Premiering on Friday, September 12, is the Syfy original series Z Nation created by Karl Schaefer and starring Harold Perrineau, Tom Everett Scott, DJ Qualls, Michael Welch, Kellita Smith and Anastasia Baranova. Jason Gallagher who is best known as a member of the rock band Leroy Justice is composing the show’s original score. Z Nation takes place there years after a zombie virus has gutted the country and follows a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood. The show will air every Friday night on Syfy. For updates on the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 7, 2014)
Posted: September 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deliverance Creek, Jason Gallagher, Jim Dooley, Lifetime, Syfy, Z Nation
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‘Swelter’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Swelter, Tree Adams
Treehouse Music has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Swelter. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tree Adams (Californication, Perception, Sirens). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Swelter is directed by Keith Palmer and stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alfred Molina, Lennie James, Catalina Moreno and Freya Tingley. The movie follows four men who blast their way out of jail 10 years after robbing more than $100 million from the Luxor Casino in Las Vegas. They track down track down their former boss, only to find him working as a sheriff in a small town with no memory of his violent past. The crime thriller premiered at this year’s Newport Beach International Film Festival and was picked up by Well Go USA Entertainment for domestic distribution. Read the rest of this entry »
Ryan Shore to Score Disney Television Animation’s ‘Penn Zero: Part Time Hero’
Posted: September 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney XD, Penn Zero: Part Time Hero, Ryan Shore
Ryan Shore has signed on to score and write songs for Disney Television Animation’s upcoming series Penn Zero: Part Time Hero. The show is created by Jared Bush (All of Us, Zootopia) & Sam Levine (Wreck-It Ralph, Bolt) and features the voices of Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Adam DeVine (Pitch Perfect), Tania Gunadi (Transformers Prime), Alfred Molina (Chocolat), and Larry Wilmore (The Daily Show). The animated comedy adventure series follows Penn Zero, a boy from the suburbs who lands a job as a part-time hero and leader of a team of good guys who zap to other worlds to save the day. He teams up with sidekick Sashi and wise man Boone, who together tackle everything from space, the Old West, lands of enchantment and the ultimate challenge – suburbia. Bush and Levine are also executive producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Guest’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Wingard, Soundtrack, The Guest
J-2 Music will release a soundtrack album for Adam Wingard’s thriller The Guest. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Stevie B, Love and Rockets, Annie, Survive, Mike Simonetti, Gatekeeper, Sisters of Mercy and Clan of Xymox. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 16, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Guest is directed by Wingard (You’re Next), written by Simon Barrett and stars Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser, Lance Reddick and Chase Williamson. The movie follows a young soldier who arrives on the doorstep of the Peterson family, claiming to be a good friend of their beloved son who died in action. The thriller premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Picturehouse for a domestic release on September 19. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Göransson to Score Fox’s ‘Red Band Society’ and Starz’s ‘Survivor’s Remorse’
Posted: September 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Ludwig Göransson, Red Band Society, Starz, Survivor's Remorse
Ludwig Göransson has been hired to score the upcoming Fox dramedy Red Band Society. The show is created by Margaret Nagle (Boardwalk Empire) based on the Spanish TV series Polseres vermelles and stars Octavia Spencer, Dave Annable, Griffin Gluck, Nolan Sotillo, Charlie Rowe and Brian Bradley. The coming-of-age comedy drama follows the daily lives of a group of teenagers living in a hospital’s pediatric ward who become unlikely friends. Steven Spielberg is producing the ABC Studios and Amblin Television production with Justin Falvey & Darryl Frank (The Americans, Falling Skies, Under the Dome) and Sergio Aguero (No Reservations, Quarantine). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 5, 2014)
Posted: September 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Christopher Carmichael, Darren Tate, Frontera, God Help the Girl, Jay Israelson, Kelly & Cal, Kenneth Lampl, Klaus Badelt, Nathan Whitehead, Stuart Murdoch, The Identical, The Longest Week, The Remaining, Toby Chu
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the music-themed drama The Identical directed by Dustin Marcellino and starring Erin Cottrell, Amanda Crew, Brian Geraghty, Seth Green, Ashley Judd, Joe Pantoliano, Blake Rayne, and Ray Liotta. Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, Constantine, Rescue Dawn) and Christopher Carmichael have composed the film’s original score. City of Peace Media and Capitol Christian Distribution have released a soundtrack album featuring five tracks from the composers’ score, as well as the songs from the film performed by lead actor Blake Rayne, The Morph Kings and Darcey & Mo. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, check out our previous news article.
