Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Syfy original series The Expanse. The album features the show’s original music composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband, Pompeii, Code Black, 2 Guns). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 20 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Expanse is created by Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby based on the New York Times-bestselling series of novels of the same title and stars Thomas Jane, Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashlo, Florence Faivre, Jay Hernandez, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham and Paulo Costanzo. The series is set 200 years in the future, after mankind has colonized the solar system and follows a detective and a rogue ship’s captain who come together for what starts as the case of a missing woman and evolves into a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Syfy’s ‘The Expanse’ Announced
Posted: May 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Clinton Shorter, score, Soundtrack, Syfy, The Expanse
‘Free State of Jones’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Free State of Jones, Gary Ross, Nicholas Britell, score, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release the official soundtrack album for the historical drama Free State of Jones. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicholas Britell (The Big Short, A Tale of Love and Darkness). Also included is the original song I’m Crying by Lucinda Williams. The soundtrack will be released on June 24, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Free State of Jones is directed by Gary Ross (The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit, Pleasantville) and stars Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali and Keri Russell. The movie is set during the Civil War and tells the true story of defiant Southern farmer Newt Knight and his armed rebellion against the Confederacy. Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias to Score Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’
Posted: May 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Terry Gilliam, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
It was announced today that Alberto Iglesias is set to compose the music for Terry Gilliam’s upcoming film adaptation of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The film starring Adam Driver, Michael Palin and Olga Kurylenko follows a jaded young advertising executive who returns to the Spanish village where he made a film based on Cervantes’ masterpiece years earlier and meets a villager who believes himself to be Don Quixote as he gets swept up in a fantastic extravaganza complete with damsels in distress, knights and giants. Gilliam (Brazil, The Fisher King, The Brothers Grimm) has also co-written the screenplay with Tony Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Tideland). Paolo Branco (Cosmopolis) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Welcome to Happiness’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Oliver Thompson, score, Soundtrack, Welcome to Happiness
Second Hand Records has released a soundtrack album for the fantasy comedy drama Welcome to Happiness. The album features the film’s original score composed by the movie’s director Oliver Thompson. Also included are the songs from the film performed by Peter Leclair, Emily Rose and Fryman Canyon. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Welcome to Happiness is written and directed by Thompson and stars Kyle Gallner, Olivia Thiriby, Nick Offerman, Keegan-Michael Key, Molly C. Quinn, Brendan Sexton III, Josh Brener, Paget Brewster, Frances Conroy and Bess Rous. The movie follows a children’s author who rents a strange apartment with a magical door in the closet that allows those who go through it to erase mistakes from their past. Read the rest of this entry »
‘C’est La Vie’ to Feature Music by Avishai Cohen
Posted: May 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Avishai Cohen, C'est la vie, Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Avishai Cohen is set to compose the music for the upcoming French comedy C’est La Vie. The film is directed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (The Intouchables, Samba) and stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Macaigne , Kevin Azais, Suzanne Clement, Gilles Lellouche, Judith Chemla and Jean-Paul Rouve. The movie chronicles a crazed wedding party at an 18th century French castle from the perspectives of its caterer, photographer and DJ. Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou and Nicolas Duval (Heartbreaker, A Perfect Plan) are producing the project for Quad Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Haslinger to Score ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’
Posted: May 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Paul Haslinger, Paul W.S. Anderson, Resident Evil, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Paul Haslinger has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi action sequel Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. The film is written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Pompeii) and stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Shawn Roberts, Ruby Rose, Eoin Macken, William Levy, Fraser James and Rola. The movie follows Alice as she returns to Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse. Anderson is also producing the Constantin Film production with Jeremy Bolt (Resident Evil series), Robert Kulzer (Wrong Turn, Fantastic Four) and Samuel Hadida (True Romance, Silent Hill). Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release Theodore Shapiro’s ‘Ghostbusters’ Score
Posted: May 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ghostbusters, Paul Feig, score, Soundtrack, Theodore Shapiro
Sony Classical will release the official score soundtrack album for Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Spy, Tropic Thunder, Trumbo, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty). The soundtrack will be released on July 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Ghostbusters stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Charles Dance, Michael Kenneth Williams and Chris Hemsworth. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Chinatown’& ‘Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: May 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, Chinatown, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1974 thriller Chinatown directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston. The album features the film’s expanded and remastered original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Planet of the Apes, Patton), including previously unreleased music. The release features both a remastered reissue of the original 1974 soundtrack album, as well as the complete score. Goldsmith received an Academy Award nomination for his work on the film. For the full album details and to listen to audio samples, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
Josh Kramon to Score Fox’s ‘Lethal Weapon’ TV Series
Posted: May 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Josh Kramon, Lethal Weapon, Matt Miller
Josh Kramon announced on Twitter that he is composing the music for the upcoming Fox drama Lethal Weapon. The show is created by Matt Miller (Chuck, Human Target) and stars Clayne Crawford, Damon Wayans, Keesha Sharp, Jordana Brewster, Kevin Rahm, Chandler Kinney and Johnathan Fernandez. The show based on Richard Donner & Shane Black’s classic movie franchise starring Mel Gibson & Danny Glover follows the classic cop duo Martin Riggs & Roger Murtaugh as they work a crime-ridden beat in modern-day Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
Channel 4’s ‘National Treasure’ to Feature Music by Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Posted: May 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Channel 4, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, National Treasure, The Girl with All the Gifts
Cristobal Tapia de Veer has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming Channel 4 mini-series National Treasure. The drama is created by Jack Thorne (A Long Way Down, The Black Panthers) and stars Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Andrea Riseborough. The 4-parter one half of a much-loved comedy double act, a national treasure despite Finchley’s career being on the wane. One day his world changes forever when he is accused of raping a woman in the 1970s.. George Ormond and George Faber (Shameless, Skins, The White Queen) are executive producing the project. Marc Munden (The Devil’s Whore, The Crimson Petal and the White) who previously collaborated with the composer on Utopia is directing all four episodes. Read the rest of this entry »
