Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein will be performing their score from the Netflix hit series Stranger Things at a live concert performance on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Tickets will go on sale later this week. Click here for more information about the event hosted by Golden Voice. Dixon and Stein received two Grammy Award nominations for their work on the series. The composer’s score for the first season is available on two soundtrack albums from Lakeshore Records. Read the rest of this entry »
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein to Perform ‘Stranger Things’ Score Live in Concert
Posted: July 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Netflix, Stranger Things
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‘The Gracefield Incident’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mathieu Ratthe, Noah Sorota, score, Soundtrack, The Gracefield Incident
A soundtrack will be released for the horror thriller The Gracefield Incident. The album features the film’s original music composed by Noah Sorota (Falling Skies, Jinn). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 20, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Gracefield Incident is written and directed by Mathieu Ratthe who also stars in the movie alongside Kimberly Laferriere, Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles, Juliette Gosselin, Alexandre Nachi and Laurence Dauphinais. The movie revolves around a video game editor who embeds an iPhone camera into his prosthetic eye to secretly record and document a weekend with friends in a luxurious mountain top cabin. Read the rest of this entry »
Adam Berry Scoring Disney XD’s ‘Big Hero 6: The Series’
Posted: July 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Berry, Big Hero 6: The Series, Disney XD
Adam Berry is composing the music for the upcoming Disney XD series Big Hero 6. The show is based on the 2014 feature (scored by Henry Jackman) and features the voices of Maya Rudolph, Jamie Chung, Stan Lee, Scott Adsit, Alan Tudyk, Ryan Potter, Genesis Rodriguez and David Shaughnessy who will reprise their characters from the movie. They are joined by Khary Payton and Brooks Wheelan. The series continues the adventures and friendship of 14-year-old Hiro and his compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Endless Poetry’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adan Jodorowsky, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Endless Poetry, score, Soundtrack
ABKCO Records has released a soundtrack album for Alejandro Jodorowsky’s autobiographical drama Endless Poetry (Poesia sin fin). The album features the film’s original music composed and performed by Alejandro’s son Adan Jodorowsky (aka Adanowsky), who also stars in the film, portraying his own father as a young man. Also included are four songs by multi-instrumentalist composer/arranger Jon Handelsman. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Endless Poetry premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released in New York and Los Angeles on July 14 and will expand to more markets the following week. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 9, 2017)
Posted: July 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atticus Ross, CBS, Claudia Sarne, Friends from College, HBO, John Paesano, Leopold Ross, Michael Andrews, Netflix, Salvation, The Defiant Ones
Premiering tonight is the HBO docu-series The Defiant Ones directed by Allen Hughes. The 4-parter 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 and features interview with both men, as well as Bono, Trent Reznor, David Geffen, Eminem, Nas, Stevie Nicks, Ice Cube, Gwen Stefani,. The show’s original music is composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne. Visit the official show website for more information.
Premiering on Wednesday, July 12, is the new CBS drama Salvation developed by Liz Kruger & Craig Shapiro based on a story by Matt Wheeler and starring Santiago Cabrera, Jennifer Finnigan, Charlie Rowe, Jacqueline Byers, Rachel Drance, Shazi Raja and Ian Anthony Dale. John Paesano (The Maze Runner, Daredevil, The Defenders, All Eyez on Me, My All American) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on CBS. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Bates to Score ‘The Exorcist’ Season 2
Posted: July 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Jeremy Slater, The Exorcist, Tyler Bates
Writer/producer Jeremy Slater revealed on Twitter that Tyler Bates will be scoring the second season of the Fox drama The Exorcist. He is taking over for composer Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) who scored the show’s first season. The series is developed by Slater based on William Peter Blatty’s novel of the same title, which inspired William Friedkin’s 1973 classic stars Alfonso Herrera, Ben Daniels and Kurt Egyiawa. John Cho is also joining the second season. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 7, 2017)
Posted: July 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Ghost Story, Andrew Joslyn, Austin Found, City of Ghosts, Daniel Hart, H. Scott Salinas, Hickok, Jackson Greenberg, Michael Giacchino, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, Spider-Man: Homecoming
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Homecoming directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Donald Glover, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jurassic World, Doctor Strange). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
Opening in limited release is the indie drama A Ghost Story written and directed by David Lowery and starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Will Oldham, Sonia Acevedo, Rob Zabrecky and Liz Franke. Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Tumbledown,Film Music Magazine Comet, The Exorcist) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details and also visit for a recent interview with Hart about his work on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
John Williams Confirmed to Score Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Papers’
Posted: July 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Williams, Steven Spielberg, The Papers
John Williams is set to score Steven Spielberg’s upcoming drama The Papers. The film stars Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Alison Brie, Matthew Rhys, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemons, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Michael Stuhlbarg and Zach Woods. The movie revolves around the 1971 scandal after the decision of The Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and publisher Katharine Graham to publish The Pentagon Papers. Liz Hannah wrote the screenplay. Spielberg is also producing the Amblin Entertainment production with Amy Pascal (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Ghostbusters) and Kristie Macosko Krieger (Bridge of Spies). Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Silvestri to Score Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’
Posted: July 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Silvestri, Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg
Alan Silvestri has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming film adaptation of Ready Player One. The film is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tye Sheridan, Oliva Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Win Morisaki, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg and T.J Miller. The movie is based on the 2011 novel by Ernest Cline and follows a group of teenagers on a quest for riches in a futuristic virtual world. Spielberg is also producing the project with Donald De Line (The Italian Job, Green Lantern), Kristie Macosko Krieger (Bridge of Spies) and Dan Farah (Armored). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Dark Tower’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Junkie XL, score, Soundtrack, The Dark Tower, Tom Holkenborg
The track list of the soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure The Dark Tower has been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Divergent, 300: Rise of an Empire, Black Mass). The soundtrack will be released on August 4, 2017 by Sony Masterworks and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Dark Tower is directed by Nikolaj Arcel and stars Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee and Jackie Earle Haley. Read the rest of this entry »
