Elvin Ross is reuniting with Tyler Perry on the upcoming comedy Boo! A Madea Halloween. The film is written and directed by Perry who also stars in the film, alongside Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Lexy Panterra, Yousef Erakat, Andre Hall, Brock O’Hurn and Bella Thorne. The movie follows Madea as she winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens. Perry is also producing the project with Ozzie Areu (A Madea Christmas, Peeples). Read the rest of this entry »
Elvin Ross to Score Tyler Perry’s ‘Boo! A Madea Halloween’
Posted: July 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Boo! A Madea Halloween, Elvin Ross, Tyler Perry
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‘City of Stars’ from ‘La La Land’ Released
Posted: July 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damien Chazelle, Justin Hurwitz, La La Land, Ryan Gosling
Interscope Records has released the first song from the upcoming movie musical La La Land. The track, entitled City of Stars, is performed by Ryan Gosling, written by Justin Hurwitz (Whiplash) and features lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The song is now available to download on Amazon and is also featured in the movie’s first teaser trailer, which premiered today and is embedded after the jump. Interscope will release a full soundtrack album later this year. La La Land is written and directed by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) and stars Gosling, Emma Stone, J. K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, Rosemarie DeWitt and Meagen Fay. The movie follows a jazz musician who falls in love with an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Armstrong Scoring ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’
Posted: July 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bridget Jones's Baby, Craig Armstrong, Sharon Maguire
Craig Armstrong is composing the original score for the upcoming comedy sequel Bridget Jones’s Baby. The film is directed by Sharon Maguire who previously directed the 2001 original film and stars Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and Emma Thompson. The movie follows the title character as she finds herself pregnant and doesn’t know who the father is. Helen Fielding has co-written the screenplay with Thompson and Dan Mazer (Ali G Indahouse, I Give It a Year). Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Love Actually, Atonement, Rush, United 93) and Debra Hayward (Les Miserables) are producing the Working Titles Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deutschland. Made in Germany’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deutschland. Made in Germany, Hauschka, score, Sonke Wortmann, Soundtrack
Needlewood Records will release a soundtrack album for the German documentary Deutschland. Made in Germany (Deutschland. Dein Selbstporträt). The album features the film’s original music composed by Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann) (Lion, The Boy, In Dubious Battle), as well as the original song Another Day in Life by Hauschka & Graham Candy. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 15, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Deutschland. Made in Germany is directed by Sönke Wortmann (The Miracle of Bern, Pope Joan) who invited the people of Germany to film themselves on June 20 of last year, for anything ranging from just a few seconds to the entire day. Read the rest of this entry »
History’s ‘Six’ to Feature Music by Stephen Endelman
Posted: July 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: History, Six, Stephen Endelman
Stephen Endelman is scoring the upcoming History mini-series Six. The drama is created by William Broyles (Cast Away, Apollo 13, The Polar Express) & military special operations veteran David Broyles and stars Barry Sloane, Kyle Schmid, Juan Pablo Raba, Edwin Hodge, Brianne Davis, Nadine Velazquez, Dominic Adams and Walton Goggins. The 8-parter follows the Navy SEAL Team Six, whose 2014 mission to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan goes awry when they uncover a U.S. citizen working as a jihadist fighter with the terrorists. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro to Score John Hamburg’s ‘Why Him?’
Posted: July 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Hamburg, Theodore Shapiro, Why Him?
Theodore Shapiro is reteaming with writer/director John Hamburg on the upcoming comedy Why Him?. The film starring James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally and Keegan-Michael Key follows a Midwestern dad who travels with his family to visit his daughter at college, and soon finds himself in a battle for her affections with her brash new tech billionaire boyfriend. Hamburg (Meet the Parents, Zoolander) has also written the screenplay with Ian Helfer (The Oranges). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hell or High Water’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water, Nick Cave, score, Soundtrack, Warren Ellis
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the heist thriller Hell or High Water. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Proposition, The Road). Also included are country music tracks by Colter Wall, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Chris Stapleton & more. The soundtrack will be released on August 19, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Hell or High Water is directed by David Mackenzie (Starred Up, Perfect Sense) and stars Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster and Gil Birmingham. The movie is set in West Texas, in an area formerly known as Comancheria, and tells the story of two brothers who plan a bank robbery to save their family farm. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Miss Sharon Jones!’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Barbara Kopple, Miss Sharon Jones, Sharon Jones, Soundtrack
Daptone Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Miss Sharon Jones!. The album features the songs from the film by the movie’s subject, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. The soundtrack will be released on August 19, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Miss Sharon Jones! is directed by Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA) and follows R&B queen Sharon Jones over the course of an eventful year, as she battles a cancer diagnosis and struggles to hold her band the Dap-Kings together. The documentary produced by Kopple & David Cassidy premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in select theaters on July 29, 2016 by Starz Digital, followed by a digital, on-demand and home video release this fall. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Monkey King 2’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Young, score, Soundtrack, The Monkey King, The Monkey King 2
Intrada Records has announced a soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure sequel The Monkey King 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Ghost Rider, The Shipping News, Entrapment, The Hurricane). The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. Intrada has previously released the composer’s music for the first part in the series. The Monkey King 2 is directed by Cheang Pou-soi and stars Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, Feng Shaofeng, Xiaoshenyang and Him Law. The movie tells the story of how the Monkey King protected the monk Xuanzang from being eaten by a shapeshifting demoness three times on a journey to collect the Buddhist sutras from India. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dough’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dough, Lorne Balfe, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Dough. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Terminator Genisys, Home, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Penguins of Madagascar) and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London. The soundtrack will be released on July 29, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Dough is directed by John Goldschmidt and stars Jonathan Pryce, Pauline Collins, Jerome Holder, Philip Davis, Ian Hart, Malachi Kirby, Andrew Ellis, Natasha Gordon, Melanie Freeman and Daniel Caltagirone. The movie follows a Jewish widower who hires a Muslim teenager to help out at his kosher bakery in London, and sales skyrocket when the latter’s marijuana is accidentally mixed into the dough. Read the rest of this entry »
