Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the period dramatic thriller The Exception. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ilan Eshkeri (The Young Victoria, Still Alice, Layer Cake, Kick-Ass, Stardust, 47 Ronin). The soundtrack is now available on the label’s website, where you can also listen to audio samples. The CD version is limited to 1000 copies. A digital version version will be released on May 26 and will be available to download on Amazon. The Exception is directed by David Leveaux and stars Lily James, Jai Courtney, Janet McTeer and Christopher Plummer. The movie follows a German soldier who tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Exception’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Leveaux, Ilan Eshkeri, score, Soundtrack, The Exception
Tyler Bates Scoring ’24 Hours to Live’
Posted: May 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 24 Hours to Live, Brian Smrz, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates has recently composed the music for the upcoming action thriller 24 Hours to Live. The film is directed by former stunt coordinator Brian Smrz (Hero Wanted) and stars Ethan Hawke, Xu Qing, Paul Anderson, Liam Cunningham and Rutger Hauer. Zachary Dean (Deadfall) wrote the screenplay based on an original script from Ron Mita & Jim McClain (S.W.A.T.). Basil Iwanyk (Sicario, The Town, Clash of the Titans) is producing the project for Thunder Road Pictures, alongside Mark Gao (The Transporter Refueled, The Warrior’s Gate) and Gregory Ouanhon for Fundamental Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 21, 2017)
Posted: May 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Angelo Badalamenti, Daniel Bracken, Dark Angel, Dirt Dancing, Downward Dog, Michael J. McEvoy, PBS, Showtime, Twin Peaks
Premiering tonight is the revival of the classic TV series Twin Peaks created by David Lynch & Mark Frost and starring Kyle MacLachlan, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Sherilyn Fenn, Sheryl Lee, Peggy Lipton, James Marshall, Everett McGill and Wendy Robie. The show’s original music is composed by Angelo Badalamenti (Blue Velvet, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive) who previously scored the original series, as well as the movie version. The new season will air every Sunday night on Showtime. Visit the official show website for more information.
Making its U.S. debut tonight is the British mini-series Dark Angel developed by Gwyneth Hughes based on David Wilson’s book Mary Ann Cotton: Britain’s First Female Serial Killer and starring Joanne Froggatt, Alun Armstrong, Penny Layden, Laura Morgan, Jonas Armstrong, Sam Hoare, Emma Fielding and John Hollingworth. Michael J McEvoy (Me and Orson Welles, Forget Me Not) has composed the film’s original music. The 2-parter premiered in the UK last fall and will air in the U.S. on PBS. Visit the official series website to learn more about the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias to Score Iciar Bollain’s ‘Yuli’
Posted: May 20, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Iciar Bollain, Yuli
Alberto Iglesias has signed on to score the upcoming biographical drama Yuli. The movie directed by Iciar Bollain (Even the Rain, Take My Eyes) tells the story of Cuban ballet superstar Carlos Acosta’s rise from the streets of Havana to the heights of classical ballet, becoming the first black principal guest dancer at the Royal Ballet in London. Paul Laverty (I, Daniel Blake, The Wind That Shakes the Barley) wrote the screenplay based on Acosta’s autobiography No Way Home. The project is produced by BBC Films, Potboiler Productions and Spain’s Morena Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus to Return for ‘Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!’
Posted: May 20, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!
Universal Pictures announced that Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus will be providing the music for the upcoming movie musical Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!. The film is the sequel to the studios’ 2008 hit feature Mamma Mia! starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth. The movie will be written and directed by Ol Parker (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Imagine Me and You) and will feature ABBA songs not featured in the first film, as well as some reprised favorites. Judy Craymer who produced the stage musical version is producing the project with Playtone’s Gary Goetzman (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Where the Wild Things Are). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 19, 2017)
Posted: May 19, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Zigman, Alien: Covenant, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, Edward Shearmur, Everything Everything, Fight for Space, Fons Merkies, Jed Kurzel, Ludwig Göransson, Ron Jones, The Commune, Wakefield
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi horror movie Alien: Covenant directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Amy Seimetz and Jussie Smollett. The film’s original music is composed by Jed Kurzel (Assassin’s Creed, The Babadook, Macbeth, The Snowtown Murders). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Fox release.
Also opening wide is the romantic drama Everything, Everything directed by Stella Meghie and starring Amandla Stenberg, Ana de la Reguera, Anika Noni Rose, Nick Robinson and Taylor Hickson. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie. Click here for the full album details. The film’s original score is composed by Ludwig Goransson (Creed, Community, Fruitvale Station, Central Intelligence). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
Roque Banos to Score Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’
Posted: May 19, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Live Like Line, Roque Banos, Sean McNamara, Terry Gilliam, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Roque Banos has been hired to score the upcoming film adaptation of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The film is directed by Terry Gilliam (Brazil, The Fisher King, The Brothers Grimm) and stars Adam Driver, Michael Palin, Stellan Skarsgard and Olga Kurylenko. The movie follows a jaded young advertising executive who returns to the Spanish village where he made a film based on Cervantes’ masterpiece years earlier and meets a villager who believes himself to be Don Quixote as he gets swept up in a fantastic extravaganza complete with damsels in distress, knights and giants. Gilliam also co-wrote the screenplay with Tony Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Tideland) based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra. Read the rest of this entry »
‘It Comes at Night’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 19, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian McOmber, It Comes at Night, score, Soundtrack, Trey Edward Shults
The full details of the soundtrack album for the horror thriller It Comes at Night have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian McOmber (Krisha, A Teacher, Ugly). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 9, 2017 and physically a few weeks later by Milan Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and listen to several tracks from the score after the jump. It Comes at Night is written and directed by Trey Edward Shults and stars Joel Edgerton, Riley Keough, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo and Kelvin Harrion Jr. The movie follows a man protecting his wife and son from a mysterious presence terrorizing them right outside their doorstep. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nashville’ Season 5 – Vol. 2 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 19, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CMT, Nashville, Soundtrack
Big Machine Records will release a new soundtrack album for the CMT original series Nashville. The album features the songs from the second half of the show’s fifth season performed by cast members including Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Charles Esten, Clare Bowen, Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, Chris Carmack and Lennon & Maisy, as well as Will Chase, Joseph David-Jones and Rhiannon Giddens. The Season 5 – Volume 2 soundtrack will be released on June 1 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released the songs from the first half of the season, as well as multiple soundtracks for the previous four seasons. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cars 3’ Score Album Details
Posted: May 18, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cars 3, Pixar, Randy Newman, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a score album for Pixar’s latest animated movie Cars 3. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer Randy Newman (Toy Story series, A Bug’s Life, Avalon, The Natural, James and the Giant Peach, The Princess and the Frog) who previously scored the 2006 original Cars movie. The soundtrack will be released on June 16, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie. Cars 3 directed by Brian Fee and starring Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Armie Hammer, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Jenifer Lewis, John Ratzenberger, Lloyd Sherr, Michael Wallis, Paul Dooley, Kerry Washington and Nathan Fillion will be released in theaters nationwide on June 16 by Walt Disney Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
