on the project. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the show’s official website to learn more about the series inspired by Elmore Leonard’s 1990 novel.
Premiering on Wednesday, August 16, is the new NBC comedy Marlon created by Christopher Moynihan & Marlon Wayans and starring Wayans, Essence Atkins, Notlim Taylor, Amir O’Neil, Bresha Webb and Diallo Riddle. Dwayne Wayans (Dance Flick, My Wife and Kids) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous new article to learn more about the series, which will air every Wednesday night on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
Ceiri Torjussen is scoring the upcoming documentary Pistorius. The film is directed by Vaughan Sivell (Prevenge, Third Star) and follows the rise and fall of Oscar Pistorius, the inspiring, Olympic hero turned convicted murderer who made history by becoming the first double-amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics. Sivell is also producing the project with Sean Richard for Western Edge Pictures, and the Gennaker Group. Torjussen previously scored Sivell’s directorial debut, Mr Calzaghe, as well as the feature The Canal, which Sivell co-produced. 
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. 
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. 
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 
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 
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 
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. 
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 
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 
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. 