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 »
Neil Davidge Scoring ‘Spotless’ TV Series
Posted: December 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Neil Davidge, Spotless
‘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 »
William Ross to Score Hallmark Hall of Fame’s ‘Away & Back’
Posted: December 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Away & Back, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Hall of Fame, William Ross
William Ross has been hired to score the upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie Away & Back. The movie stars Jason Lee, Minka Kelly and Maggie Elizabeth Jones. The film is set on the Peterson Farm where a 10-year old girl and her dad discover a family of swans and follows a no-nonsense ornithologist who rushes in to “save” the majestic birds. Ross has previously scored In My Dreams and One Christmas Eve for Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions. Away and Back is set to premiere on January 25, 2015 on the Hallmark Channel. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Endelman Scoring VH1’s ‘Hindsight’
Posted: December 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hindsight, Stephen Endelman, VH1
Stephen Endelman is scoring the new VH1 original drama Hindsight. The show is created by Emily Fox (New York Minute, Jane By Design) and stars Laura Ramsey, Sarah Goldberg, Craig Horner, Nick Clifford, Jessy Hodges, John Patrick Amedori and Drew Sidora. The movie follows a woman who on the day of her wedding in 2014, wakes up in 1995, faced with the opportunity to change the direction of her life from that point forward. Fox is also executive producing the project with John A. Norris (One Tree Hill), Carl Beverly & Sarah Timberman (Justified, Elementary), Maggie Malina (Hit The Floor) and Alexander A. Motlagh. Read the rest of this entry »
Keefus Ciancia Scoring ‘Strangerland’
Posted: December 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Keefus Ciancia, Kim Farrant, Strangerland
Keefus Ciancia is the composer of the upcoming dramatic psychological thriller Strangerland. The film is directed by Kim Farrant and stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Lisa Flanagan, Meyne Wyatt and Maddison Brown. The movie centers on a couple’s relationship, which is pushed to the brink when their two teenage kids disappear into the remote Australian desert. Fiona Seres and Michael Kinirons have written the screenplay. Naomi Wenck (Newcastle) and Macdara Kelleher (What If) are producing the Australian/Irish co-production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Broadchurch’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC America, Broadchurch, Ólafur Arnalds, score, Soundtrack
Mercury Records will release a soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed British series Broadchurch. The album features selections from the show’s original music from the first two seasons composed by Olafur Arnalds (United, Gimme Shelter), including the new song So Far performed by Arnór Dan. The soundtrack will be released overseas on January 19, 2015. No word yet on a domestic release date. The label has previously released a soundtrack EP featuring music from the first season. Broadchurch written and created by Chris Chibnall (Torchwood) stars David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Vicky McClure, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Will Mellor and Arthur Darvill. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 26, 2014)
Posted: December 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, American Sniper, Big Eyes, Clint Eastwood, Danny Elfman, Henry Jackman, Into the Woods, Jason Moran, Jon Brion, Selma, Stephen Sondheim, The Gambler, The Interview, Theo Green, Unbroken
Four new movies opened nationwide on Christmas Day:
Opening in most theaters is the drama Unbroken directed by Angelina Jolie and starring Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund and Finn Wittrock. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen, The Grand Budapest Hotel). Parlophone Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as the original song Miracles performed by Coldplay. Check out our previous news article for the full soundtrack details, to listen to audio clips and to learn more about the film.
Also opening wide is the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Into the Woods directed by Rob Marshall and starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski and Johnny Depp. The movie features songs composed by Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd). Walt Disney Records has released two different soundtrack albums for the film featuring the songs performed by the movie’s cast. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full details of both the regular soundtrack and a 2-CD deluxe edition. Read the rest of this entry »
Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips Scoring Noah Baumbach’s ‘Mistress America’
Posted: December 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Britta Phillips, Dean Wareham, Mistress America, Noah Baumbach
Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips are reuniting with director Noah Baumbach to score the upcoming indie comedy Mistress America. The movie starring Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke follows a lonely college freshman in New York who is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes. Baumbach has also co-written the screenplay with Gerwig. Both are also producing the project with Scott Rudin (The Social Network, Moonrise Kingdom, Captain Phillips, No Country for Old Men), Lila Yacoub (While We’re Young) and Rodrigo Teixeira (Night Moves). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wolf Hall’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Debbie Wiseman, PBS, score, Soundtrack, Wolf Hall
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series Wolf Hall. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed and conducted by Debbie Wiseman (Wilde, Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Vampire Killers). The soundtrack will be released overseas on March 9, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Wolf Hall is based on the Booker Prize-winning novels of Hilary Manteland and stars Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Jonathan Pryce, Mark Gatiss, Stephen Gardiner, Anton Lesser, Mathieu Amalric, Charity Wakefield, Jessica Raine, Bernard Hill, Richard Dillane, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Natasha Little. The series written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and produced by Peter Kosminsky (White Oleander) chronicles the rise of Thomas Cromwell in the Tudor court, from his lowly start as a blacksmith’s son to Henry VIII’s closest advisor. Read the rest of this entry »
