Sacred Bones Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Almost Holy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross (The Book of Eli) & Bobby Krlic (Triple 9). The soundtrack will be released on vinyl on August 19, 2016 and will also be available digitally. The label has previously released an EP featuring three tracks from the score. Almost Holy is directed by Steve Hoover and centers on Gennadiy Mokhnenko, a controversial pastor who made a name for himself by forcibly removing homeless drug-addicted kids from the streets of Mariupol, Ukraine and housing them in his own self-styled rehab facility. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Almost Holy’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Almost Holy, Atticus Ross, Bobby Krlic, Leopold Ross, score, Soundtrack
Gabriel Yared to Score Terry George’s ‘The Promise’
Posted: June 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Yared, Terry George, The Promise
Gabriel Yared has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Promise. The film is directed by Terry George (Hotel Rwanda, Reservation Road) and stars Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, James Cromwell and Jean Reno. The movie is set in 1922 amid the final days of the Ottoman Empire and centers on a love triangle in 1922 with a medical student, an American journalist based in Paris and a beautiful and sophisticated woman. George has also written the screenplay with Robin Swicord (Memoirs of a Geisha, Little Women). Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release Timur Bekmambetov’s ‘Ben-Hur’ Soundtrack
Posted: June 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Hur, Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack, Timur Bekmambetov
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the epic historical drama Ben-Hur. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, The Hurt Locker, Scream, The Wolverine, World War Z). The soundtrack will be released on August 5, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Ben-Hur is directed by Timur Bekmambetov and stars Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, Sofia Black D’Elia and Morgan Freeman. The movie tells the story of Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala, an officer in the Roman army. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 19, 2016)
Posted: June 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Johnston, American Gothic, Ben Bartlett, CBS, Crackle, Daniel Licht, Dead Rising: Endgame, Freeform, Giorgio Moroder, Greenleaf, Guilt, HBO, Jeff Russo, Matthew Margeson, Nathan Barr, Owen Pallett, OWN, PBS, Queen of the South, Raney Shockne, Rich Walters, Suited, TBS, The Tunnel, USA, Wrecked
Premiering today in the U.S. is the British/French TV series The Tunnel based on the Scandinavian drama The Bridge and starring Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy. The music from the show’s first season is composed by Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, Kinky Boots, Bridesheads Revisited, Dancing on the Edge) and the second season is scored by Ben Bartlett (Walking with Dinosaurs, The Mark of Cain). The drama follows two detectives working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel. The series will air in the U.S. on PBS. Visit the official show website for more information.
Premiering tomorrow, June 20, is the documentary Suited directed by Jason Benjamin and produced by Lena Dunham. Owen Pallett (Her, Life, The Box) has composed the film’s original music. The movie centers on Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn tailoring company that is known for making custom suits for a growing legion of gender-nonconforming clients. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and premieres on HBO. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the film. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman to Score Tate Taylor’s ‘The Girl on the Train’
Posted: June 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, Tate Taylor, The Girl on the Train
Danny Elfman is currently scoring the upcoming dramatic thriller The Girl on the Train. The film is directed by Tate Taylor and stars Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Edgar Ramirez, Lisa Kudrow and Laura Prepon. The movie is based on Paula Hawkins’ bestselling novel and follows a woman who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Bureau’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Le Bureau des Légendes, Rob, Robin Coudert, score, Soundtrack, The Bureau
Universal Music has released a soundtrack album for the French TV series The Bureau. The album features the show’s original music composed by Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (Maniac, Horns, Awakening: The Beginning, Every Secret Thing). Also included is the drama’s title song Trust by Jeanne Added. The soundtrack is now available digitally in France. Visit the French Amazon store to check out audio clips and for the full album details. The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes) is created by Eric Rochant (Mobius) and stars Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Lea Drucker, Sara Giraudeau and Florence Loiret Caille. The spy thriller provides an inside view into the DGSC, the French intelligence service, set against the backdrop of operations in Syria. Read the rest of this entry »
OWN’s ‘Greenleaf’ to Feature Music by Nathan Barr
Posted: June 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Greenleaf, Nathan Barr, OWN
Nathan Barr is composing the original score for the new OWN original series Greenleaf. The show is created by Craig Wright (Tyrant, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Dirty Sexy Money) and stars Merle Dandridge, Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Lamman Rucker, Tye White, Kim Hawthorne, Gregory Alan Williams, Deborah Joy Winans and Oprah Winfrey. The drama is set against the backdrop of a sprawling Memphis megachurch and follows an estranged daughter and disillusioned preacher who has returned home after 20 years on the occasion of the mysterious death of her sister. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 17, 2016)
Posted: June 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anton Sanko, Central Intelligence, Clown, Finding Dory, Geoff Zanelli, Ludwig Göransson, Matt Veligdan, No Stranger Than Love, Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, Theodore Shapiro, Thomas Newman
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the animated feature Finding Dory directed by Andrew Stanton and featuring the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton. The film’s original music is composed by Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall) who previously scored Pixar’s original film Finding Nemo. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the end titles song Unforgettable performed by Sia. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit Variety and the Los Angeles Times for recent articles about Newman’s work on the project and click here for a short video interview with the composer.
Also opening wide is the action comedy Central Intelligence directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan, Aaron Paul and Danielle Nicolet. Theodore Shapiro (Ghostbusters, The Devil Wears Prada, Spy, Tropic Thunder) and Ludwig Goransson (Creed, Fruitvale Station, We’re the Millers) have composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gomorrah’ TV Series Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Gomorrah, Mokadelic, score, Soundtrack, SundanceTV
Goodfellas Records will release a soundtrack album for the Italian crime drama Gomorrah. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Mokadelic. The soundtrack will be released on July 22, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and click here to order the vinyl version. Gomorrah is based on the best-selling non-fiction book by journalist Roberto Saviano and inspired by the 2008 feature directed by Matteo Garrone. The series developed by Giovanni Bianconi, Stefano Bises, Leonardo Fasoli, Ludovica Rampoldi and Roberto Saviano stars Marco D’Amore and Fortunato Cerlino. The drama is set in the suburbs of Naples and tells the inside story of the Camorra, the fierce Neapolitan crime organization. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring Amazon’s ‘The Interestings’
Posted: June 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mike Newell, The Interestings
Mark Mothersbaugh has scored the pilot for the Amazon Studios series The Interestings. The show is created by Lyn Greene & Richard Levine (Masters of Sex, Nip/Tuck) and stars Lauren Ambrose, David Krumholtz, Jessica Pare, Matt Barr, Gabriel Ebert, Jessica Collins and Corey Cott. The drama is based on Meg Wolitzer’s bestselling novel and follows a group of artistic teenagers who meet at summer camp in 1974 and whose friendships are tested by tragedy, success, failure and secrets over the next few decades. Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Four Weddings and a Funeral) has directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
