Tyler Bates has been hired to score Marvel’s upcoming Netflix original series The Punisher. The show is developed by Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal) based on the Marvel Comic character and stars Jon Bernthal in the title role, alongside Ben Barnes, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Amber Rose Revah, Deborah Ann Woll, Daniel Webber, Jason R. Moore, Paul Schulze and Jaime Ray Newman. The series revolves around Frank Castle, who after the murder of his family, is both haunted and hunted and becomes known as The Punisher in the criminal underworld. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Bates to Score Marvel’s Netflix Series ‘The Punisher’
Posted: April 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marvel, Netflix, Tyler Bates
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‘Berlin Syndrome’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Berlin Syndrome, Bryony Marks, Cate Shortland, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the Australian thriller Berlin Syndrome. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bryony Marks (Felony, Please Like Me, A Month of Sundays). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Berlin Syndrome is directed by Cate Shortland (Lore, Somersault) and stars Teresa Palmer and Max Riemelt. The movie is based on Melanie Joosten’s 2011 novel and centers on a passionate holiday romance that leads to an obsessive relationship, when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave. Read the rest of this entry »
Joe Kraemer to Score ‘Iron Fisting’
Posted: April 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Tanaka, Brian Gatewood, Iron Fisting, Joe Kraemer
Joe Kraemer announced on Twitter that he will be scoring the upcoming TV series Iron Fisting. The show is created by Brian Gatewood and Alex Tanaka and follows the exploits of two mismatched buddy cops as they seek to protect Communism and comrades from the evils of Capitalism. The comedy, which is described as “being done as a fake Romanian cop show from the 1980s”, is produced by A24 and Channing Tatum’s Free Association. Gatewood and Tanaka (The Sitter) are also executive producing the project, alongside Rhys Thomas (Staten Island Summer). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bigger Fatter Liar’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bigger Fatter Liar, Peter Allen, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Bigger Fatter Liar. The album features the film’s original score composed by Peter Allen (American Mary, The Art of War II: Betrayal, Blond and Blonder). Also included are three songs by Atomic Tom. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Bigger Fatter Liar is directed by Ron Oliver and stars Ricky Garcia, Jodelle Ferland, Fiona Vroom, Kevin O’Grady, Karen Holness and Barry Bostwick. The movie revolves around a teenage habitual liar who leaves suburbia to prove a sleazy executive stole his idea for a video game. The comedy was released earlier this week on DVD, Digital HD and VOD by Universal Home Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
James Ponsoldt’s ‘The Circle’ to Feature New Song by Jónsi
Posted: April 20, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Elfman, James Ponsoldt, Jónsi, The Circle
Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi has contributed a new song for James Ponsoldt’s thriller The Circle. The track is a new recording of the classic song Simple Gifts by Shaker. Listen to the song after the jump (via Pitchfork). STX Recordings and Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album featuring the track, as well as Danny Elfman‘s original score from the movie on April 28. Check back on this page for the full album details. The Circle is written and directed by Ponsoldt and stars Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Patton Oswalt, Bill Paxton, Karen Gillan and Ellar Coltrane. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Score Album Details
Posted: April 20, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, James Gunn, score, Soundtrack, Tyler Bates
Marvel Music will release a score album for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tyler Bates (300, Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead) who previously scored the first installment in the series. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 21, 2017 and will be available to download on Amazon. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film, including an original track co-written by Bates, will be released on the same day. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is written and directed by Gunn and stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki and Kurt Russell. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Born in China’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 20, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Barnaby Taylor, Born in China, Disneynature, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Disneynature documentary Born in China have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Barnaby Taylor (Wild China, Shank, A State of Mind), as well as the original song Everything Everything by American Authors, which is already available as a digital single. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow by Walt Disney Records and will be available to download on Amazon. Born in China directed by Lu Chuan and narrated by John Krasinski follows the adventures of three animal families – the majestic panda, the savvy golden monkey and the elusive snow leopard. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Grow House’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 20, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: DJ Pooh, Grow House, Soundtrack
Priority Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Grow House. The album features the songs from the movie, including four new tracks by Snoop Dogg feat. Wiz Khalifa, Cypress Hill, B-Real & Xzibit & Garrick Grout, Kurupt & FredWreck. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Grow House is written and directed by Mark “DJ Pooh” Jordan and stars DeRay Davis, Lil’ Duval,Martin Starr, Snoop Dogg, Faizon Love, Malcolm McDowell and Lin Shaye. The movie follow two young men with debts to pay who decide to start a risky business. The comedy is being released in select theaters this weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian McOmber Scoring Trey Edward Shults’ ‘It Comes at Night’
Posted: April 19, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian McOmber, It Comes at Night, Trey Edward Shults
Brian McOmber is reuniting with director Trey Edward Shults on the upcoming horror thriller It Comes at Night. The film is written and directed by 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. David Kaplan (It Follows) is producing the project. McOmber has previously scored Shult’ feature directorial debut Krisha. Read the rest of this entry »
Laurent Eyquem to Score Mark Pellington’s ‘Nostalgia’
Posted: April 19, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Laurent Eyquem, Mark Pellington, Nostalgia
Laurent Eyquem has signed on to score the upcoming drama Nostalgia. The film is directed by Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies, Arlington Road, The Last Word) and stars Jon Hamm, Ellen Burstyn, Catherine Keener, Bruce Dern, Nick Offerman, Amber Tamblyn, John Ortiz and James LeGros. The movie follows the lives of a group of people connected through loss and analyzes the way people find love and solace in memories and objects they share with one another. Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip, Queen of Earth) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
