The full details of the soundtrack release for the upcoming drama Denial have been released. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Aviator, The Silence of the Lambs, Hugo, The Hobbit). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on September 30, 2016 by Howe Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Denial is directed by Mick Jackson (The Bodyguard) and stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson and Timothy Spall. The movie is based on the book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier and recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s legal battle for historical truth against David Irving who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Denial’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Denial, Howard Shore, Mick Jackson, score, Soundtrack
‘Mountain Cry’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mountain Cry, Nicolas Errèra, score, Soundtrack
Enka has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese drama Mountain Cry. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicolas Errera (Shaolin, The Butterfly, The White Storm). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Mountain Cry is written and directed by Larry Yang and stars Lang Yueting, Wang Ziyi, Cheng Taishen, Yu Ailei, Guo Jin, Xu Caigen, Zhao Chendong and Li Siying. The movie based on the novel by Ge Shuiping is set in 1980s post-Cultural Revolution era China and revolves around a man who is obliged to look after a mute woman after her husband’s violent death. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film TV Music Roundup (September 11, 2016)
Posted: September 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Johnston, Amazon, ARQ, Better Things, Bryce Mitchell, Churchill's Secret, Fleabag, Fox, FX, Isobel Waller-Bridge, James T. Sale, Jay Gruska, Keegan Jessamy, Leo Birenberg, Lifetime, Netflix, PBS, Sister Cities, Son of Zorn
Premiering tonight is the new Fox comedy Son of Zorn created by Reed Agnew & Eli Jorne and starring Johnny Pemberton, Cheryl Hines, Tim Meadows, as well as Jason Sudeikis as the voice of Zorn. The show’s original music is composed by Leo Birenberg (Red Army, Big Time in Hollywood, FL). To learn more about the series, which will air a special sneak peak tonight and return to its regular Sunday night time slot on September 25, visit our previous news article.
Also premiering tonight in the U.S. is the television movie Churchill’s Secret directed by Charles Sturridge and starring Michael Gambon, Lindsay Duncan, Romola Garai, Matthew Macfayden, Bill Paterson, Daisy Lewis, Tara Fitzgerald, James Wilby and Rachel Stirling. Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, Kinky Boots, Brideshead Revisited) has composed the film’s original music. The drama premiered in the UK earlier this year on ITV and premieres in the U.S. on PBS. Click here for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
Sean Callery, Victor Reyes, Mac Quayle & Danny Elfman Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Elfman, Diane Warren, Emmy Awards, Mac Quayle, Sean Callery, Victor Reyes
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards are being handed out this afternoon at the Microsoft Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. Sean Callery has won his fourth Emmy Award for the main titles theme for his main titles theme for Netflix’s Jessica Jones. He previously received three Emmys for his work on 24. Victor Reyes was honored with his first Emmy Award in the Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special category for his music for AMC’s The Night Manager. Mac Quayle received his first Emmy Award for his music for USA’s Mr. Robot in the Music Composition for a Series category. Read the rest of this entry »
Adam Wiltzie Scoring ‘The Yellow Birds’
Posted: September 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Wiltzie, Alexandre Moors, The Yellow Birds
Adam Wiltzie has recently composed the music for the upcoming drama The Yellow Birds. The film is directed by Alexandre Moors (Blue Caprice) and stars Jack Huston, Jennifer Aniston, Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Toni Collette and Jason Patric. The movie based on the novel by Kevin Powers follows two young soldiers who are taken under the wing of an older, troubled sergeant as they are deployed to Iraq. David Lowery (Pete’s Dragon, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 9, 2016)
Posted: September 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Dessner, Adam Cork, Brian Reitzell, Brian Tyler, Bryce Dessner, Christian Jacob, Clint Eastwood, For the Love of Spock, Ithaca, John Frizzell, John Mellencamp, Julian Wass, Kicks, London Road, Nicholas Pike, Other People, Ramin Djawadi, Sully, The Disappointments Room, The Tierney Sutton Band, The Wild Life, Transpecos, When the Bough Breaks
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the drama Sully directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart and Laura Linney. The film’s original music is composed by Christian Jacob and The Tierney Sutton Band. Eastwood has contributed the score’s theme and also co-wrote the end titles song Flying Home based on his theme. Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album within the next couple of weeks. Check back on this page for more information and visit the official movie website to learn more about the film.
Also opening wide is the thriller When the Bough Breaks directed by Jon Cassar and starring Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco, Michael K. Williams, Theo Rossi and Jaz Sinclair. John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, The Following, Dante’s Peak, Office Space) has composed the film’s original score. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures/Screen Gems release. Read the rest of this entry »
Emmy Award-nominated Composers & Songwriters Honored at SCL Reception
Posted: September 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards, SCL
Last night, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Emmy Award-nominated composers and songwriters in the music categories at the Montage hotel in Beverly Hills. SCL president Ashley Irwin, as well as Television Academy music peer group governors Rickey Minor (who is nominated this year for his music direction for Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance At The White House) and Michael A. Levine introduced the nominees who briefly addressed the audience. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blair Witch’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Wingard, Blair Witch, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Blair Witch. The album features the film’s original music composed by director Adam Wingard (The Guest, You’re Next) who makes his feature scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical version will released a few weeks later and can be pre-ordered here. Blair Witch is directed by Wingard, written by Simon Barrett and stars James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Valorie Curry, Corbin Reid and Wes Robinson. The movie follows a group of college students who venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of James sister who many believe is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Newman to Score Morten Tyldum’s ‘Passengers’
Posted: September 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Morten Tyldum, Passengers, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi romance Passengers. The film is directed by Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne and Aurora Perrineau. The movie is set on a spacecraft in the future traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people that has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early. Jon Spaihts (Prometheus, The Darkest Hour) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Silicon Cowboys’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ian Hultquist, Jason Cohen, score, Silicon Cowboys, Soundtrack
Little Twig Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Silicon Cowboys. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ian Hultquist (My Blind Brother, Animals, Full Circle, The First Monday in May). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Silicon Cowboys is directed by Jason Cohen and chronicles the underdog story of Compaq Computer, which took on IBM — the world’s most powerful computer company — in an all-out tech war that shaped the world as we know it. Read the rest of this entry »
