Premiering on Tuesday, September 15, is the new FX original series The Bastard Executioner created by Kurt Sutter and starring Lee Jones, Stephen Moyer, Katey Sagal, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Sam Spruell, Sarah Sweeney, Danny Sapani, Darren Evans, Kurt Sutter, Timothy V. Murphy, Sarah White, Ethan Griffiths, Elen Rhys and Brian F. O’Byrne. The show’s original music is composed by Bob Thiele who previously scored FX’s Sons of Anarchy for Sutter. The series centers on a 14th century warrior, whose life is changed when a divine messenger orders him to lay down his sword and lead the life of a journeyman executioner. For updates on the drama, which will air every Tuesday night on FX, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 13, 2015)
Posted: September 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bob Thiele, Comedy Central, FX, Lifetime, Matthew Llewellyn, Moonbeam City, Night Club, The Bastard Executioner, The Murder Pact
‘Ma Ma’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Ma ma, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced soundtrack album for the Spanish drama Ma Ma. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alberto Iglesias (The Constant Gardener, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Kite Runner, Exodus: Gods and Kings). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio clips. Ma ma is directed by Julio Medem (Sex & Lucia) and stars Penélope Cruz, Luis Tosar and Asier Etxeandia. The movie follows a woman who was recently diagnosed with cancer and forms an unexpected bond with a soccer scout whose wife has been gravely injured in a car accident. Read the rest of this entry »
Dustin O’Halloran, Jeff Beal & Rachel Portman Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dustin O'Halloran, Emmy Awards, Jeff Beal, Rachel Portman
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out this afternoon at the Microsoft Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. Dustin O’Halloran won his first Emmy Award for both his main titles theme from Amazon Studios’ Transparent. Jeff Beal was honored with his first Emmy for his work on Netflix’s House of Cards in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series category after being nominated three times before for his score and theme for the series in the previous two years. The composer previously received three Emmys for Monk, Nightmares & Dreamscapes and The Company. Rachel Portman took home her first Emmy Award for her music for the HBO original movie Bessie. Read the rest of this entry »
SCL Hosts Reception for Emmy-Nominated Composers & Songwriters
Posted: September 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Emmy Awards, SCL
Last night, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Emmy Award-nominated composers and songwriters in the music-related categories at the Montage hotel in Beverly Hills. SCL president Ashley Irwin, as well as Television Academy music peer group governors Rickey Minor and Michael A. Levine introduced the nominees who briefly spoke to the audience. Among the composers in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series category present at the event were previous Emmy winners Jeff Beal who received his fourth Emmy nomination this year for his music for Netflix’s House of Cards and his fifteenth nomination overall, as Bear McCreary who received his first nomination for Starz’s Outlander and his fourth nomination within the past six years. Read the rest of this entry »
Creating the Musical Themes for ‘Black Mass’
Posted: September 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Black Mass, Junkie XL, Tom Holkenborg
WaterTower Music has published a video featurette about the music for Scott Cooper’s thriller Black Mass. The video features composer Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Divergent) discussing the character themes he composed for the movie starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Rory Cochrane, Sienna Miller and Adam Scott. Also featured in the video is footage from the recording sessions of the score at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. Check out the full video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 11, 2015)
Posted: September 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 90 Minutes of Heaven, A Brilliant Young Mind, Andrew Feltenstein, Atli Orvarsson, Dave Fleming, Goodnight Mommy, James Horner, John Nau, Martin Phipps, Michael W. Smith, Olga Neuwirth, Paul Cantelon, Sleeping with Other People, The Perfect Guy, The Visit, Time Out of Mind, Wolf Totem
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller The Visit written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, produced by Jason Blum and starring Kathryn Hahn, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, Ed Oxenbould and Olivia DeJonge. The movie doesn’t feature an original score except for short piano track for the movie’s epilogue scene written by Paul Cantelon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, W.). No soundtrack album has been announced. To learn more about the Universal Pictures release, check out our previous news article.
Also opening wide is the thriller The Perfect Guy directed by David M. Rosenthal and starring Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, Charles S. Dutton, Tess Harper, Kathryn Morris, Rutina Wesley and Holt McCallany. Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Chicago Fire) and Dave Fleming have composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Record has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to find out more about the Screen Gems/Sony Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bill’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Hewitt, Bill, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy Bill. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Hewitt (The Double, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Submarine). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bill is directed by Richard Bracewell and stars Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond. The movie tells the story of what really happened during Shakespeare’s ‘Lost Years’ and how hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his family and home to follow his dream. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mississippi Grind’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: September 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anna Boden, Mississippi Grind, Ryan Fleck, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release two soundtrack albums for the indie drama Mississippi Grind. Both albums feature a collection of blues tracks inspired by the movie by artists including Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie, Joe Callicott, John Lee Hooker, Leo Welch, Memphis Slim, Odetta, Junior Kimbrough & more. Both albums will be released digitally on September 18 and physically on October 2. To pre-order the Vol. 1: Gerry’s Road Mix soundtrack, visit Amazon and click here to pre-order the Vol. 2: Curtis Road Mix album. Mississippi Grind is directed by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden (Half Nelson, It’s Kind of a Funny Story) and stars Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller, Analeigh Tipton, Robin Weigert and Alfre Woodard. The movie follows a charismatic drifter who sets off with a down-on-his-luck poker player on a road trip through the South, where they plan to win back what they’ve already lost. Read the rest of this entry »
‘American Ultra’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: American Ultra, Marcelo Zarvos, Paul Hartnoll, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the action comedy American Ultra have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos (The Affair, Remember Me, Enough Said, Ray Donovan), as well as additional music by Paul Hartnoll (former member of the electronic music group Orbital). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 25, 2015 by Varese Sarabande. American Ultra is directed by Nima Nourizadeh and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, Connie Britton, Tony Hale, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman and Walton Goggins. The movie follows a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend is suddenly turned upside down when he finds out that he is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo & Zoe Keating to Score WGN America’s ‘Manhattan’ Season 2
Posted: September 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Russo, Manhattan, WGN America, Zoe Keating
Jeff Russo and Zoe Keating have taken over scoring duties on the WGN America original series Manhattan. The show is created by Sam Shaw and stars John Benjamin Hickey, Olivia Williams, William Petersen, Ashley Zukerman, Rachel Brosnahan, Harry Lloyd, Katja Herbers, Christopher Denham, Michael Chernus, Harry Lloyd, Mamie Gummer and Griffin Dunne. The drama is set Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II and follows the brilliant but flawed scientists who built the first atomic bomb and their families. Read the rest of this entry »
