Lakeshore Records will release a score album for the Hulu original series Casual. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Mateo Messina (Juno, Butter, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, Barely Lethal), as well as additional music by Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Up in the Air, Thank You for Smoking, Labor Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 27, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical release is set to come out in early 2016. Casual is created by Zander Lehmann and stars Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynn Barr. The show is executive produced by Jason Reitman and centers on a dysfunctional family with a bachelor brother and his newly divorced sister who coach each other through the world of dating while living under the same roof again and raising a teenager. Read the rest of this entry »
Score Album for Hulu’s ‘Casual’ Announced
Posted: November 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Casual, Hulu, Jason Reitman, Mateo Messina, Rolfe Kent, score, Soundtrack
‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Joseph LoDuca, Sam Raimi, score, Soundtrack, Starz
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the Starz original series Ash vs. Evil Dead. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Joseph LoDuca (Evil Dead film series, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Librarians). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2015, followed by a CD release on December 18. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Ash vs. Evil Dead is produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert & Craig DiGregorio and stars Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo and Jill Marie Jones. Read the rest of this entry »
Adrian Johnston to Score ITV’s & PBS’ ‘Churchill’s Secret’
Posted: November 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Johnston, Charles Sturridge, Churchill's Secret, ITV, PBS
Adrian Johnston is reuniting with director Charles Sturridge on the upcoming ITV/PBS movie Churchill’s Secret. The film is adapted by Stewart Harcourt (Treasure Island, Poirot) from Jonathan Smith’s book The Churchill Secret: KBO and stars Michael Gambon as Sir Winston Churchill, Lindsay Duncan as Clementine Churchill, as well as Romola Garai, Matthew Macfayden, Bill Paterson, Daisy Lewis, Tara Fitzgerald, James Wilby and Rachel Stirling. The drama is told from the point of view of Churchill’s nurse Millie Appleyard and follows the British Prime Minister’s battle to recover from a stroke in 1953, as his wife hopes it will force him to retire, and his political friends and foe strategize as to who will succeed him. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Jablonsky & Nathan Whitehead to Score ‘Keanu’
Posted: November 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jordan Peele, Keanu, Keegan-Michael Key, Nathan Whitehead, Steve Jablonsky
Steve Jablonsky and Nathan Whitehead have been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Keanu. The film is directed by Peter Atencio (Key and Peele) and stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, alongside Will Forte, Nia Long and Method Man. The movie follows a group of friends posing as drug dealers in order to retrieve a stolen feline. Peele has also co-written the screenplay with Alex Rubens (Key and Peele, Community). Key and Peele are also producing the New Line Cinema production with Peter Principato (Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Jessabelle), Paul Young (Married) and Joel Zadak. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Atlantis’ – Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Atlantis, BBC, BBC America, score, Soundtrack, Stuart Hancock
Silva Screen Records will release a new soundtrack album for the BBC series Atlantis. The album features selections from the original music from the show’s second season composed by Stuart Hancock. The soundtrack will be released on December 11, 2015. Atlantis is created by Johnny Capps, Julian Murphy & Howard Overman and stars Mark Addy, Jack Donnelly, Robert Emms, Aiysha Hart, Sarah Parish, Juliet Stevenson, Jemima Rooper and Amy Manson. The show follows the adventures of Jason, Hercules and Pythagoras who battle against some of the most famous names of Greek legend, often in unexpected guises. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Watson Scoring Alexandre Aja’s ‘The 9th Life of Louis Drax’
Posted: November 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Aja, Patrick Watson, The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Singer/songwriter Patrick Watson has composed the music for the upcoming supernatural thriller The 9th Life of Louis Drax. The film is directed by Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D, High Tension) and stars Jamie Dornan, Aaron Paul, Sarah Gadon, Oliver Platt, Molly Parker, Barbara Hershey and Aiden Longworth. The movie follows a psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall and finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality. Actor Max Minghella has written the screenplay based on Liz Jensen’s novel of the same title. Read the rest of this entry »
David Schwartz to Score Netflix’s ‘Lady Dynamite’
Posted: November 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Schwartz, Lady Dynamite, Mitchell Hurwitz, Netflix
David Schwartz is set to reunite with Mitchell Hurwitz on the upcoming Netflix original series Lady Dynamite. The show is created by Hurwitz & comedian Maria Bamford and stars herself, as well as Dean Cain and Ana Gasteyer. Sarah Silverman, Jenny Slate, Mira Sorvino, Patton Oswalt, Jon Cryer, Brandon Routh, June Diane Raphael, Adam Pally and Tig Notaro have been announced as guest stars. The comedy is inspired by multiple periods of Bamford’s life and tell the story of a woman who loses – and then finds – herself. Hurwitz & Bamford are also executive producing the project with Pam Brady (South Park, Neighbors from Hell). Read the rest of this entry »
Max Richter to Score Luke Scott’s ‘Morgan’
Posted: November 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Luke Scott, Max Richter, Morgan, Ridley Scott
Max Richter has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi thriller Morgan. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Ridley Scott’s son Luke and stars Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Paul Giamatti, Toby Jones and Boyd Holbrook. The movie follows a corporate risk-management consultant who is summoned to a remote research lab to determine whether or not to terminate a genetically-engineered being. Seth W. Owen has written the Black List-honored screenplay for the Fox production. Ridley Scott is producing the project with Michael Schaefer (The Martian, Exodus: Gods and Kings) and Elishia Holmes. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release ‘Concussion’ Soundtrack
Posted: November 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Concussion, James Newton Howard, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Concussion. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, Maleficent). The soundtrack will be released on December 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Concussion is written and directed by Peter Landesman and stars Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Paul Reiser, Luke Wilson, Arliss Howard and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Christmas Eve’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christian Davis, Christmas Eve, score, Soundtrack
Bad Haircut has released a soundtrack album for the holiday comedy Christmas Eve. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christian Davis (Just Let Go, Murder in Mexico). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Christmas Eve is written and directed by Mitch Davis and stars Patrick Stewart, Jon Heder, James Roday, Cheryl Hines, Max Casella, Julianna Guill, Shawn King and Gary Cole. The movie follows six characters as they become trapped in six different elevators on Christmas Eve. The family comedy will be released in select theaters and on VOD on December 4, 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
