ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers today announced that Shawn LeMone has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Membership. He will continue to report directly to ASCAP EVP Membership, John Titta. LeMone has been heading ASCAP’s Film & TV department for more than six years, and attracted and developed such composers as Academy Award nominee Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything, Sicario), David Vanacore (Survivor, The Apprentice), Mark Williams (Who Wants to Be A Millionaire) and Jeff Lippencott (Master Chef, Shark Tank), among many others. Read the rest of this entry »
Shawn LeMone Promoted to ASCAP Senior Vice President, Membership
Posted: January 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, Shawn LeMone
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FX’s ‘Baskets’ to Feature Music by Andrew Bird
Posted: January 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Bird, Baskets, FX
Andrew Bird is composing the score for the new FX original series Baskets. The show is created by Louis C.K., Zach Galifianakis & Jonathan Krisel (Portlandia) and stars Galifianakis himself, alongside Louie Anderson, Martha Kelly, Sabina Sciubba and Ernest Adams. The comedy is set in Bakersfield, California and follows a man who sets out on becoming a professional clown. After failing to get a degree at a prestigious clowning school in Paris, he is stuck with a job at a local rodeo. Louis C.K., Galifianakis & Krisel are also executive producing the project with M. Blair Breard (Louie), Dave Becky (Master of None, Everybody Hates Chris), Marc Gurvitz (According to Jim) and Andrea Pett-Joseph. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Witch’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Korven, score, Soundtrack, The Witch
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror drama The Witch. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Korven. The soundtrack will be released digitally next month and physically on March 4, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The Witch is directed by Robert Eggers and stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson and Bathsheba Garnett. The movie is set on the edge of a dark forest in 17th-century New England and follows a farmer who leaves his colonial plantation and relocates his family to a remote plot of land, where strange and unsettling occurrences begin happening immediately – animals become vicious, crops wilt and one of the children disappears. Read the rest of this entry »
Edward Shearmur to Score ‘Elvis & Nixon’
Posted: January 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Edward Shearmur, Elvis & Nixon, Liza Johnson
Edward Shearmur has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming comedy drama Elvis & Nixon. The film is directed by Liza Johnson and stars Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon. Colin Hanks, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville, Evan Peters, Tracy Letts, Sky Ferreira, Ashley Benson, Tate Donovan, Poppy Delevingne and Dylan Penn are co-starring. The movie tells the story of the infamous meeting between Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon in 1970, which was immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fifty Shades of Black’ Score Album Details
Posted: January 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fifty Shades of Black, Jim Dooley, score, Soundtrack
IM Global will release a score album for the comedy Fifty Shades of Black. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jim Dooley (Pushing Daisies, Obsessed, When a Stranger Calls, The Last Ship). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 22, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, IM Global will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s songs, as well as a suite from Dooley’s score. Fifty Shades of Black directed by Michael Tiddes and starring Marlon Wayans, Kalli Hawk, Affion Crockett, Fred Willard, Mike Epps, Andrew Bachelor, Jane Seymour and Florence Henderson is set to be released nationwide on January 29, 2016 by Open Road Films. Visit the official movie website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tumbledown’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damien Jurado, Daniel Hart, score, Soundtrack, Tumbledown
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie romantic comedy Tumbledown. The album features a selection of original songs by Seattle-based singer/songwriter Damien Jurado. Also included is the film’s original score composed by Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Comet). The soundtrack will be released on February 12, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Tumbledown is directed by Sean Mewshaw and stars Jason Sudeikis, Rebecca Hall, Dianna Agron and Joe Manganiello. The movie centers on the widow of a recently deceased folk-singer who is approached by a charming New York writer intent on penning a biography of her late husband’s life. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Heffes to Score Mira Nair’s ‘Queen of Katwe’
Posted: January 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Kevin Macdonald, Mira Nair, Queen of Katwe, Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Alex Heffes has been hired to score the upcoming drama Queen of Katwe. The film is directed by Mira Nair (Vanity Fair, The Namesake, Amelia, Monsoon Wedding) and stars Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo. The movie is based on Tim Crothers’ 2011 ESPN The Magazine article and book The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl’s Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster and tells the story of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutes who became a Woman Candidate Master after her performance at the World Chess Olympiad. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘Vinyl’ Announced
Posted: January 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Soundtrack, Vinyl
Atlantic Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original series Vinyl. The album features selections of the songs from the first season of the show by artists including Ty Taylor, David Johansen, Kaleo, Otis Reeding, Ruth Brown, Foghat, Soda Machine, Dee Dee Warwick & more. Also included is the series’ title song Sugar Daddy by Sturgill Simpson. The soundtrack will be released on February 12, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Vinyl is created by Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire), executive produced by Martin Scorsese 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 a record executive trying to resurrect his label and find the next new sound. Read the rest of this entry »
Ennio Morricone Wins Critics’ Choice Movie Award for ‘The Hateful Eight’
Posted: January 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards, Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone was honored with the Critics’ Choice Movie Award in the Best Score category for his music for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight at tonight’s 21st Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Carter Burwell for Sicario, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto for The Revenant, Johann Johannsson for Sicario and Howard Shore for Spotlight. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 17, 2016)
Posted: January 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A&E, Amazon, Angie Tribeca, BBC America, Beowulf, Billions, Blake Neely, David Buckley, David Holmes, ESKMO, Esquire, History, Jim Lathan, Keefus Ciancia, Laura Karpman, Legends of Tomorrow, Lifetime, London Spy, Mad Dogs, Martin Phipps, Mercy Street, PBS, Rob Duncan, Rob Lane, Showtime, TBS, The CW, Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart, War and Peace
Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Billions created by Brian Koppelman & David Levien and Andrew Ross Sorkin and starring Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman, Toby Leonard Moore, David Costabile and Condola Rashad. The show’s original music is composed by ESKMO aka Brenden Angelides. To learn more about the drama, which follows a hard-driving U.S. attorney who clashes with a hedge fund titan, check out our previous news article. The series will air every Sunday night on Showtime and the first episode is already available to stream for free on various platforms.
Also premiering tonight is the mini-series Mercy Street created by Lisa Q. Wolfinger & David Zabel and starring Josh Radnor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Gary Cole, Peter Gerety, Norbert Leo Butz, AnnaSophia Robb and Cherry Jones. David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Forbidden King) has composed the music for the 6-parter, which follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War. Mercy Street will air on the next few Sunday nights on PBS. Click here and visit the official series website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
