Michael Giacchino is currently composing the music for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming feature Zootopia. The film is directed by Byron Howard (Tangled, Bolt) & Rich Moore (Wreck-It-Ralph) and features the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate and Tommy Chong. The movie is set in a civilization led by animals devoid of human interference, complete with habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown. Clark Spencer (Lilo & Stitch, Bolt) is producing the project and John Lasseter is executive producing. The film marks Giacchino’s first project for Disney Animation. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino Scoring Disney’s ‘Zootopia’
Posted: November 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryon Howard, Michael Giacchino, Rich Moore, Zootopia
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 1, 2015)
Posted: November 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Byrne, Didier Leplea, HBO, Joe Wong, Master of None, Netflix, Project Greenlight, The Leisure Class
Premiering tomorrow, November 2, is the film created on the current season of HBO’s Project Greenlight, The Leisure Class, directed by Jason Mann, executive produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Bobby & Peter Farrelly and starring Ed Weeks, Tom Bell, Bridget Regan, Scottie Thompson, Melanie Zanetti, Christine Lakin, Rory Knox Johnston, Brenda Strong and Bruce Davison. The comedy’s original music is composed by Brian Byrne (Albert Nobbs, Boychoir, Jenny’s Wedding, The Good Doctor). The Leisure Class follows a man who is trying to marry into a wealthy family and his unpredictable brother. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
WAZ-Jackson Scoring CBS’ ‘Rush Hour’ TV Series
Posted: October 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Rush Hour, WAZ, WAZ-Jackson
The composer duo of WAZ-Jackson is composing the music for the upcoming CBS drama Rush Hour. The show is based on Brett Ratner’s film franchise starring Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker and stars Justin Hires, John Foo, Wendie Malick, Aimee Garcia, Page Kennedy and Jessika Van. The series follows a Hong Kong police officer who is assigned to a case in Los Angeles, where he’s forced to work with a cocky African-American LAPD officer who has no interest in a partner. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 30, 2015)
Posted: October 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bare, Burnt, David Wingo, Fil Eisler, Freaks of Nature, Kyp Malone, Our Brand Is Crisis, Rob Simonsen, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the drama Burnt directed by John Wells and starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Brühl, Matthew Rhys, Uma Thurman, Emma Thompson, Alicia Vikander and Lily James. The film’s original music is composed by Rob Simonsen ((500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now, The Age of Adaline, Foxcatcher). No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie follows a chef in Paris who is trying to obtain the Michelin three-star rating. The drama is being released by the Weinstein Company. Visit the official movie website for more information.
Also opening wide is the political comedy drama Our Brand Is Crisis directed by David Gordon Green and starring Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy and Zoe Kazan. David Wingo (Take Shelter, Mud, All the Real Girls) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexis & Sam to Score ‘Equity’
Posted: October 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexis & Sam, Equity
Alexis & Sam have signed on to score the upcoming wall street drama Equity. The film is directed by Meera Menon and stars Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Carrie Preston, Sarah Megan Thomas and Alysia Reiner. The movie centers on a female investment banker who is threatened by a financial scandal and must untangle a web of corruption, forcing her to re-examine the rules of the cutthroat world she has always loved. Amy Fox has written the screenplay for the Broad Street Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rocky’ Spinoff ‘Creed’ to Feature Original Songs by Ludwig Goransson, Ryan Coogler, Vince Staples, Donald Glover & More
Posted: October 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Creed, Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler, Sam Dew, Tessa Thompson, Vince Staples
Warner Bros. Pictures is submitting two original songs from the upcoming sports drama Creed for Oscar consideration. The first track, Waiting for My Moment, is written by the film’s composer Ludwig Goransson (Community, Fruitvale Station, New Girl, We’re the Millers), the movie’s director Ryan Coogler, rapper Vince Staples, and Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino. The second song, Grip, is written by Goransson, hip hop singer/songwriter Sam Dew and Tessa Thompson who also stars in the film. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The 33’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Horner, score, Soundtrack, The 33
The details of the soundtrack album for the drama The 33 have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Apollo 13). Also included are two songs by Cote de Pablo and Los Bunkers. The soundtrack will be released on November 6, 2015 by WaterTower Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The 33 is directed by Patricia Riggen and stars Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bob Gunton and Gabriel Byrne. The movie tells the true story of the 2010 mining disaster in Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC’s ‘Chicago Med’ to Feature Music by Atli Orvarsson
Posted: October 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Chicago Med, NBC
Atli Orvarsson is scoring the new NBC drama Chicago Med. The show is created by Michael Brandt & Derek Haas (Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma) and stars Oliver Platt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Colin Donnell, Torrey DeVitto and Rachel DiPillo. The series marks the third entry in the Chicago franchise following Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., which Orvarsson is also scoring, and centers on the day-to-day chaos of the city’s newest state-of-the-art trauma center and the lives of its doctors, nurses and staff. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathaniel Mechaly Scoring ‘Shut In’
Posted: October 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathaniel Mechaly, Shut In
Nathaniel Mechaly is composing the music for the upcoming psychological thriller Shut In. The film is directed by Farren Blackburn (Hammer of the Gods) and stars Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt, Charlie Heaton, David Cubitt and Jacob Tremblay. The movie follows a widowed child psychologist who lives in isolation in rural New England and must find a way to rescue a young boy caught in a deadly winter storm. Christina Hodson has written the Blacklist-honored screenplay for the EuropaCorp and Lava Bear Films production. Mechaly has previously scored EuropaCorp’s Taken trilogy, as well as the features Colombiana and Angelique and the TV shows Transporter: The Series and Taxi Brooklyn. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Englishby to Score Netflix’s ‘The Crown’
Posted: October 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Paul Englishby, Peter Morgan, The Crown
Paul Englishby has been hired to score the upcoming Netflix original series The Crown. The show is created by Peter Morgan (The Queen, Rush, Frost/Nixon) and stars Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, Matt Smith as Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill. The 10-parter is based on Morgan’s play The Audience and centers on the interplay and political intrigue between Queen Elizabeth II and the British prime ministers spanning several decades. Morgan is also executive producing the Sony Pictures TV and Left Bank Pictures production with Stephen Daldry (The Hours, The Reader), Philip Martin (The Forger), Andy Harries (The Damned United), Suzanne Mackie (Calendar Girls, Pinky Boots), Tanya Seghatchian (My Summer of Love), Robert Fox (Notes on a Scandal, Iris) and Matthew Byam Shaw. Read the rest of this entry »
