Lakeshore Records will release a score album for Paul Feig’s thriller A Simple Favor. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me, Tropic Thunder, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) who previously scored the director’s last two features Ghostbusters and Spy. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 14, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Simple Favor starring Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Linda Cardellini, Jean Smart and Rupert Friend centers around a mommy vlogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend’s sudden disappearance from their small town.
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‘The Nun’ Soundtrack Details
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller The Nun. The album features the film’s original music composed by Golden Globe nominee Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Penny Dreadful, W.E., Nocturnal Animals, Romeo & Juliet). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 31 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Nun is directed by Corin Hardy and stars Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Charlotte Hope, Ingrid Bisu and Bonnie Aarons. The movie produced by James Wan is a spin-off of The Conjuring 2 and follows a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows who are sent by the Vatican to investigate the case of a young nun in Romania taking her own life.
Daniel Lopatin Scoring Rick Alverson’s ‘The Mountain’
Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) has composed the original score for the period drama The Mountain. The film is directed by Rick Alverson (Entertainment, The Comedy) and stars Tye Sheridan, Jeff Goldblum, Hannah Gross, Denis Lavant and Udo Kier. The movie is set in 1950s America and follows an introverted young man who joins a renowned lobotomist as he promotes his recently debunked procedure and begins to identify with the patients, among them the daughter of a charismatic leader in the burgeoning New Age movement of the West.
Soundtrack Details for Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born’ Announced
Interscope Records has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for the movie musical A Star Is Born. The album features the songs from the movie performed Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper who also co-wrote several tracks with Lukas Nelson, as well as other artists including Jason Isbell, Diane Warren and Mark Ronson. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 5, 2018 and is now available for pre-order here (digital version) and here (CD version). A Star Is Born marks the directorial debut of Bradley Cooper who also stars in the movie alongside Lady Gaga, Andrew Dice Clay, Anthony Ramos, Bonnie Somerville, Dave Chappelle and Sam Elliott. The movie tells the tragic love story of a seasoned musician who discovers and falls in love with a struggling artist.
‘The Little Stranger’ Soundtrack Details
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller The Little Stranger. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen Rennicks (Room, Frank, What Frank Did, Viva). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 31, and will be available to download on Amazon. The Little Stranger is directed by Lenny Abrahamson and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter and Charlotte Rampling. The movie is based on Sarah Waters’ 2009 novel of the same title and takes place in post-WWII Britain, where a doctor revisits a crumbling great house where his mother once worked as a nurse maid and becomes obsessed with marrying one of the owner’s daughters.
Harry Gregson-Williams to Score ABC’s ‘Whiskey Cavalier’
Harry Gregson-Williams is set to score the upcoming ABC action dramedy Whiskey Cavalier. The show is created by Dave Hemingson (Kitchen Confidential) and stars Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan, Ana Ortiz, Tyler James Williams, Josh Hopkins and Vir Das. The series follows the adventures of an FBI agent who, following an emotional break-up, is assigned to work with quick, cunning and completely fearless CIA operative. Heminsgon is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Cougar Town) and Jeff Ingold (Life Sentence).
Edward Shearmur Scoring Showtime’s ‘Escape at Dannemora’
Edward Shearmur has been tapped to score the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora. The show is directed by Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder, Zoolander, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), written by Brett Johnson (Ray Donovan) & Michael Tolkin (The Player, Deep Impact) and stars Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano, Bonnie Hunt, Eric Lange and David Morse. The 8-parter is based on the stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015 that spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers.
‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Craft Recordings has announced the world premiere CD and digital soundtrack release for the 1966 television special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. The album features the original music from the animated special composed by Vince Guaraldi (A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Boy Named Charlie Brown), including the classic Linus and Lucy track. The soundtrack will be released physically and digitally on October 5, 2018. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version, which also included a new introduction from the TV show’s executive producer Lee Mendelson and liner notes by Peanuts historian Derrick Bang. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is written by Charles M. Schulz and directed byBill Melendez.
Will Bates Scoring ‘Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes’
Will Bates (The Path, The Looming Tower, I Origins) has recently scored the upcoming documentary Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Alexis Bloom and charts the rise and fall of the late Republican Party booster and controversial Fox News mogul who went down in flames amid multiple sexual harassment allegations. Bloom is also producing the project with Will Cohen.
DC Universe Series ‘Titans’ to Feature Music by Kevin Kiner
Kevin Kiner is the composer of the upcoming DC Universe series Titans. The show is developed by Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend), Geoff Johns (Justice League) & Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl) based on the DC Comics characters and stars Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson/Robin, Teagan Croft as Raven, Anna Diop as Koriand’r/Starfire, as well as Alan Ritchson, Minka Kelly, Bruno Bichir and Lindsey Gort. The series follows young heroes from across the DC Universe as they come of age and find belonging.