Opening in limited release is the indie comedy drama Kelly & Cal directed by Jen McGowan and starring Juliette Lewis, Cybill Shepherd and Jonny Weston. The film’s original music is composed by Toby Chu (Covert Affairs, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return). No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie centers on the relationship between a suburban-trapped mother and a wheelchair-bound young man who brings out her former self. The dramedy premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was picked up by IFC Films for domestic distribution. To learn more about the film, which is also being released on VOD today, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Zanelli to Score ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’
Posted: September 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Geoff Zanelli, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Geoff Zanelli is attached to score the upcoming fantasy adventure sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. The film will be directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Kon-Tiki). Johnny Depp is set to return as Captain Jack Sparrow. No other casting or plot details have been announced yet. Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, Rush Hour 2) has been hired to write the screenplay. Jerry Bruckheimer (The Rock, National Treasure, Beverly Hills Cop, Armageddon) returns as a producer. Zanelli has previously composed additional music for all four movies in the Pirates in the Caribbean series scored by Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Lennertz to Score Marvel’s ‘Agent Carter’ TV Series
Posted: September 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Agent Carter, Christopher Lennertz, Marvel
Christopher Lennertz has officially signed on to score Marvel Television’s upcoming series Agent Carter. The show is created by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Chronicles of Narnia) and stars Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper, Enver Gjokaj and Chad Michael Murray. The drama is set in 1946 and follows Peggy Carter as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad and must balance doing administrative work for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve) and going on secret missions for Howard Stark. The series is based on the Marvel One-Shot short film of the same title, for which Lennertz has composed the music in 2013. Marvel’s Kevin Feige (The Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor) is executive producing the project with Markus & McFeely, Tara Butters & Michele Fazekas (Resurrection, Reaper), Louis D’Esposito and Jeph Loeb. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler Creates New Music for ESPN’s NFL Studio Shows
Posted: September 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Tyler, ESPN, NFL, NFL Insiders, NFL Live, Sunday NFL Countdown
Brian Tyler has composed new theme music for ESPN’s NFL studio shows. The composer has written four original scores for ESPN-show-specific scores for three of the network’s NFL programs: Sunday NFL Countdown, NFL Live and NFL Insiders, as well as a general NFL Gridiron theme. The network has announced that Tyler’s music will be used within the respective shows and others, coming in and out of commercial breaks, in teases and as background music during highlight packages. Tyler’s work marks the first new original score for ESPN’s NFL shows since 1997. The composer’s music will debut on the season-opening edition of ESPN’s three-hour Sunday NFL Countdown pregame show on September 7. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rudderless’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eef Barzelay, Rudderless, Soundtrack, William H. Macy
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for William H. Macy’s indie drama Rudderless. The album features the songs from the film performed by actors Billy Crudup, Selena Gomez and the Rudderless band (consisting of Crudup, Yelchin and indie rocker Ben Kweller) and written by Simon Steadman & Charlton Pettus and Ben Limpic. Also included are three tracks from the film’s original score composed by Eef Barzelay. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2014 and physically on October 28. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and check out audio clips after the jump. Rudderless marks the directorial debut of actor William H. Macy and stars Crudup, Yelchin, Gomez, alongside Felicity Huffman and Laurence Fishburne. The movie follows a man who has his life torn apart when he loses his son. Read the rest of this entry »
