Christopher Gordon is composing the music for the upcoming Australian supernatural thriller Out of the Shadows. The film is directed by Dee McLachlan (The Jammed) and stars Blake Northfield, Kendal Rae, Jim Robison, Jake Ryan, Goran D. Kleut and Helmut Bakaitis. The movie revolves around a newly-wed detective who moves into his dream home unaware of the building’s dark history and seeks help from a renegade demonologist when his pregnant wife claims she is being tormented by a supernatural force. Northfield is also producing the thrill with Tim Maddocks (Terminus) and Jim Robison. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Gordon Scoring ‘Out of the Shadows’
Posted: November 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Gordon, Dee McLachlan, Out of the Shadows
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Martin Phipps’ Score from ‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘Hated in the Nation’ Released
Posted: November 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Black Mirror, Martin Phipps, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Dubois Records has released the original score of the Black Mirror episode Hated in the Nation. The music is written by Emmy Award nominee Martin Phipps (Woman in Gold, War & Peace, The Honorable Woman, Brighton Rock, Harry Brown) and marks the composer’s second score for the show following the 2011 episode The National Anthem. Also included is the song Fall Into Me by Alev Lenz. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon and iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Hated in the Nation episode is directed by James Hawes and stars Kelly Macdonald, Faye Marsay and Benedict Wong. The episode is written by series creator Charlie Brooker and follows a London police detective and his tech-savvy sidekick as they investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Gaghan’s ‘Gold’ to Feature Original Song by Iggy Pop
Posted: November 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian Burton, Daniel Pemberton, Gold, Iggy Pop, Stephen Gaghan
Iggy Pop has recorded an original song for Stephen Gaghan’s drama Gold. The track, entitled Gold, is co-written by the singer/songwriter, the film’s composer Daniel Pemberton (who also uses elements from the song in his score), Gaghan and Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse). The track plays over the movie’s end credits. Gold starring Matthew McConaughey, Bryce Dallas Howard, Edgar Ramirez, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell, Bruce Greenwood and Stacy Keach follows a modern-day prospector desperate for a lucky break who teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Miss Sloane’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Madden, Max Richter, Miss Sloane, score, Soundtrack
EuropaCorp will release a soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Miss Sloane. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Waltz with Bashir, Disconnect, Testament of Youth, The Congress). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 9, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Miss Sloane is directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) and stars Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stulbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, Sam Waterston and John Lithgow. The movie tells the story a ruthless lobbyist who is notorious for her unparalleled talent and her desire to win at all costs, even when it puts her own career at risk. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Toyne Scoring ‘Nine Eleven’
Posted: November 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Toyne, Martin Guigui, Nine Eleven
Jeff Toyne has recently composed the music for the upcoming drama Nine Eleven. The film is directed by Martin Guigui (Beneath the Darkness, Cattle Call) and stars Charlie Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Luis Guzman, Wood Harris, Olga Fonda, Jacqueline Bisset and Gina Gershon. The movie follows a group of 5 people who find themselves trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center’s North Tower on 9/11. Guigui has also co-written the screenplay with Steven Golebiowski. Martin Sprock, Dahlia Waingort and Warren Ostergard (The Bag Man) are producing the Thunder Studios and Sprockefeller Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 20, 2016)
Posted: November 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian H. Kim, Charlie Clouser, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Good Behavior, Jeanine Tesori, Mercy, Netflix, Phil Mossman, Sam Phillips, Search Party, TBS, Thomas Hass Christensen, TNT
Premiering tomorrow, November 21, is the new TBS original series Search Party created by Sarah-Violet Bliss & Charles Roger and starring Alia Shawkat, John Early, John Reynolds, Meredith Hagner and Brandon Micheal Hall. The show’s original music is composed by Brian H. Kim (Hello, My Name is Doris, Significant Mother, G.B.F.). The comedy follows four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears. All ten episodes of the show’s first season will air this week on TBS. Visit the official show website for more information.
Premiering on Tuesday, November 22, on Netflix is the thriller Mercy written and directed by Chris Sparling and starring James Wolk, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Tom Lipinski, Dan Ziskie, Michael Godere, Michael Donovan, Dion Graham and Constance Baron. Phil Mossman (Cop Car, Another Earth, I Origins, Lola Versus) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the film, which premiered at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival and will be available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Boundaries’ (‘Pays’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Boundaries, Chloé Robichaud, Pays, score, Simon Bertrand, Soundtrack
Silverstag has released a soundtrack album for the Canadian political satire Boundaries (Pays). The album features the film’s original music composed by Simon Bertrand. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the track list. Boundaries is written and directed by Chloé Robichaud and stars Macha Grenon, Emily VanCamp, Nathalie Doummar, Rémy Girard, Alexandre Landry, Serge Houde, Yves Jacques, Sophie Faucher and Micheline Lanctôt. The movie is set in a tiny island nation off Canada’s east coast that enters the global arena when its natural resources become the focal point for international wheeling, dealing and politicking. Read the rest of this entry »
Sia’s ‘Angel By the Wings’ from ‘The Eagle Huntress’ to Be Released
Posted: November 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Sia, The Eagle Huntress
Monkey Puzzle Records will release the original song Angel By the Wings from the documentary The Eagle Huntress. The song is performed by Sia and written by herself and Greg Kurstin. The track will be released as a digital single on December 2, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Eagle Huntress directed by Otto Bell and narrated by Daisy Ridley centers on a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and opened in select theaters earlier this month by Sony Pictures Classics. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 18, 2016)
Posted: November 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Street Cat Named Bob, Abel Korzeniowski, Alex Heffes, Ali and Nino, Atli Orvarsson, Bleed for This, Dario Marianelli, David Hirschfelder, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Hunter Gatherer, James Newton Howard, Jeff Toyne, Julia Holter, Keegan DeWitt, Lesley Barber, Life on the Line, Manchester by the Sea, Nocturnal Animals, The Edge of Seventeen, The Take
Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them directed by David Yates and starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller, Jon Voight, Dan Fogler, Carmen Ejogo and Alison Sudol. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, Maleficent). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album in various different formats and editions. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the coming-of-age comedy drama The Edge of Seventeen written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, produced by James L. Brooks and starring Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner and Hayden Szeto. Atli Orvarsson (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Vantage Point, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) has composed the film’s original score. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Santigold, Aimee Mann, The Struts, A$AP Ferg & more. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hunter Gatherer’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hunter Gatherer, Keegan DeWitt, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the indie drama Hunter Gatherer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Keegan DeWitt (I’ll See You in My Dreams, Divorce, Queen of Earth, Morris from America). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Hunter Gatherer is written and directed by Josh Locy and stars Andre Royo, George Sample III, Kellee Stewart and Ashley Wilkerson. The movie follows a man who was recently released from prison who finds out, much to his chagrin, that everyone and everything has moved on without him. Read the rest of this entry »
