Dominic Lewis is set to score the upcoming animated feature Henchmen. The film is directed by Adam Wood and features the voice talent of James Marsden, Thomas Middleditch, Rosario Dawson, Jane Krakowski, Alfred Molina, Rob Riggle, Craig Robinson & Nathan Fillion. The animated comedy follows a new recruit to the Union of Evil, where he is assigned to a motley crew of blue-collar workers that is assigned to the Vault of Villainy where he accidentally steals the ultimate weapon. Wood has also written the screenplay with David Ray and Jay D. Waxman. Aaron Gilbert (A Single Shot, Daydream Nation, Welcome to Me) and Luke Carroll (Escape from Planet Earth) are producing the project for Bron Studios. Read the rest of this entry »
Dominic Lewis to Score ‘Henchmen’
Posted: January 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Wood, Dominic Lewis, Henchmen
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RZA Scoring ‘Meet the Blacks’
Posted: January 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deon Taylor, Meet the Blacks, RZA
RZA is composing, performing and producing the original music for the upcoming comedy Meet the Blacks. The film is directed by Deon Taylor (Supremacy, Chain Letter) and stars Mike Epps, George Lopez, Mike Tyson, Bresha Webb, Zulay Henao, Gary Owen, Charlie Murphy, Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, Perez Hilton, Paul Mooney, Andrew Bachelor, Lil Duvall, DeRay Davis and Lavell Crawford. The movie is a spoof of the hit film series The Purge. Taylor is also producing the Hidden Empire Film Group production with Roxanne Avent and Shannon McIntosh (The Hateful Eight, Tusk). RZA also serves as an executive producer on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
88th Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Best Original Score:
- Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman
- Carol – Carter Burwell
- The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
- Sicario – Johann Johannsson
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens– John Williams Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rubble Kings’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Little Shalimar, Rubble Kings, Soundtrack
Mass Appeal Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Rubble Kings. The album features the songs inspired by the film by artists including Little Shalimar, eXquire, Cuz Lightyear, Ka, Run the Jewels, Boldy James and Tunde Adebimpe. The soundtrack will be released on January 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Rubble Kings is directed by Shan Nicholson, narrated by John Leguizamo, and chronicles life during the era of gang rule in New York City between 1968 and 1975, and tells the story of how a group of people did the impossible—brokering peace between rival street gangs—and how their actions and efforts impacted New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Woodlawn’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Paul Mills, score, Soundtrack, Woodlawn
Reunion Records will release a soundtrack album for the sports drama Woodlawn. The album features the film’s original score composed by Paul Mills (War Room, October Baby, Against the Sun). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 15, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Woodlawn is directed by Jon & Andrew Erwin and stars Sean Astin, Nic Bishop, Caleb Castille, Sherri Shepherd, Jon Voight. The movie is set in 1973 and centers around a spiritual awakening that captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team. Read the rest of this entry »
Charlie Clouser to Score TNT’s ‘Good Behavior’
Posted: January 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chad Hodge, Charlie Clouser, Good Behavior, TNT
Charlie Clouser has signed on to score the upcoming TNT original series Good Behavior. The show is created by Chad Hodge and author Blake Crouch and stars Michelle Dockery, Juan Diego Botto, Terry Kinney and Lusia Strus. The drama is based on Crouch’s Letty Dobesh novels and follows a thief and a con artist fresh out of prison who overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife and sets out to derail the job, launching her on a collision course with the killer. Hodge and Crouch are also executive producing the project with Marty Adelstein (Prison Break, Hanna) and Becky Clements (Last Man Standing, Aquarius). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Giuseppe Tornatore’s ‘Correspondence’ Announced
Posted: January 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Correspondence, Ennio Morricone, Giuseppe Tornatore, score, Soundtrack
Warner Music Italy will release a soundtrack album for Giuseppe Tornatore’s drama Correspondence (La Corrispodenza). The album features the film’s original music composed and arranged by Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West, The Hateful Eight, The Mission, Days of Heaven) who previously collaborated with the director on such movies as Cinema Paradiso, Malena and The Legend of 1900. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Correspondence is written and directed by Tornatore and stars Jeremy Irons & Olga Kurylenko. The movie centers on the love affair between a professor and a younger PhD student who takes excessive risks in her paid work as a stuntwoman. Read the rest of this entry »
Radiohead’s Philip Selway to Score ‘Let Me Go’
Posted: January 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Let Me Go, Philip Selway
Radiohead drummer Philip Selway is set to make his film scoring debut on the upcoming British drama Let Me Go. The film is written and directed by Polly Steele and stars Juliet Stevenson, Jodhi May, Lucy Boynton, Karin Bertling, Stanley Weber, Eva Magyar, Simona Hughes and Elizabeth Webster. The movie is based on the memoirs of Helga Schneider and centers on four generations of women from the same family who suffer from a trauma created over 70 years ago during the darkest period of World War II. David Broder is producing the project with Lizzie Pickering. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dad’s Army’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Charlie Mole, Dad's Army, Oliver Parker, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy Dad’s Army. The album features the film’s original music composed by Charlie Mole (Mr. Selfridge, Othello, An Ideal Husband, The Importance Of Being Earnest). Also included is Bud Flanagan’s Dad’s Army TV theme Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler, as well as Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade. The soundtrack will be released on February 5, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Dad’s Army is directed by Oliver Parker and stars Toby Jones, Michael Gambon, Bill Nighy, Tom Courtenay, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Blake Harrison, Danny Mays, Bill Paterson and Sarah Lancashire. The movie based on the British TV series of the same title is set in 1944 as World War II is reaching its climax and follows the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon dealing with a visiting female journalist and a German spy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Band of Robbers’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Band of Robbers, Joel P. West, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album for the caper comedy Band of Robbers has been released. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joel P West (Short Term 12, Grandma). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Band of Robbers is written and directed by Aaron & Adam Nee and stars Kyle Gallner, Matthew Gray Gubler, Melissa Benoist, Hannibal Buress, Eric Christian Olsen, Stephen Lang, Daniel Mora, as well as Adam Nee himself. The movie is a modern-day retelling of Mark Twain’s iconic books and imagines the author’s infamous young heroes Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer as grown men in current day. Read the rest of this entry »
