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 »
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!
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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 »
‘War Machine’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 18, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Michod, Nick Cave, score, Soundtrack, War Machine, Warren Ellis
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the satire War Machine. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Hell or High Water, Lawless, The Proposition). Also included are four tracks by electronic music artist Roedelius. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 26, 2017 (click here to download) and physically a couple of weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. War Machine is directed by David Michod (Animal Kingdom, The Rover) and stars Brad Pitt, Topher Grace, Emory Cohen, Tilda Swinton, Anthony Michael Hall, Will Poulter, Jonathan Ing and Ben Kingsley. The movie is based on the book The Operatorsby Michael Hastings and follows a four-star U.S. military general who is sent to Afghanistan to bring the war to an end, but finds he himself is the one under attack. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for Pixar’s ‘Cars 3’ Revealed
Posted: May 18, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cars 3, Pixar, Soundtrack
The details of the official soundtrack album for Pixar Animation’s feature Cars 3 have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film, including ZZ Ward’s & Gary Clark Jr.’s Ride, which is already available as a digital single, as well the original song Run That Race by Dan Auerbach, and tracks by Brad Paisley, Andra Day, James Bay, Jorge Blanc and Leo DeLaria. The soundtrack will be released on June 16 by Walt Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Cars 3 is directed by Brian Fee and features the voice talent of 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. Read the rest of this entry »
Roque Banos to Score Jaume Collet-Serra’s ‘The Commuter’
Posted: May 18, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jaume Collet-Serra, Roque Banos, The Commuter
Roque Banos is currently scoring the upcoming action thriller The Commuter. The film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop, Unknown, Orphan, The Shallows) and stars Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sam Neill, Elizabeth McGovern and Jonathan Banks. The movie centers on a businessman in his daily commute home who is forced by a mysterious stranger to uncover the identity of a passenger before the train’s last stop. Byron Willinger and Phil de Blasi wrote the screenplay. Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman (Non-Stop, The Apparition) are producing the Studiocanal and The Picture Company production. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Hulu’s ‘Harlots’ to Be Released
Posted: May 18, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Harlots, Hulu, Rael Jones, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Harlots. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Rael Jones (Suite Francaise, My Cousin Rachel, Kids in Love). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 19 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Harlots is created by Moira Buffini & Alison Newman and stars Samantha Morton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Eloise Smyth and Lesley Manville. The drama is set in 18th century London and centers on a woman who struggles to reconcile her roles as brothel owner and mother to her daughters. Read the rest of this entry »
