Jeff Danna has joined his brother Mychael Danna to co-score Pixar Animation Studios’ upcoming feature The Good Dinosaur. The film is directed by Peter Sohn and features the voices of Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, Marcus Scribner, A.J. Buckley and Steve Zahn. The movie is set in a world where dinosaurs have never become extinct and follows a young dinosaur who loses himself after falling into a river, sweeping him far away from his home. Denise Ream (Cars 2) is producing the project and John Lasseter serves as an executive producer. The composers’ music is being recorded this week in Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Danna Co-Scoring Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’
Posted: September 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, Pixar, The Good Dinosaur
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‘The Murder Pact’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Lifetime, Matthew Llewellyn, score, Soundtrack, The Murder Pact
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the thriller The Murder Pact. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew Llewellyn (Wishin’ and Hopin’, Deep in the Darkness). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 11, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Murder Pact is directed by Colin Theys and stars Alexa Pena Vega, Beau Mirchoff, Renee Olstead, Michael J. Willett and Sean Patrick Thomas. The movie follows four friends at a prestigious university whose promising futures are jeopardized when they become connected to the accidental death of a classmate. Read the rest of this entry »
DJ Steve Angello to Produce Music for The CW’s ‘The Drop’
Posted: September 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: R.J. Cutler, Steve Angello, The CW, The Drop
DJ Steve Angello has joined the CW drama project The Drop as executive music producer. The show is being developed by Kyle Jarrow (A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant) who is writing the screenplay and R.J. Cutler (The September Issue, Nashville) who is set to directed the project’s pilot. The series is set in Miami’s electronic dance music scene and centers on a DJ teetering on the edge of ruin who finds hope in a gifted protégé who is female and African-American, both rarities in the EDM world. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Dahlquist, Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer, score, Sebastian Kauderer, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sebastian Kauderer (Border Run) and David Dahlquist. Also included are original hip hop and electronic tracks produced by David Dahlquist and performed by R.C Bankwell, Space 9 & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer is directed and produced by Vlad Yudin (Generation Iron) and centers on music’s most wanted designer who is famous for throwing the best Coachella parties and for having a knack for creating some of the most buzzed-about pieces ever (Katy Perry‘s Super Bowl costumes and Miley Cyrus‘ heart-printed Moschino gown). Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Larson to Score HBO’s ‘Vinyl’
Posted: September 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Martin Scorsese, Nathan Larson, Terence Winter, Vinyl
Nathan Larson is set to compose the score for the upcoming HBO series Vinyl. The show is created by Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Sopranos) and stars Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Juno Temple, Ato Essandoh, P. J. Byrne, J. C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Paul Ben-Victor. The drama is set in 1970s New York and tells the story of Richie Finestra, a record executive trying to resurrect his label and find the next new sound. Martin Scorsese (Good Fellas, Taxi Driver, The Departed) has directed the pilot episode and is also executive producing the project with Winter, Mick Jagger, George Mastras (Breaking Bad), Rick Yorn (We Bought a Zoo), Victoria Pearman (Get on Up) and Emma Tillinger Koskoff (The Wolf of Wall Street). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Miss You Already’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Catherine Hardwicke, Harry Gregson-Williams, Miss You Already, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for Catherine Hardwicke’s drama Miss You Already. The album features two original songs written by Oscar nominee Diane Warren, The Crazy Ones performed by Paloma Faith and What We Leave Behind performed by Labrinth. Also included are songs by artists including R.E.M., Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Moby with Damien Jurado,Tyson Ritter, Broken Bell & more, as well as a track from the movie’s original score composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven, The Martian). The soundtrack will be released overseas on September 25, 2015 and in the U.S. on November 6. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Miss You Already Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine and Jacqueline Bisset. Read the rest of this entry »
Sam Smith to Perform ‘Spectre’ Title Song ‘Writing’s On the Wall’
Posted: September 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: James Bond, Sam Mendes, Sam Smith, Spectre
Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that Sam Smith has recorded Writing’s On The Wall, the theme song to the 24th James Bond film Spectre. The singer/songwriter has co-written the song with Jimmy Napes. The track will be released to download and stream on September 25, 2015 by Capitol Records. It is the first James Bond theme song recorded by a British male solo artist since 1965. Decca Records will release the official soundtrack album for Spectre, which will feature the movie’s original score composed by Thomas Newman. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Continuum’ Season 2 & 3 Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Continuum, Jeff Danna, score, Soundtrack, Syfy
RPI Music Publishing has released a new soundtrack album for the sci-fi series Continuum. The album features selections from the original music from the second and third season of the show composed by Jeff Danna (The Boondock Saints, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Lakeview Terrace). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A soundtrack featuring music from the first season has previously been released on Lakeshore Records in 2013. Continuum is created by Simon Barry and stars Rachel Nichols, Victor Webster and Erik Knudsen. The show about a detective from the year 2077 who finds herself trapped in present day Vancouver and searching for ruthless criminals from the future will return for a fourth and final season on September 11 on Syfy. Read the rest of this entry »
Pedro Bromfman to Score ‘Rio Heat’
Posted: September 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Pedro Bromfman, Rio Heat
Pedro Bromfman has been tapped to score the upcoming action comedy series Rio Heat. The show is created by Ken Gord & Dean Hamilton Bornstein and stars Harvey Keitel, Thaila Ayala and Victor Webster. The series follows a man and a woman who are hired by a mysterious figure and ex-CIA operator who now owns the largest private investigation company in the world to solve crimes. Stephen Campanelli (Momentum) has directed the first episodes, which are set to be released as a feature film in Brazil. Jon Cassar (24, When the Bough Breaks) is helming multiple episodes of the series and is also executive producing the project with Gord and Bornstein. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 6, 2015)
Posted: September 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arthur & George, PBS, Rob Lane
Premiering tonight on PBS is the mini-series Arthur & George directed by Stuart Orme, executive produced by Rebecca Eaton, written by Ed Whitmore and starring Martin Clunes, Arsher Ali, Art Malik, Emma Fielding, Charles Edwards and Hattie Morahan. The 3-parter’s original music is composed by Rob Lane (The Damned United, Merlin, John Adams). Arthur & George is based on the novel by Julian Barnes and follows world-famous author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as he works on case revolving around a half-Indian son of a vicar who is framed for a crime he may or may not have committed. The mini-series will air as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. Visit the official show website for more information.
