Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Hardcore Henry. The album features the songs from the film by artists including The Sonics, The Temptations, The Drums, The Stranglers and Devendra Barnhart. Also included are the original songs written for the movie from director Illya Naishuller’s band, Biting Elbows, and Dasha Charusha. The soundtrack will be released physically on April 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A digital release is expected on April 8. Hardcore Henry is written and directed by Naishuller and stars Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, Andrey Dementyev, Dasha Charusha, Sveta Ustinova and Tim Roth. The movie is told in a first person perspective and follows a man who has been brought back from a near-death experience and finds himself embroiled in a race to rescue his kidnapped wife. Read the rest of this entry »
Photek Scoring ‘The Loner’
Posted: March 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Grove, Photek, The Loner
Photek is composing the music for the upcoming indie drama The Loner. The film is written and directed by Daniel Grove and stars Reza Sixo Safai, Helena Mattsson, Parviz Sayyad, Julian Sands, Laura Harring and Dominic Rains. The movie follows a reformed mobster who is haunted by memories of being a child soldier in Iran in the 1980s as he pursues the American Dream in Los Angeles. Seth Caplan (In Search of a Midnight Kiss, The Young Kieslowski) is producing the project with Safai. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 13, 2016)
Posted: March 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: And Then There Were None, CBS, Chris Alan Lee, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Crowded, Jesse Novak, Lifetime, Marc Fantini, Mark Mothersbaugh, NBC, Netflix, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, Steffan Fantini, Stuart Earl
Premiering tonight on Lifetime is the British mini-series And Then There Were None developed by Sarah Phelps based on Agatha Christie’s novel and starring Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Toby Stephens, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Noah Taylor and Aidan Turner. The 3-parter’s original music is composed by Stuart Earl (Lilting, My Brother the Devil). Visit the composer’s official website to listen to audio samples from the score. To learn more about the series, which follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to Soldier Island in 1939, visit Lifetime’s official website.
Premiering on Tuesday, March 15 is the new NBC comedy Crowded created by Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland, The Client List) and stars Patrick Warburton, Carrie Preston, Miranda Cosgrove, Mia Serafino, Stacy Keach and Carlease Burke. Chris Alan Lee (Younger, The Jim Gaffigan Show) is composing the show’s original score and Jesse Novak (BoJack Horseman, The Mindy Project) has written the series’ theme. To learn more about the comedy, which will air Tuesday nights on NBC, check out our scoring assignment announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham to Score ‘Duck Duck Goose’
Posted: March 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Jenkins, Duck Duck Goose, Mark Isham
Mark Isham has been hired to score the upcoming animated feature Duck Duck Goose. The film is directed by Christopher Jenkins (producer of Surf’s Up and Home) and features the voices of Jim Gaffigan, Stephen Fry, Zendaya, Carl Reiner, Jennifer Grey, Molly Shannon, Lance Lim,Greg Proops, Diedrich Bader and Rick Overton. The movie follows a goose who rescues two young ducklings from an eccentric but deadly cat. Jenkins has also written the screenplay with Rob Muir (Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue). Sandra Rabins & Penny Finkelman Cox (The Prince of Egypt) are producing the Original Force Animation production with Viola Chen. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood Records to Release ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Soundtrack
Posted: March 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Captain America: Civil War, Henry Jackman, Marvel, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. The album features the film’s original music composed by Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6, Wreck-It-Ralph, Puss in Boots) who previously scored the studio’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The soundtrack will be released on May 6, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Captain America: Civil War is directed by Anthony & Joe Russo and stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Rudd. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Underground’ Theme Song ‘Heaven’s Door’ by Alice Smith to Be Released
Posted: March 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alice Smith, Underground, WGN America
Madison Gate Records will release the main titles song from the WGN America original series Underground. The track, entitled Heaven’s Door is performed by Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Alice Smith. The song will be released digitally on March 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Underground is created by Misha Green & Joe Pokaski and stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge, Christopher Meloni, Jessica de Gouw, Marc Blucas, Alano Miller, Adina Porter, Mykelti Williamson, Amirah Vann, Reed Diamond and Johnny Ray Gill. The show follows a group of slaves who aim to travel 600 miles to escape from a Georgia plantation .A full soundtrack album featuring music by the show’s composers Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq is in the works. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 11, 2016)
Posted: March 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 10 Cloverfield Lane, Admiral, Bear McCreary, Bobby Johnston, Brian H. Kim, City of Gold, David Buckley, Erran Baron Cohen, Eye in the Sky, Hello My Name Is Doris, John Debney, Kurt Farquhar, Mark Kilian, Mychael Danna, Paul Hepker, Remember, Rise of the Legend, Shigeru Umebayashi, The Brothers Grimsby, The Perfect Match, The Young Messiah, Trevor Morris
Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher Jr. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Outlander, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Sparks & Shadows Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit Collider and NPR for recent interviews with the composer about his work on the film and click here for a music video of the score’s central theme featuring footage from the recording sessions.
Also opening wide is the biblical drama The Young Messiah directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, produced by Chris Columbus and starring Adam Greaves-Neal, Sean Bean, David Bradley, Lee Boardman, Jonathan Bailey and David Burke. John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf, The Jungle Book) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit CBN.com for an interview with the composer about his work on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Baskin’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Baskin, score, Soundtrack, Ulas Pakkan
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Turkish horror thriller Baskin. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ulas Pakkan. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 25, 2016 and physically in April. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Baskin is directed by Can Evrenol and stars Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu, Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Sabahattin Yakut, Mehmet Fatih Dokgoz and Muharrem Bayrak. The movie follows five cops working the graveyard shift who get called to investigate a disturbance and wind up in a ruin that conceals the blood soaked den of a terrifying cult. Read the rest of this entry »
Simon Franglen Scoring Antoine Fuqua’s ‘The Magnificent Seven’
Posted: March 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antoine Fuqua, James Horner, score, Simon Franglen, Soundtrack, The Magnificent Seven
Simon Franglen is currently recording his music for the upcoming The Magnificent Seven remake. The score is based on themes that late composer James Horner wrote before he passed away last summer. The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, King Arthur) and stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Martin Sansmeier, Haley Bennett and Peter Sarsgaard. The film is based on the 1960 classic western of the same title, which was itself based on Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and follows seven gun men in the old west who gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Everybody Wants Some!!, Richard Linklater, Soundtrack
Warner Bros. Records will release a soundtrack album for Richard Linklater’s comedy drama Everybody Wants Some!!. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including The Knack, Blondie, Van Halen, Dire Straits, The Cars, Devo, Hot Chocolate, Jermaine Jackson, S.O.S. Band, Pat Benatar, Stiff Little Fingers & more. The soundtrack will be released on April 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Everybody Wants Some!! is written and directed by Linklater and stars Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin, Glen Powell, Wyatt Russell, Ryan Guzman, Juston Street, James Quinton Johnson, Temple Baker, Forest Vickery and Zoey Deutch. Read the rest of this entry »
