Sony Music has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC natural history documentary The Hunt. The album features the series’ original music composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Fury, The World’s End, Attack the Block) performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra under conductor, Geoffrey Alexander. The soundtrack will be released overseas on November 13, 2015 and is now available as an import on Amazon. The Hunt is executive produced by Alastair Fothergill (Blue Planet, Frozen Earth, Planet Earth), produced by Huw Cordey (Planet Earth, South Pacific) and centers on the relationship between predators and their prey. The 7-part series is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and features rarely seen animal behaviour including killer whales hunting humpback whales in tropical waters. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for BBC’s ‘The Hunt’ Announced
Posted: October 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC Earth, score, Soundtrack, Steven Price, The Hunt
‘Truth’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Tyler, score, Soundtrack, Truth
The full details of the soundtrack album for the political drama Truth have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Brian Tyler (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Furious 7, Iron Man 3, Now You See Me, Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles, Thor: The Dark World). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 6, 2015 and physically on December 4. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and check out a suite from the score after the jump. Truth is directed by James Vanderbilt and stars Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Elisabeth Moss, Dennis Quaid. The movie tells the story of how CBS News journalist Mary Mapes and Dan Rather uncovered that a sitting US president may have been AWOL from the United States National Guard for over a year during the Vietnam War. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Moonbeam City’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Comedy Central, Moonbeam City, Night Club, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Comedy Central series Moonbeam City. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Los Angeles Synthpop band Night Club. The soundtrack will be released on December 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Moonbeam City is created by Scott Gairdner, produced by animation studio Titmouse (Superjail!, The Venture Bros.) features the voices of Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Banks, Will Forte, and Kate Mara. The series centers on Dazzle Novak, a loose cannon police detective with the Moonbeam City PD, and his attempts to clean the city’s neon-soaked streets. Read the rest of this entry »
John Moreland to Score ‘Boomtown’
Posted: October 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Boomtown, John Moreland
Star Fly LLC announced today that John Moreland is set to compose the music for the upcoming drama Boomtown. The film is directed by Sabyn Mayfield and stars Tyler Riggs, Boyd Holbrook, Rachel Brosnahan and Jocelin Donahue. The movie is set in Williston, North Dakota, home of the modern day Gold Rush and follows a man who leaves his family behind to pursue a grueling, yet highly coveted, job in a now booming oil industry. Mayfield also co-wrote the screenplay with David Newbert. Both are also producing the project. Moreland is best known as a folk singer/songwriter. Read the rest of this entry »
Julia Holter Scoring Ben Younger’s ‘Bleed for This’
Posted: October 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Younger, Bleed for This, Julia Holter
Singer/songwriter has been tapped to score the upcoming boxing drama Bleed for This. The film is written and directed by Ben Younger (Boiler Room, Prime) and stars Miles Teller as boxer Vinny Pazienza and Aaron Eckhart as his trainer Kevin Rooney. Katey Sagal, Amanda Clayton and Ciaran Hinds are co-starring. The movie tells the story of the world champion fighter and his trained who helped him to come back to the ring after a near fatal car crash left him with a broken neck. Bruce Cohen (American Beauty, Milk, Big Fish), Emma Tillinger Koskoff (The Wolf of Wall Street), Younger, Chad Verdi & Noah Kraft (Loosies) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Humans’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Humans, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the sci-fi series Humans have been announced. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Utopia). The soundtrack will be released on December 4, 2015 by Silva Screen Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Humans is created by Jonathan Brackley & Sam Vincent and stars Gemma Chan, Katherine Parkinson, Tom Goodman-Hill, William Hurt, Will Tudor, Rebecca Front and Colin Morgan. The show based on the Swedish TV series Real Humans is set in a parallel present in London where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a Synth – a highly developed, artificially intelligent servant similar to its living counterpart. Read the rest of this entry »
Terence Blanchard Scoring Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’
Posted: October 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chi-Ray, Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard is currently recording his score for Spike Lee’s upcoming drama Chi-Raq. The movie stars 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. The film has been described as a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago. Lee has also co-written the screenplay with Kevin Willmott. Read the rest of this entry »
‘April and the Extraordinary World’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: April and the Extraordinary World, score, Soundtrack, Valentin Hadjadj
22D Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature April and the Extraordinary World (Avril et le monde truqué). The album features the film’s original music composed by Valentin Hadjadj. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 30, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. April and the Extraordinary World is directed by Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci and features the voice of Marion Cotillard as the title character in the French original version. The movie produced by Je Suis Bien Content, the animation studio behind Persepolis, is set in 1941 and follows a teenage girl who goes in search of her missing scientist parents. Read the rest of this entry »
David O. Russell’s ‘Joy’ to Feature Music by Danny Elfman
Posted: October 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, David O. Russell, Joy
Danny Elfman revealed in an interview with L.A. Weekly that he is working on David O. Russell’s upcoming drama Joy. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini and Elisabeth Röhm. The movie tells the true story of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country’s most successful entrepreneurs after inventing the Miracle Mop. Russell has written the screenplay based on a story by himself and Annie Mumolo (Bridesmaids). He is also producing the project with John Davis (Predator, I, Robot, The Blacklist), Jonathan Gordon (Silver Linings Playbook), Megan Ellison (Zero Dark Thirty, Her, Foxcatcher) and Ken Mok (Invincible). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Knick’ Season 2 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cinemax, Cliff Martinez, score, Soundtrack, Steven Soderbergh, The Knick
Milan Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Cinemax original series The Knick. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Cliff Martinez (Traffic, Drive, Contagion, Solaris, Sex, Lies and Videotapes). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 30, 2015. A CD version is set to come out on December 18 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring music from the first season. The Knick is directed by Steven Soderbergh, created by Jack Amiel & Michael Begler and stars Clive Owen, Andre Holland, Juliet Rylance, Eve Hewson, Collin Meath and Michael Angarano. The series follows the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff at the Knickerbocker Hospital in time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. Read the rest of this entry »
