Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the crime dramedy The Trust. The album features the film’s original music composed by Reza Safinia (Filly Brown, Mercy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 6, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Trust is directed by Ben & Alex Brewer and stars Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Jerry Lewis and Sky Ferreira. The movie follows two corrupt cops of the Las Vegas Police Department who discover a high bail receipt in connection to a drug bust and set in motion a plan to find the source of the money. The crime thriller is now airing on DirecTV and will be released in select theaters and on VOD on May 13 by Saban Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Trust’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Reza Safinia, score, Soundtrack, The Trust
Nick Urata to Score Netflix’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’
Posted: April 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Barry Sonnenfeld, Netflix, Nick Urata
Nick Urata is set to compose the music for the upcoming Netflix original series A Series of Unfortunate Events. The show is based on the book series by Lemony Snicket and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, Aasif Mandvi, K. Todd Freeman and Patrick Warbutton as Snicket himself. The 8-parter tells the tale of three orphaned children at the hands of the villainous Count Olaf, as they face trials and tribulations, misfortunes and an evil uncle in search of their fortune, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents’ deaths. Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty, The Addams Family) is executive producing the Paramount Television production with Mark Hudis (True Blood) and Daniel Handler. Read the rest of this entry »
Marvin Hamlisch’s ‘Ordinary People’ and ‘Save the Tiger’ Scores to Be Released
Posted: April 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marvin Hamlisch, Ordinary People, Save the Tiger, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has released the world premiere release of the score for the Academy Award-winning 1980 drama Ordinary People directed by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton. The album features the film’s original music written and conducted by Oscar-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch (The Sting, The Way We Were, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Informant!). The soundtrack also features the world premiere release of the composer’s score for the 1973 drama Save the Tiger directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Jack Lemmon. The release, which is limited to 1500 copies, will be available to order tomorrow, April 19 on the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman Scoring James Ponsoldt’s ‘The Circle’
Posted: April 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, James Ponsoldt, The Circle
Danny Elfman has recently composed the music for the upcoming thriller The Circle. The film is directed by James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now, Smashed) and stars Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Patton Oswalt, Karen Gillian, Bill Paxton and Ellar Coltrane. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Dave Eggers (Where the Wild Things Are, Away We Go) and follows a young woman who joins a social-media company, where she steps in front of the camera and finds her identity threatened by her brush with the spotlight. Ponsoldt has also written the screenplay and is also producing the project with Hanks & Gary Goetzman (Charlie Wilson’s War, The Polar Express) and Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Foxcatcher). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Last Days in the Desert’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Bensi, Last Days in the Desert, Rodrigo Garcia, Saunder Jurriaans, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Last Days in the Desert. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (The Gift, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The One I Love). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on May 13, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Last Days in the Desert is written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia and stars Ewan McGregor, Tye Sheridan, Ciaran Hinds and Ayelet Zurer. The movie follows a holy man and a demon on a journey through the desert who encounters a family struggling to survive, which forces him to confront his own fate. Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Phipps to Score ITV’s ‘Victoria’
Posted: April 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ITV, Martin Phipps, PBS, Victoria
Martin Phipps is currently scoring the upcoming ITV drama Victoria. The show is created by novelist Daisy Goodwin and stars Jenna Coleman, Rufus Sewell, Alex Jennings, Paul Rhys, Tom Hughes and Peter Firth. The 8-part series follows the early life of Queen Victoria, from her accession to the throne at the age of 18 through to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert. Goodwin is also producing the Mammoth Screen production with Dan McCulloch (Endeavour, Indian Summers) and Damien Timmer (Parade’s End, Poldark). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hush’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hush, Mike Flanagan, score, Soundtrack, The Newton Brothers
Algorithm has released a soundtrack album for Mike Flanagan’s horror thriller Hush. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Ouija 2, Life of Crime, Detachment, The Runner). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Hush is co-written and directed by Flanagan and stars John Gallagher Jr., Michael Trucco, Kate Siegel (who also co-wrote the screenplay) and Samantha Sloyan. The movie produced by Jason Blum follows a deaf writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life and must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears in her window. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 17, 2016)
Posted: April 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, AMC, Antony Partos, Ben Foster, Containment, Discovery Channel, Game of Silence, John Debney, Michael Suby, NBC, Nick Foster, Sherpa, The CW, The Night Manager, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Victor Reyes
Premiering on Tuesday, April 19, is the mini-series The Night Manager directed by Susanne Bier and starring Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki, David Harewood, Neil Morrissey, Katherine Kelly and Tobias Menzies. The 6-parter’s original music is composed by Victor Reyes (Buried, Grand Piano, Red Lights). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music from the show. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which airs in the U.S. on AMC.
Also premiering on Tuesday is the new CW drama Containment created by Julie Plec based on the Belgian TV series Cordon and starring David Gyasi, Christina Moses, Chris Wood, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Kristen Gutoskie, George Young, Claudia Black and Trevor St. John. Michael Suby (The Vampire Diaries, The Butterfly Effect, The Originals, Pretty Little Liars) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on The CW, visit our scoring assignment announcement from last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad to Score Netflix’s & Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage’
Posted: April 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Luke Cage, Marvel, Netflix
Writer/producer Cheo Hodari Coker revealed in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly that Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad are scoring the upcoming Netflix original series Luke Cage. The show is based on the Marvel Comics character and stars Mike Colter in the title role, alongside Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sônia Braga. The drama follows Cage as he becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City after a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin. Colter who serves as a showrunner on the Marvel Entertainment production is executive producing the project with Jeph Loeb (Daredevil, Jessica Jones). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Family Fang’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, Jason Bateman, score, Soundtrack, The Family Fang
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama The Family Fang. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carter Burwell (Fargo, True Grit, Twilight, Carol, No Country for Old Men). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 29, 2016 and physically on May 13. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The Family Fang is directed by Jason Bateman who also stars in the movie alongside Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken, Maryann Plunkett, Kathryn Hahn, Jason Butler Harner. The movie is based on a novel by Kevin Wilso and follows two siblings who grew up in a performance artist family and learn the hard way about the differences between real life and art when their parents inexplicably disappear. Read the rest of this entry »
