Joel P. West is scoring the upcoming comedy drama The Bachelors. The film is written and directed by Kurt Voelker and stars J.K. Simmons, Julie Delpy, Josh Wiggins and Odeya Rush. The movie revolves around a widower and his 17-year-old son who move from a small northern California town to Los Angeles, where their lives are transformed by a wry old friend and two extraordinary women. Matthew Baer (Unbroken, City by the Sea, Maggie) and George Parra (The Squeeze) are producing the project with Joe McKelheer (The Adderall Diaries) and Bill Kiely for Windowseat Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Joel P. West Scoring ‘The Bachelors’
Posted: December 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joel P. West, Kurt Voelker, The Bachelors
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Expanded ‘Twister’ Score Album Announced
Posted: December 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jan De Bont, Mark Mancina, score, Soundtrack, Twister
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1996 hit disaster movie Twister directed by Jan De Bont and starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. The album features the expanded original score from the Amblin Entertainment production composed by Mark Mancina (Speed, Tarzan, Moana, Bad Boys, Brother Bear, Planes, Training Day), including previously unreleased music. The 20th Anniversary soundtrack is limited to 3000 copies and will be available to order on January 17, 2016 on the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Romer Scoring Jeff Baena’s ‘The Little Hours’ & ‘Chasing Coral’
Posted: December 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chasing Coral, Dan Romer, Jeff Baena, Jeff Orlowski, The Little Hours
Dan Romer is composing the music for the upcoming comedy The Little Hours. The film is written and directed by Jeff Baena (Life After Beth, Joshy) and stars Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon. The movie follows a young servant fleeing from his master who takes refuge at a dysfunctional convent in medieval Tuscany. Plaza is also producing the project with
Liz Destro (Life of Crime, Yoga Hosers, About Cherry) for Destro Films. The Little Hours will premiere next month at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
Crackle’s ‘Mad Families’ to Feature Music by J. Peter Robinson
Posted: December 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Crackle, Fred Wolf, J. Peter Robinson, Mad Families
J. Peter Robinson has composed the music for the upcoming Crackle original movie Mad Families. The film is directed by Fred Wolf (The House Bunny) and stars Charlie Sheen, Leah Remini, Finesse Mitchell, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Charlotte McKinney, Naya Rivera, Chris Mulkey, Clint Howard, Chanel Iman, Barry Shabaka Henley, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, Efren Ramirez and Danny Mora. The comedy centers on three families – one Hispanic, one African-American, one Caucasian – who end up sharing the same camping space over the Fourth of July weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Keegan DeWitt to Score Aaron Katz’s ‘Gemini’
Posted: December 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Katz, Alex Ross Perry, Brett Haley, Gemini, Golden Exits, Jim Strouse, Keegan DeWitt, The Hero, The Incredible Jessica James
Keegan DeWitt is reteaming with director Aaron Katz on the upcoming thriller Gemini. The film is written and directed by Katz (Cold Weather) and stars Lola Kirke, Zoe Kravitz, John Cho, Ricki Lake, Greta Lee, Michelle Forbes, Nelson Franklin, Reeve Carney, Jessica Parker Kennedy and James Ransone. Mynette Louie (Cold Comes the Night, Children of Invention), Sara Murphy (Morris From America) and Adele Romanski (Moonlight, Black Rock, Kicks) are producing the project. DeWitt has previously scored Katz’s last feature, Land Ho!. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande to Release ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ Soundtrack
Posted: December 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joel J. Richard, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, Soundtrack, Tyler Bates
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller sequel John Wick: Chapter 2. Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, Dawn of the Dead, Watchman) and Joel J. Richard (Quantico) who previously scored the 2014 original film have composed the film’s original music. The soundtrack will be released in February and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has also released the soundtrack album for the first installment in the series. Check back on this page for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’
Posted: December 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro revealed in a recent interview with Indiewire that Alexandre Desplat is set to compose the music for the director’s upcoming fantasy drama The Shape of Water. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg and Octavia Spencer. The movie is described as an other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. Del Toro has also written the screenplay with Vanessa Taylor (Divergent, Hope Springs) and is producing the project with J. Miles Dale (Mama, The Strain). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 25, 2016)
Posted: December 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Benjamin Steinberg, Every Brilliant Thing, HBO
Premiering tomorrow, December 26, is the HBO original documentary Every Brilliant Thing directed by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato and executive produced by Jean Doumanian, Patrick Daly and Sheila Nevins. The film’s original music is composed by David Benjamin Steinberg (Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures). The movie is based on Jonny Donahoe’s and Duncan Macmillan’s play and follows Donahoe as he thoughtfully guides the audience through all of the brilliant things the world has to offer. Visit HBO’s official website to learn more about the documentary.
Benoit Charest Scoring ‘Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World’
Posted: December 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benoit Charest, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Benoit Charest is composing the original score for the upcoming documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World. The film is directed by Catherine Bainbridge (Reel Injun) & Alfonso Maiorana and centers on the role of Native Americans in contemporary music history. The movie reveals how indigenous musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives and, through their contributions, influenced popular culture. Musicians featured in the film include Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Tony Bennett, Steven Tyler and Iggy Pop. Read the rest of this entry »
Jed Kurzel to Score Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien: Covenant’
Posted: December 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alien: Covenant, Jed Kurzel, Ridley Scott
The first trailer for Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant reveals that Jed Kurzel has taken over scoring duties on the movie. The film starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Amy Seimetz, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England and Benjamin Rigby follows the crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, as they discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator, Penny Dreadful) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
