Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie thriller Bushwick. The album features the film’s original music composed by hip hop artist Aesop Rock. The soundtrack will be released on August 25, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bushwick is directed by Cary Murnion & Jonathan Milott and stars Brittany Snow, Dave Bautista, Angelic Zambrana, Jeremie Harris, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Alex Breaux and Arturo Castro. The movie follows a woman who discovers that her Brooklyn neighborhood is under attack by black-clad soldiers and teams up with a war veteran. The thriller premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in select theaters and on VOD on August 25 by RLJ Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bushwick’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aesop Rock, Bushwick, score, Soundtrack
Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka to Score Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s ‘The Current War’
Posted: July 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka, The Current War
Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka have signed on to score the upcoming historical drama The Current War. The film is directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Macfayden and Tom Holland. The movie takes place in the late 1880s and revolves around power titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse’s battle over the supply of electricity. Michael Mitnick (The Giver) wrote the screenplay. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch) is producing the project with Basil Iwanyk (Sicario, The Town, John Wick). Read the rest of this entry »
2017 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: July 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The nominations for the 69th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories:
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score):
The Crown – Hyde Park Corner – Music by Rupert Gregson-Williams
House of Cards – Chapter 63 – Music by Jeff Beal
Planet Earth II – Islands – Music by Jacob Shea & Jasha Klebe
A Series of Unfortunate Events – A Bad Beginning – Music by James Newton Howard
Taboo – Episode 1 – Music by Max Richter
Victoria – Doll 123 – Music by Martin Phipps, Ruth Barrett & Natalie Holt Read the rest of this entry »
‘Black Butterfly’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Butterfly, Federico Jusid, score, Soundtrack
Ala Bianca Records will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Black Butterfly. The album features the film’s original music composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret In Their Eyes, Neruda, Misconduct). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 13 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Black Butterfly is directed by Brian Goodman and stars Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Piper Perabo. The thriller revolves around a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. When the deranged stranger takes the screenwriter hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau & Danny Dunlap Scoring truTV’s ‘I’m Sorry’
Posted: July 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrea Savage, Andrew Feltenstein, Danny Dunlap, I'm Sorry, John Nau, truTV
Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau and Danny Dunlap are scoring the new truTV original series I’m Sorry. The show is created by actress Andrea Savage (Veep, Episodes) who also stars in the comedy as a confident comedy writer, wife and mom, who comically exposes her inner immaturity and neuroses through unexpected life situations. Tom Everett Scott, Olive Petrucci, Jason Mantzoukas, Nelson Franklin, Martin Mull and Kathy Baker are co-starring. Savage is also executive producing the project with Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell & Adam McKay (The Big Short, Talladega Nights), Joey Slamon, Jason Zaro (Brigsby Bear), Billy Rosenberg and Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone & Akiva Schaffer (Popstar: Never Stop Stopping, Hot Rod). Read the rest of this entry »
‘City of Ghosts’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: City of Ghosts, H. Scott Salinas, Jackson Greenberg, Matthew Heineman, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Matthew Heineman’s documentary City of Ghosts. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jackson Greenberg and H. Scott Salinas (Birth of the Dragon, The Ivory Game) who previously co-scored Heineman’s Cartel Land. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 21. The download link will be added to this article later this week. City of Ghosts follows the journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” – a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up for domestic distribution by Amazon Studios and IFC Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Frederik Wiedmann Scoring Johnny Martin’s ‘Hangman’
Posted: July 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Frederik Wiedmann, Hangman, Johnny Martin
Frederik Wiedmann has recently recorded his score for the upcoming crime thriller Hangman. The film is directed by Johnny Martin and stars Al Pacino, Karl Urban, Sarah Shahi and Brittany Snow. The movie follows a decorated homicide detective and a criminal profiler who collaborate to catch a serial killer who’s terrorizing a city with a macabre version of the children’s game Hangman. Michael Caissie and Charles Huttinger wrote the screenplay. Michael Mendelsohn (Wild Horses, Rage) and Arnold Rifkin (Hostage, 16 Blocks, Tears of the Sun) are producing the Patriot Pictures and Cheyenne Enterprises production. Read the rest of this entry »
Freeform’s ‘The Bold Type’ to Feature Music by Lyle Workman
Posted: July 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeform, Lyle Workman, The Bold Type
Lyle Workman is composing the original score for the new Freeform original series The Bold Type. The show is created by Sarah Watson (Parenthood, Pure Genius) and stars Melora Hardin, Katie Stevens, Sam Page, Aisha Dee, Meghann Fahy and Matt Ward. The drama is inspired by the life of “Cosmopolitan” editor in chief, Joanna Coles and follows the outrageous lives and loves of those responsible for a global women’s magazine. Watson is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Coles, David Bernad (Superstore, The D Train) and Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad). Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Cardoni to Score Laurie Collyer’s ‘Furlough’
Posted: July 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Furlough, Jeff Cardoni, Laurie Collyer
Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming indie comedy Furlough. The film is directed by Laurie Collyer (Sherrybaby, Sunlight Jr.) and stars Melissa Leo and La La Anthony. Anna Paquin, Tessa Thompson and Whoopi Goldberg are also rumored to appear in the movie, which centers around an inmate who is granted one weekend out of prison to see her dying mother and her relationship with a rookie correction officer. Barry Strugatz (She-Devil, Married to the Mob) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Unlawful Entry’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Henry Mancini, James Horner, score, Soundtrack, The Great Race, The Wild Wild West, Unlawful Entry
La-La Land Records has announced several new albums, including a new soundtrack release for the 1992 thriller Unlawful Entry directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta and Madeleine Stowe. The album features the remastered and expanded score from the 20th Century Fox production composed by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Apollo 13). The soundtrack is limited to 2000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
