Christian Jacob and The Tierney Sutton Band are composing the original music for the upcoming drama Sully. The film is directed by Clint Eastwood (American Sniper, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby) and stars Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart and Laura Linney. The movie tells the true story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger who, in 2009, became a national hero in after he successfully executed an emergency water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River. Todd Komarnicki (Perfect Stranger) has written the screenplay based on the book Highest Duty by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow. Frank Marshall (Jurassic World, The Bourne Ultimatum, Poltergeist) is producing the project with Allyn Stewart (I Dreamed of Africa) and Tim Moore. Read the rest of this entry »
Clint Eastwood’s ‘Sully’ to Feature Music by Christian Jacob & The Tierney Sutton Band
Posted: June 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Jacob, Clint Eastwood, Sully, The Tierney Sutton Band
‘Cell’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cell, Marcelo Zarvos, score, Soundtrack, Tod Williams
BFD Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Cell. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos (The Good Shepherd, The Affair, Enough Said, Ray Donovan, The Words, Remember Me). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Cell is directed by Tod Williams (The Door in the Floor) and stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Stephen King and follows a New England artist who is struggling to reunite with his son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns humans into mindless vicious animals. Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Duncan to Score NBC’s ‘Timeless’
Posted: June 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eric Kripke, NBC, Robert Duncan, Shawn Ryan, Timeless
Robert Duncan is set to score the upcoming NBC drama Timeless. The show is created by Eric Kripke (Supernatural, Revolution) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and stars Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Goran Visnjic, Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey and Claudia Doumit. The series follows a scientist, a soldier and a history professor who are traveling through time to battle unknown criminals in order to protect history as we know it. Ryan and Kripke are also executive producing the Sony Pictures Television production with John Davis (I, Robot, Chronicle, Waterworld) & John Fox (The Blacklist) and Marney Hochman (The Get Down). Read the rest of this entry »
BMI Continues to Support Sundance Institute’s Film Music Program
Posted: June 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, Sundance Institute
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) will continue its support for Sundance Institute’s Film Music Program, which collaborates with Skywalker Sound to host the Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound. The first 2016 session of the lab begins July 7 at Skywalker Ranch and provides an opportunity for composers and directors to explore the collaborative process of writing music for feature film and is a joint venture of the Institute’s Film Music Program and Feature Film Program. The second session of the Lab begins on July 22 and will focus on composing for documentaries and is a joint venture of the Film Music Program and Documentary Film Program. The program aims to give composers first-hand experience working on film music and sound design, and to give directors insight into the process as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Fernando Velazquez, Shigeru Umebayashi, Marcelo Zarvos, Antonio Pinto & More Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 683 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year a number of film composers, including Fernando Velazquez (Crimson Peak, The Impossible, The Orphanage), Marcelo Zarvos (The Good Shepherd, Enough Said, The Door in the Floor), Shigeru Umebayashi (House of Flying Daggers, The Grandmasters, 2046), Antonio Pinto (City of God, Lord of War, Amy), Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, Insurgent), Deborah Lurie (Dear John, 9, An Unfinished Life), Marcus Miller (About Last Night, Boomerang, I Think I Love My Wife), Raphael Saadiq (Black Nativity), Lesley Barber (Manchester by the Sea). Heather McIntosh (Z for Zachariah, Compliance), Kathryn Bostick (Dear White People), Carl Davis (The Understudy), Kathryn Bostick (Dear White People), Carl Davis (The Understudy), Fitzgerald Diggs (RZA) (The Man with the Iron Fists), Germaine Franco (Dope), Wendy Blackstone (Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger) and Peter Golub (Frozen River, The Great Debaters). Read the rest of this entry »
David Campbell Scoring ‘In Search of Fellini’
Posted: June 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Campbell, In Search of Fellini
David Campbell has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming coming-of-age drama In Search of Fellini. The film is directed by Taron Lexton and stars Ksenia Solo, Maria Bello and Mary Lynn Rajskub. The movie follows an Ohio girl who loves movies but dislikes reality who journeys to Italy in search of legendary Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. Nancy Cartwright (best known as the voice of Bart Simpsons of The Simpsons) and Peter Kjenaas have written the screenplay. Lexton and Kjenaas are also producing the project with Monica Padro, Nathan Lorch, Milena Ferreira and Michael Doven (The Squeeze). Read the rest of this entry »
Jerry Goldsmith to Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Posted: June 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced today that Jerry Goldsmith is among the class of 2017 honorees and was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The composer who passed away in 2004 has received an Academy Award for The Omen and was Oscar-nominated several more times for such classic films as Planet of the Apes, Patton Chinatown, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Poltergeist, Basic Instinct and L.A. Confidential. He was also honored with numerous Emmy Awards. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hillsong: Let Hope Rise’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hillsong United, Hillsong: Let Hope Rise, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the documentary Hillsong: Let Hope Rise. The album features the songs as featured in the film by the Christian band, Hillsong United, including such titles as Oceans, Hosanna, Shout To The Lord and Mighty To Save. The soundtrack will be released on August 12, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Hillsong: Let Hope Rise is directed by Michael John Warren and follows the Australia-based band as they labor to record their next album and explores the history of Hillsong, a 30-year journey from a tiny church in the Sydney suburbs to a vibrant international ministry. The documentary will be released nationwide on September 16, 2016 by Pure Flix Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Kilian to Score John Pogue’s ‘Brother’s Blood’
Posted: June 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brother's Blood, Honey 3: Dare to Dance, John Pogue, Mark Kilian, The Field
Mark Kilian has been hired to score the upcoming action thriller Brother’s Blood. The film is directed by John Pogue (The Quiet Ones, screenwriter of The Skulls & U.S. Marshals) and stars Trey Songz and WWE star R-Truth. The movie follows a recently released convict who begins to take murderous revenge against his childhood friends, whom he believes let him take the fall for a crime they collectively committed. Karl Gajdusek (Oblivion, Last Resort), Michael Finch (Hitman: Agent 47, Predators) and Charles Murray (Sons Of Anarchy) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Greenleaf’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Greenleaf, OWN, Soundtrack
Malaco Records will release a soundtrack album for the OWN original series Greenleaf. The album features the songs from the show performed by the drama’s cast, as well as tracks by Mavis Staples, Shirley Caesar, McCrary Sisters, Melinda Doolittle and Nicole Mullen. The soundtrack will be released on August 26, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Greenleaf is created by Craig Wright and stars Merle Dandridge, Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Lamman Rucker, Tye White, Kim Hawthorne, Gregory Alan Williams, Deborah Joy Winans and Oprah Winfrey. The series is set against the backdrop of a Memphis megachurch and follows an estranged daughter and a preacher who has returned home after two decades on the occasion of the mysterious death of her sister. Read the rest of this entry »
