Adam Wingard announced on Twitter that Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross are scoring the upcoming Netflix original movie Death Note. The film is directed by Wingard and stars Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Lakeith Stanfield, Willem Dafoe and Shea Whigham. The movie is based on the Japanese manga and follows a young man as he begins killing those he deems unworthy of life when he is intoxicated by the power of a supernatural notebook. Read the rest of this entry »
Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross to Score Adam Wingard’s ‘Death Note’
Posted: March 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Wingard, Atticus Ross, Death Note, Leopold Ross
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Walter Mair Scoring ‘3 Way Junction’
Posted: March 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 3 Way Junction, The Same Sky, Walter Mair
Walter Mair is composing the music for the upcoming drama 3 Way Junction. The film is directed by Juergen Bollmeyer and stars Tom Sturridge, Stacy Martin and Tommy Flanagan. The movie follows a London architect who travels to the grand dunes of the Namibian Desert to escape, but ends up finding himself stranded alone, desperately waiting for a ride that never comes. Don Bohlinger (The Experiment, Elles) and Jessica Hundley wrote the screenplay. Maggie Monteith (Searching For Sugar Man) is producing the project for Dignity Films, alongside Michael Auret (Young Ones) for Spier Films and Oliver Stoltz (Live, Above All). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kids in Love’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: March 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kids in Love, Rael Jones, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax will release a soundtrack album for the British coming-of-age drama Kids in Love. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rael Jones (Suite Francaise, My Cousin Rachel, Harlots). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 31, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Kids in Love is directed by Chris Foggin and stars Will Poulter, Cara Delevingne, Alma Jodorowsky, Jamie Blackley, Sebastian De Souza and Preston Thompson. The movie a follows young man drifting through his “gap year” when a chance encounter with a beautiful woman swerves his life radically off course. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Speech & Debate’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Harris, Deborah Lurie, Soundtrack, Speech & Debate
Broadway Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Speech & Debate. The album features the original songs from the movie, including the end title song Losers Are Winners (Flying Free) performed by Kristin Chenoweth and a new song from Austin P. McKenzie recorded exclusively for the album. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by Deborah Lurie (Dear John, An Unfinished Life). The soundtrack will be released on March 31, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Speech & Debate is directed by Dan Harris and stars Liam James, Sarah Steele, Austin McKenzie, Roger Bart, Janeane Garofalo, Wendi McLondon-Covey, Kal Penn, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Skylar Astin and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Read the rest of this entry »
Edward Shearmur Scoring ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul’
Posted: March 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Bowers, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, Edward Shearmur
Edward Shearmur is currently recording his score for the upcoming family comedy Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. The film is directed by David Bowers (Flushed Away, Astroboy) and stars Jason Ian Drucker, Charlie Wright, Owen Asztalos, Tom Everett Scott and Alicia Silverstone. The movie based on Jeff Kinney’s best-selling book series follows Greg Heffley as he convinces his family to go on a summer road trip to attend Meemaw’s 90th birthday – although really he hopes to secretly attend what he thinks is a nearby gamer convention. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Ralston to Score Rod McCall’s ‘Rose’
Posted: March 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Ralston, Rod McCall, Rose
Brian Ralston has signed on to score the upcoming comedy drama Rose. The film is written and directed by Rod McCall (Paper Hearts, Lewis & Clark & George) and stars Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin and Pam Grier. The movie centers on a recently disabled and widowed woman with a short time to live who is taking a solo road trip through the “land of enchantment” in an effort to reconcile with her estranged son and make her peace with life. J. Todd Harris (The Kids Are All Right, Bottle Shock) and Eric A. Williams are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for ‘The Flash’ Musical Episode ‘Duet’ Released
Posted: March 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Benj Pasek, Blake Neely, Justin Paul, Rachel Bloom, Soundtrack, The CW, The Flash
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the special musical episode of The Flash, entitled Duet. The album features the original songs Super Friend written by Rachel Bloom and performed by Melissa Benoist & Grant Gustin and Runnin’ Home to You written by Justin Paul & Benj Pasek and performed by Gustin. Also included are the cover versions of Moon River by Melissa Benoist, Put A Little Love In Your Heart by Criss, Jeremy Jordan, John Barrowman and Carlos Valdesas, More I Cannot Wish You by Jesse Martin, Victor Garber 7 Barrowman, as well as a track from the episode’s score from the episode’s musical director and series composer Blake Neely (Arrow, Supergirl). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dog Eat Dog’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deantoni Parks, Dog Eat Dog, Nicci Kasper, Paul Schrader, score, Soundtrack, We Are Dark Angels
Filmtrax will release a soundtrack album for Paul Schrader’s crime thriller Dog Eat Dog. The album features the film’s original music composed by We Are Dark Angels (aka Deantoni Parks & Nicci Kasper). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 31, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Dog Eat Dog starring Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe and Christopher Matthew Cook follows three ex-cons who are hired by an eccentric mob boss to kidnap a baby for a large ransom. When the abduction goes awry, the trio find themselves on the run from the mob and the cops. Read the rest of this entry »
Jay Wadley to Score ‘Cruise’
Posted: March 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cruise, Jay Wadley, Robert D. Siegel
Jay Wadley has been hired to score the upcoming romantic drama Cruise. The film is written and directed by Robert D. Siegel (Big Fan, screenwriter of The Wrestler & The Founder) and stars Emily Ratajkowski, Spencer Boldman, Kathrine Narducci, Noah Robbins and Sebastian Maniscalco. The movie is set during the summer of 1987 and revolves around a working-class Italian-American who falls for a Jewish girl from Long Island. Alex Garcia and Laura Walker are producing the project for AG Capital will produce the film, alongside Holly Brown and Scott LaStaiti (Jane Got a Gun). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sherlock – The Abominable Bride’ Soundrack Set for Digital Release
Posted: March 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, David Arnold, Michael Price, PBS, Sherlock
Silva Screen Records has announced a digital release for the soundtrack album for the Sherlock episode The Abominable Bride. The album features the music from the feature-length episode composed by David Arnold (Independence Day, Casino Royale, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies) & Michael Price (The Inbetweeners 2, Unforgotten). The soundtrack, which is set to be released digitally on March 31, was previously available as an online-order exclusive bonus CD with the release of the Sherlock Season 4 soundtrack. The download link will be added to this article soon. Silva Screen Records has previously released several soundtracks for the series. For updates on the show created by Steven Moffat & Mark Gatiss and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
