saints-and-sinnersEntertainment One will release a soundtrack album for the Bounce TV original series Saints & Sinners. The album features the show’s theme song Sinners (Saved By Grace) by Deitrick Haddon & Big Boi, as well as tracks by Erica Campbell & Keith Robinson, Jeezy, Kelly Price, KlarKent, Koryn Hawthorne and Lecrae & Johnta Austin. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 25, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Saints & Sinners starring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Keith Robinson, Gloria Reuben, Clifton Powell and Richard Lawson centers around the conflicts among the members of baptist church in small-town Georgia. Read the rest of this entry »

the-invitationLakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller The Invitation. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Tropic Thunder, St. Vincent). Also included are two original songs by Craig Wedren & Benjamin Newgard. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Invitation is directed by Karyn Kusama (GirlfightJennifer’s Body) and stars Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman, Emayatzy Corinealdi and John Carroll Lynch. The movie follows a haunted man attending a dinner party who becomes gripped with paranoia that his ex-wife and her new husband are harboring an insidious agenda. Read the rest of this entry »

the-space-between-usAndrew Lockington has been tapped to score the upcoming sci-fi drama The Space Between Us. The film is directed by Peter Chelsom (Serendipity, The Mighty, Shall We Dance) and stars Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Carla Gugino, BD Wong, Janet Montgomery and Scott Takeda. The movie tells the intergalactic love story about the first human born on Mars who begins an online romance with a girl living in Colorado and hatches a plan to travel across the universe to meet her. Richard Lewis (Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesAugust Rush) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »

hardcore-henrySony 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 Assignments
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photekPhotek 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 »

and-then-there-were-nonePremiering 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 (LiltingMy 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.

crowdedPremiering 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 (YoungerThe Jim Gaffigan Show) is composing the show’s original score and Jesse Novak (BoJack HorsemanThe 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 »

duck-duck-gooseMark 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 ProopsDiedrich 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 ChenRead the rest of this entry »

civil-warHollywood 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 ClassBig Hero 6Wreck-It-RalphPuss 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 »

undergroundMadison 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 AmazonUnderground 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 »

Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:

10-cloverfield-laneOpening 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 GalacticaThe Walking DeadOutlanderAgents 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.

the-young-messiahAlso 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 ChristIron Man 2ElfThe 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 »