The full details of the soundtrack album for Disney’s live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film composed by Alan Menken (Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted, Tangled) feat. lyrics by Howard Ashman (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin) and Tim Rice (Evita, The Lion King) performed by the movie’s cast, as well as Celine Dion, Ariana Grande & John Legend and Josh Groban. Also included is the film’s original score composed by Menken. The soundtrack will be released in two different editions on March 10. Click here to pre-order the regular edition and visit Amazon to order the deluxe edition. The first song from the soundtrack by Grande & Legend will be released as a digital single tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Beauty and the Beast’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast, score, Soundtrack, Tim Rice
‘Get the Girl’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric England, Get the Girl, Kevin Riepl, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the comedy thriller Get the Girl. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Riepl (Gears of War video game, Cabin Fever, Batman Unlimited, Silent Night). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Get the Girl is written and directed by Eric England and starring Justin Dobies, Elizabeth Whitson, Noah Segan, Adi Shankar and Scout Taylor-Compton. The movie follows a wealthy young man who is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he’s madly in love with. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandra Harwood Scoring Dominic Savage’s ‘The Escape’
Posted: February 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandra Harwood, Dominic Savage, The Escape
This week, Alexandra Harwood is recording her score for the upcoming British drama The Escape. The film is written and directed by Dominic Savage (Love + Hate) and stars Dominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton, Jalil Lespert, Marthe Keller and Frances Barber. The movie centers on a dissatisfied woman who leaves her family behind. Guy Heeley (Locke, Redemption, London Spy) is producing the project for Shoebox Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Unforgotten’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ITV, Michael Price, score, Soundtrack, Unforgotten
Silva Screen Records has released a new soundtrack album for the ITV original series Unforgottten. The album features selections from the original music of the show’s second season composed by Emmy Award winner Michael Price (Sherlock, The Inbetweeners 2, Horrid Henry: The Movie, Just Jim). The soundtrack is now available to download overseas. Visit the British iTunes store to listen to audio samples. Unforgotten is created by Chris Lang and its second season stars Lorraine Ashbourne, Douglas Hodge, Will Brown, Mark Bonnar, Charlie Condou, Rosie Cavaliero, Nigel Lindsay, Holly Aird, Wendy Craig and Peter Egan. The new season follows a Conservative Party consultant who disappeared in 1990, whose remains are found in a suitcase buried in the River Lea. Read the rest of this entry »
Jonny Greenwood to Score Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next Movie
Posted: February 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonny Greenwood, Paul Thomas Anderson
Focus Features has confirmed today that Jonny Greenwood will be reteaming with director Paul Thomas Anderson on his next, currently untitled project. The movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville and Vicky Krieps is set in the couture world of 1950s London and centers on the life behind the curtain of an uncompromising dressmaker commissioned by royalty and high society. Anderson who also wrote the screenplay is producing the project with JoAnne Sellar (Magnolia, Boogie Nights) and Megan Ellison (Her, Sausage Party, Zero Dark Thirty, Spring Breakers) through her Annapurna Pictures company. Read the rest of this entry »
Max Richter Scoring Showtime’s ‘Guerrilla’ & Scott Cooper’s ‘Hostiles’
Posted: February 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Guerrilla, Hostiles, John Ridley, Max Richter, Scott Cooper, Showtime
Max Richter is scoring the upcoming Showtime original series Guerrilla. The show is created John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime) and stars Idris Elba, Frieda Pinto and Babou Ceesay. The drama 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. Ridley who is also directing the first two and final episodes and Elba are also executive producing the Fifty Fathoms and ABC Signature production with Michael J. McDonald (American Crime), Patrick Spence (Fortitude), Katie Swinden and Tracy Underwood. Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias to Score Carlos Vermut’s ‘Quién te cantará’
Posted: February 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Carlos Vermut, Quién te cantará
Alberto Iglesias is set to compose the music for the upcoming Spanish/French drama Quién te cantará. The film is directed by Carlos Vermut (Magical Girl, Diamond Flash) and stars Najwa Nimri, Carme Elías and Eva Llorach. The movie centers on a world-famous singer who loses her memory in an accident. Her number one fan helps her to remember who she was. Enrique López Lavigne (The Impossible, 28 Weeks Later, Open Windows, Intruders) is producing the project for Apache Films. The composer has previously scored the López Lavigne-produced 2001 feature Sex and Lucia. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Flash/Supergirl’ Crossover Musical Episodes to Feature Songs by Rachel Bloom, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Posted: January 31, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benj Pasek, Blake Neely, Justin Paul, Rachel Bloom, Supergirl, The Flash
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend creator, songwriter and star Rachel Bloom has written an original song for the upcoming crossover episodes of The CW’s The Flash and Supergirl. The song entitled Superfriends will be performed by Grant Gustin and Melissa Benoist. In addition, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who contributed the lyrics to Justin Hurwitz’s songs from La La Land and wrote the score for the stage musicals Dear Evan Hansen and Dogfight, have composed the original song Runnin’ Home to You, which will be performed by Gustin. Blake Neely who is scoring both shows, as well as the network’s Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow and Riverdale serves as the music director of the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Fox’s’ ‘APB’ to Feature Music by Jon Ehrlich
Posted: January 31, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: APB, Fox, Jon Ehrlich
Jon Ehrlich is composing the original score for the new Fox drama APB. The show is created by David Slack (MacGyver, Person of Interest), Matt Nix (Burn Notice) & Trey Callaway (CSI: NY) and stars Justin Kirk, Natalie Martinez, Caitlin Stasey, Ernie Hudson, Taylor Handley and Tamberla Perry. The series is inspired by the New York Times Magazine article Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans by David Amsden and revolves around a tech billionaire who purchases a troubled police precinct after witnessing a violent crime to reboot it as a private police force. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Romer Scoring Trudie Styler’s ‘Freak Show’
Posted: January 31, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Romer, Freak Show, Trudie Styler
Dan Romer has composed the original music for the upcoming indie drama Freak Show. The film marks the narrative feature directorial debut of Trudie Styler and stars Alex Lawther, Abigail Breslin, AnnaSophia Robb, Bette Midler, Ian Nelson, Celia Weston, Willa Fitzgerald, Laverne Cox and John McEnroe. The movie is based on the book of the same title by James St. James and follows a cross-dressing teenager who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen. Patrick J. Clifton (Raising Helen, Son in Law) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
