Nonesuch Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Heart of a Dog. The album features the film’s original music composed by the movie’s director Laurie Anderson. Also included is Lou Reed’s Turning This Head Around. The soundtrack will be released on October 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Heart of a Dog is written and directed by Anderson and centers on the multidisciplinary artist as she reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heart of a Dog’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heart of a Dog, Laurie Anderson, score, Soundtrack
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Vincent Jones & Dave Kushner to Score Netflix’s ‘F Is for Family’
Posted: October 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Kushner, F Is for Family, Netflix, Vincent Jones
Vincent Jones and Dave Kushner have been hired to score the upcoming animated comedy F Is for Family. The show is created by stand-up comedian Bill Burr & Michael Price (The Simpsons) and features the voices of Burr himself, Laura Dern, Justin Long and Haley Reinhart. The series is based on Burr’s own childhood and follows a lower middle class family in the 1970s. Burr and Price are also executive producing the Gaumont International Television and Wild West Television production with Vince Vaughn & Peter Billingsley (Couples Retreat, Dinner for Five). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Better Call Soundtrack’ Details
Posted: October 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Better Call Saul, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the AMC original series Better Call Saul. The album features a selection of the songs featured in the first season of the show by artists including Bobby Bare and The Hillsiders, Henry Mancini, Esquivel, Galt Macdermot, The Ink Spots, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills, Junior Brown, The Dave Brubeck Quartet & more. Also included is the series’ main title theme by Little Barrie. The soundtrack will be released on November 6, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Better Call Saul created by Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould and starring Bob Odenkirk focuses on the character of attorney Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad. Read the rest of this entry »
Rachel Portman Scoring Stephen Hopkins’ ‘Race’
Posted: October 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Race, Rachel Portman, Stephen Hopkins
Rachel Portman has been tapped to score the upcoming biographical sports drama Race. The film is directed by Stephen Hopkins (The Ghost and the Darkness, Predator 2, Lost in Space, Blown Away) and stars Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt and Carice van Houten. The movie tells the true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary sports superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics. Anna Waterhouse & Joe Shrapnel (Frankie & Alex) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ghent Film Festival & Brussels Philharmonic Present Alan Silvestri’ Compilation to Be Released
Posted: October 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Soundtrack, World Soundtrack Awards
Silva Screen Records has announced a compilation album: Film Festival Gent and Brussels Philharmonic Present Alan Silvestri. The album features suites from several scores written by the Academy Award-nominated composer performed by the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Dirk Brosse. Titles included on the album are Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away, The Polar Express, The Mummy Express & more. The soundtrack marks the second in the series, which is supported by Ghent’s World Soundtrack Awards, where Silvestri will be honored this year. The soundtrack will be released on October 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Charlie Clouser to Score Syfy’s ‘Childhood’s End’
Posted: October 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Charlie Clouser, Childhood's End, Syfy
Charlie Clouser revealed on Twitter that he is composing the score for the upcoming Syfy original mini-series Childhood’s End. The show is based on the sci-fi novel by Arthur C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey) of the same title and stars Charles Dance, Mike Vogel, Daisy Betts, Yael Stone, Julian McMahon, Osy Ikhile and Colm Meaney. The 6-parter centers on a peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war and turns the planet into a near-utopia. Matthew Graham (Life on Mars) has developed the series and is executive producing the Universal Cable production with Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend, I, Robot) and Michael De Luca (Moneyball, Captain Phillips). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 4, 2015)
Posted: October 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A&E, BBC America, Benjamin Wallfisch, Casual, Deborah Lurie, Disney Channel, Home Fires, Hulu, Invisible Sister, John Lunn, Mateo Messina, Netflix, Niall Byrne, PBS, Samuel Sim, The Enfield Haunting, The Last Kingdom, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, The Outfit, The Widower
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV series Home Fires starring Samantha Bond, Francesca Annis, Ed Stoppard, Ruth Gemmell, Claire Rushbrook, Frances Grey, Clare Calbraith and Rachel Hurd-Wood. The show’s original music is composed by Samuel Sim (Awake). Home Fires based on the book Jambusters by Julie Summers is set during World War II and follows a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community. The ITV Studios production will air as part of PBS’ Masterpiece on Sunday nights. Visit the official show website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) to score ‘Deadpool’
Posted: October 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deadpool, Junkie XL, Tom Holkenborg
Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) announced on Twitter that he is set to compose the music for the upcoming comic book adaptation Deadpool. The film is directed by Tim Miller and stars Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, Ed Skrein and Brianna Hildebrand. The movie is based on the Marvel Comics character from the X-Men universe and centers on Wade Wilson, a talkative assassin who winds up with superpowers while seeking a cure for his cancer. Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (Zombieland, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Jonathan Levine’s ‘The Night Before’ to Feature Music by Marco Beltrami & Miles Hankins
Posted: October 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonathan Levine, Marco Beltrami, Miles Hankins, The Night Before
Marco Beltrami and Miles Hankins have composed the original score for the upcoming holiday comedy The Night Before. The film is directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50, The Wackness) and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Lizzy Caplan, Julian Bell, Mindy Kaling and Michael Shannon. The movie centers on three longtime friends deciding to party one last time on Christmas Eve to mark the conclusion of their 14-year-old holiday tradition. Levine has also co-written the screenplay with Kyle Hunter, Ariel Schaffir and Evan Goldberg (Superbad, This Is the End). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Unnatural’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Edwin Wendler, score, Soundtrack, Unnatural
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Unnatural. The album features the film’s original music composed by Edwin Wendler (I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance Is Mine, Tales of Halloween). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A limited edition CD release is also in the works. Unnatural is directed by Hank Braxtan and stars James Remar, Sherilyn Fenn, Graham Greene, Stephanie Hodes, Q’orianka Kilcher, Ivana Korab, Ray Wise and Allegra Carpenter. The movie centers on a scientific corporation that experiments with genetic modification, resulting in the creation of a man-hunting creature. Read the rest of this entry »
