Blake Neely has been hired to score the upcoming NBC drama Blindspot. The show is created by Martin Gero (Stargate: Atlantis, Bored to Death) and stars Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Audrey Esparza, Rob Brown, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ukweli Roach and Ashley Johnson. The series centers around a beautiful woman, with no memories of her past, who is found naked in Times Square with her body fully covered in intricate tattoos. Greg Berlanti (Everwood, Brothers and Sisters, Life As We Know It) is producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Sarah Schechter (The Flash, The Mysteries of Laura) and Gero. Read the rest of this entry »
Blake Neely to Score CBS’ ‘Blindspot’
Posted: June 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, Blindspot, NBC
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‘Mustang’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mustang, score, Soundtrack, Warren Ellis
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Turkish drama Mustang. The album features the film’s original music composed by Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Proposition, Lawless). Also included is a song by Baba Zula. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Mustang is directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven and stars Gunes Nezihe Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan, Ilayda Akdogan and Nihal Koldas. The movie is set in a Black Sea coastal village in modern-day Turkey and follows five orphaned sisters who live with their grandmother, an aunt and an abusive uncle. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 14, 2015)
Posted: June 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Complications, David Buckley, Deborah Lurie, Deutschland 83, Jeff Russo, Proof, Reinhold Heil, SundanceTV, Syfy, The Astronaut Wives Club, Tim Welch, TNT, Trevor Yuile, USA
Premiering on Tuesday, June 16 is the TNT original series Proof produced by Kyra Sedgwick and starring Jennifer Beals, Matthew Modine, Joe Morton, Callum Blue, Edi Gathegi, Annie Thurman, Sean Gleeson and Caroline Rose Kaplan. The show’s original music is composed by David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Town). Proof follows a skeptical, brilliant female surgeon who has been struggling with the loss of her teenage son and is persuaded to investigate reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, hauntings and other supernatural cases. The series will air every Tuesday night on TNT. For updates on the supernatural drama, visit the official show website.
Premiering on Wednesday, June 17 is the SundanceTV event series Deutschland 83 created by Anna Winger & Joerg Winger and starring Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Errol T. Harwood and Sonja Gerhardt. Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, One Hour Photo, Run Lola Run, Helix) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on SundanceTV. Read the rest of this entry »
Trevor Rabin Scoring ABC’s ‘Blood and Oil’
Posted: June 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Blood and Oil, Trevor Rabin
Trevor Rabin is scoring the upcoming ABC drama Blood and Oil. The show is created by Josh Pate (Aquarius) & Rodes Fishburne and stars Don Johnson, Chace Crawford, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Delroy Lindo, Amber Valletta, Scott Michael Foster, India de Beaufort, Yani Gellman and Caitlin Carver. The series follows a couple who dream of a new life and move to “The Bakken” in North Dakota, booming after the biggest oil discovery in American history, where they are pitted against a ruthless tycoon who forces them to put everything on the line, including their marriage. Read the rest of this entry »
Disney’s ‘Descendants’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Lawrence, Descendants, Disney Channel, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has revealed the details of the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel original movie Descendants. The album features the songs from the film performed by the movie’s cast members, as as well as the single Believe performed and written by 16 year-old recording artist Shawn Mendes. Also included is a suite from the film’s original score composed by David Lawrence (High School Musical, American Pie). The soundtrack will be released on July 31, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Descendants is directed and executive produced by Kenny Ortega and stars Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart and Sofia Carson as the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 12, 2015)
Posted: June 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian Eno, Debug, Evgueni Galperine, Jurassic World, Madame Bovary, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Michael Giacchino, Nico Muhly, Sacha Galperine, The Newton Brothers, Timothy Williams, Vendetta
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the action adventure sequel Jurassic World directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, BD Wong and Judy Greer. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Inside Out, Star Trek, Lost). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to listen to audio clips. Also visit USA Today and NPR for interviews with the composer about his work on the project.
Opening in select cities before expanding nationwide over the next couple of weeks is the indie comedy drama Me and Earl and the Dying Girl directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and starring Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, RJ Cyler, Nick Offerman, Molly Shannon, Jon Bernthal and Connie Britton. Brian Eno has composed the film’s music and Nico Muhly (The Reader, Margaret, Kill Your Darlings) has also provided original music. No word yet on a soundtrack album. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl follows a student who is coasting to senior year of high school as anonymously as possible and is forced by his mother to befriend a classmate with leukemia. The dramedy premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released by Fox Searchlight. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the film. Read the rest of this entry »
Film Music of 1985 Celebrated at ‘Back in Time…1985 LIVE!’ Concert
Posted: June 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Golden State Pops Orchestra, Varese Sarabande
Last night, the film music of 1985 was celebrated at the concert Back in Time…1985 LIVE! at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. The concert was produced by Varese Sarabande and performed by the Golden State Pops Orchestra (GSPO). Special guests included composers David Shire who conducted his score for Return to Oz, Bruce Broughton who conducted his Academy Award-nominated music from Silverado, Cliff Eidelman who conducted George Delerue’s score for Agnes of God, Jeff Beal who conducted a piece from John Corigliano’s music from Revolution and Christopher Lennertz who conducted music from Michael Kamen’s score for Brazil. Read the rest of this entry »
David Buckley to Score ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Prequel ‘Leatherface’
Posted: June 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Buckley, Grimsby, Leatherface
David Buckley has been tapped to score the upcoming horror thriller Leatherface. The film is directed by Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury (Inside) and stars Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, Sam Strike and Julian Kostov. The movie is a prequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and follows a teenage Leatherface as he escapes from a mental hospital with three other inmates, kidnaps a young nurse and takes her on a road trip from hell. Seth M. Sherwood wrote the screenplay. Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman & Carl Mazzocone (Texas Chainsaw 3D) and Les Weldon (The Expendables series, Conan the Barbarian) are producing the Millennium Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wayward Pines’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Charlie Clouser, Fox, score, Soundtrack, Wayward Pines
Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the Fox event series Wayward Pines. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Charlie Clouser (Saw, Numb3rs, Las Vegas, Resident Evil: Extinction). The soundtrack will be released on July 17, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Wayward Pines is executive produced by Chad Hodge & M. Night Shyamalan and stars Matt Dillon, Melissa Leo, Toby Jones, Juliette Lewis, Terrence Howard, Carla Gugino, Reed Diamond and Shannyn Sossamon. Read the rest of this entry »
Charlie Mole Scoring Oliver Parker’s ‘Dad’s Army’
Posted: June 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Charlie Mole, Dad's Army, Oliver Parker
Charlie Mole has recently recorded his score for the upcoming British comedy Dad’s Army. The film is directed by Oliver Parker (Johnny English Returns) and stars Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Toby Jone, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Blake Harrison, Danny Mays, Bill Paterson, Sarah Lancashire, Alison Steadman, Mark Gatiss and Annette Crosbie. The movie based on the British TV series of the same title is set in 1944 as World War II is reaching its climax and follows the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon dealing with a visiting female journalist and a German spy. Read the rest of this entry »
