Mark McKenzie is composing the score for the upcoming animated feature Max & Me. The film is written by Bruce Morris (Pocahontas, Hercules) and features the voices of David Henrie, Ashley Greene, Neal McDonough and Hector Elizondo. The movie follows a youngster who learns about sacrifice through the true story of Polish priest Maximilian Kolbe and the challenges he faced during the Nazi invasion of Poland in World War II. Pablo Jose Barrara (For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada) & Claudia Nemer are producing the project for Dos Corazones Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark McKenzie Scoring ‘Max & Me’
Posted: January 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse, Mark McKenzie, Max & Me
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Don Davis to Score ‘False Memory Syndrome’
Posted: January 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Don Davis, False Memory Syndrome
Don Davis is set to score the upcoming sci-fi thriller False Memory Syndrome. The film is directed by Fulvio Sestito and stars Peter Stormare, Jordan Hinson, Dee Wallace and Don Stark. The movie takes place during the shoot of a documentary to expose the lies of alien abductees and follows a provocative filmmaker and his crew who encounter a young woman with a dark secret, who leads them to uncover a disturbing truth. Warren Thomas & Marc Porterfield have written the screenplay based on a story by Sestito & Rebecca Berrih. Martine Melloul is producing the project with Berrih. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Danna Scoring ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’
Posted: January 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brett Morgen, Jeff Danna, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Jeff Danna is reteaming with director Brett Morgen on the upcoming documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. The film centers around Kurt Cobain, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of Nirvana, who remains an icon 20 years after his death. The movie follows Cobain’s life and his career with Nirvana through the lens of his home movies, recordings, artwork, photography, and journals. The documentary features interviews with his family and closest confidantes, including Courtney Love and Dave Grohl. Morgen is also producing the project with Danielle Renfrew Behrens (The Queen of Versailles, Groove). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 2, 2015)
Posted: January 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: [REC] 4 Apocalypse, A Most Violent Year, Alex Ebert, Arnau Bataller, Brandon Roberts, Leviathan, Marco Beltrami, Marcus Trumpp, Philip Glass, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death directed by Tom Harper and starring Jeremy Irvine, Helen McCrory, Phoebe Cox and Oaklee Pendergast. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma) who previously scored the first part in the series, as well as Marcus Trumpp and Brandon Roberts. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score earlier this week and a CD version is set to be released next week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the film.
Opening in New York and Los Angeles this week before expanding nationwide later this month is the crime drama A Most Violent Year written and directed by J.C. Chandor and starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo and Albert Brooks. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero’s Alex Ebert who previously scored the director’s All is Lost has composed the film’s original music. Community Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score, as well as the original song America for Me. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine, Music Times, Film School Rejects and Hitfix for interviews with Ebert about his work on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Golub Scoring ‘Songs My Brothers Taught Me’
Posted: January 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chloe Zhao, Peter Golub, Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Peter Golub has been tapped to score the upcoming indie drama Songs My Brothers Taught Me. The film is written and directed by Chloé Zhao and stars John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard, Taysha Fuller, Travis Lone Hill and Eléonore Hendricks. The movie takes place at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and follows a brother and his younger sister, who find themselves on separate paths to rediscovering the meaning of home. Zhao is also producing the project with Forest Withaker & Nina Yang Bongiovi (Fruitvale Station, Repentance), Angela C. Lee and Mollye Asher. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham Scoring ABC’s ‘American Crime’
Posted: December 31, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, American Crime, John Ridley, Mark Isham
Mark Isham is composing the score for the upcoming ABC drama American Crime. The show is created by John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Jimi: All Is By My Side) and stars Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton, W. Earl Brown, Richard Cabral, Caitlin Gerard, Benito Martinez, Penelope Ann Miller, Elvis Nolasco and Johnny Ortiz. The series centers around the brutal attack on a young couple in Modesto, California, their parents and the four suspects who are about to be arrested. Ridley has also directed the pilot and is executive producing the ABC Studios production with Michael J. McDonald. Read the rest of this entry »
Two New Songs from ABC’s ‘Galavant’ Released
Posted: December 31, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Alan Menken, Galavant, Glenn Slater, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released two new songs from the ABC musical comedy Galavant. The songs entitled Maybe You’re Not the Worst Thing Ever and She’ll Be Mine are composed by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) featuring lyrics by Glenn Slater. To download Maybe You’re Not the Worst Thing Ever, click here and visit Amazon to download King Richard’s song, She’ll Be Mine. The label has previously released the title song Galavant from the series. Galavant Galavant is created by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love, Cars) and stars Joshua Sasse, Mallory Jansen, Karen David, Timothy Omundson, Vinnie Jones and Luke Youngblood. The comedy follows a dashing hero who is determined to restore his “Happily Ever After” by going after the evil King Richard, who ruined it the moment he stole the love of his life. Read the rest of this entry »
Neil Davidge Scoring ‘Spotless’ TV Series
Posted: December 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Neil Davidge, Spotless
Neil Davidge is composing the music for the upcoming crime drama series Spotless. The show is created by Ed McCardie (Shameless) & Corinne Marrinan (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and stars Miranda Raison, Brendan Coyle, Marc-André Grondin and Denis Ménochet. The series follows a troubled man whose tidy life is turned upside down when his outlaw brother crash lands into his world, and gets both of them fatally involved in organized crime. Pascal Chaumeil (Heartbreaker, A Long Way Down) directed the first two episodes. McCardie is also executive producing the Tandem Communications and Rosetta Media production with Suzanne Berger (Hell of Wheels), Jonas Bauer (The Company) and Rola Bauer
(Crossing Lines, The Pillars of the Earth). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Timbuktu’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amine Bouhafa, score, Soundtrack, Timbuktu
Universal Music has released a soundtrack album for the drama Timbuktu. The album features the film’s original music composed by Amine Bouhafa. The soundtrack is now available overseas and is available as an import on Amazon. Also visit Spotify to stream the album. No word yet on a domestic release date of the physical version. Timbuktu is directed by Abderrahmane Sissako and stars Ibrahim Ahmed. The movie tells the story of the brief occupation of Timbuktu by militant Islamic rebels and has received strong buzz here on the ground. The drama premiered in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released domestically in select theaters on January 28, 2015 by Cohen Media Group. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi to Score HBO’s ‘Westworld’
Posted: December 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Jonathan Nolan, Ramin Djawadi, Westworld
Ramin Djawadi has signed on to score the pilot of the upcoming HBO original series Westworld. The show is created by Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight, Memento) & Lisa Joy based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 film of the same title and stars Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Miranda Otto, Rodrigo Santoro, Ed Harris, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Angela Sarafyan and Simon Quarterman. The show is set at an amusement park and is described as a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin. Nolan & Joy are also executive producing the Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television production with J. J. Abrams & Bryan Burk (Lost, Star Trek) and Jerry Weintraub (Ocean’s Eleven, The Karate Kid). Read the rest of this entry »
