MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Pressure. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, Desert Dancer, Dear Wendy, Summer in February). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Pressure is directed by Ron Scalpello and stars Danny Huston, Matthew Goode and Daisy Lowe. The movie follows four deep sea saturation divers who become stranded 650ft below the surface of the Indian Ocean after disaster strikes their ship. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pressure’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Pressure, score, Soundtrack
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Marvel’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Bear McCreary, Marvel, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. have been revealed. The album features selections form the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci’s Demons, Outlander). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 4 by Hollywood Records and will be available to download here. As previously reported, a physical version is set to come out on October 2, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The digital release download link will be added to this article tomorrow. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen and starring Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Nick Blood, Adrianne Palicki, Luke Mitchell and Henry Simmons is based on the Marvel Comics about the organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) and will return for a third season on September 29, 2015 on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »
ESKMO to Score Showtime’s ‘Billions’
Posted: September 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Billions, ESKMO, Showtime
ESKMO has signed on to score the upcoming Showtime original series Billions. The drama is created by Brian Koppelman & David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen, Runaway Jury, Rounders) & Andrew Ross Sorkin (Too Big To Fail) and stars Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman, Toby Leonard Moore, David Costabile and Condola Rashad. The show revolves around politics and power in the world of Wall Street and New York investment firms and follows a hard-driving U.S. attorney who clashes with a hedge fund titan. Neil Burger (The Illusionist, Limitless, Insurgent) is directing the pilot episode and is also executive producing the project with Koppelman, Levien and Sorkin. Read the rest of this entry »
Sven Faulconer Scoring Jean-Francois Richet’s ‘Blood Father’
Posted: September 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blood Father, Jean-Francois Richet, Mel Gibson
Sven Faulconer is composing the music for the upcoming action thriller Blood Father. The film is directed by Jean-Francois Richet (Assault on Precint 13, Mesrine: Part 1 & 2) and stars Mel Gibson, Elisabeth Rohm, William H. Macy, Diego Luna, Thomas Mann and Erin Moriarty. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Peter Craig (The Town, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay) and follows an ex-con who reunites with his estranged 16-year-old daughter, and vows to protect her from the drug dealers who are trying to kill her. Craig has also written the screenplay and Chris Briggs (Hostel, Shark Night 3D) is producing the project with Pascal Caucheteux (A Prophet, Rust and Bone). Read the rest of this entry »
BBC’s ‘From Darkness’ to Feature Music by Edmund Butt
Posted: September 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Edmund Butt, From Darkness
Edmund Butt is currently scoring the upcoming BBC original series From Darkness. The psychological crime drama is created by Katie Baxendale (Sugar Rush) and stars Anne Marie-Duff as Claire Church, a former police officer who left the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in the mid-90s after the impact of violence became too overwhelming for her to continue. Johnny Harris, Richard Rankin, Luke Newberry, Caroline Lee Johnson, Lyndsey Marshall, Adrian Rawlings, Ben Batt and Leanne Best are co-starring. Dominic Leclerc (Call The Midwife, The Syndicate) is directing all four episodes of the show’s first season. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Tale of Love and Darkness, Natalie Portman, Nicholas Britell, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for Natalie Portman’s feature directorial debut A Tale of Love and Darkness. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicholas Britell (12 Years a Slave, Gimme the Loot, The Big Short). The soundtrack is now available to download overseas and will be released in the U.S. within the next couple of months. Visit Amazon to download the album. A Tale of Love and Darkness is written and directed by Portman who also stars in the film alongside Gilad Kahana and Amir Tessler. The movie is based on the best-selling memoir by celebrated Israeli author Amos Oz and tells of an immigrant family’s struggles even as it positions them within the larger context of a nation’s birth. Read the rest of this entry »
John Swihart to Score ‘First Girl I Loved’
Posted: September 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: First Girl I Loved, John Swihart, Kerem Sanga
John Swihart revealed in a recent interview with Geektown Radio that is reuniting with director Kerem Sanga on the upcoming indie romantic dramedy First Girl I Loved. The film is written and directed by Sanga and stars Dylan Gelula, Brianna Hildebrand, Mateo Arias, Pamela Adlon, Tim Heidecker, Erik Griffin and Cameron Esposito. The movie centers on the relationship of a sarcastic, closeted teenager and a classmate who’s suddenly unsure of her own orientation. Dave Hunter & Ross Putman are producing the project with Seth Caplan (In Search of a Midnight Kiss, The Last Survivors). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Scream Queens’ Title Song ‘You Belong to Me’ Revealed
Posted: September 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Fox, Heather Heywood, Mac Quayle, Scream Queens
Ryan Murphy has published an extended version of the main titles sequence for the new Fox series Scream Queens. The opening titles feature the original song You Belong to Me, which was co-written by the show’s composer Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, American Horror Story: Freak Show & Hotel), singer Heather Heywood and executive producer Alexis Woodall. Heywood is also performing the track. Check out the titles sequence and song after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Urata Scoring ‘Love the Coopers’
Posted: September 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jessie Nelson, Love the Coopers, Nick Urata
Nick Urata is scoring the upcoming holiday comedy Love the Coopers. The film is directed by Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam, Jessie Nelson) and stars Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Jake Lacy, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei and Olivia Wilde. The movie, which was originally entitled Let It Snow, follows the exasperated members of an extended family as they attempt to gather for their annual holiday celebration. Steven Rogers (Stepmom, Hope Floats) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Ryan Miller to Score ‘The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving’
Posted: September 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Rob Burnett, Ryan Miller, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
Ryan Miller has been tapped to score the upcoming indie drama The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving. The film is written and directed by Rob Burnett (The Late Show with David Letterman) and stars Paul Rudd, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Ehle and Craig Roberts. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Jonathan Evison and centers on the touching friendship between a caregiver and a frustrated teenager who is the advance stages with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Donna Gigliotti (Silver Linings Playbook, Shakespeare in Love, The Reader) is producing the project with James Spies (Big Stone Gap). Read the rest of this entry »
