Thomas Newman has composed the music for the main titles sequence of the new Netflix docu-series Five Came Back. Jeremy Turner has written the score for all episodes. The show is directed by Laurent Bouzereau and written by Mark Harris based on his best-selling book of the same title. The 3-parter is narrated by Meryl Streep tells the story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and vice versa, through the interwoven experiences of five filmmakers who interrupted their successful careers to serve their country: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. The features interviews with Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, Paul Greengrass and Lawrence Kasdan. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Five Came Back’ to Feature Theme by Thomas Newman & Score by Jeremy Turner
Posted: March 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Five Came Back, Jeremy Turner, Netflix, Thomas Newman
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Hulu’s ‘Harlots’ to Feature Music by Rael Jones
Posted: March 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harlots, Hulu, ITV, Rael Jones
Rael Jones is composing the original score for the new Hulu original series Harlots. The show is created by Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre, Tamara Drewe) & Alison Newman and stars Samantha Morton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Eloise Smyth and Lesley Manville. The drama is set in 18th century London and centers on a woman who struggles to reconcile her roles as brothel owner and mother to her daughters. Buffini and Newman are also executive producing the project with Alison Owen (Elizabeth, Saving Mr. Banks), Debra Hayward (Les Miserables, Bridget Jones’s Baby) and Alison Carpenter. Read the rest of this entry »
Fernando Velazquez Scoring Wim Wenders’ ‘Submergence’
Posted: March 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fernando Velazquez, Submergence, Wim Wenders
Fernando Velazquez is composing the music for the upcoming romantic thriller Submergence. The film is directed by Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club, Wings of Desire, Pina) and stars James McAvoy, Alicia Vikander, Charlotte Rampling and Alexander Siddig. The movie is based on the novel by J.M. Ledgard and tells the story of a water engineer who is taken hostage in Somalia by Jihadist fighters who suspect that he is a British spy. Erin Dignam (The Yellow Handkerchief, The Last Face) wrote the screenplay. Cameron Lamb (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, Syrup) is producing the project for Lila 9th Productions with Neue Road Movie Dritte Produktionen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fortitude’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Ben Frost, Fortitude, score, Sky Altantic, Sky Atlantic, Soundtrack
Mute will release a soundtrack album for the Sky Atlantic drama Fortitude. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ben Frost (Sleeping Beauty, The Deep). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 17, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will also be released overseas. Fortitude is created by Simon Donald and stars Richard Dormer, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Mia Jexen, Alexandra Moen, Sienna Guillory, Luke Treadaway, Nicholas Pinnock, Jessica Raine, Christopher Eccleston, Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon and Dennis Quaid. The serie centers on how a violent murder of a research scientist affects a close-knit community with the unsettling horror threatening the future of the town itself. Read the rest of this entry »
Grégoire Hetzel Scoring Arnaud Desplechin’s ‘Ismael’s Ghosts’
Posted: March 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arnaud Desplechin, Gregoire Hetzel, Ismael's Ghosts
Grégoire Hetzel is currently scoring the upcoming drama Ismael’s Ghosts (Les fantômes d’Ismaël). The film is written and directed by Arnaud Desplechin (Esther Kahn) and stars Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mathieu Amalric and Louis Garrel. The movie follows a widowed film director who is in the middle of making a film about an atypical diplomat inspired by his brother when her life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover. Desplechin co-wrote the screenplay with Julie Peyr and Lea Mysius. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Confession’ (‘La confession’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: La confession, Nicolas Errèra, score, Soundtrack, The Confession
ENKA has released a soundtrack album for the French romantic drama The Confession (La confession). The album features the film’s original music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Nicolas Errera (Shaolin, The Butterfly, Mountain Cry, The White Storm). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Confession is directed by Nicolas Boukhrief and stars Romain Duris, Marine Vacth, Anne Le Ny, Solene Rigot, Amandine Dewasmes, Lucie Debay and Charles Lefebvre. The movie is based on th Beatrix Beck novel Leon Morin, Pretre and revolves around a young woman who confesses, while lying on her deathbed, that she fell in love with a priest in Occupied France during the Second World War. Read the rest of this entry »
Raf Keunen Scoring ‘Racer and the Jailbird’
Posted: March 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Roskam, Racer and the Jailbird, Raf Keunen
Raf Keunen is reuniting with director Michael Roskam (The Drop) on the upcoming crime drama Racer and the Jailbird. The film starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos is set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels and centers on a gangster who meets and falls for a young racing driver with very upper-class roots. Roskam also wrote the screenplay with Thomas Bidegain (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) and Noé Debré (Dheepan). Bart Van Langendonck (The Ardennes) is producing the project for Savage Film, alongside Pierre-Ange Le Pogam (Hitman, Grace of Monaco) for Stone Angels. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stanley & Iris’ & ‘Under Siege 2: Dark Territory’ Deluxe Edition Soundtracks Announced
Posted: March 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Basil Poledouris, Elmer Bernstein, John Williams, Pete ‘N’ Tillie, Stanley & Iris, The Black Cauldron, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in its CD club series, including a deluxe edition for the 1990 drama Stanley & Iris directed by Martin Ritt and starring Robert DeNiro and Jane Fonda. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. The Extraterrestrial). Also included is the world premiere release of Williams’ score for the 1972 drama Pete ‘N’ Tillie directed by Ritt and starring Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett. Visit the label’s official website to check out the full album details, to listen to audio samples and to order the CD, which is limited to 3000 copies. Read the rest of this entry »
HEALTH’s ‘Blue Monday’ from ‘Atomic Blonde’ Released
Posted: March 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atomic Blonde, HEALTH
Back Lot Music has released the song Blue Monday from the upcoming action thriller Atomic Blonde. The cover version of the New Order classic is performed by the rock band HEALTH and is featured in the movie’s first trailer (embedded after the jump). The song is now available as a digital single and can be downloaded on Amazon. Atomic Blonde is directed by David Leitch (John Wick) and stars Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella and Toby Jones. The movie follows MI6’s most lethal assassin through a ticking time bomb of a city simmering with revolution and double-crossing hives of traitors. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 12, 2017)
Posted: March 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Lundberg, Crackle, Cries from Syria, Deidra & Laney Rob a Train, HBO, Iron Fist, John Swihart, Julie's Greenroom, Mark Orton, Martin Tillman, NBC, Netflix, Ryan Shore, Snatch, Trevor Morris, Trial & Error
Premiering tomorrow, March 13, is the documentary Cries from Syria directed by Evgeny Afineevsky. The film’s original music is composed by Martin Tillman (The Ring Two, Last Knights). Diane Warren contributed the original song Prayers for this World, which is performed by Cher and The West Los Angeles Children’s Choir. The movie explores the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the devastating civil war that has defined the country over the last five years. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will premiere on HBO. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the film.
Premiering on Tuesday, March 14, is the new NBC comedy Trial & Error created by Jeff Astrof & Matt Miller and starring John Lithgow, Nick D’Agosto, Steven Boyer, Sherri Shepherd, Jayma Mays and Krysta Rodriguez. John Swihart (Napoleon Dynamite, How I Met Your Mother, Switched at Birth, Table 19, Youth in Revolt) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which will air Tuesday nights on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
