The Academy of Motion Pictures announced a couple of new rules and campaign regulations for next year’s 90th Academy Awards, which were approved at their most recent Board meeting on Tuesday, March 28, including one in the music categories. The new rules state that, “in the Music (Original Score) category, in the case of a score that has three or more equally contributing composers, the composers may be considered as a group. Read the rest of this entry »
Academy Announces New Awards Rules
Posted: April 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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‘Red’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Red, score, Soundtrack, Tom Schutzinger
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the short Red. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Schutzinger (Somersault, Jewboy, Yolk, Lucky Country, Caught Inside). The soundtrack is now available on Bandcamp and will be released through all major digital retailers on April 14. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Red is written and directed by Del Kathryn Barton and stars Cate Blanchett, Alex Russell, Arella Plater, and the Sydney Dance Company’s Charmene Yap. Read the rest of this entry »
American Authors’ ‘Everything Everything’ from ‘Born in China’ to Be Released
Posted: April 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: American Authors, Born in China, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the original song Everything Everything from Disneynature’s documentary Born in China. The track is performed by the rock band American Authors and will be released as a digital single tomorrow, April 7 and will be available to download on Amazon. Born in China is directed by Lu Chuan and narrated by John Krasinski. The movie scored by Barnaby Taylor 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 »
‘My Cousin Rachel’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: My Cousin Rachel, Rael Jones, Roger Michell, score, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama My Cousin Rachel. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rael Jones (Suite Francaise, Kids in Love, Harlots). The soundtrack will be released on June 2, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. My Cousin Rachel is directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Changing Lanes) and stars Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger and Iain Glen. The movie is based on the 1951 novel by Daphne Du Maurier and tells the story of a young Englishman who plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. Read the rest of this entry »
Antonio Sanchez to Score Epix’s ‘Get Shorty’ TV Series
Posted: April 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antonio Sanchez, Davey Holmes, Epix, Get Shorty
Antonio Sanchez is scoring the upcoming Epix original series Get Shorty. The show is created by Davey Holmes (Shameless) inspired by Elmore Leonard’s 1990 bestselling thriller comedy novel and stars Chris O’Dowd, Ray Romano, Sean Bridgers, Megan Stevenson, Goya Robles, Lucy Walters, Sarah Stiles, Antwone Tanner and Carolyn Dodd. The series follows a hitman from Nevada who tries to become a movie producer in Hollywood as a means to leave his criminal past behind. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Alien: Covenant’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Jed Kurzel, Ridley Scott, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jed Kurzel (Assassin’s Creed, The Babadook, Macbeth, The Snowtown Murders). The soundtrack will be released next month by Milan Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Alien: Covenant starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Amy Seimetz, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England and Benjamin Rigby follows the crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, as they discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. Read the rest of this entry »
Julian Wass Scoring HBO’s ‘Room 104’
Posted: April 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Jay Duplass, Julian Wass, Mark Duplass, Room 104
Julian Wass has been tapped to score the upcoming HBO original series Room 104. The show is created by Mark & Jay Duplass (Cyrus, Jeff Who Lives at Home). The anthology series tells a different story of a group of assorted characters who pass through the room of an average American hotel in each episode. The Duplass brothers are also executive producing the comedy with Xan Aranda (Blue Jay). Wass has previously collaborated with the filmmakers on the features The Do-Deca Pentathlon, which they directed, and The Overnight & Blue Jay, which they produced. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary to Score ‘Half to Death’
Posted: April 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Christopher Landon, Half to Death, Jason Blum
Bear McCreary revealed in a recent interview with Film Music Magazine that he is scoring the upcoming horror thriller Half to Death. The film is directed by Christopher Landon (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, screenwriter of Disturbia) and stars Jessica Rothe, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken and Rachel Matthews. Landon also co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Lobdell. The movie follows a woman who must solve the mystery of her own murder before her chances run out. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Long Strange Trip’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amir Bar-Lev, Grateful Dead, Long Strange Trip, Soundtrack
Rhino Records will release a soundtrack album for Amazon Studios’ documentary Long Strange Trip. The album features a collection of songs by the film’s subject, the rock band Grateful Dead as featured in the movie. The soundtrack will be released on May 26, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Long Strange Trip is directed by Amir Bar-Lev (Trouble the Water, Happy Valley, The Tillman Story) and chronicles the rise of the Grateful Dead from their Bay Area roots to stadiums around the world. The documentary executive produced by Martin Scorsese premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in select theaters on May 26 before premiering on Amazon Prime on June 2. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Roman Polanski’s ‘Based on a True Story’
Posted: April 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Based on a True Story, Roman Polanski
Alexandre Desplat is currently scoring Roman Polanski’s upcoming French-language thriller Based on a True Story. The film starring Emmanuelle Seigner, Eva Green and Vincent Perez follows a Parisian author with writer’s block who discovers a mysterious woman at a book signing. Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Clouds of Sils Maria) and Polanski wrote the screenplay based on Delphine de Vigan’s novel of the same title. Wassim Beji (Yves Saint Laurent, A Perfect Man) is producing the project for WY Productions. Read the rest of this entry »
