Mark Isham is composing the music for BYUtv’s upcoming holiday drama Instrument of War. The film directed by Adam Thomas Anderegg (Charly, Winter Thaw) is inspired by first-hand accounts of WWII bomber pilot Clair Cline, an American B-24 pilot captured and held as Prisoner of War (POW) in a German prison camp. Russ Kendall (Man in the Camo Jacket, The Song that Changed My Life) is producing the Kaleidoscope Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
BYUtv’s ‘Instrument of War’ to Feature Music by Mark Isham
Posted: July 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Thomas Anderegg, Instrument of War, Mark Isham
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Ryan Shore Scoring ‘Star Wars: Forces of Destiny’ Animated Shorts
Posted: July 3, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cop and a Half: New Recruit, Ryan Shore, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
Ryan Shore is scoring the animated mini-series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny. The series features 2-3 minute long shorts that explore fresh adventures of pivotal characters from the Star Wars universe, including Rey, Jyn Erso, Sabine Wren, Princess Leia, Ahsoka Tano and others. Felicity Jones, Daisy Ridley, Ashley Eckstein, Lupita Nyong’o are providing the voices of their respective characters in the shorts produced by Lucasfilm. The first short, entitled Sands of Jakku, premiered today on YouTube and is embedded after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lady Jane’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 3, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lady Jane, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Oliver
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1986 romantic drama Lady Jane directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, Jane Lapotaire, Patrick Stewart, Sara Kestelman and John Wood. The 2-CD album features the original music from the Paramount Pictures production composed by Stephen Oliver. The composer’s full score, as well as source cues are featured on the first disc, and the content of a planned, but never released soundtrack album is included on the second disc. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details, to listen to audio samples and to order the limited edition CDs.
Adam Taylor to Score Reed Moran’s ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’
Posted: July 3, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Taylor, I Think We're Alone Now, Reed Morano
Adam Taylor is set to reteam with director Reed Morano on the upcoming sci-fi drama I Think We’re Alone Now. The movie stars Elle Fanning and Peter Dinklage as survivors in a world where humanity was wiped out in a mysterious incident. Mike Makowsky (Take Me) wrote the screenplay. Fred Berger (La La Land, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) & Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, The Signal) are producing the project for Automatik, alongside Makowsky, Dinklage & David Ginsberg and Fernando Loureiro & Roberto Vasconcellos (Sweet Virginia). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 2, 2017)
Posted: July 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Castlevania, FX, Gypsy, Jeff Russo, Netflix, Snowfall, Trevor Morris
Premiering on Wednesday, July 5, is the FX original series Snowfall created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio & Dave Andron and starring Damson Idris, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Carter Hudson and Emily Rios. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, Power, The Night Of, CSI: Cyber). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which is set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic in the early 80s Los Angeles and will air every Wednesday night on FX. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Atypical’ to Feature Music by Dan Romer
Posted: July 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atypical, Dan Romer, Netflix, Robia Rashid
Dan Romer announced this week on Twitter that he has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original series Atypical. The show is created by Robia Rashid (The Goldbergs) and stars Keir Gilchrist, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Rapaport, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Amy Okuda. The comedy drama revolves around a 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, who takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence and upends his family. Rashid is also executive producing the project with Mary Rohlich and Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, Baywatch, Identity Thief) who directed the first episode. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Chmelewsky Scoring Amma Asante’s ‘Where Hands Touch’
Posted: July 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amma Asante, Anne Chmelewsky, Where Hands Touch
Director Amma Asante revealed on Twitter that composer Anne Chmelewsky is currently recording her score for the upcoming period drama Where Hands Touch. The film is written and directed by Asante and stars Amandla Stenberg, George Mackay and Abbie Cornish. The movie takes place in Germany in 1944 where a 15-year-old girl, daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the color of her skin and falls in love with the son of a prominent SS officer. Charlie Hanson (Cemetery Junction) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Detroit’ to Feature Original Song by The Roots
Posted: July 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bilal, Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow, The Roots
The Roots have recorded the original song It Ain’t Fair for Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming dramatic thriller Detroit. The hip hop group collaborated with singer/songwriter Bilal on the track, which will be featured in the movie and on the official soundtrack album, which will be released by Motown Records later this month. Check back on this page for the full album details. Detroit stars John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Hannah Murray, Kaitlyn Dever, Jack Reynor, John Krasinski and Anthony Mackie. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 30, 2017)
Posted: June 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 2:22, Andrew Feltenstein, Baby Driver, Bruno Coulais, Dan Romer, Despicable Me 3, Heitor Pereira, Jaeil Jung, James Orr, John Nau, Lisa Gerrard, Marie Curie, Okja, Paul Leonard Morgan, Pharrell Williams, Steven Price, The B-Side, The House, The Little Hours
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Despicable Me 3 directed by Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda & Eric Guillon and featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Jenny Slate and Julie Andrews. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (The Angry Birds Movie, The Smurfs) and Pharrell Williams wrote the movie’s original songs. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack featuring the songs (click here for more information) and Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack featuring Pereira’s score (click here for the full details).
Already playing in theaters since this past Wednesday is the action comedy Baby Driver written and directed by Edgar Wright and starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Eiza González, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx. Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Fury, Attack the Block) wrote the film’s original score. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by artists including Simon & Garfunkel, Blur, Kid Koala, Sky Ferreira, The Beach Boys, T. Rex, Beck, Queen, The Commodores & more. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Television Academy Celebrates TV Music at ‘Words + Music’ Concert
Posted: June 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Television Academy
Last night, the Television Academy presented its second live concert, Words + Music – A Concert Celebrating Music Written for Television. The event, which celebrated the importance of original songs and scores in television and was conceived and organized by Television Academy Music Governor Michael A. Levine, music director Rickey Minor and produced by Ben Carter, took place at the Saban Media Center’s Wolf Theatre at the Television Academy’s campus in North Hollywood. Mark Watters conducted several performances throughout the evening. Read the rest of this entry »
