Fil Eisler is composing the music for the new ABC drama Notorious. The show is created by Josh Berman (Drop Dead Diva, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) & Allie Hagan and stars Piper Perabo, Daniel Sunjata, Sepideh Moafi, Kate Jennings Grant, Ryan Guzman, Kevin Zegers, J. August Richards and Aimee Teegarden. The series is inspired by the true-life stories of famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and cable news producer Wendy Walker and looks at the interplay of the worlds of criminal law and the media. Read the rest of this entry »
ABC’s ‘Notorious’ to Feature Music by Fil Eisler
Posted: September 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Fil Eisler, Notorious
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Rupert Gregson-Williams to Score ‘Terminal’
Posted: September 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hacksaw Ridge, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Terminal, Vaughn Stein
Rupert Gregson-Williams is set to compose the music for the upcoming thriller Terminal. The film is written and directed by Vaughn Stein and stars Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Max Irons, Mike Myers and Dexter Fletcher. The movie follows two hit men who embark on a borderline suicide mission for a mysterious employer and a high paycheck and come across a dynamic woman who may be more involved in the crime than they had originally suspected. David Barron (Harry Potter series, Cinderella, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit) is producing the project with Robbie, Molly Hassell (Edmond, The Trust), Arianne Fraser, Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spain in a Day’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Isabel Coixet, score, Soundtrack, Spain in a Day
Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack release for the documentary Spain in a Day. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Kite Runner, Volver, The Constant Gardener, The Skin I Live In). The soundtrack will be released on September 26, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Quartet’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. Spain in a Day directed by Isabel Coixet (Learning to Drive, Elegy, The Secret Life of Words) is based on Ridley Scott’s Life in a Day and is collective project using social media that sees everyday Spaniards contribute short clips from their lives all shot on the same day, October 24, 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cezanne and I’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cezanne and I, Cezanne et moi, Eric Neveux, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records will release a soundtrack album for the French drama Cezanne and I (Cezanne et moi). The album features the film’s original music composed by Eric Neveux (Intimacy, Hideaways, Borgia, The Attack, Nicholas on Holiday). The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Cezanne and I is directed by Danièle Thompson and stars Guillaume Canet and Guillaume Gallienne as painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. The movie chronicles the decade-long friendship between the friends and traces the parallel paths of their lives and careers from Aix-en-Provence to Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Queen of Katwe’ Deluxe Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Heffes, Mira Nair, Queen of Katwe, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a second soundtrack album for the drama Queen of Katwe. The album features the content of the original soundtrack album, as well as seventeen additional tracks from film’s original score composed by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Roots, 11.22.63). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 23, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Queen of Katwe directed by Mira Nair and starring David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o and Madina Nalwanga will be released nationwide on September 23 by Walt Disney Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Monster Calls’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Monster Calls, Fernando Velazquez, J.A. Bayona, Keane, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music and Quartet Records will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy drama A Monster Calls. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, Crimson Peak, The Orphanage, Mama, Hercules, Devil). Also included is the original song Tear Up This Town by Keane. The soundtrack will be released overseas on September 26, 2016 by Quartet Records. Back Lot Music will release the album in the U.S. on December 9. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and click here to listen to audio samples. A Monster Calls is directed by J.A. Bayona and stars Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Liam Neeson and Sigourney Weaver. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundrack for Xavier Dolan’s ‘It’s Only the End of the World’ to Be Released
Posted: September 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gabriel Yared, It's Only the End of the World, score, Soundtrack, Xavier Dolan
Quartet Records will release a soundtrack album for Xavier Dolan’s drama It’s Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1408, Cold Mountain) who previously scored the director’s previous film Tom at the Farm. Also included are the songs featured in the movie by Camille, Blink-182, Grimes, Exotica and Moby. The physical version will be released later this week and is now available for pre-order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. A digital version will be released later this year and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. It’s Only the End of the World is written and directed by Dolan and stars Marion Cotillard, Lea Seydoux, Vincent Cassel, Nathalie Baye and Gaspard Ulliel. 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
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 »
‘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 »
