Harry Escott is scoring the upcoming British thriller Dark River. The film is written and directed by Clio Barnard and stars Ruth Wilson, Sean Bean and Mark Stanley. The movie follows a woman who returns to her home village for the first time time in 15 years after the death of her father, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Tracy O’Riordan is producing the Film4, Left Bank Pictures and Moonspun Films production. Escott has previously collaborated with Barnard on her previous two features, The Selfish Giant and The Arbor. Dark River is expected to be released in the UK in 2017. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Empty Chair’ from ‘Jim: The James Foley Story’ to Be Released
Posted: December 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: J. Ralph, Jim: The James Foley Story, Sting
Republic Records will release the original song The Empty Chair from the documentary Jim: The James Foley Story. The track is written by Academy Award nominee J. Ralph (Lucky Number Slevin, The Cove, Chasing Ice) and Sting who also performs the song, which will be released tomorrow as a digital single and is now available to download on Amazon. Jim: The James Foley Story is directed by Brian Oakes and centers on the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was killed by ISIS terrorists in 2014. To learn more about the documentary, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and aired earlier this year on HBO, visit the official movie website.
BET’s ‘Madiba’ to Feature Music by Todor Kobakov
Posted: December 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BET, Madiba, Todor Kobakov
Todor Kobabkov has been tapped to score the upcoming BET mini-series Madiba. The drama is directed by Kevin Hooks (Prison Break, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) and stars Laurence Fishburne as Nelson Mandela, alongside Orlando Jones, David Harewood, Michael Nyqvist and Terry Pheto. The 3-parter is based on two Mandela autobiographies, Conversations With Myself and Nelson Mandela by Himself and tells the story of a younger Nelson Mandela during the early-60s as he deals with the political unrest engulfing South Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Beal to Score ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’
Posted: December 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: An Inconvenient Sequel, Bonni Cohen, Jeff Beal, Jon Shenk
Jeff Beal is composing the original music for the upcoming documentary An Inconvenient Sequel. The film directed by Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk (The Island President, Audrie & Daisy) is the sequel to the 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth and follows Vice President Al Gore as he continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Richard Berge (The Rape of Europa) and Diane Weyermann (Citizenfour) are producing the project. Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, He Named Me Malala) who helmed the Academy Award-winning original film (scored by Michael Brook) serves as an executive producer on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Bye Bye Man’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Stacy Title, The Bye Bye Man, The Newton Brothers
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Bye Bye Man. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime, Hush, Detachment). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 6, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Bye Bye Man is directed by Stacy Title and stars Carrie-Anne Moss, Faye Dunaway, Douglas Smith, Cressida Bonas, Lucien Laviscount and Douglas Jones. The movie follows three Wisconsin college students who move into an old, off-campus house, where they find themselves hunted by a supernatural entity called The Bye Bye Man. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Underworld: Blood Wars’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Wandmacher, score, Soundtrack, Underworld: Blood Wars
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action horror sequel Underworld: Blood Wars. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Wandmacher (My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry, The Goldbergs, Piranha 3D). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Underworld: Blood Wars is directed by Anna Foerster and stars Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Trent Garrett, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James, Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Peter Andersson and Daisy Head. The movie follows Vampire death dealer, Selene as she fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Captain Underpants’ & ‘The Polka King’
Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Captain Underpants, David Soren, Jonathan Levine, Maya Forbes, Snatched, The Polka King, Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro has been tapped to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature Captain Underpants. The film is directed by David Soren (Turbo) and features the voice talent of Ed Helms, Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll, Kristen Schaal and Jordan Peele. The movie is based on the book by Dav Pilkey and centers around two mischievous kids who hypnotize their mean high school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, the kind-hearted and elastic-banded Captain Underpants. Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Neighbors, Storks) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wheeler’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Stephen Dorff, Wheeler
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the country music drama Wheeler. The album features the film’s original music written and performed by Stephen Dorff. Also included is bonus track by Kris Kristofferson. The first song from the soundtrack, Pour Me Out of This Town, is already available to download as a digital single. The full soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on February 3, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Wheeler is co-written and directed by Ryan Ross and stars Dorff, Kristofferson, Bobby Tomberlin, Audrey Spillman, Bart Herbison, Jim Ed Norton and Travis Meadows. The movie follows an aspiring musician from Texas, who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. Read the rest of this entry »
Dominic Lewis to Score ‘Rock That Body’
Posted: December 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dominic Lewis, Lucia Aniello, Rock That Body
Dominic Lewis has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Rock That Body. The film is directed by Lucia Aniello (Broad City) and stars Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer, Zoe Kravitz, Demi Moore, Ty Burrell, Hasan Minhaj and Colton Haynes. The movie follows five friends who get a beach house in Miami for a wild bachelorette weekend that goes completely off the rails. Aniello also co-wrote the screenplay with Paul W. Downs. They are also producing the project with Matt Tolmach (The Amazing Spider-Man, Jumanji) and Dave Becky (Louie, Master of None, Insecure). Read the rest of this entry »
Xavier Gens’ ‘Cold Skin’ to Feature Music by Victor Reyes
Posted: December 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cold Skin, Victor Reyes, Xavier Gens
This week, Victor Reyes is recording his score for the upcoming psychological thriller Cold Skin. The film is directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman, The Divide, Frontier(s)) and stars Ray Stevenson, David Oakes and Aura Garrido. The movie is based on the book by Albert Sanchez Piñol of the same title and follows a young man who is approaching a remote island on the edge of the Antarctic Circle to relieve a weather observer who has been stationed there in solitude. But all he finds is a deranged castaway who has witnessed a horror he refuses to name. Jesus Olmo (28 Weeks Later) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
