Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the mini-series And Then There Were None. The album features the series’ original music composed by Stuart Earl (Lilting, My Brother the Devil), which was recently nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Best Television Soundtrack category. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2016. And Then There Were None is developed by Sarah Phelps based on Agatha Christie’s novel and stars 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 follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to Soldier Island in 1939. Read the rest of this entry »
‘And Then There Were None’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: And Then There Were None, BBC, Lifetime, score, Soundtrack, Stuart Earl
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John Debney to Perform at CSUN Valley Performing Arts Center
Posted: May 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: John Debney
Academy Award nominee John Debney wil join California State University, Northridge students and alumni in a special performance at the University featuring the world premiere of the Jungle Book Suite, as well as other selections from his work, including The Passion of the Christ and Iron Man 2. The concert will take place on Thursday, May 12 at 7:30pm at CSUN Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge, CA. The event will be preceded by an audience Q&A at 6:30pm. The Studio Ensemble, a group dedicated to workshopping and performing commercial music arranged and performed by students, will be on the concert as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Soundtrack
Posted: May 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harald Kloser, Independence Day: Resurgence, Roland Emmerich, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Wander
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day: Resurgence. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harald Kloser & Thomas Wander (2012, The Day After Tomorrow, 10’000 B.C., White House Down). The soundtrack will be released on June 17, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Independence Day: Resurgence stars Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe and Sela Ward. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Marseille’ Announced
Posted: May 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Jean-Pascal Beintus, Marseille, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Federation Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Marseille. The album features the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech) and Jean-Pasccal Beintus (United Passions). Also included is the song Ya Sidi by Orange Blossom. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 6, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Marseille is created by Dan Franck and stars Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Magimel, Géraldine Pailhas, Nadia Farès, Gérard Meylan, Nassim Si Ahmed, Antoine Coesens, Nozha Khouadra and Maruschka Detmers. The political drama directed by Florentine-Emilio Siri & Thomas Gilou centers around the city election between the long-time mayor Robert Taro and a younger ambitious candidate. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard’s ‘Collateral’ Score to Be Released
Posted: May 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Collateral, James Newton Howard, Michael Mann, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the first release of the complete score for the 2004 thriller Collateral directed by Michael Mann and starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games, The Fugitive, King Kong), including tracks not used in the final version of the movies, as well as alternate cues. The previous soundtrack album released by RCA Records only featured four short scores tracks in addition to the songs from the film. To pre-order the CD and to check out the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Hart Scoring Disney’s ‘Pete’s Dragon’
Posted: May 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Hart, David Lowery, Pete's Dragon
Daniel Hart has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming family adventure Pete’s Dragon and is currently recording his score at AIR Studios in London. The film is directed by David Lowery and stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence and Robert Redford. The movie is based on the 1977 classic of the same title and tells the story of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon.. Lowery also co-wrote the screenplay with Toby Halbrooks. Jim Whitaker (The Odd Life of Timothy Green, The Finest Hours) is producing the project. Barrie Osborne (The Lord of the Rings) serves as an executive producer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bloodline’ Main Title Theme ‘The Water Lets You In’ by Book of Fears to Be Released
Posted: May 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bloodline, Book of Fears, Netflix, The Water Lets You In
Madison Gate Records will release the main title theme of the Netflix original series Bloodline. The song, The Water Lets You In, is performed by Book of Fears, and will be released as a digital single on May 13, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the track. Bloodline is created by Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman & Glenn Kessler (Damages) and stars Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini, Sissy Spacek, Norbert Leo Butz, Jamie McShane, Jacinda Barrett and Enrique Murcian. The drama’s first season premiered last spring and a second season is set to premiere on May 27 on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Christian Wibe Scoring Tommy Wirkola’s ‘What Happened to Monday?’
Posted: May 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Wibe, Tommy Wirkola, What Happened to Monday?
Christian Wibe is currently scoring the upcoming sci-fi thriller What Happened to Monday?. The film is directed by Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) and stars Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Robert Wagner, Marwan Kenzari, Christian Rubeck and Pal Sverre Hagen. The movie is set in an overpopulated future where governments have been forced to measures limiting people to one child and follows a group of identical septuplets who must avoid governmental execution and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own. Kerry Williamson (Alex Cross) and Max Botkin have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Jed Kurzel to Score ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Film Adaptation
Posted: May 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Assassin's Creed, Jed Kurzel, Justin Kurzel
Jed Kurzel has signed on to compose the score for the upcoming feature adaptation of the video game series Assassin’s Creed. The film is directed by Justin Kurzel and stars Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Michael K. Williams, Ariane Labed, Jeremy Irons and Brendan Gleeson. The movie centers on Callum Lynch as he explores the memories of his ancestor and gains the skills of a Master Assassin. Frank Marshall (Jurassic World, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sixth Sense) is producing the project with Arnon Milchan (The Revenant, 12 Years a Slave), Jean-Julien Baronnet, Conor McCaughan, Fassbender and Pat Crowley (The Bourne Trilogy). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 1, 2016)
Posted: May 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Fox, Houdini & Doyle, James Jandrisch, Marseille, Netflix
Premiering tomorrow, May 2, is the new Fox drama Houdini & Doyle created by David Hoselton & David Titcher, executive produced by David Shore (House) and starring Stephen Mangan, Michael Weston, Rebecca Liddiard, Tim McInnerny and Adam Nagaitis. The show’s original music is composed by James Jandrisch (Reasonable Doubt). Houdini & Doyle centers around master magician Harry Houdini and writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as they grudgingly join forces with New Scotland Yard to investigate inexplicable crimes with a supernatural slant. The drama will air every Monday night on Fox. Visit the official show website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
