Bryan Senti has signed on to score the upcoming drama London Town. The film is directed by Derrick Borte (The Joneses, H8RZ) and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as The Clash frontman Joe Strummer, alongside Daniel Huttlestone, Dougray Scott and Natascha McElhone. The movie is set in 1978 and centers on a teenager who ventures into central London from its bleak outskirts and is introduced to the Clash by his estranged mother. Kirsten Sheridan (August Rush, In America), Sonya Gildea and Matthew Brown (The Man Who Knew Infinity) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Bryan Senti to Score ‘London Town’
Posted: November 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryan Senti, Derrick Borte, London Town
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‘Full of Grace’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Full of Grace, score, Sean Johnson, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the biblical epic Full of Grace. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sean Johnson. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 1, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Full of Grace is directed by Andrew Hyatt (The Last Light, The Frozen) and stars Noam Jenkins, Bahia Haifi and Kelsey Chow. The movie tells the story of the New Testament from the perspective of Mary of Nazareth, mother of Jesus Christ. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 15, 2015)
Posted: November 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, AMC, Atli Orvarsson, Chicago Med, Crackle, David Shephard, Dominic Lewis, Harry Escott, Henry Jackman, Into the Badlands, Jessica Jones, Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow, Lifetime, Mario Sevigny, Mick Giacchino, NBC, Netflix, River, Sean Callery, The Art of More, The Man in the High Castle
Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Into the Badlands created by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and starring Daniel Wu, Marton Csokas, Aramis Knight, Emily Beecham, Sarah Bolger and Orla Brady. The show’s original music is composed by David Shephard (Longmire). Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has written the drama’s title theme. To learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on AMC, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
Premiering on Tuesday, November 17, is the new NBC drama Chicago Med created by Michael Brandt & Derek Haas and starring Oliver Platt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Colin Donnell, Torrey DeVitto and Rachel DiPillo. Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) who is also scoring NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the series, which will air Tuesday nights on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cowboys’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cowboys, Les Cowboys, Raphaël, Raphaël Haroche, score, Soundtrack
L’R Du Tresor will release a soundtrack album for the French drama Cowboys (Les Cowboys). The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter Raphaël (aka Raphaël Haroche). Also included are songs by Connie Francis and Patsy Cline. The soundtrack will be released digitally overseas on November 20, 2015. Visit Amazon for the full album details and audio samples. Cowboys is co-written and directed by Thomas Bidegain (screenwriter of A Prophet & Rust and Bone) and stars Francois Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Agathe Dronne, Ellora Torchia, John C. Reilly, Antonia Campbell-Hughes. The movie follows a French Wild West enthusiast who sets off on a journey to find his estranged daughter, who has run away and converted to Islam. Read the rest of this entry »
Mick Giacchino Scoring Lifetime’s ‘Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow’
Posted: November 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow, Lifetime, Mick Giacchino
Mick Giacchino, son of Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Star Trek, Inside Out), has composed the music for the Lifetime original movie Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow. The film is directed by Kirk Thatcher (It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie) and stars Mary Steenburgen, Jay Harrington, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Graham Verchere and Genevieve Buechner. The movie follows a family who goes on a hunt for a Bigfoot-like creature called the Howling Hoodoo during a visit to the house of their kooky aunt. Christopher Baldi and Tim Burns (An American Werewolf in Paris) wrote the script based on a story by Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl and Thatcher. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cop Car’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cop Car, Jon Watts, Phil Mossman, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the thriller Cop Car. The album features the film’s original music composed by Phil Mossman (Another Earth, Lola Versus, I Origins). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Cop Car is directed by Jon Watts (Marvel Studios’ upcoming Spider-Man reboot) and stars Kevin Bacon, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim, James Freedson-Jackson and Hays Wellford. The movie follows two 10-year-old boys attempting to navigate the back roads behind the wheel of a seemingly abandoned police car that they have no clue how to operate. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 13, 2015)
Posted: November 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: By the Sea, Dickon Hinchliffe, Entertainment, Gabriel Yared, Heist, Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words, James Edward Barker, James Horner, James Lavelle, James White, Jim Copperthwaite, John Paesano, Love the Coopers, Man Up!, Michael Nyman, My All American, Nick Urata, Robert Donne, Scott Mescudi, Shelter, Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans, The 33, Tim Despic
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the holiday comedy Love the Coopers directed by Jessie Nelson and starring Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Jake Lacy, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei and Olivia Wilde. The film’s original score is composed by Nick Urata (Crazy, Stupid, Love, Paddington). Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Otis Redding, Sixpence None the Richer, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, as well as track from the score. Click here for the full album details. Lakeshore Records will release a separate soundtrack featuring Urata’s music. Check back on this page for more information on the score release.
Also opening wide is the drama The 33 directed by Patricia Riggen and starring Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bob Gunton and Gabriel Byrne. James Horner (Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar, The Amazing Spider-Man) has composed the film’s original music. The movie is also dedicated to the late composer. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring Horner’s score, as well as two songs by Cote de Pablo and Los Bunkers last week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Burnt’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Burnt, John Wells, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Burnt. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher, The Spectacular Now, (500) Days of Summer, The Age of Adaline). Also included are the songs from the film by Barnes Courtney, Autograf, RY X, The Avener & John Lee Hooker, as well as the original track Ode to a Sous Vide performed by the film’s star Bradley Cooper. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 4, 2015 and physically on December 18. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Burnt is directed by John Wells (August: Osage County) and stars Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Brühl, Matthew Rhys, Uma Thurman, Emma Thompson, Alicia Vikander and Lily James. The movie follows a chef in Paris who is trying to obtain the Michelin three-star rating. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score Michael Bay’s ’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’
Posted: November 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi, Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe, Michael Bay
Lorne Balfe has been hired to score Michael Bay’s upcoming action drama 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. The film stars James Badge Dale, John Krasinski and Max Martini. The movie centers on the six members of a security team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi from an attack of Islamist militants on September 11, 2012 – the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.. Chuck Hogan (The Strain) has written the screenplay based on the book of the same title by Mitchell Zukoff. Bay is also producing the drama with Erwin Stoff (Edge of Tomorrow, Unbroken, Constantine). Hans Zimmer will serve as the executive music producer on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chi-Raq’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chi-Raq, Soundtrack, Spike Lee
RCA Records will release a soundtrack album for Spike Lee’s comedy drama Chi-Raq. The album features the songs from the Amazon Studios release by such artists as Nick Cannon, R. Kelly feat. Tunk, Jennifer Hudson, Sam Dew, The Bruce Hornsby Band, Mali Music, Kymm Lewis, Treasure Davis feat. Kid Ink & more. The soundtrack will be released on December 4, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Chi-Raq starring Teyohonah Parris, Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, La La Anthony, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, D.B. Sweeney, Harry Lennix and Steve Harris is a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago. Read the rest of this entry »
