Lorne Balfe has signed on to score the upcoming ITV original series Marcella. The show is created by Hans Rosenfeldt (The Bridge) & Nicola Larder and stars Anna Friel, Laura Carmichael, Nicholas Pinnock, Ian Puleston-Davies, Nina Sosanya, Ray Panthaki, Jamie Bamber, Sinead Cusack, Patrick Baladi and Harry Lloyd. The drama is set in contemporary London and follows a detective who returns to the Metropolitan Police’s Murder Squad after a 10-year long career break to start a family. Rosenfeldt and Larder are also executive producing the project with Tony Wood. Charles Martin (New Worlds, Skins), Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man, Broadchurch) and Henrik Georgsson (The Bridge) are directing the 8-part series. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score ITV’s ‘Marcella’
Posted: January 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Rosenfeldt, ITV, Lorne Balfe, Marcella
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Lady Gaga, Sam Smith & The Weeknd to Perform at Academy Awards
Posted: January 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, The Weeknd
Academy Awards producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin announced today the first slate of presenters and performers for the 88th Oscars telecast. The list includes Lady Gaga, Sam Smith and The Weeknd who are expected to perform their Oscar-nominated songs at the ceremony. Lady Gaga is nominated alongside Diane Warren for the song Til it Happens to You from the documentary The Hunting Ground, while Smith received a nomination the song Writing’s On the Wall from the James Bond film Spectre, which he co-wrote with Jimmy Napes. Abel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd) is nominated with Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio for the track Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin Scoring ‘This Beautiful Fantastic’
Posted: January 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Simon Aboud, This Beautiful Fantastic
Anne Nikitin is composing the music for the upcoming British romantic drama This Beautiful Fantastic. The film is written and directed by Simon Aboud (Comes a Bright Day) and stars Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock. The movie follows a young woman who dreams of being a children’s author and makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower. Andrea Iervolino & Monika Bacardi (All Roads Lead to Rome) are producing the project with Christine Alderson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Belgica’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Belgica, Soulwax, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the drama Belgica have been revealed. The album features the songs written and produced for the film by the Belgian electronic rock group Soulwax and performed by the fictional bands in the movie. The soundtrack will be released on February 26, 2016. Listen to one track from the release, How Long by The Shitz, after the jump. Belgica is directed by Felix van Groeningen (The Broken Circle Breakdown) and stars Stef Aerts, Tom Vermeir, Charlotte Vandermeersch and Hélène Devos. The movie follows two brothers who start a bar and get swept up in its success in the midst of Belgium’s nightlife scene. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s/Esquire’s ‘Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands’ Announced
Posted: January 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Beowulf, Esquire Network, ITV, Rob Lane, score, Soundtrack
Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the ITV original series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Rob Lane (Merlin, Longford, The Damned United, John Adams). The soundtrack will be released on March 11, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Beowulf is created by James Dormer and stars Kieran Bew, William Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Ed Speleers and David Ajala. The show follows a troubled warrior who experiences love and loss yet shares a deep binding comradery with his fellow kinsmen. Read the rest of this entry »
Frederik Wiedmann Scoring ‘Justice League vs. Teen Titans’
Posted: January 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Frederik Wiedmann, Justice League vs. Teen Titans
Frederik Wiedmann has composed the music for the upcoming DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation film Justice League vs. Teen Titans. The film is directed by Sam Liu and features the voices of Jason O’Mara as Batman, Jerry O’Connell as Superman, Rosario Dawson as Wonder Woman, Jon Bernthal as Trigon, Taissa Farmiga as Raven, Stuart Allan as Robin/Damian Wayne, Jake T. Austin as Blue Beetle, Brandon Soo Hoo as Beast Boy, Kari Wahlgren as Starfire, Shemar Moore as Cyborg, Sean Maher as Nightwing and Christopher Gorham as Barry Allen/Flash. Bryan Q. Miller & Alan Burnett have written the screenplay and James Tucker is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I Saw the Light’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hank Williams, I Saw the Light, Soundtrack
Legacy Recordings has announced a soundtrack album for the biographical drama I Saw the Light. The album feature new interpretations of classic Hank Williams tracks performed for the film by Tom Hiddleston and the Saddle Spring Boys. Also included are popular recordings contemporaneous to Hank’s life and career, including tracks by Eddy Arnold, The Delmore Brothers, Jo Stafford, Jimmy Liggins, Eartha Kitt, George Morgan and Emmett Miller. The soundtrack will be released on March 25, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. I Saw the Light is written and directed by Marc Abraham and stars Hiddleston, as well as Elizabeth Olsen, Cherry Jones, Bradley Whitford, Maddie Hasson, Wrenn Schmidt and David Krumholtz. The movie tells the story of the legendary country-western singer’s meteoric rise to fame and its ultimately tragic effect on his health and personal life. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Yared Scoring Xavier Dolan’s ‘It’s Only the End of the World’
Posted: January 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Yared, It's Only the End of the World, Juste la fin du monde, Xavier Dolan
Gabriel Yared is reuniting with director Xavier Dolan on the upcoming drama It’s Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde). The film is written and directed by Dolan (Mommy, I Killed My Mother) and stars Marion Cotillard, Lea Seydoux, Vincent Cassel, Nathalie Baye and Gaspard Ulliel. The movie is based on a play by Jean-Luc Lagarce of the same name and follows a terminally ill writer who returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying. Dolan is also producing the project with his producing partner Nancy Grant, alongside Nathanael Karmitz (On the Road, Certified Copy) and Sylvain Corbeil (Felix and Meira). Read the rest of this entry »
Andy Gray to Score Syfy’s ‘Hunters’
Posted: January 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andy Gray, Hunters, Syfy
Andy Gray has been hired to score the upcoming Syfy original series Hunters. The show is developed by Natalie Chaidez (12 Monkeys, Heroes) based on Whitley Strieber’s best-selling novel Alien Hunter and stars Julian McMahon, Nathan Phillips, Britne Oldford, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Mark Coles Smith, Gareth Davies, Shannon Berry and Laura Gordon. The drama chronicles the disappearance of the wife of a decorated Philadelphia cop which leads him to a secret government unit assembled to hunt a group of ruthless terrorists. Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead, The Terminator trilogy) and are executive producing the Valhalla Entertainment and Universal Cable production. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Nick of Time’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arthur B. Rubinstein, Jerry Goldsmith, John Badham, Nick of Time, score, Soundtrack, Take a Hard Ride
La-La Land Records will release a new soundtrack album for the 1995 action thriller Nick of Time directed by John Badham and starring Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken and Charles S. Dutton. The album features the expanded and remastered score from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Arthur B. Rubinstein (Blue Thunder, Wargames, Scarecrow and Mrs. King), including more than 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. The CD is limited to 1500 copies. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details, to check out audio clips and to pre-order the album. Read the rest of this entry »
