Silva Screen Records will release new soundtrack albums for the BBC hit series Sherlock. The albums feature the original music from the fourth season episodes The Six Thatchers and The Lying Detective composed by David Arnold (Independence Day, Casino Royale, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies) and Michael Price (The Inbetweeners 2). The soundtrack for The Six Thatchers will be released digitally on January 2, 2017 (click here to download) and the score for The Lying Detective episode will be coming out on January 9 (visit iTunes to pre-order). An album for the third new episode, The Final Problem, will be released on December 16. The label has previously released soundtracks for the first three seasons and will also release a CD featuring the music from the fourth season in late January. Check back on this page for more details. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for ‘Sherlock’ Episodes ‘The Six Thatchers’ and ‘The Lying Detective’
Posted: December 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, David Arnold, Michael Price, PBS, Sherlock
Soundtrack Album for Rob Zombie’s ’31’ Released
Posted: December 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 31, Rob Zombie, Soundtrack
Universal Music has released a soundtrack album for Rob Zombie’s horror thriller 31. The album features the songs from the movie by The James Gang, Kitty Wells, The Mamas & The Papas, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ernest Tubb & more. Also included are selections from the movie’s score by Zombie and John 5. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A vinyl version is set to be released next year and is available for pre-order here. 31 is written and directed by Zombie and stars Sheri Moon Zombie, Malcom McDowell, Meg Foster, Elizabeth Daily, Sandra Rosko and Richard Brake. The movie follows five carnival workers who are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘Insecure’ to Be Released
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Insecure, Soundtrack
RCA Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original series Insecure. The album features the songs from the show by artists including Kari Faux, GoldLink, TT The Artist, The Internet, Guordan Banks, Problem feat. Bad Lucc & The Homegirl, Thundercat, St. Beauty & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 16 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Insecure is created by Issa Rae & Larry Wilmore and stars Rae herself, alongside Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis and Lisa Joyce. The comedy centers on the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Goransson’s ‘California Loco’ from Disney’s ‘Inner Workings’ to Be Released
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Inner Workings, Ludwig Göransson
Walt Disney Records will release the original song California Loco from the animated short Inner Workings. The song is written and performed by the film’s composer Ludwig Goransson (Creed, Community, Fruitvale Station, Central Intelligence) and features vocals by Este Haim. The track will be released as a digital single tomorrow, December 16 and will be available to download on Amazon. The label has also released Goransson’s original score from the film a weeks ago. Inner Workings is written and directed by Leonardo Matsuda and tells the story of the internal struggle between a man’s pragmatic, logical side and his free-spirited, adventurous half. The short is now playing in theaters nationwide in front of Disney Animation’s feature Moana.
Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman to Compose Score for ‘Everything Is Coming Up Profits’ Musical Adaptation
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Everything Is Coming Up Profits, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman are attached to compose the score for an original feature musical based on the book Everything Is Coming Up Profits: The Golden Age Of Industrial Musicals. Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig are attached to develop the project, which has sold to Amblin Partners. Steve Levenson (Masters of Sex, Dear Evan Hansen stage musical) is writing the screenplay and Marc Platt (La La Land, Bridge of Spies, Into the Woods, Legally Blonde) will produce the film with Adam Siegel (Drive, 2 Guns). Read the rest of this entry »
Islands’ Nick Thorburn Scoring Matt Spicer’s ‘Ingrid Goes West’
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ingrid Goes West, Matt Spicer, Nick Thorburn
Nick Thorburn is scoring the upcoming indie comedy Ingrid Goes West. The film is directed by Matt Spicer (Ceremony) and stars Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell and Billy Magnussen. The movie follows a young woman who becomes obsessed with an Instagram lifestyle blogger and moves to Los Angeles to try and befriend her in real life. Spicer also co-wrote the screenplay with David Branson Smith. Plaza is also producing the project with Jared Goldman (Adult Beginners, Wilson), Tim White & Trevor White (LBJ, The Good Neighbor), Adam Mirels and Robert Mirels. Read the rest of this entry »
Clint Mansell to Score ‘The New Radical’
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Bhala Lough, Clint Mansell, The New Radical
Clint Mansell is composing the music for the upcoming documentary The New Radical. The film is directed by Adam Bhala Lough (Bomb the System) and centers on a group of uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom who attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape. Lucy Sumner (Hesher), Alex Needles and Brent Stiefel (Grassroots, Free in Deed, As You Are) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Live by Night’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Affleck, Harry Gregson-Williams, Live by Night, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Ben Affleck’s crime drama Live by Night have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven, The Town, Gone Baby Gone). Also included is the original song Moonshine performed by Foy Vance feat. Kacey Musgraves. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 23, 2016. Live by Night is based on the novel by Denis Lehane (Mystic River) and stars Affleck, Sienna Miller, Elle Fanning, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana and Chris Cooper. The movie is set in the Prohibition Era and centers around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Wolfgang Petersen’s ‘Vier gegen die Bank’ to Be Released
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Enis Rotthoff, score, Soundtrack, Vier gegen die Bank, Wolfgang Petersen
Great Escape Records will release a soundtrack album for Wolfgang Petersen’s heist comedy Vier gegen die Bank. The album features the film’s original music composed by Enis Rotthoff (Looks Who’s Back, Stereo, Wetlands, Measuring the World). Jazz musician and trumpet player Till Brönner is featured as a soloist. Also included are the songs featured in the movie by James Brown, The Temptations and Royal Deluxe. The soundtrack will be released in Germany on December 23, 2016. Visit the German Amazon store to listen to audio samples. Vier gegen die Bank marks the first directorial effort of Petersen (The Perfect Storm, Air Force One, Troy, Das Boot) in ten years and his first German project in over three decades. Read the rest of this entry »
RZA to Score Michael Larnell’s ‘Roxanne Roxanne’
Posted: December 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Larnell, Roxanne Roxanne, RZA
RZA has been tapped to compose the original music for the upcoming indie drama Roxanne Roxanne. The film is written and directed by Michael Larnell and stars Chanté Adams, Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis Nolasco, Kevin Phillips and Shenell Edmonds. The movie is set in the 1980s and tells the story of a 14-year-old rap prodigy from New York City’s Queensbridge Projects named Lolita Shante Gooden, who would go onto become hip hop legend Roxanne Shanté. Pharrell Williams and Forest Whitaker are producing the project with Nina Yang Bongiovi (Dope, Fruitvale Station) and Mimi Valdes. Read the rest of this entry »
