Michael Price Scoring ITV’s ‘Unforgotten’

Posted: September 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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michael-priceMichael Price is composing the music for the upcoming ITV series Unforgotten. The six-part drama is created by Chris Lang (UndeniableThe Tunnel) and stars Nicola Walker, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Trevor Eve, Bernard Hill, Ruth Sheen and Tom Courtenay. The show centers on a 39-year-old murder case that is re-opened when the bones of a young man are found beneath the footings of a demolished house. Lang is also executive producing the Mainstreet Pictures production with Sally Haynes & Laura Mackie (An Englisgman in New York).  Read the rest of this entry »

rock-the-kasbahVarese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Rock the Kasbah. The album features three original Cat Stevens covers by Leem Lubany, a Bill Murray cover of Smoke on the Water, as well as other songs from the film by artists including Bob Dylan, Isa Machine & LP and Harry Nilsson. Also included are two tracks from the movies’s original score composed by Marcelo Zarvos (The AffairRay DonovanEnough SaidThe Good ShepherdThe Words). The soundtrack will be released on October 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Rock the Kasbah is directed by Barry Levinson and stars Bill Murray, Kate Hudson, Zooey Deschanel, Danny McBride, Scott Caan, Bruce Willis and Leem Lubany. Read the rest of this entry »

Eduardo Noya to Score ‘Versailles’ TV Series

Posted: September 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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versaillesEduardo Noya has been hired to score the upcoming period drama series Versailles. The show is created by Simon Mirren (Criminal Minds) & David Wolstencroft (The Escape Artist) and stars George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Dominique Blanc, Amira Casar, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Noémie Schmidt, Evan Williams, Anna Brewster and Sarah Winter. The 10-parter is set in 1667 and follows Louis XIV as he evolves from a young King into an absolute monarch, a 17th century rock star with the mind of Machiavelli. Mirren and Wolstencroft are also executive producing the Canal Plus production with Claude Chelli and Anne Thomopoulos (Rome, Borgia). Read the rest of this entry »

‘Momentum’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: September 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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momentumVarese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the action thriller Momentum. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Laurent Eyquem (Copperhead, Winnie Mandela, Rage). The soundtrack will be released on October 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Momentum is directed by Stephen Campanelli and stars Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy and Lee-Ann Summers. The movie follows infiltration expert with a secret past who accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist and gets mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a master assassin. Read the rest of this entry »

everything-will-be-fineWenders Music will release a soundtrack album for Wim Wenders’ drama Every Thing Will Be Fine. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, The Queen, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 25, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Every Thing Will Be Fine starring James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel McAdams, Marie-Josee Croze, Robert Naylor, Patrick Bauchau and Peter Stormare. The movie centers around a tragic car accident that links the lives of a struggling writer, his long-suffering girlfriend, a grieving mother and a publisher. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Cardoni to Score Fox’s ‘The Grinder’

Posted: September 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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the-grinderJeff Cardoni has been hired to score the new Fox comedy The Grinder. The show is created by Andrew Mogel & Jarrad Paul (The D Train, Yes Man) and stars Rob Lowe, Fred Savage, William Devane, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Natalie Morales, Hana Hayes and Connor Kalopsis. The series follows a TV lawyer, known as The Grinder, who returns to his small-town home after his show is cancelled to work for his family’s real-life law firm. Mogel and Paul are also executive producing the project with Jess Wexler (The Comedians) and Jake Kasdan (Bad Teacher, Walk Hard, New Girl) who also directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »

how-to-talk-to-girls-at-partiesA24 announced today that Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu and Matmos have joined Nico Muhly to compose original music and songs for the upcoming sci-fi comedy How to Talk to Girls at Parties. The film will be directed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry InchRabbit Hole) and is set to star Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman and Alex Sharp. The movie is based on a short story by Neil Gaiman and follows a teenage punk rocker in 1970s suburban London who sneaks into a party with his friends where they meet a group of intensely attractive, otherworldly girls from outer space.  Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Runner’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: September 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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the-runnerLakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Runner. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Life of Crime, Detachment, Pawn Shop Chronicles). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 25, 2015. The Runner is directed by Austin Stark and stars Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Wendell Pierce, Bryan Batt and Peter Fonda. The movie is set in the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill and follows an idealistic but flawed politician who is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. Read the rest of this entry »

galperineSacha and Evgueni Galperine have been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Nine Lives. The film is directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty, The Addams Family) and stars Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Robbie Amell, Malina Weissman, Christopher Walken and Mark Consuelos. The movie follows a workaholic businessman who has to figure out how to redeem himself after a terrible accident leaves him trapped in the body of his family’s cat. Daniel Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin have written the screenplay. Luc Besson (Lucy, The Professional, The Fifth Element) is producing the EuropaCorp production with Christophe Lambert (Saint Laurent, It Boy). Read the rest of this entry »

cosmic-mixMarvel Music has announced a soundtrack release for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy animated series. The album features 12 songs from the show’s first season by artists including Blue Swede, Queen, The James Gang, Thin Lizzy, Gloria Gaynor, Hudson Brothers, Peaches and Herb, Cameo & more. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Mix Vol. 1 will be released on October 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Guardians of the Galaxy is based on the Marvel Comics series and features the voices of Will Friedle, Trevor Devall, Vanessa Marshall, Kevin Michael Richardson and David Sobolov. Read the rest of this entry »