Marc Streitenfeld is set to score the upcoming drama Lowriders. The film will be directed by Ricardo de Montreuil and is set to star Melissa Benoist, Demian Bichir, Eva Longoria, Tony Revolori, Gabriel Chavarria, Theo Rossi and Yvette Monreal. The movie follows a teenager caught between his traditional father and estranged gangbanger brother who are both competing in the annual lowrider “Supershow.” Josh Bierne-Gordon and Justin Tippin have written the screenplay based on previous drafts by Cheo Hodari Coker and Elgin James. Read the rest of this entry »
Marc Streitenfeld to Score ‘Lowriders’
Posted: June 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lowriders, Marc Streitenfeld
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‘Through the Air’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Evgueni Galperine, La resistance de l'air, Sacha Galperine, score, Soundtrack, Through the Air
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the French drama Through the Air (La resistance de l’air). The album features the film’s original music composed by Evgueni and Sacha Galperine (The Family, The Past, Madam Bovary). The soundtrack will be released overseas on June 22, 2015. Through the Air is directed by Fred Grivois and stars Reda Kateb, Ludivine Sagnier, Tchéky Karyo and Johan Heldenbergh.. The movie based on a screenplay by Thomas Bidegain (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) follows a champion rifle marksman who is coerced into becoming a hit-man. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Andrews to Score ‘Dirty Grandpa’
Posted: June 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dirty Grandpa, Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Dirty Grandpa. The film is directed by Dan Mazer (Da Ali G Show, I Give It a Year) and stars Zac Efron, Robert De Niro, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Hough, Adam Pally and Jason Mantzoukas. The movie follows an uptight groom who, just before his wedding, is tricked into driving his vulgar former Army general to Florida for spring break. John Phillips wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘London Road’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Cork, London Road, Soundtrack
Universal Music will release a soundtrack album for the film adaptation of the musical London Road. The album features the film’s original music from the film composed by Adam Cork and performed by the film’s cast. The soundtrack will be released overseas on June 8, 2015. London Road is directed by Rufus Norris and stars Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Kate Fleetwood, Michael Shaeffer, Clare Burt and Nick Holder. The movie written by Alecky Blythe is based on her National Theatre musical of the same title and documents the events that shook Suffolk in 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Burying the Ex’ Soundtrack EP Announced
Posted: June 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Burying the Ex, Joe Dante, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack EP for Joe Dante’s horror comedy Burying the Ex. The EP features the songs from the film by artists including Chantal Claret, Zachary Kibbee, Far Too Loud, TaDa and The Kobanes. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio samples are embedded below. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by Joseph LoDuca. Burying the Ex starring Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene, Alexandra Daddario and Oliver Cooper follows a normal guy whose controlling girlfriend dies in a freak accident and rises from the grave to haunt him. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 31, 2015)
Posted: May 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, ABC Family, Fil Eisler, Johnny Klimek, Kurt Farquhar, Lifetime, Netflix, Robert Duncan, Sense8, Stitchers, The Whispers, Tom Tykwer, Unreal
Premiering tomorrow, June 2, is the ABC drama The Whispers created by Soo Hugh, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Lily Rabe, Barry Sloane, Derek Webster, Milo Ventimiglia, Brianna Brown, Kylie Rogers, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf and Catalina Deni. The show’s original music is composed by Robert Duncan (Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Last Resort, The Unit). The Whispers is based on the short story Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury and chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to achieve world domination using the planet’s most unlikely resource: the children. The drama will air every Monday night on ABC. For updates on the series, visit the official show website.
Also premiering tomorrow is the Lifetime original series UnReal created by Marti Noxon & Sarah Gertrude Shapiro and starring Shiri Appleby, Constance Zimmer, Craig Bierko, Freddie Stroma, Josh Kelly and Nathalie Kelley. Fil Eisler (Empire, Revenge, Shameless) has composed the show’s original music. UnReal is based on Shapiro’s short Sequin Raze and follows a young staff member on a hit competition dating show who does everything she can to help please the show’s executive producer. The series will air every Monday night on Lifetime. Visit the official show website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
La-La Land Records to Release ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Soundtrack
Posted: May 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joe Kraemer, Mission Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records will release the soundtrack album for the action thriller Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joe Kraemer (Jack Reacher, The Way of the Gun) who follows Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer and Michael Giacchino as the fourth composer of the movie series. The soundtrack is set to be released physically on August 4, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible series is directed by Christopher McQuarrie and stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin and Sean Harris. Read the rest of this entry »
First Two Songs from FX’s ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Announced
Posted: May 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Denis Leary, FX, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
FX Networks will release the first two songs from the upcoming FX original series Sex& Drugs& Rock&Roll. The first track is the main titles songs performed by the early 90’s New York band from the show called The Heathens (feat. Denis Leary), and will be released on July 16. Click here to pre-order the single. The second song, Animals is also performed by The Heathens (feat. Elizabeth Gillies) and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll is created by Denis Leary (Rescue Me) who also stars in the series alongside John Corbett, Elizabeth Gillies, Elaine Hendrix and Bobby Kelly. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pay the Ghost’ to Feature Music by Joseph LoDuca
Posted: May 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joseph LoDuca, Pay the Ghost, Uli Edel
Joseph LoDuca has recently composed the music for the upcoming supernatural thriller Pay the Ghost. The film is directed by Uli Edel (The Baader Meinhof Complex, Hotel Adlon) and stars Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Veronica Ferres, Jack Fulton and Elizabeth Jeanne le Roux. The movie is based on a short story by Tim Lebbon and follows a hard-working NYU English professor bucking for tenure when his 8-year-old son mysteriously vanishes from a Halloween day parade. Daniel Kay (Timber Falls) wrote the screenplay. Ian Levy, Craig Flores (Charlie Countryman) and Nicolas Chartier (The Hurt Locker, Killer Joe, Good Kill) are producing the Voltage Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Barry Levinson’s ‘Rock the Kasbah’
Posted: May 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Barry Levinson, Marcelo Zarvos, Rock the Kasbah
Marcelo Zarvos is reteaming with Barry Levinson on the upcoming comedy Rock the Kasbah. The film stars Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Danny McBride, Scott Caan and Zooey Deschanel. The movie follows a has-been rock manager who takes his last remaining client on a USO tour of Afghanistan, where he discovers a young girl with an extraordinary voice and manages her through Afghanistan’s version of American Idol, the wildly popular Afghan Star. Mitch Glazer (Scrooged, The Recruit, Magic City) wrote the screenplay and is also producing the project with QED’s Bill Block (Fury, Elysium, W.), Venture Forth’s Jacob Pechenik (The Skeleton Twins and Shangri-La Entertainment’s Steve Bing. Read the rest of this entry »
