Atli Örvarsson has been hired to score the upcoming coming-of-age comedy drama The Edge of Seventeen. The film is written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig and stars Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner and Hayden Szeto. The movie follows an endearingly witty but self-absorbed teen whose life goes into a tailspin after her older brother starts dating her best friend. James L. Brooks (As Good as It Gets, Terms of Endearment), Richard Sakai (Jerry Maguire, The Simpsons Movie) and Julie Ansell (Spanglish, Riding in Cars with Boys) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Atli Örvarsson Scoring ‘The Edge of Seventeen’
Posted: August 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Kelly Fremon Craig, The Edge of Seventeen
0
‘Stranger Things’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Stranger Things
The track list of the second soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Stranger Things has been revealed. The Vol. 2 album features more of the show’s original music composed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of the Austin-based synth band S U R V I V E. As previously reported, the soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 19 and physically on September 23. Visit Amazon to order the CD. Also check out our previous article for the details of the Vol. 1 album, which is already available to download on iTunes. The first season of Stranger Things created by Matt & Ross Duffer and starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Cara Buono, Charlie Heaton, Matthew Modine, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Natalia Dyer is now available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Amazon’s ‘The Stinky & Dirty Show’ to Be Released
Posted: August 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Dan Bern, The Stinky and Dirty Show
Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack album for the Amazon original series The Stinky & Dirty Show. The album features the original songs from the show by folk singer and songwriter Dan Bern. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 2, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Stinky & Dirty Show written and developed by Guy Toubes is based on the books of Jim & Kate McMullan and tells the adventures of best friends and unlikely heroes, Stinky the garbage truck and Dirty the backhoe loader. The series’ voice talent includes Whoopi Goldberg, Jane Lynch, Andy Richter, Joan Cusack and Wallace Shawn. Read the rest of this entry »
Mateo Messina to Score Discovery’s ‘Harley and the Davidsons’ & Epix’s ‘Graves’
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Discovery, Epix, Frozen Peas, Graves, Harley and the Davidsons, Mateo Messina, Second Nature, Tim Timmerman Hope of America
Mateo Messina has been tapped to score Discovery’s upcoming mini-series Harley and the Davidsons. The 3-parter is written by Evan Wright, Seth Fisher & Nick Schenk (Gran Torino, The Judge) and stars Michiel Huisman, Robert Aramayo, Bug Hall, Stephen Rider, Jessica Camacho, Daniel Coonan , Annie Read, Wilson Bethel, Dougray Scott, Gabe Luna, Alex Shaffer, Essa O’Shea and Sean Scully. The drama tells the story of the birth of the iconic Harley Davidson brand launched in 1903 by two friends from Milwaukee, William Harley and Arthur Davidson. Read the rest of this entry »
Johan Söderqvist Scoring ‘The Limehouse Golem’
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Johan Söderqvist, Juan Carlos Medina, The Limehouse Golem
Johan Söderqvist is composing the music for the upcoming thriller The Limehouse Golem. The film is directed by Juan Carlos Medina (Painless) and stars Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth, Daniel Mays, Sam Reid, Maria Valverde and Eddie Marsan. The movie based on the bestseller by Peter Ackroyd and is set in Victorian-era London and revolves around an intrepid police inspector who investigates a series of brutal killings that seem to be linked to a fearsome creature of Jewish legend. Jane Goldman (X-Men: First Class, Kick-Ass, Stardust) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Same Kind of Different As Me’ to Feature Original Song by Brad Paisley
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brad Paisley, Same Kind of Different As Me
Country music singer/songwriter Brad Paisley is contributing an original song to the upcoming drama Same Kind of Different As Me. The track, entitled Stubborn Angels, will be featured in the movie directed by Michael Carney and starring Greg Kinnear, Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou and Jon Voight. The movie based on the book of the same title by Ron Hall, Denver Moore & Lynn Vincent follows an international art dealer who must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife. Read the rest of this entry »
World Soundtrack Awards Composer of the Year Nominations Announced
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the first wave of nominees for the 2016 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories Film Composer of the Year, Best TV Composer and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Wednesday, October 19, the closing night of the Ghent International Film Festival. Here are the nominations:
Film Composer of the Year
Carter Burwell
Anomalisa, Hail Caesar!, Legend, The Family Fang, The Finest Hours
Daniel Pemberton
Mal de pierres, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Read the rest of this entry »
Lady Gaga to Compose & Perform Songs for Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star is Born’
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga
According to Deadline, Lady Gaga will be composing and performing music for the upcoming remake of the movie musical A Star Is Born. The film will mark the directorial feature debut of Bradley Cooper who will also star in the movie alongside Gaga who will be playing the lead role and portray a singer whose star rises as quickly as her troubled lover/mentor’s star is falling. Cooper is also writing the screenplay with Will Fetters (Remember Me, The Lucky One) and is producing the project with Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School), Billy Gerber (Villa Capri) and Jon Peters (Batman, Superman Returns, Ali). The Warner Bros. Pictures production is set to start shooting in early 2017.
Lorne Balfe to Score Jonathan Teplitzky’s ‘Churchill’
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Churchill, Jonathan Teplitzky, Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe has signed on to compose the music for the upcoming biographical drama Churchill. The film is directed by Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man, Burning Man) and stars Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, James Purefoy and Ella Purnell. The movie is set across the five days before D-Day in 1944 and charts the tension between the British PM and the Allied leaders, including Eisenhower and Montgomery, who are poised to launch the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. British historian and author Alex von Tunzelmann has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Primal Fear’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, Primal Fear, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1996 thriller Primal Fear directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Richard Gere, Edward Norton and Laura Linney. The album features the expanded and remastered original music from the film composed and produced by James Newton Howard (King Kong, The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, Signs, Maleficent, The Fugitive), including more than 30 minutes of previously unreleased cues, alternates and demos. For the full album details and to listen to audio samples, visit the label’s official website, where you can also pre-order the limited edition CD.
