WaterTower Music will release the first soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Sense8. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run, The International, Perfume: Story of a Murderer). Also include are songs from the first season, including 4 Non Blondes’ What’s Up?, The Antlers’ Kettering, Seven Lions’ & Kerli’s Keep It Close and Sigur Rós’ Dauðalogn. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Sense8 is created by Lana & Andy Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski and stars Ami Ameen, Doona Bae, Terrence Mann, Tuppence Middleton, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Max Riemelt, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Brian J. Smith, Daryl Hannah and Naveen Andrews. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sense8’ Season 1 Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Johnny Klimek, Netflix, score, Sense8, Soundtrack, Tom Tykwer
Skylar Stecker’s ‘How Did We’ from ‘Everything, Everything’ to Be Released
Posted: May 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Everything Everything, Skylar Stecker, Soundtrack
Interscope Records will release the original song How Did We from the romantic drama Everything, Everything. The track is performed by Skylar Stecker. The song will be released as a digital single tomorrow, May 3 and will be available to download on Amazon. Check back on this page for more details about the full soundtrack album for the movie. Everything, Everything is directed by Stella Meghie and stars Amandla Stenberg, Ana de la Reguera, Anika Noni Rose, Nick Robinson and Taylor Hickson. The movie is based on Nicola Yoon’s bestselling young adult novel and follows a teenager who has lived a sheltered life because she’s allergic to everything, and falls for the boy who moves in next door. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers to Score ‘Escape Plan 2: Hades’
Posted: May 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Escape Plan, Escape Plan 2: Hades, Steven C. Miller, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers are set to score the upcoming action thriller Escape Plan 2: Hades. The film is directed by Steven C. Miller (Marauders, Extraction) and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jaime King, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Wes Chatham, Jesse Metcalfe, Pete Wentz and Dave Bautista. No plot details have been announced yet. Miles Chapman wrote the screenplay. Randall Emmett & George Furla (2 Guns, Lone Survivor) are producing the project for their Emmett/Furla/Oasis company, alongside Mark Canton (300: Rise of an Empire, Immortals), Zack Schiller (Jane Got a Gun), Robbie Brenner (Dallas Buyers Club), as well as Jie Qiu for Leomus Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘David Lynch: The Art Life’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Lynch: The Art Life, Jon Nguyen, Jonatan Bengta, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary David Lynch: The Art Life. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonatan Bengta who is also known as the artis The mOOnbird. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 12, 2017. David Lynch: The Art Life is directed by Jon Nguyen and looks at Lynch’s art, music, and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his unique world and giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist. The documentary premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and was released in select theaters this past March by Janus Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Jonny Greenwood Scoring Lynne Ramsay’s ‘You Were Never Really Here’
Posted: May 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonny Greenwood, Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
Jonny Greenwood has composed the music for the upcoming thriller You Were Never Really Here. The film is written and directed by Lynne Ramsay and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Alessandro Nivalo, John Doman, Ekaterina Samsonov and Judith Roberts. The movie is based on the Jonathan Ames novel of the same title and follows a former war veteran who tries to save women trapped in the world of sex trafficking. Ramsay is also producing the project with James Wilson (Under the Skin, Attack the Block), Rosa Attab and Pascal Caucheteux (Jackie, A Prophet). Greenwood has previously scored Ramsay’s last feature, We Need to Talk About Kevin. Read the rest of this entry »
‘American Epic’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: May 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: American Epic, PBS, Soundtrack
Legacy Recordings, Columbia Records, Third Man Records nd Lomax Records have announced a number of soundtracks for the PBS docu-series American Epic. The releases include the 5-CD deluxe box set American Epic: The Collection, which features 100 songs from the show by artists including Mississippi John Hurt, The Carter Family, Charley Patton, Jimmie Rodgers, Lydia Mendoza & more, and is set to be released on May 12 (click here to pre-order), as well as American Epic: The Soundtrack, which features 15 songs and will be released digitally and physically on the same day (visit Amazon to pre-order). On June 9, the labels will release American Epic: The Sessions, produced by Jack White & T Bone Burnett, which features new recordings by modern artists including Alabama Shakes, Ashley Monroe, The Avett Brothers, Beck, Elton John, Los Lobos, Nas, Raphael Saadiq, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell and more (click here to pre-order). Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Bates to Score James Cox’s ‘Billionaire Boys Club’
Posted: May 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Billionaire Boys Club, Emilio Estevez, James Cox, The Public, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates has signed on to score the upcoming crime drama Billionaire Boys Club. The film is directed by James Cox (Wonderland, Highway) and stars Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton, Kevin Spacey, Emma Roberts, Suki Waterhouse, Bokeem Woodbine, Billie Lourd, Jeremy Irvine and Judd Nelson. The movie is based on the true story of a group of wealthy young men in Los Angeles during the early 1980s who established a get-rich quick scam that turned deadly. Cox also co-wrote the screenplay with Captain Mauzner (Factory Girl). Holly Wiersma (Bobby, Bug, Stone) and Cassian Elwes (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Elvis & Nixon) are producing the Armory Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
KT Tunstall’s ‘Fit In’ from ‘3 Generations’ to Be Released
Posted: May 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 3 Generations, KT Tunstall
Lakeshore Records will release the original song Fit In from the indie comedy drama 3 Generations. The song is written and performed by Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter KT Tunstall. The track will be released as a digital single on May 5, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. 3 Generations is co-written and directed by Gaby Dellal and stars Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon, Sam Trammell, Linda Emond and Tate Donovan. The movie centers on a New York teenager seeking to transition from female to male and the relationship with her single mother who is coming to terms with having to raise her only daughter as a son. Read the rest of this entry »
Jaeil Jung Scoring Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Okja’
Posted: May 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bong Joon-ho, Jaeil Jung, Netflix, Okja
Jaeil Jung has recently composed the music for the upcoming monster movie Okja. The film is directed by Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer, The Host, Mother) and stars Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Seohyun An, Devon Bostick, Lily Collins, Byun Heebong, Shirley Henderson, Daniel Henshall, Yoon Je Moon, Choi Wooshik and Steven Yeun. The movie follows a young girl who must risk everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named ‘Okja’. Bong also co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Ronson (Frank). Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin to Score ‘American Animals’
Posted: April 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Animals, Anne Nikitin, Bart Layton
Anne Nikitin has been tapped to score the upcoming heist drama American Animals. The film is written and directed by Bart Layton and stars Evan Peters, Blake Jenner, Barry Keoghan, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd and Udo Kier. The movie is based on a true story and centers on four young men who mistook their lives for a movie and attempted one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger and Mary Jane Skalski (The Visitor, The Station Agent, Mysterious Skin) are producing the RAW and Film4 production. Read the rest of this entry »
