Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 21, 2015)

Posted: June 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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the-brinkPremiering tonight is the HBO original series The Brink created by Kim & Roberto Benabib and starring Jack Black, Tim Robbins, Pablo Schreiber, Aasif Mandvi, Maribeth Monroe, Eric Ladin, Esai Morales and Geoff Pierson. David Robbins (Dead Man Walking, Welcome to Me, Bob Roberts) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on HBO.

ballersAlso premiering tonight is the HBO comedy Ballers created by Stephen Levinson, executive produced by Mark Wahlberg & Peter Berg and starring Dwayne Johnson, John David Washington, Omar Miller, Donovan Carter, Troy Garity, Rob Corddry, London Brown and Jazmyn Simon. The show doesn’t feature an original score. Scott Vener (Entourage) serves as the project’s music supervisor. Ballers follows a former football superstar who gets his life on track in retirement, while mentoring other current and former players on the business of football. For more information about the series, which will air Sunday nights on HBO, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: June 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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jonathan-strangeThe details for the soundtrack album for British fantasy drama Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell have been revealed. The album features the music from the mini-series composed by Benoit Charest (The Triplets of Belleville, Upside Down) and Benoit Groulx. The soundtrack will be released on July 24, 2015 by Varese Sarabande and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is based on Susanna Clarke’s bestselling novel and stars Eddie Marsan, Bertie Carvel, Alice Englert, Marc Warren, Samuel West, Charlotte Riley, Enzo Cilenti, Paul Kaye and Claudia Jessi. Read the rest of this entry »

Will Bates to Score Syfy’s ‘The Magicians’

Posted: June 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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the-magiciansWill Bates has signed on to score the upcoming Syfy original series The Magicians. The show is Lev Grossman’s best-selling fantasy book trilogy of the same title and stars Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta and Summer Bishil. The series follows a brilliant grad student who enrolls in Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, a secret upstate New York university specializing in magic and soon discover that the magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 19, 2015)

Posted: June 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

inside-outOpening in most theaters is the animated feature Inside Out directed by Pete Docter and featuring the voices of Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Mindy Kaling, Lewis Black and Phyllis Smith. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Jurassic World, Star Trek). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film. Also visit Screenrant and Trailer Addict for interviews with Giacchino about his work on the project.

dopeAlso opening wide is the comedy drama Dope written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa and starring Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise, A$AP Rocky, Blake Anderson, Keith Stanfield, Chanel Iman, Quincy Brown and Zoë Kravitz. Pharrell Williams has written the movie’s original songs performed by the fictional band Awreeoh. Also included and Germaine Franco has composed the film’s original score. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by Awreeoh, Digital Underground, Naughty By Nature, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Public Enemy & more. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

Geoff Zanelli Scoring Jared Hess’ ‘Masterminds’

Posted: June 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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mastermindsGeoff Zanelli is composing the score for the upcoming heist comedy Masterminds. The film is directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre) and stars Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon, Jon Daley and Ken Marino. The movie follows a disgruntled armored car driver who teams up with a pretty co-worker and a group of inexperienced criminals to steal nearly $20 million from a bank vault. Chris Bowman and Hubbel Palmer wrote the screenplay based on an original script by Emily Spivey. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Cartel Land’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: June 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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cartel-landLakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Cartel Land. The album features the film’s original music composed by H. Scott Salinas (The Square, Allegiance, Murder in the First) and Jackson Greenberg. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 30, 2015 and physically on September 18. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Cartel Land is directed by Matthew Heineman and centers on the battle between border vigilante groups and murderous Mexican drug cartels, with the vigilantes able to accomplish things law enforcement cannot. Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) serves as an executive producer on the film. Read the rest of this entry »

Federico Jusid Scoring ‘Kidnap’

Posted: June 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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federico-jusidFederico Jusid is composing the music for the upcoming thriller Kidnap. The film is directed by Luis Prieto (Pusher) and stars Halle Berry, Sage Correa, Lew Temple and Chris McGinn. The movie follows a mother who will stop at nothing to rescue her kidnapped son. Knate Gwaltney’s wrote the screenplay. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers series, G.I. Joe, RED, Salt, Constantine) is producing the project with Erik Howsam, alongside Gold Star Films’ Joey Tufaro (Maggie) and Gregory Chou of Rumble Entertainment.  Read the rest of this entry »

Lifetime’s ‘A Deadly Adoption’ to Feature Music by MJ Mynarski

Posted: June 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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a-deadly-adoptionMJ Mynarski has composed the original music for the Lifetime original movie A Deadly Adoption. The film is directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg (Escape from Polygamy, Love at the Christmas Table) and stars Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig and Jessica Lowndes. The movie follows a successful couple who house and care for a pregnant woman during the final months of her pregnancy with the hopes of adopting her unborn child. Andrew Steele (Casa De Mi Padre, The Spoils of Babylon) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »

‘I Am Big Bird’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: June 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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i-am-big-birdVarese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the documentary I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joshua Johnson. The soundtrack will be released on July 31, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. I Am Big Bird is directed and produced by Dave LaMattina & Chad Walker and chronicles the life of Caroll Spinney, the man who has been Sesame Street’s Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since 1969. The movie features footage of Spinney’s earliest collaborations with Jim Henson as it traces his journey from bullied child to childhood icon. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Gold Coast’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: June 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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gold-coastFake Diamond Records will release a soundtrack album for the Danish drama Gold Coast. The album features the film’s original music composed by Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, The Straight Story), Lasse Martinussen and Johan Carøe, as well as the title song Remember Me performed by Kwamie Liv. The soundtrack will be released overseas tomorrow, June 18 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Gold Coast is directed by Daniel Dencik and stars Jakob Oftebro and Danica Curcic. The movie centers on the illegal Danish slave trade on Africa’s Gold Coast and is set in the 1830s as Wulff Joseph Wulff arrives in Africa to set up plantations and falls in love with a slave girl despite having a fiancée at home in Denmark. Read the rest of this entry »

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