Toby Chu has been hired to score the upcoming CW drama Frequency. The show is created by Jeremy Carver (Supernatural, Being Human) and stars Peyton List, Riley Smith, Devin Kelley, Mekhi Phifer, Anthony Ruivivar, Lenny Jacobson and Daniel Bonjour. The movie is inspired by the 2000 feature of the same title starring Dennis Quaid and follows a police detective who discovers that she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father, a detective who died in 20 years ago. Carver is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Toby Emmerich (The Notebook), John Rickard (Horrible Bosses 2, How to Be Single), Dan Lin (The Lego Movie, Sherlock Holmes) and Jennifer Gwartz (Veronica Mars). Read the rest of this entry »
Toby Chu to Score The CW’s ‘Frequency’
Posted: July 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Frequency, The CW, Toby Chu
‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Cardoni, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Outasight, Mase, The Beatards, The Darkness, Think Lizzy, The Rough Riders, as well as two songs performed by actors Zac Efron & Adam Devine. Also include suite of the movie’s original score composed by Jeff Cardoni (CSI: Miami, Silicon Valley, Just Friends, The Grinder). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD version will be released in August and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is directed by Jake Szymanski and stars Efron, Devine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Lyn Sugar Beard and Stephen Root. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dario Marianelli, Kubo and the Two Strings, LAIKA, Regina Spektor, score, Soundtrack
Warner Bros. Records will release a soundtrack album for Laika’s animated feature Kubo and the Two Strings. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, V for Vendetta, Jane Eyre) who previously scored Laika’s The Boxtrolls. Also included is a cover of the song While My Guitar Gently Weeps performed by Regina Spektor and recorded specifically for the movie. The soundtrack will be released on August 5, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Kubo and the Two Strings is directed by Travis Knight and features the voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, and Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro, Rooney Mara and Matthew McConaughey. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Septembers of Shiraz’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Isham, score, Septembers of Shiraz, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Septembers of Shiraz. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It, 42, Once Upon a Time, American Crime). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, July 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Septembers of Shiraz is directed by Wayne Blair and stars Adrien Brody, Salma Hayak-Pinault, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Alon Aboutboul, Ariana Molkara, Jamie Ward and Wadih Dona. The movie is based on bestselling novel of the same title by Dalia Sofer and centers on a secular Jewish family caught in the Islamic revolution in Iran, and their journey to overcome and escape from the deadly tyranny that swept their country. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos to Score TNT’s ‘Civil’
Posted: July 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Allen Coulter, Civil, Marcelo Zarvos, Scott Smith, TNT
Marcelo Zarvos has signed on to score the pilot of the upcoming TNT original series Civil. The show is created by Scott Smith (A Simple Plan, The Ruins) and stars Bradley Whitford, Courtney B. Vance, Toby Jones, Brian d’Arcy James, Eliza Coupe and Enrique Murciano. The drama takes place in the wake of a hotly contested Presidential election, as America finds itself plunging uncontrollably into a modern day Civil War. Smith is also executive producing the MGM Television production with Lloyd Braun (Alphas, The Cape) and Thomas Kelly (Copper, The Get Down). Allen Coulter is directing the pilot. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lights Out’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Lights Out, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Lights Out. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, Summer in February, Desert Dancer, A Cure for Wellness). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Lights Out is directed by David F. Sandberg and stars Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, with Billy Burke and Maria Bello. The movie produced by James Wan follows a young boy and his estranged sister who are confronted by an evil entity that only appears when the lights are out. Read the rest of this entry »
Ryan Shore Scoring ‘Scooby Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon’
Posted: July 6, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ryan Shore, Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
Ryan Shore has recently scored the animated feature Scooby Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon. The film is directed by Tim Divar and features the voices of Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle Griffin, Matthew Lillard and Kate Micucci, as well as WWE superstars The Undertaker, Triple H, Paige, Sheamus, Mr. McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Lana, Rusev, The Miz, Kolfi Kingston and Goldust. The movie produced by WWE Studios, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation follows Scooby and the gang as they attend an off-road racing competition, where they stumble upon a menacing phantom that schemes to sabotage the race and cause chaos for everyone. Read the rest of this entry »
Madison Gate Records to Release ‘Outlander’ Season 2 Soundtrack
Posted: July 6, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Outlander, score, Soundtrack, Starz
Madison Gate Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Starz original series Outlander. The album features selections of the music from the show’s second season composed by Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Boy) who received an Emmy Award nomination for his work on the drama last year. The soundtrack will be released physically on October 28, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. The label has previously released two soundtracks featuring McCreary’s music from the first season. Outlander is created by Ronald D. Moore based on the books by Diana Gabaldon and stars Caitrona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies, Graham McTavish, Gary Lewis, Duncan Lacroix, Annette Badland and Stephen Walters. Read the rest of this entry »
Hauschka Scoring James Franco’s ‘In Dubious Battle’
Posted: July 6, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hauschka, In Dubious Battle, James Franco, Volker Bertelmann
Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) has recently composed the music for the upcoming indie drama In Dubious Battle. The film is directed by James Franco who also stars in the movie alongside Selena Gomez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Bryan Cranston, Nat Wolff, Josh Hutcherson, Zach Braff, Analeigh Tipton, Ashley Greene, Ahna O’Reilly John Savage and Sam Shepard. The movie is based on John Steinbeck’s 1936 novel of the same title and centers on a labor conflict between migrant apple pickers and the local growers’ association in a California valley. Matt Rager (The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Pellington’s ‘The Last Word’ to Feature Music by Nathan Matthew David
Posted: July 6, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Pellington, Nathan Matthew David, The Last Word
Nathan Matthew David has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy The Last Word. The film is directed by Mark Pellington (Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies) and stars Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Heche, Philip Baker Hall, Scott Speedman and Tom Everett Scott. The movie centers around the relationship between a retired businesswoman who decides to write her own obituary and a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth. Stuart Ross Fink has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
