Martin Phipps is composing the music for the upcoming mini-series War and Peace. The epic drama is directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death) and stars Paul Dano, Lily James, James Norton, Jim Broadbent, Gillian Anderson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Stephen Rea, Greta Scacchi, Jack Lowden, Tom Burke and Aisling Loftus. Andrew Davies (House of Cards, Bridget Jones’s Diaries) has written the scripts for the 6-parter based on Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel. Davies is also executive producing the project with Faith Penhale & Bethan Jones (Sherlock) for BBC Cymru Wales, Harvey Weinstein & Robert Walak for the Weinstein Company and Simon Vaughan (Ripper Street, Parade’s End) for Lookout Point. Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Phipps Scoring ‘War and Peace’ Mini-Series
Posted: September 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A&E, BBC, History, Lifetime, Martin Phipps, War and Peace
‘Black Mass’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black Mass, Junkie XL, score, Scott Cooper, Soundtrack, Tom Holkenborg
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the crime drama Black Mass. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road, Divergent, 300: Rise of an Empire, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice). The soundtrack will be released on September 11, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Black Mass is directed by Scott Cooper (Ouf of the Furnace, Crazy Heart) and stars Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Rory Cochrane, Sienna Miller and Adam Scott. The movie tells the true story of Whitey Bulger, the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf. Read the rest of this entry »
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Visit’ to Feature Theme by Paul Cantelon
Posted: August 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: M. Night Shyamalan, Paul Cantelon, The Visit
Paul Cantelon has composed a theme for M. Night Shyamalan’s horror thriller The Visit. The theme written for solo piano plays over the film’s epilogue scene. Apart from Cantelon’s Epilogue Theme, the movie doesn’t feature any original score. Shyamalan has previously collaborated with composer James Newton Howard on his previous eight movies, including The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Village and The Last Airbender. Cantelon’s best known film scoring credits include The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, W., The Other Boleyn Girl, Everything Is Illuminated and Conviction. The Visit is written and directed by Shyamalan, produced by Jason Blum and stars Kathryn Hahn, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, Ed Oxenbould and Olivia DeJonge. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Wave’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Magnus Beite, score, Soundtrack, The Wave
Grappa Musikforlag has released a soundtrack album for the Nordic disaster thriller The Wave. The album features the film’s original music composed by Magnus Beite (Cold Prey, Ragnarok). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Wave is directed by Roar Uthaug and stars Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Eili Harboea and Jonas Hoff Oftebro. The movie follows a geologist who tries to prevent a cataclysm when a mountain overlooking a popular Norwegian tourist destination begins to collapse into the ocean. Read the rest of this entry »
Back Lot Music to Release ‘Steve Jobs’ and ‘Suffragette’ Soundtracks
Posted: August 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Daniel Pemberton, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jobs, Suffragette
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for Danny Boyle’s biographical drama Steve Jobs starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Katherine Waterston and Michael Stuhlbarg. The album features the film’s original score composed by Daniel Pemberton (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Counselor, The Awakening), as well as other music from the film. The soundtrack will be released on October 9, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label will also release a soundtrack album for the British drama Suffragette directed by Sarah Gavron and starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 30, 2015)
Posted: August 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Hand of God, Marc Streitenfeld
Premiering on Friday, September 4, is the Amazon Studios original series Hand of God created by Ben Watkins (Burn Notice), executive produced by Marc Forster (World War Z) and starring Ron Perlman, Dana Delany, Garret Dillahunt, Andre Royo, Alona Tal, Julian Morris, Elizabeth McLaughlin and Hunter Parrish. The show’s original music is composed by Marc Streitenfeld (Robin Hood, Prometheus, American Gangster, The Grey, Poltergeist). Hand of God follows a hard-living judge who suffers a mental breakdown and launches a quest to seek revenge against the rapist who tore his family apart. The full first season of the drama will be available to stream on Amazon.
Hans Zimmer to Score Gore Verbinski’s ‘A Cure for Wellness’
Posted: August 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Cure for Wellness, Gore Verbinski, Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer is set to reunite with director Gore Verbinski on the upcoming supernatural horror project A Cure for Wellness. The film stars Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth and Celia Imrie. The movie follows a worker who is sent to rescue his boss from a European “wellness spa soon” and realizes that he’s trapped and discovers that the facility has a more sinister purpose than just serving the healthy needs of it patients. Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road, Snitch) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Queen of Earth’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Ross Perry, Keegan DeWitt, Queen of Earth, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for Alex Perry Ross’ psychological thriller Queen of Earth. The album features the film’s original music composed by Keegan DeWitt (I’ll See You in My Dreams, Land Ho!, Unexpected) who previously collaborated with the director on last year’s Listen Up Philip. The soundtrack is now available on iTunes, where you can also check out audio samples. Queen of Earth is written and directed by Perry and stars Elisabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston, Patrick Fugit and Kate Lyn Sheil. The movie follows a woman who is dealing with the death of her father and being dumped by her boyfriend while attempting to relax at the lake house of her best friend. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 28, 2015)
Posted: August 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Reason, Buck Sanders, H. Scott Salinas, Heather McIntosh, Keegan DeWitt, Kim Planert, Marco Beltrami, Matthew Simpson, Mikkel Hess, No Escape, Paul Mills, Queen of Earth, Segal, War Room, We Are Your Friends, When Animals Dream, Z for Zachariah, Zipper
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Already in theaters since Wednesday is the action thriller No Escape directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, I, Robot, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma, Hellboy) and Buck Sanders (Warm Bodies, The Hurt Locker). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as the song Take Care of You by Jim James. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Weinstein Company release.
Also opening wide this week is the drama We Are Your Friends directed by Max Joseph and starring Zac Efron, Emily Ratajkowski, Wes Bentley, Shiloh Fernandez, Alex Shaffer, Jonny Weston and Jon Bernthal. Segal aka Matthew Simpson (Skins) has composed the film’s original score. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring tracks by EDM artists including Justice, Tchami, Will Sparks, Dom Dolla, Hayden James, The Magician, Years & Years, The Americanos & more. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Digging for Fire’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Romer, Digging for Fire, Joe Swanberg, score, Soundtrack
Drawing Number One has released a soundtrack album for Joe Swanberg’s indie comedy drama Digging for Fire. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Digging for Fire is written and directed by Swanberg and stars Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Orlando Bloom, Brie Larson, Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick and Mike Birbiglia. The movie centers around the discovery of a bone and a gun, which sends a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
