Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original horror/thriller series Hemlock Grove. The album features selections from the score of the show’s first season composed by Nathan Barr (True Blood, Hostel, Cabin Fever, The Americans), including the Emmy-nominated main titles theme. The soundtrack will be released on September 3, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded below. Hemlock Grove from director Eli Roth based on the novel by Brian McGreevey stars Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, Landon Liboiron and Bill Skarsgard. The show about the murder of a young girl found close to the former Godfrey steel mill is now available to stream on Netflix and has already been renewed for a second season. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Zanelli to Score National Geographic Channel’s ‘Killing Kennedy’
Posted: August 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Geoff Zanelli, Killing Kennedy, National Geographic Channel
Geoff Zanelli has been tapped to score the National Geographic Channel’s upcoming TV event Killing Kennedy. The film is based on the best-selling book by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard and stars Rob Lowe as President Kennedy, Will Rothhaar as Lee Harvey Oswald, Michelle Trachtenberg as Marina Oswald and Ginnifer Goodwin as Jacqueline Kennedy. The movie follows the events in the lives of both the Kennedy family and the Oswalds, leading up to the assassination of America’s 35th President. Nelson McCormick (Prom Night, The Stepfather) is directing the film and Kelly Masterson (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) has adapted the novel for television. Ridley Scott is executive producing the project for Scott Free Productions, alongside David W. Zucker, Mary Listo and Bill O’Reilly. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Revolution’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Lennertz, J.J. Abrams, NBC, Revolution, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the NBC hit series Revolution. The album features selections of the original score from the first season of the show composed by Christopher Lennertz (Identity Thief, Hop, Horrible Bosses, Supernatural). Also included is the opening theme composed by executive producer J.J. Abrams. The soundtrack will be released on September 3, 2013. Audio clips are available after the jump. Revolution created by Eric Kripke and starring Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridako, Anna Lise Phillips, Elizabeth Mitchell, Zak Orth and Giancarlo Esposito follows a family who struggles to reunite in a post-apocalyptic American landscape. The show’s first season will also be released on September 3 on Blu-ray and DVD and the second season is set to premiere on Wednesday, September 25. Read the rest of this entry »
John Williams to Score ‘The Book Thief’
Posted: August 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Percival, John Williams, The Book Thief
John Williams is currently scoring the upcoming drama The Book Thief. The film is directed by Brian Percival (Downton Abbey) and stars Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Sophie Nelisse. The movie based on Markus Zusack’s best-selling novel is set in Germany during World War II and follows a girl who finds solace from the horrors around her by stealing books and sharing them with others while her adoptive parents are sheltering a Jewish refugee under the stairs of her home. Michael Petroni (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Rite) has adapted the material for the screen. Karen Rosenfelt (The Twilight Saga, Marley & Me) and Ken Blancato are producing the Fox 2000 and Studio Babelsberg production. The Book Thief marks Williams’ first scoring assignment for another director than Steven Spielberg since 2005. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicholas Hooper to Score BBC’s ‘The Escape Artist’
Posted: August 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Nicholas Hooper, The Escape Artist
Nicholas Hooper has signed on to score the upcoming BBC three part drama The Escape Artist. The legal thriller is created and written by David Wolstencroft (Spooks, Shooting Dogs) and stars David Tennant, Toby Kebbell, Sophie Okonedo and Ashley Jensen. The mini-series follows a talented junior barrister who specializes in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. When his talents acquit the prime suspect in a horrific murder trial, that brilliance comes back to bite him with unexpected results. Brian Welsh (Black Mirror, In Our Name) is directing the show and Hilary Bevan Jones (State Of Play, Pirate Radio) and Paul Frift (Restless) are producing the project. David Wolstencroft and Matthew Read are executive producing for BBC. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dexter’ Season 7 Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Licht, Dexter, Rolfe Kent, Showtime
Milan Records will release a new soundtrack for the Showtime hit series Dexter. The album features selections from the seventh season’s original score composed by Daniel Licht. Also included is Rolfe Kent’s main title theme, as well as a selection of Latin tracks from season 7 by artists including The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Patato, Latin Soul Syndicate, Kluba and Joao Gilberto. The soundtrack will be released on August 20, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The seventh season of Dexter starring Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, Lauren Velez, David Zayas and James Remar has been released on Blu-Ray and DVD this past May and the eighth and final season currently airs every Sunday night on Showtime. Read the rest of this entry »
Manuel Riveiro Scoring Eli Roth’s ‘The Green Inferno’
Posted: August 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eli Roth, Manuel Riveiro, The Green Inferno
Last week, Manuel Riveiro has recorded his score for the upcoming horror thriller The Green Inferno. The film is directed by Eli Roth and stars Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Daryl Sabara, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Aaron Burns, Magda Apanowicz and Sky Ferreria. The movie is said to be a homage to the Italian cannibal movies of the late 70s and early 80s and follows a naive group of student activists from New York City who travel to the remote jungles of Peru, where they plan to stage a protest, but instead encounter a tribe of cannibals. Roth has co-written the screenplay with Guillermo Amoedo and is also producing the project with Christopher Woodrow & Molly Conners (The Immigrant, Devil’s Knot) for Worldview Entertainment, as well as Miguel Asensio Llamas & Nicolás Lopez for Sobras International. Riveiro’s music is being recorded . Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Daniel Hart, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the indie drama Ain’t Them Bodies Saints have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music score composed by Daniel Hart. Also included are songs by Curtis Heath, Andrew Tinker, Annell Brodeur, Greg Schroeder & Mara Lee Miller and Aaron Kyle. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 13, 2013 by Lakeshore Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints is directed by David Lowery and stars Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Ben Foster and Keith Carradine. The movie is set against the backdrop of 1970’s Texas Hill Country and follows an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in select theaters on August 16 by IFC Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 4, 2013)
Posted: August 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Broadchurch, Clear History, HBO, John Lunn, Ludvic Bource, Ólafur Arnalds, Starz, The White Queen
Premiering on Wednesday, August 7 in the US is the British mini-series Broadchurch created by Chris Chibnall (United, Torchwood) and starring David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Vicky McClure, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Will Mellor and Arthur Darvill. Ólafur Arnald (Another Happy Day) has composed the original score for the series. Mercury Records has released a soundtrack EP featuring the composer’s music. Check out our previous article for the full details and audio clips. Broadchurch will air in the US on BBC America. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Clear History’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Clear History, HBO, Ludovic Bource, score, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original movie Clear History. The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-winning composer Ludovic Bource (The Artist). Also included are five songs by the rock band Chicago. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 13, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Clear History is directed by Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland) and stars Larry David, Jon Hamm, Bill Hader, Philip Baker Hall, Kate Hudson, Michael Keaton, Danny McBride, Eva Mendes, Amy Ryan and J.B. Smoove. The movie about a former marketing executive who plots revenge against his former boss who made millions from the electric car company he once owned will premiere on August 10 on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
