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 »
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
Tom Tykwer & Johnny Klimek Scoring ‘Babylon Berlin’
Posted: August 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Babylon Berlin, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer
Tom Tykwer and Johnny Klimek are composing the original music for the upcoming German television series Babylon Berlin. The show is directed by Tykwer and stars Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Matthias Brandt, Hannah Herzsprung, Karl Markovics, Lars Eidinger and Sebastian Urzen. The drama is based on Volker Kutscher’s book Der nasse Fisch and follows young police inspector Gereon Rath in 1929 Berlin, a hotbed of politics, art, extremism, drugs and murder. The series is produced by Sky Deutschland, ARD Degeto, X Filme and Beta Film. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hard Target 2’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hard Target, Hard Target 2, Jack Wall, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Morris
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Hard Target 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Trevor Morris (Immortals, Vikings, The Tudors, Olympus Has Fallen, The Borgias) and Jack Wall (Mass Effect, Call of Duty II & III). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 2, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Hard Target 2 is directed by Roel Reine and stars Scott Adkins, Robert Knepper, Rhona Mitra, Ann Truong, Temuera Morrison, Adam Saunders, Jamie Timony, Peter Hardy, Sean Keenan and Sahajak Boonthanakit. The sequel to the 1993 feature starring Jean-Claude Van Damme follows a disgraced mixed martial artist who is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse in the jungles of Thailand. Read the rest of this entry »
Lakeshore Records to Release Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘The Night Of’
Posted: August 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Jeff Russo, score, Soundtrack, The Night Of
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original series The Night Of. The album features the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Jeff Russo (Fargo, Power, CSI: Cyber, The Returned). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 2, 2016 and physically a couple of weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The full soundtrack details will be posted next week. The Night Of is created by Richard Price & Steven Zaillian based on Peter Moffat’s Criminal Justice and stars John Turturro, Riz Ahmed, Michael Kenneth Williams, Bill Camp and Payman Maadi. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bridget Jones's Baby, Craig Armstrong, Soundtrack
Mercury Records will release the official soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Bridget Jones’s Baby. The album features the songs from the film, including the original songs Still Falling for You by Ellie Goulding and Meteorite by Years & Years, as well as tracks by Ed Sheeran, Lily Allen, Annie Lennox, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick & more. Also included are two cues from the movie’s original score composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, Me Before You, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet). The soundtrack will be released on September 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bridget Jones’s Baby is directed by Sharon Maguire and stars Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and Emma Thompson. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 26, 2016)
Posted: August 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Angelo Milli, Blood in the Water, Complete Unknown, Danny Bensi, Don't Breathe, Floyd Norman: An Animated Life, Greater, Hands of Stone, Josh Ritter, Mark Isham, Mason Bates, Mechanic: Resurrection, Roque Banos, Ryan Shore, Sara Quinn, Saunder Jurriaans, Southside With You, Stephen Endelman, Stephen James Taylor, The Hollars, The Intervention, The Newton Brothers, The Sea of Trees
Expected to top this weekend’s box office is the horror thriller Don’t Breathe directed by Fede Alvarez and stars Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto and Stephen Lang. The film’s original music is composed by Roque Banos (The Machinist, In the Heart of the Sea, Sexy Beast, Oldboy) who previously scored the director’s Evil Dead. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for a short video featurette about the music.
Also opening wide this week is the action thriller Mechanic: Resurrection directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones and Michelle Yeoh. Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It) who previously scored the first part in the series has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Don’t Breathe’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Don't Breathe, Fede Alvarez, Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Don’t Breathe. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (The Machinist, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, Sexy Beast, Oldboy). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. A physical version will be coming out in a couple of weeks. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Also check out a video featurette on the composer’s work on the film after the jump. Don’t Breathe is co-written and directed by Fede Alvarez and stars Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto and Stephen Lang. The movie follows a group of teens who break into a blind man’s home thinking they will get away with the perfect crime. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Margeson to Score F. Javier Gutierrez’s ‘Rings’
Posted: August 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: F. Javier Gutierrez, Matthew Margeson, Rings, The Ring
Matthew Margeson has been hired to score the upcoming horror thriller Rings. The film is directed by F. Javier Gutierrez (Before the Fall) and stars Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Aimee Teegarden, Bonnie Morgan and Vincent D’Onofrio. The movie is the third part in the Ring franchise and follows a young woman who becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. Read the rest of this entry »
Florence + The Machine’s ‘Wish That You Were Here’ from ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ Released
Posted: August 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Florence + the Machine, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Tim Burton
Island Records has released the original song Wish That You Were Here from Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. The song is performed by Florence + The Machine who previously contributed a song to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman. The track is now available to download on Amazon. Check out the music video after the jump. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Chlildren starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Rupert Everett, Judi Dench & Samuel L. Jackson is based on the Ransom Riggs novel and follows a teenager who finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures out to destroy them. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Penn Scoring Susan Johnson’s ‘Carrie Pilby’
Posted: August 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carrie Pilby, Michael Penn, Susan Johnson
Michael Penn is composing the music for the upcoming indie romantic comedy Carrie Pilby. The film marks the directorial debut of producer Susan Johnson (Mean Creek, Eye of the Hurricane) and stars Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne, Vanessa Bayer, Colin O’Donoghue, Jason Ritter and William Moseley. The movie is based on Caren Lissner’s best-selling 2003 novel and follows an awkward and isolated 19-year-old genius who is challenged to put her convictions to the test by venturing out on to the NYC dating scene. Read the rest of this entry »
