Alan Silvestri is set to reteam with Robert Zemeckis on the upcoming fantasy drama The Women of Marwen. The film starring Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae, Eiza Gonzalez, Diane Kruger, Falk Hentschel and Gwendoline Christie is based on Jeff Malmberg’s 2010 documentary Marwencol about a man who builds a miniature WWII-era village to help him get over a terrible life event. Zemeckis has also co-written the screenplay with Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas) and is producing the ImageMovers production with Jack Rapke & Steve Starkey (Cast Away, What Lies Beneath) and Cherylanne Martin. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Silvestri to Score Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Women of Marwen’
Posted: March 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Silvestri, Robert Zemeckis, The Women of Marwen
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Ruth Barrett Scoring BBC’s ‘Bodyguard’
Posted: March 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Bodyguard, Jed Mercurio, Ruth Barrett
Ruth Barrett is composing the music for the upcoming BBC drama Bodyguard. The show is created by Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty) and stars Richard Madden, Keeley Hawes, Gina McKee, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin and Rowena King. The 6-part thriller tells the story of a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch (RaSP) of London’s Metropolitan Police Service. Mercurio is also executive producing the project with Simon Heath for World Productions and Elizabeth Kilgarriff for BBC. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 25, 2018)
Posted: March 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Series of Unfortunate Events, ABC, Alex Inc., Amazon, AMC, Audience Network, Barry, David Wingo, Duncan Blickenstaff, Fil Eisler, First Match, Freeform, FX, Guillaume Roussel, Happy Anniversary, HBO, Ice, Jack Leonard, James Lavelle, Jared Faber, Jim Dooley, Joshua Moshier, Little Shalimar, Marcus Fjellström, Michael A. Levine, Michael Andrews, Netflix, Nick Urata, Olivier Alary, Photek, Rob Simonsen, Siren, Splitting Up Together, Station 19, The Dangerous Book for Boys, The Terror, The Titan, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, Trust, UNKLE
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Barry created by Bill Hader & Alec Berg and starring Hader himself, alongside Henry Winkler, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan and Glenn Fleshler. The show’s original music is composed by David Wingo (Loving, Mud, Midnight Special, Take Shelter). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on HBO.
Also premiering tonight is the FX limited series Trust created by Simon Beaufoy and starring Donald Sutherland, Michael Esper, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Brendan Fraser, Anna Chancellor, Norbert Leo Butz, Charlotte Riley and Luca Marinelli. James Lavelle & Jack Leonard of the British music collective UNKLE have composed the show’s original music. For more information about the drama, which is executive produced by Danny Boyle who also directed the first episodes, check out our previous article. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathaniel Mechaly Scoring Netflix’s ‘November 13’ & ‘O.G.’
Posted: March 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathaniel Mechaly, Netflix, November 13, O.G.
Nathaniel Mechaly is scoring the upcoming Netflix docu-series November 13. The 3-parter is directed by Jules & Gédéon Naudet (9/11) and explores the human stories behind the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on November 13th, 2015. The documentary will share testimonies of the people brought together by tragedy, from the survivors, the fire department, the Police and the leaders of the French government including French President at the time of the events, François Hollande. The Naudet brothers are also executive producing the project with Propagate’s Ben Silverman & Howard T. Owens. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Honey: Rise Up and Dance’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elvin Ross, Honey: Rise Up and Dance, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the dance movie Honey: Rise Up and Dance. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Chris Brown, Future, Omarion, Stefflon Don, Troy Reign, Ni Emory & others. Also included is a suite from the film’s original score composed by Elvin Ross (Boo! A Madea Halloween, Diary of a Mad Black Woman). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 30, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Honey: Rise Up and Dance is directed by Bille Woodruff and stars Teyana Taylor, Sierra McClain and Bryshere Y. Gray. The movie follows an aspiring street dancer who decides to try-out for the same dance crew as her formally trained sister in order to compete for a college scholarship. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 23, 2018)
Posted: March 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Bag of Marbles, Alexandre Desplat, Amine Bouhafa, Armand Amar, Back to Burgundy, Beauty and the Dogs, Chris Bacon, Christophe Minck, David Wilder Savage, Evan Lurie, Final Portrait, Gregoire Hetzel, I Kill Giants, Isle of Dogs, Ismael's Ghosts, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Laurent Perez Del Mar, Loic Dury, Lorne Balfe, Madame, Matthieu Gonet, Midnight Sun, Nathaniel Walcott, Neil Young, Pacific Rim Uprising, Paradox, Paul Apostle of Christ, Promise of the Real, Sherlock Gnomes, Unsane
Five new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action adventure Pacific Rim Uprising directed by Steven S. DeKnight and starring John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Jing Tian, Cailee Spaeny, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Adria Arjona and Charlie Day. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Home, 12 Strong, Terminator Genisys, Genius, The Crown). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Wizkid, DJ Shadow and Anderson .Paak. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the animated feature Sherlock Gnomes directed by John Stevenson and featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Ashley Jensen, Matt Lucas, Stephen Merchant, Mary J. Blige and Johnny Depp. Chris Bacon (Source Code, Bates Motel) who previously co-scored Gnomeo & Juliet has composed the film’s original score. Elton John has composed new songs for the project, including the track Stronger Than I Ever Was, which is performed by Mary J. Blige. No word yet on a soundtrack release. Read the rest of this entry »
John Powell to Receive Henry Mancini Award
Posted: March 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP Screen Music Awards, Henry Mancini Award, John Powell
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced that composer John Powell will be honored at the 33rd Annual Screen Music Awards (previously known as ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards) on May 23, 2018 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Powell will receive the Henry Mancini Award, which is given to composers for outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of music for film, television and visual media. The composer is known for his scores for numerous animated movies, including How to Train Your Dragon (which earned him his first Academy Award nomination), Shrek, Happy Feet, Chicken Run, Bolt, Horton Hears a Who! and most recently, Ferdinand. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heartbeats’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gingger Shankar, Heartbeats, Roc Nation, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Heartbeats. The album features the film’s original score composed by Gingger Shankar (Circumstance, American Fable). Also included are the original songs from the movie by Roc Nation. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Heartbeats is written and directed by Duane Adler and stars Krystal Ellsworth, Aneesha Joshi, Daphne Zuniga, Amitash Pradhan, Paul McGillon, Justin Chon, Salman Yusuff Khan and Megan Alexander. The movie follows a young American college student with dreams of being a professional dancer who travels to India with her family for a week long Indian wedding and falls in love with a new style of dance, and with a young man who introduces it to her. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo Scoring ‘Santa Clarita Diet’ Season 2
Posted: March 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Russo, Netflix, Santa Clarita Diet
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery, Legion, Snowfall, The Night Of) is the new composer of the Netflix original series Santa Clarita Diet. The composer has scored the second season of the show created by Victor Fresco and starring Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant, Liv Hewson and Skyler Gisondo. The comedy follows a married couple leading vaguely discontented lives in the L.A. suburb of Santa Clarita with their teenage daughter until the wife goes through a dramatic change sending their lives down a road of death and destruction. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I Can Only Imagine’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brent McCorkle, I Can Only Imagine, Soundtrack
Fair Trade Services has released a new soundtrack album for the faith-based drama I Can Only Imagine. The album features the songs from the movie performed by lead actor J. Michael Finley, including the title track written by Bart Millard and performed in its original version by the Christian band MercyMe. Also included are selections from the film’s original score composed by Brent McCorkle (Unconditional, Steve McQueen: American Icon). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring McCorkle’s full score was released last week. Read the rest of this entry »
