The Academy Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced three programs to take place in August that will highlight the art of film music. On Wednesday, August 17, Academy governor Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, Inside Out) and animation director David Silverman will host the West Coast restoration premiere of the 1930 classic King of Jazz at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Click here for more information. On Monday, August 29, the Academy will celebrate the life and legacy of Prince with a screening of Purple Rain in 35mm, also at the organization’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Read the rest of this entry »
The Academy Celebrates the Music of Movies
Posted: July 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, King of Jazz, Prince, Purple Rain
0
James Lavino to Score ‘One Last Thing’
Posted: July 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Lavino, One Last Thing, Tim Rouhana
James Lavino has been hired to score the upcoming indie drama One Last Thing. The film is written and directed by Tim Rouhana and stars Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme), Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) and Jurnee Smollet-Bell (Underground). The movie tells the story of a lonely dentist in Florida whose days are filled by work and his solo daily golf game and who begins to journey outside his comfort zone when he’s confronted by a figure from the past and finds out that he has an adult daughter living in Brooklyn. Alexa L. Fogel and Brendan Mason are producing the Beech Hill Films & Low Profile Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Carnage Park’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carnage Park, Giona Ostinelli, Mickey Keating, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Carnage Park. The album features the film’s original music composed by Giona Ostinelli (Two-Bit Waltz, Darling, Carter High). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 5, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Carnage Park is written and directed by Mickey Keating and stars Ashley Bell, Pat Healy, James Landry Hébert, Darby Stanchfield and Alan Ruck. The movie follows a woman who is held hostage by two bank robbers, only to find herself on the property of a psychotic military sniper, who poses an even greater threat on her life. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicholas Hooper Scoring ‘Winter Thaw’
Posted: July 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BYUtv, Nicholas Hooper, Winter Thaw
Nicholas Hooper has recently recorded his score for the upcoming television drama Winter Thaw. The film is directed by Adam Thomas Anderegg and stars John Rhys-Davies, Karl Johnson and Valentin Novopolskij. The movie is based on Leo Tolstoy’s short story Martin the Cobbler (also commonly known as Where Love Is, God Is) and was adapted for the small screen by author Joseph Clay (Demons of the Jungle). Russ Kendall (The Song the Changed My Life) is producing the project for Kaleidoscope Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 24, 2016)
Posted: July 24, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Geringas, Brian Ralston, Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, Kays Al-Atrakchi, Netflix, Planet of the Sharks, Syfy
Premiering on Friday, July 29, is DreamWorks Animation’s new Netflix series Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh developed by Ryan Crego & Thurop Van Orman and featuring the voices of Rachel Crow, Mark Whitten, Ana Ortiz, Ron Funches and Matt Jones. The show’s original music is composed by Alex Geringas. The animated comedy is based on last year’s feature Home (scored by Lorne Balfe) and centers on the friendship between the fearless Tip and overenthusiastic Oh as they navigate the crazily combined human and alien culture they live in. The full first season will be available this Friday on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino Composing New Marvel Studios Fanfare
Posted: July 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Marvel Studios, Michael Giacchino
It was announced at Comic-Con today that Michael Giacchino composed a fanfare for the new logo of Marvel Studios, which will be playing in front of all future Marvel feature releases. The music was recorded a couple of weeks ago at Abbey Road Studios in London. Check out the fanfare after the jump. Giacchino is currently scoring his first movie for Marvel, Doctor Strange directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Rachel McAdams., which will be released on November 4, 2016. Brian Tyler has previously composed a fanfare for Marvel, which was featured in front of several Marvel productions over the last couple of years. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring Guy Ritchie’s ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’
Posted: July 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Guy Ritchie, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Daniel Pemberton is reteaming with director Guy Ritchie on the upcoming fantasy adventure King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. The film stars Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Djimon Hounsou, Aidan Gillen, Jude Law and Eric Bana. The movie is a new take on the classic Excalibur myth, tracing Arthur’s journey from the streets to the throne. Ritchie has also written the screenplay with Lionel Wigram (Sherlock Holmes) and Joby Harold (Awake). They are also producing the project with Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, Constantine, Hancock), Tory Tunnell (Underground) and Steve Clark-Hall (The Winter Guest). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 22, 2016)
Posted: July 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Benjamin Wallfisch, David Shire, Don't Think Twice, Gregoire Hetzel, Ice Age: Collision Course, Jake Monaco, John Debney, Lights Out, Michael Giacchino, Quitters, Roger Neill, Scott Walker, Star Trek Beyond, Summertime, The Childhood of a Leader
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi adventure sequel Star Trek Beyond directed by Justin Lin and starring Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba and Sofia Boutella. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Inside Out, Lost) who previously scored J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details. Also visit The Hollywood Reporter for a recent interview with Giacchino about his work on the project.
Also opening wide is the horror thriller Lights Out directed by David F. Sandberg and starring Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, with Billy Burke and Maria Bello. Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, Summer in February, Desert Dancer) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also check out two video interviews with Wallfisch from the movie’s Hollywood red carpet premiere earlier this week from Popcorn Talk and Mingle Media TV Network. Read the rest of this entry »
Sia to Write Original Songs for ‘My Little Pony: The Movie’
Posted: July 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: My Little Pony, My Little Pony: The Movie, Sia
It was announced at Comic-Con today that Sia will write two original songs for the upcoming animated feature My Little Pony: The Movie. She has also joined the voices cast, which also includes Uzo Aduba, Emily Blunt, Kristen Chenoweth, Taye Diggs, Michael Pena, Liev Schrieber, Tara Strong, Cathy Weseluck, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain and Ashleigh Ball. Jayson Thiessen is directing the film, which is scripted by Rita Hsaio (Toy Story 2, Mulan) and Meghan McCarthy. Brian Goldner (G.I. Joe, Battleship), Stephen Davis (Jem and the Holograms) and Josh Feldman are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Blake Neely to Score The CW’s ‘Riverdale’
Posted: July 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, Greg Berlanti, Riverdale, The CW
Blake Neely is set to compose the music for the upcoming CW drama Riverdale. The show is based on the characters by Archie Comics and stars Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, Luke Perry, KJ Apa, Marisol Nichols, Mädchen Amick, Ashleigh Murray, Madelaine Petsch and Camila Mendes. The series is set in present day and said to be a new take of Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surrealism of small town life – the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade. Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow) is executive producing the Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios production with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Supergirl, Glee), Sarah Schechter and Jon Goldwater. Read the rest of this entry »
