Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, The Gift, Enemy, The Staircase, Fear the Walking Dead, Boy Erased, A Murder at the End of the World, The White Tiger) are providing the original score for the upcoming TV series Penelope. The show is written by Mel Eslyn & Mark Duplass and stars Megan Stott and Austin Abrams. The drama revolves around a 16-year-old feeling out of place in modern society who is drawn into the unknown wilderness, where she begins forming a new life for herself. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Mel Eslyn’s & Mark Duplass’ ‘Penelope’ TV Series
Posted: January 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Penelope, Saunder Jurriaans
‘Blood & Treasure’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: January 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Blood & Treasure, CBS, Kyle Newmaster, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack
CBS Studios will release the first-ever soundtrack album for the CBS/Paramount+ original series Blood & Treasure. The album features selections of the show’s original composed by Kyle Newmaster (The Myth of the American Sleepover, Something Wicked, Where Hope Grows). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Blood & Treasure is created by Matt Federman & Stephen Scaia and stars Matt Barr, Sofia Pernas, Michael James Shaw, James Callis, Katia Winter, Mark Gagliardi, Oded Fehr and Michelle Lee. The adventure drama follows a brilliant antiquities expert and a cunning art thief as they try to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks through stolen treasure. Read the rest of this entry »
Austin Wintory Scoring James Nunn’s ‘One More Shot’
Posted: January 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Austin Wintory, James Nunn, One More Shot
Austin Wintory (Journey, Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, Aliens; Fireteam Elite, Captain Abu Raed, Grace, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, The Banner Saga) has composed the original music for the new British action thriller One More Shot. The sequel to 2021’s One Shot (scored by Wintory) is directed by James Nunn (Shark Bait, Eliminators) and stars Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Alexis Knapp, Meena Rayann, Hannah Arterton and Tom Berenger. The movie follows Navy SEAL Jake Harris as he must use all his battle-honed skills to survive an airport siege from mercenaries attempting to capture a high-profile terrorist suspect. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Evgeny Afineevsky, Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, Jasha Klebe, score, Soundtrack
Chromium Music Group has released a soundtrack album for Evgeny Afineevsky’s documentary Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jasha Klebe (Our Planet II, Planet Earth II, The Black Godfather, Animal, A Year on Planet Earth) who previously scored Afineevsky’s Academy Award-nominated 2015 feature Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s opening titles track below. Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom directed by Afineevsky features narration by Helen Mirren and explores why a jubilant day on Kyiv’s Maidan square instigated warfare that has lasted the better part of a decade. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cutthroat Island’ Expanded Soundtrack CD Reissue & Premiere Vinyl Release Announced
Posted: January 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cutthroat Island, John Debney, Renny Harlin, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a reissue of the expanded soundtrack album for the 1995 action adventure Cutthroat Island directed by Renny Harlin and starring Geena Davis, Matthew Modine and Frank Langella The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus, The Emperor’s New Groove) and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Voices The CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, includes the same program as the 2016 expanded album released by La-La Land Records is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also learn more about the release. Quartet has also announced the world premiere vinyl edition of the soundtrack (limited to 750 copies), which is available to order here. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Escort Boys’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Escort Boys, Guillaume Ferran, score, Soundtrack
Hamburger Records has released a soundtrack album for the French Prime Video original series Escort Boys. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Guillaume Ferran (Marie-Line et son juge, Jusant). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s title track (Boys) after the jump. Escort Boys is directed by Ruben Alves and stars Guillaume Labbé, Thibaut Evrard, Corentin Fila and Simon Ehrlacher. The comedy drama, which is loosely based on the Israeli soap Johnny and the Knights of the Galilee, is set in Camargue and follows four men in dire straits who turn to escorting to save their childhood beekeeping estate, coached by the group’s little sister. Read the rest of this entry »
John Powell Wins Emmy Award for ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ Score
Posted: January 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
John Powell has received his first Emmy Award for his score from Davis Guggenheim’s Apple TV+ original documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Specialcategory at tonight’s second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. In the Outstanding Music Direction category, Greg Phillinganes won the award for Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song: Joni Mitchell. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 7, 2024)
Posted: January 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Apple TV +, Boy Swallows Universe, Criminal Record, Dan Romer, Dave Porter, Disney Plus, Echo, Fox, Funny Woman, Gabriel Mounsey, Grimsburg, Hulu, Jesse Novak, Johnny Klimek, Mikey J Asante, Nainita Desai, Neil Davidge, Netflix, PBS, Peacock, Rael Jones, Role Play, Self Reliance, Ted, Walter Murphy
Premiering today is the Fox animated comedy Grimsburg created by Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel and starring Jon Hamm, Erinn Hayes, Alan Tudyk, Rachel Dratch, Greg Chun and Kevin Michael Richardson. The show’s original music is composed by Jesse Novak (BoJack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie, The Mindy Project, The Baby-Sitters Club, Champions, Blockbuster). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the Bento Box Entertainment production, which will air every Sunday on FOX.
Also premiering in the U.S. today is the British comedy Funny Woman developed by Morwenna Banks based on Nick Hornby’s novel Funny Girl and starring Gemma Arterton, Rupert Everett, Tom Bateman, Clare-Hope Ashitey, David Threlfall, Alexa Davies, Arsher Ali and Emily Bevans. Nainita Desai (The Deepest Breath, For Sama, The Reason I Jump, Crossfire, The Tower, American Murder: The Family Next Door) has composed the show’s original score. Sky Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last year when the series premiered in the UK on Sky. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the album details. The comedy is making its U.S. debut on PBS. Read the rest of this entry »
Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson, Cristobal Tapia de Veer & Danny Elfman Win Emmy Awards for ‘Weird’, ‘The White Lotus’ & ‘Wednesday’
Posted: January 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Danny Elfman, Emmy Awards, Leo Birenberg, The White Lotus, Wednesday, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Zach Robinson
Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson have won their first Emmy Award for their score for The Roku Channel original movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special category at today’s first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Cristobal Tapia de Veer has picked up his third Emmy Award for his music from the Season 2 episode In the Sandbox from HBO’s The White Lotus in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series category and Danny Elfman won the Emmy in the Original Main Title Theme Music category for Netflix’s Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »