Marco Beltrami has been tapped score the upcoming thriller The Shallows. The film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night, Orphan) and stars Blake Lively and Oscar Jaenada. The movie follows a young woman who is grieving the loss her mother and surfing in an isolated area when she gets stranded on a buoy and a gigantic great white shark comes between her and the shore. Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing on 7th Street) has written the screenplay. Lynn Harris (The Notebook, Blade: Trinity) and Matti Leshem are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami to Score Jaume Collet-Serra’s ‘The Shallows’
Posted: March 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jaume Collet-Serra, Marco Beltrami, The Shallows
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 18, 2016)
Posted: March 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Heffes, Allegiant, Andrew Feltenstein, Brian McOmber, Carlo Siliotto, David Wingo, Gregoire Hetzel, Jeff Cardoni, John Nau, Joseph Trapanese, Krisha, Midnight Special, Miracles from Heaven, My Golden Days, The Bronze, The Confirmation, The Program
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi adventure The Divergent Series: Allegiant directed by Robert Schwentke and starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts, Jeff Daniels, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort and Maggie Q. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton) who previously scored last year’s Insurgent. Island Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original end credits song Scars by Tove Lo. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Already in theaters since this past Wednesday is the drama Miracles From Heaven directed by Patricia Riggen and starring Jennifer Garner, Queen Latifah, Martin Henderson, John Carroll Lynch, Kylie Rogers and Eugenio Derbez. Carlo Siliotto (The Punisher, Fluke, Nomad: The Warrior) who previously collaborated with the director on Under the Same Moon has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures/Tristar release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Despite the Falling Snow’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Despite the Falling Snow, Rachel Portman, score, Shamim Sarif, Soundtrack
Cube Soundtracks will release a soundtrack album for the spy thriller Despite the Falling Snow. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Rachel Portman (Emma, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Never Let Me Go, The Manchurian Candidate, Race). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Check out a video from the recording sessions of Portman’s score after the jump. Despite the Falling Snow is written and directed by Shamim Sarif and stars Rebecca Ferguson, Charles Dance, Sam Reid, Maria Furtwangler, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Anthony Head and Trudie Styler. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Lennertz to Score ‘Bad Moms’
Posted: March 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bad Moms, Christopher Lennertz, Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Christopher Lennertz has signed on to score the upcoming comedy Bad Moms. The film is written and directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (21 & Over, writers of The Hangover) and stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate, Jada Pinkett Smith and Kathryn Hahn. The movie follows three moms who embark on a quest to liberate themselves from their mundane life, accidentally landing themselves on a collision course with their children’s school’s PTA president and her blindly devoted clique of “perfect” moms. Bill Block (Fury, Elysium, W.) and Suzanne Todd (Alice in Wonderland, Memento) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Voices’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marjane Satrapi, Olivier Bernet, score, Soundtrack, The Voices
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for the dark comedy The Voices. The album features the film’s original music composed by Olivier Bernet (Persepolis, Chicken with Plums). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Voices is directed by Marjane Satrapi and stars Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick and Jacki Weaver. The movie centers around a lovable but disturbed factory worker with an evil talking cat and a benevolent talking dog who pursues his office crush, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date. The comedy premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was released in select theaters and on VOD in early 2015 by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Whatcha Gonna Do (It’s Up to You)’ from ‘Agent Carter’ Released
Posted: March 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Agent Carter, Christopher Lennertz, David Zippel
Hollywood Records and Marvel Music have released the original song Whatcha Gonna Do (It’s Up to You) from the ABC drama Agent Carter. The song was written by the show’s composer Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Ride Along, Supernatural) and David Zippel for the Season 2 episode A Little Song and Dance, which premiered last month. The track is performed by actors Enver Gjokaj and Hayley Atwell. The song is now available to download on Amazon. A full soundtrack album for the series created by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely featuring Lennertz’s score from the first season was released in December. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sing Street’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gary Clark, John Carney, Sing Street, Soundtrack
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the musical comedy drama Sing Street. The album features the original songs from the film written by director John Carney and Gary Clark. Also included are the other songs from the movie by artists including Adam Levine, The Cure, Motörhead, Duran Duran, The Jam & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally overseas tomorrow, March 18 and in the U.S. next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Sing Street is written and directed by Carney and stars Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aidan Gillen and Mark McKenna. The movie follows a boy who starts a band in order to impress a girl. Read the rest of this entry »
Clint Mansell to Score ‘Loving Vincent’
Posted: March 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Mirror, Clint Mansell, Loving Vincent
Clint Mansell has been hired to score the upcoming animated feature Loving Vincent. The film is directed by Dorota Kobiela (Little Postman) & Hugh Welchman (Peter & the Wolf) and features the voices of Douglas Booth, Saoirse Ronan, Jerome Flynn, Chris O’Dowd, Eleanor Tomlinson, Aidan Turner, John Sessions and Helen McCrory. The movie tells the story of the final months and mysterious death of artist Vincent Van Gogh. Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart (My Week with Marilyn) are producing the project. Welchman has also written the screenplay with Dorota Kobiela. Read the rest of this entry »
Chad Fischer Scoring ABC’s ‘The Catch’
Posted: March 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Chad Fischer, Shonda Rhimes, The Catch
Chad Fischer is composing the music for the new ABC drama The Catch. The show is created by Jennifer Schuur and stars Mireille Enos, Peter Krause, Alimi Ballard, Jay Hayden, Jacky Ido, Rose Rollins, Elvy Yost and Sonya Walger. The series follows a female forensics accountant in Los Angeles whose career specialty is exposing fraud for a living. Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder) is executive producing the ABC Studios production with Betsy Beers, Allan Heinberg and Julie Anne Robinson (One for the Money, The Last Song). Fischer is also scoring the Rhimes-produced ABC drama Scandal and has previously collaborated with the producer on the network’s Private Practice. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sherpa’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antony Partos, score, Sherpa, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Sherpa. The album features the film’s original music composed by Antony Partos (Animal Kingdom, 99 Homes, The Rover). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 1, 2016 and physically later this year. Visit Amazon to pre-order the soundtrack. Sherpa is directed by Jennifer Peedom and foliows Phurba Tashi Sherpa as he undertakes his world-record-setting 22nd ascent of Mount Everest. The film also documents unprecedented upheaval as an avalanche kills sixteen Sherpas and the tragedy incites others to challenge the status quo. Read the rest of this entry »
