La-La Land Records has announced the details of the first soundtrack release for the 1986 comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off directed by John Hughes and starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck and Mia Sara. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ira Newborn (The Naked Gun, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck), as well as the songs from the movie by The Flowerpot Men, Blue Room, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Yello, The Dream Academy and Wayne Newton. Also included as bonus tracks are source cues and alternate score cues. The soundtrack, which is limited to 5000 copies, will be available to pre-order on September 13 on the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ira Newborn, John Hughes, score, Soundtrack
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Behind the Music of Netflix’s ‘Luke Cage’
Posted: August 31, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Luke Cage, Marvel, Netflix
Netflix has published a video featurette on the music for Marvel’s upcoming series Luke Cage. The video features interviews with composers Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, executive producer Cheo Hodari Coker, actor Mike Colter, as well as A$AP Ferg and Method Man who talk about how each episode is shaped by its score and musical influence. Luke Cage starring Colter, Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sônia Braga follows Cage as he becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City after a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Jackman & Matthew Margeson to Return for ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’
Posted: August 31, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Henry Jackman, Kingsman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Matthew Margeson, Matthew Vaughn
Henry Jackmanand Matthew Margeson are reuniting with director Matthew Vaughn on the upcoming spy action comedy sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The film starring Taron Egerton, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Mark Strong, Pedro Pascal, Channing Tatum and Jeff Bridges. The movie follows Eggsy, Merlin and Roxy as they head to the United States to join forces with Statesman, their US counterpart, to save the world. Vaughn has also written the screenplay with Jane Goldman and is producing the project with Adam Bohling & David Reid (Layer Cake). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Manhattan Night’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 31, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian DeCubellis, Joel Douek, Manhattan Night, score, Soundtrack
Nocturne Pictures has released a soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Manhattan Night. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joel Douek (Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, The Wildest Dream). Also included are the jazz songs featured in the movie by director Brian DeCubellis, as well as the end credits song Click by Cuban Missile Crisis. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Manhattan Night starring Adrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski, Jennifer Beals, Campbell Scott, Steven Berkoff and Linda Lavin follows a man who as he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail – one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Legends of Tomorrow’ Season 1 Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Blake Neely, Legends of Tomorrow, score, Soundrack, The CW
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the first soundtrack album for the CW drama Legends of Tomorrow. The album features selections of the original score from the series’ first season composed by Blake Neely who is also scoring the network’s other superhero shows, including The Flash, Arrow and Supergirl. The soundtrack is now available to order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Legends of Tomorrow is developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim based on the DC Comics characters and stars Brandon Routh, Victor Garber, Caity Lotz, Arthur Darvill, Ciara Renée, Franz Drameh, Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller. The drama will return for a second season on October 13, 2016. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for NBC’s ‘Blindspot’ to Be Released
Posted: August 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blake Neely, Blindspot, NBC, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album for the NBC drama Blindspot. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Blake Neely (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Life As We Know It, Everwood). The soundtrack is now available to order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Blindspot is created by Martin Gero, executive produced by Greg Berlanti and stars Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Audrey Esparza, Rob Brown, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ukweli Roach and Ashley Johnson. Read the rest of this entry »
Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins to Score ‘Maudie’
Posted: August 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aisling Walsh, Maudie, Michael Timmins
Cowboy Junkies member Michael Timmins is composing the original score for the upcoming biographical drama Maudie. The film is directed by Aisling Walsh (Song for a Raggy Boy, Fingersmith) and stars Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Kate Ross, Zachary Bennett, Gabrielle Rose and Keri Matchett. The movie tells the true story of Maud Lewis, who overcame the physical challenge of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis to become one of Canada’s premier folk artists. Sherry White has written the screenplay. Bob Cooper (John Tucker Must Die, Mr. Woodcock) is producing the project with Mary Young Leckie, Mary Sexton and Susan Mullen. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Francois Ozon’s ‘Frantz’ Announced
Posted: August 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Francois Ozon, Frantz, Philippe Rombi, score, Soundtrack
Cristal Records will release a soundtrack album for Francois Ozon’s drama Frantz. The album features the film’s original music composed by Philippe Rombi who previously collaborated with the director on such films as Swimming Pool, In the House, Young & Beautiful, Potiche and Angel. Also included the classical pieces from the movie by Chopin and Tchaïkovsky. The soundtrack will be released overseas on September 9, 2016. Frantz is written and directed by Ozon and stars Paula Beer, Pierre Niney, Marie Gruber, Ernst Stötzner, Johann Von Bülow and Anton Von Lucke. The movie is set in a small German town in the aftermath of World War I, where a young woman mourning the death of her fiancé forms a bond with a mysterious Frenchman who has arrived to lay flowers on her beloved’s grave. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro to Score ‘Office Christmas Party’
Posted: August 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Josh Gordon, Office Christmas Party, Theodore Shapiro, Will Speck
Theodore Shapiro is reteaming with directors Josh Gordon & Will Speck on upcoming comedy Office Christmas Party. The film stars Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Vanessa Bayer, Jillian Bell, Jamie Chung, Rob Corddry, Abbey Lee, Kate McKinnon, T.J. Miller, Olivia Munn, Karan Soni, Courtney B. Vance and Matt Walsh. The movie follows a CEO who tries to close her hard-partying brother’s branch and must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs. Read the rest of this entry »
Trevor Morris to Score NBC’s ‘Taken’ TV Series’
Posted: August 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Luc Besson, NBC, Taken, Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris has been tapped to score the upcoming NBC drama Taken. The show stars Clive Standen, Jennifer Beals, Brooklyn Sudano, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Gaius Charles, Michael Irby, James Landry Hébert and Jose Pablo Cantillo. The series based on the hit movie franchise starring Liam Neeson tells the origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a personal tragedy and is pulled into a career as a deadly CIA operative. Luc Besson (The Professional, The Fifth Element, Lucy) is executive producing the EuropaCorp TV and Universal Television production with Alexander Cary (Homeland, Lie to Me), Matthew Gross (Across the Universe, Body of Proof), Edouard de Vésinne, Thomas Anargyros and Alex Graves (Game of Thrones, The West Wing) who directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
