Blake Neely revealed in a recent interview in Variety that he is set to reunite with Greg Berlanti on the upcoming feature coming-of-age comedy drama Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda. The film is directed by Berlanti and stars Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller, Tony Hale, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Miles Heizer and Talitha Bateman. The movie is based on Becky Albertalli’s 2015 book of the same title and centers on a gay teenager, who, after an email written by him falls into the wrong hands, is forced to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before being pushed out. Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Blake Neely to Score Greg Berlanti’s ‘Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda’
Posted: April 24, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, Greg Berlanti, Netflix, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, The Keeper
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Cristobal Tapia de Veer Wins BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘National Treasure’
Posted: April 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, National Treasure
Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Utopia, The Girl With All the Gifts) won his first BAFTA TV Craft Award today for his music for the Channel 4 & Hulu mini-series National Treasure. The composer accepted his award in person at the ceremony in London. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. Tapia de Veer’s score for the show was released earlier this year by Free Run Artists. The other nominees in the Original Music category were Anne Dudley for Poldark, Hans Zimmer, Jasha Klebe & Jacob Shea for Planet Earth II and Martin Phipps for War and Peace. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 23, 2017)
Posted: April 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Taylor, Branford Marsalis, Brooke Blair, Dear White People, Genius, Hans Zimmer, HBO, Hulu, John Rowley, Kris Bowers, Lifetime, Lorne Balfe, Mary Kills People, National Geographic, Netflix, Small Crimes, The Handmaid's Tale, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Will Blair
Premiering tonight is the new Lifetime original series Mary Kills People created by Tara Armstrong and starring Caroline Dhavernas, Jay Ryan, Richard Short, Lyriq Bent, Greg Bryk and Charlotte Sullivan. The show’s original music is composed by John Rowley (Defendor, Weirdsville). Mary Kills People centers on a single mother who is an ER doctor by day, but by night, she and her partner, a former plastic surgeon, moonlight as underground angels of death and help terminally ill patients slip away on their own terms. To learn more about the comedy drama, which will air Sunday nights on Lifetime, visit the official show website.
Premiering on Tuesday, April 25, is National Geographic’s first scripted series Genius executive produced by Brian Grazer & Ron Howard and starring Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Flynn, Emily Watson, Nicholas Rowe, Samantha Colley, Jon Fletcher, Richard Topol and Alicia von Rittberg. Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Home, Terminator Genisys) is composing the show’s music and Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, Gladiator) wrote the main titles theme. Milan Records will release a soundtrack EP for the show this Friday, April 28 and a full soundtrack album is in the works for a release later this year. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundrack EP for National Geographic’s ‘Genius’ To Be Released
Posted: April 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Genius, Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe, National Geographic Channel, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release an EP for the Nat Geo’s first scripted series, Genius. The album features the show’s main title theme written by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King, Inception) and selections from the show’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Home, Terminator Genisys, Ghost in the Shell). Also included are three classical pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Genius is executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (who also directed the first episode) and stars Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Flynn, Emily Watson, Nicholas Rowe, Samantha Colley, Jon Fletcher, Richard Topol and Alicia von Rittberg. The show’s first season follows the life of Albert Einstein, from his early years as a patent clerk, to his later years as a physicist who developed the theory of relativity. Read the rest of this entry »
Carlo Virzi Scoring Paolo Virzi’s ‘The Leisure Seeker’
Posted: April 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carlo Virzi, Paolo Virzi, The Leisure Seeker
Carlo Virzi is reteaming with his brother Paolo Virzi on the upcoming drama The Leisure Seeker. The film marks the English language debut of the filmmaker whose previous movies include 2013’s Human Capital, 2010’s The First Beautiful Thing and last year’s Like Crazy and and stars Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Kirsty Mitchell, Christian McKay and Robert Pralgo. The movie is inspired by the novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian and follows a runaway couple going on a cross-country journey in their vintage camper as they flee the suffocating care of their doctors and grown children. Virzi also co-wrote the screenplay with Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo and Stephen Amidon. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 21, 2017)
Posted: April 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Barnaby Taylor, Ben Salisbury, Born in China, Fernando Velazquez, Free Fire, Gabriel Yared, Geoff Barrow, Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992, Mark Isham, Mondo Boys, Ozzy, Phoenix Forgotten, The Promise, Toby Chu, Unforgettable
Five new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the thriller Unforgettable directed by Denise Di Novi and starring Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson, Geoff Stults, Cheryl Ladd, Whitney Cummings and Isabella Rice. The film’s original music is composed by Toby Chu (Covert Affairs, Burn Notice, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, State of Affairs, Beyond). No soundtrack album has been announced. To learn more about the film, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is the historical drama The Promise directed by Terry George and starring Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon, Angela Sarafyan, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, James Cromwell and Jean Reno. Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, 1408) has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as an original song by Chris Cornell. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Open Road Films release. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Showtime’s ‘Guerrilla’ to Be Released
Posted: April 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Guerrilla, John Ridley, Max Richter, score, Showtime, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the Showtime mini-series Guerrilla. The album features the original score from the show composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Taboo, Waltz with Bashir, Disconnect, Miss Sloane). Also included are the songs from the drama by Noir, Femi Kuti, Osibisa, Judy Mowatt, Curtis Mayfield, The Pioneers & more. The soundtrack will be released on May 12, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Guerrilla is created John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and stars Idris Elba, Frieda Pinto and Babou Ceesay. The 6-parter tells the story of a politically active couple whose relationship and values are tested when they liberate a political prisoner and form a radical underground cell in 1970s London. 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
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 »
‘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 »
