Chris Bacon has revealed in a recent interview with TV Goodness that he is currently scoring the upcoming ABC mini-series When We Rise. The show is created by Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar) and stars Guy Pearce, Mary Louise Parker, Rosie O’Donnell, Michael K. Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Rachel Griffiths, Dylan Walsh, Kevin McHale and Ivory Aquino. The period drama tells the history of the gay rights movement, starting with the Stonewall Riots in 1969. Black is also executive producing the ABC Studios production with Larry Mark (Jerry Maguire, I, Robot) and Bruce Cohen (American Beauty, Silver Linings Playbook, Big Fish). Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) is directing the first two episodes and Black, Dee Rees (Bessie, Pariah) and Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing) are directing the other episodes of the 8-part series. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Bacon to Score ABC’s ‘When We Rise’
Posted: August 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Chris Bacon, Dustin Lance Black, When We Rise
Soundtrack for Noel Clarke’s ‘Brotherhood’ Announced
Posted: August 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brotherhood, Noel Clarke, Soundtrack
Black Butter will release a soundtrack album for Noel Clarke’s drama Brotherhood. The album features the songs form the movie by Fekky feat. Giggs, Chloe Leone, Jamie Joseph, Grace Acladna, J Hus, Whinnie Williams, Mahalia, Asher D, Chip x Maniac & more. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on August 26, 2016 and is now available for pre-order as an import on Amazon. Brotherhood is written and directed by Clarke who also stars in the film alongside Jason Maza, Stormzy, Red Madrell, Shanika Warren-Markland and Arnold Oceng. The movie is set a decade after the events from Adulthood and follows Sam Peel who has grown up and is in a stable relationship with his lawyer girlfriend Kayla, when his past comes back to haunt him. Read the rest of this entry »
Dustin O’Halloran & Brian Crosby Scoring Amazon’s ‘I Love Dick’
Posted: August 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Brian Crosby, Dustin O'Halloran, I Love Dick, Jill Soloway, Sarah Gubbins
Dustin O’Halloran and Brian Crosby have composed the music for the pilot of the new Amazon original series I Love Dick. The comedy is written by Sarah Gubbins (Ten Aker Wood), directed by Jill Soloway (Lars and the Real Girl, Afternoon Delight) and stars Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Hahn, Griffin Dunne and Roberta Colindrez. The show based on Chris Kraus’ 1997 novel of the same title is set in a colorful academic community in Marfa, Texas and centers on a struggling married couple and their mutual obsession with an off-putting but charismatic professor. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Divines’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Demusmaker, Divines, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Easy Tiger will release a soundtrack album for the French drama Divines. The album features the film’s original music composed by Demusmaker. Also included are tracks by Shamir, Max Richter, La Tempesta, Chateau Marmont, Azealia Banks and other music from the movie. The soundtrack will be released overseas on August 26, 2016. Visit the French Amazon store to listen to audio samples. Divines is directed by Houda Benyamina and stars Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kévin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda, Yasin Houicha and Majdouline Idrissi. The movie is set in a ghetto near Paris and tells the story of a teenager seeking power and success who tries follow the footsteps of a respected dealer and comes across a sensuous young dancer who turns her life upside down. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deepwater Horizon’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deepwater Horizon, Gary Clark Jr., Peter Berg, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jablonsky
Warner Bros. Records will release the official soundtrack album for Peter Berg’s action drama Deepwater Horizon. The album features the film’s original music composed by Steve Jablonsky (Transformers series, Ender’s Game, Lone Survivor, The Island, Pain & Gain). Also included is the original song Take Me Down performed by Gary Clark Jr. The soundtrack will be released on September 23, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Deepwater Horizon starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O’Brien and Kate Hudson tells the story of how on April 20, 2010, one of the world’s largest manmade disasters occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »
Atli Örvarsson Scoring ‘The Edge of Seventeen’
Posted: August 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Kelly Fremon Craig, The Edge of Seventeen
Atli Örvarsson has been hired to score the upcoming coming-of-age comedy drama The Edge of Seventeen. The film is written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig and stars Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner and Hayden Szeto. The movie follows an endearingly witty but self-absorbed teen whose life goes into a tailspin after her older brother starts dating her best friend. James L. Brooks (As Good as It Gets, Terms of Endearment), Richard Sakai (Jerry Maguire, The Simpsons Movie) and Julie Ansell (Spanglish, Riding in Cars with Boys) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stranger Things’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Stranger Things
The track list of the second soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Stranger Things has been revealed. The Vol. 2 album features more of the show’s original music composed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of the Austin-based synth band S U R V I V E. As previously reported, the soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 19 and physically on September 23. Visit Amazon to order the CD. Also check out our previous article for the details of the Vol. 1 album, which is already available to download on iTunes. The first season of Stranger Things created by Matt & Ross Duffer and starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Cara Buono, Charlie Heaton, Matthew Modine, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Natalia Dyer is now available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Amazon’s ‘The Stinky & Dirty Show’ to Be Released
Posted: August 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Dan Bern, The Stinky and Dirty Show
Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack album for the Amazon original series The Stinky & Dirty Show. The album features the original songs from the show by folk singer and songwriter Dan Bern. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 2, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Stinky & Dirty Show written and developed by Guy Toubes is based on the books of Jim & Kate McMullan and tells the adventures of best friends and unlikely heroes, Stinky the garbage truck and Dirty the backhoe loader. The series’ voice talent includes Whoopi Goldberg, Jane Lynch, Andy Richter, Joan Cusack and Wallace Shawn. Read the rest of this entry »
Mateo Messina to Score Discovery’s ‘Harley and the Davidsons’ & Epix’s ‘Graves’
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Discovery, Epix, Frozen Peas, Graves, Harley and the Davidsons, Mateo Messina, Second Nature, Tim Timmerman Hope of America
Mateo Messina has been tapped to score Discovery’s upcoming mini-series Harley and the Davidsons. The 3-parter is written by Evan Wright, Seth Fisher & Nick Schenk (Gran Torino, The Judge) and stars Michiel Huisman, Robert Aramayo, Bug Hall, Stephen Rider, Jessica Camacho, Daniel Coonan , Annie Read, Wilson Bethel, Dougray Scott, Gabe Luna, Alex Shaffer, Essa O’Shea and Sean Scully. The drama tells the story of the birth of the iconic Harley Davidson brand launched in 1903 by two friends from Milwaukee, William Harley and Arthur Davidson. Read the rest of this entry »
Johan Söderqvist Scoring ‘The Limehouse Golem’
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Johan Söderqvist, Juan Carlos Medina, The Limehouse Golem
Johan Söderqvist is composing the music for the upcoming thriller The Limehouse Golem. The film is directed by Juan Carlos Medina (Painless) and stars Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth, Daniel Mays, Sam Reid, Maria Valverde and Eddie Marsan. The movie based on the bestseller by Peter Ackroyd and is set in Victorian-era London and revolves around an intrepid police inspector who investigates a series of brutal killings that seem to be linked to a fearsome creature of Jewish legend. Jane Goldman (X-Men: First Class, Kick-Ass, Stardust) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
