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 »
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
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‘R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls, Ryan Shore, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for Universal Pictures’ R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls. The album features the film’s original score composed by Grammy Award nominee Ryan Shore (Prime, Harvard Man, The Shrine, Penn Zero: Part Time Hero), as well as the original title pop song Stay True written by the composer and performed by Katherine McNamara. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 25, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: is directed by Peter Deluise and stars Dove Cameron, Katherine McNamara, Ryan McCarten and Tiffany Espensen. The movie from the imagination of author R.L. Stine (Goosebumps) follows a group of teenage friends who must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town. Read the rest of this entry »
World Soundtrack Awards 2015 Discovery of the Year Nominations Announced
Posted: September 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the five nominees for this year’s Discovery of the Year Award, via which the organization rewards up-and-coming talent from the previous year. The winner will be announced at the 15th World Soundtrack Awards & Concert on October 24, 2015 in Ghent, Belgium and will get the opportunity to perform at the 16th World Soundtrack Awards next year. The organization has also announced the nominees for the Public Choice Award. Check out the five nominees of both categories after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lamb’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chassol, Lamb, score, Soundtrack
Tricatel will release a soundtrack album for the Ethiopian drama Lamb. The album features the film’s original music composed by Chassol (Dark Touch). The soundtrack will be released overseas on August 25, 2015. Lamb is written and directed by Yared Zeleke and stars Rediat Amare, Kidist Siyum, Welela Assefa, Surafel Teka, Rahel Teshome and Indris Mohamed. The movie follows a 9-year-old Ethiopian boy who risks all to save his only friend — his mother’s pet lamb – after her death. The drama premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will have its North American premiere this month at the Toronto International Film Festival. 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
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 »
‘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 »
