Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The Queen,Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech) has recently been scoring the upcoming Netflix original film Nyad. The movie marks the narrative feature directorial debut of documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin (Free Solo, The Rescue) and stars Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans, Luke Cosgrove, Ethan Jones Romero, Eric T. Miller and Jeena Yi. The biographical drama tells the true story of Diana Nyad who, at the age of 64, became the first person to swim from Cuba to the US without a shark cage. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s & Jimmy Chin’s ‘Nyad’
Posted: August 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Netflix, Nyad
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‘Billie’s Magic World’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Billie's Magic World, Emanuele Frusi, Francesco Cinquemani, score, Soundtrack
The Designers/Strag have released a soundtrack album for the Italian family comedy Billie’s Magic World. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emanuele Frusi (A Bunch of Bastards, Jackhammer, Underworld, Calibro 9). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Billie’s Magic World is co-written and directed by Francesco Cinquemani and stars Alec Baldwin, Valeria Marini, Soraya Azzabi, Mia McGovern Zaini, Elva Trill and William Baldwin. The movie follows a young girl who accepts an invitation from two strangers to a mysterious castle, where she soon discovers that it’s the trap of a supervillain who uses the anger and sadness of his captives as fuel. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Bear Scoring Niclas Larsson’s ‘Mother Couch’
Posted: August 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Bear, Mother Couch, Niclas Larsson
Christopher Bear (of the indie rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, High Maintenance, Swallowed) has composed the original score for the upcoming comedy drama Mother Couch. The film is directed by Niclas Larsson and stars Ewan McGregor, Taylor Russell, Ellen Burstyn, Lara Flynn Boyle, F. Murray Abraham and Rhys Ifans. The movie is based on the novel Mamma I Soffa by Jerker Virdborg and centers on three estranged children who come together when their mother refuses to move from a couch in a furniture store. Read the rest of this entry »
‘How Will I Know’ Cover from Paramount+’s ‘Love in Taipei’ Released
Posted: August 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arvin Chen, dv/sn, Love in Taipei, Paramount+, Priska
Lionsgate Records has released the cover version of Whitney Houston’s How Will I Know from the Paramount+ original movie Love in Taipei. Zhe Shi Bu Shi Ai is performed by Priska & dv/sn and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Love in Taipei is directed by Arvin Chen and stars Ashley Liao, Ross Butler, Nico Hiraga, Cindy Cheung and Chelsea Zhang. The YA romance (scored by Roger Suen) based the best-selling novel byAbigail Hing Wen premiered last Thursday and is now available to stream on Paramount+. Read the rest of this entry »
Owen Pallett Scoring Kristoffer Borgli’s ‘Dream Scenario’
Posted: August 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dream Scenario, Kristoffer Borgli, Owen Pallett
Owen Pallett (Her, The Box, On the Count of Three, Life, Alice/Darling, Spaceship Earth) is scoring the upcoming comedy Dream Scenario. The film is written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli and stars Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Dylan Gelula, Tim Meadows and Dylan Baker. The movie revolves around an inconspicuous academic who is thrust into the limelight after he starts inexplicably appearing in people’s dreams. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Breaking Point’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breaking Point, Dania Pasquini, Max Giwa, Soundtrack
Rhino Records has released a second soundtrack album for the British drama Breaking Point. The album features thirteen songs from the film performed by artists such as Mark Morrison, Kojey Radical, Pa Salieu, Luude, Nate Brazier, Sean Paul, Martin Kohlstedt, Tion Wayne & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. As previously reported, the label has also released a separate album featuring Ollie Howell’s & C Palmer’s original score from the movie. Breaking Point is directed by Max Giwa & Dania Pasquini and stars Karam Singh, Kelvin Clarke, Jilou, Hannah John-Kamen, Emily Carey and Lucian Msamati. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi Scoring Pixar’s Disney+ Series ‘Win or Lose’
Posted: August 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Pixar, Ramin Djawadi, Win or Lose
Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Westworld, Pacific Rim, Eternals, Uncharted, Clash of the Titans) has been tapped to score the upcoming Disney+ original animated series Win or Lose. The show marks Pixar Animation Studios’ first-ever long-form animated series and follows a coed middle school softball team, in the week leading up to their championship game. Each episode offers a look inside the off-the-field life of a character – a player, their parent, the umpire. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of David Shire’s ‘Killer Bees’ Score Announced
Posted: August 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Curtis Harrington, David Shire, Harpy, Isn't It Shocking?, Killer Bees, score, Soundtrack
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1974 television movie Killer Bees directed by Curtis Harrington and starring Gloria Swanson, Kate Jackson, Craig Stevens, John Getz and Edward Albert. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by David Shire (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Conversation, All the President’s Men, Zodiac, Return to Oz, Short Circuit). Also included are selections of the composer’s scores from two other TV movies: 1973’s Isn’t It Shocking? (directed by John Badham) and 1971’s Harpy. Visit the label’s official website for more information about the CD release and to check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Lane Scoring MGM+’s ‘The Winter King’
Posted: August 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ITVX, MGM+, Rob Lane, The Winter King
Rob Lane (John Adams, Merlin, Atlantis, The Damned United, Beowulf) has recently scored the new MGM+ original series The Winter King. The show is developed by Kate Brooke (Bancroft, Mr Selfridge) & Ed Whitmore (Manhunt, Identity) based on Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles and stars Iain De Caestecker, Eddie Marsan, Ellie James, Stuart Campbell, Nathaniel Martello-White, Daniel Ings, Jordan Alexandra, Valene Kane and Simon Merrells. The drama is set in the fifth century, long before Britain was united, and follows Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast to legendary warrior and leader. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 13, 2023)
Posted: August 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Freevee, Hannah Parrott, Harlan Coben’s Shelter, Ian Livingstone, Puppy Love
Premiering on Friday, August 18, is the Freevee original movie Puppy Love directed by Richard Alan Reid & Nicholas Fabiano and starring Lucy Hale, Grant Gustin, Michael Hitchcock, Nore Davis and Jane Seymour. The film’s original music is composed by Ian Livingstone (Battlefield 1943, Book of Love, 97 Minutes, Total War: Warhammer, The Messenger, The King Maker). The comedy, which is inspired by BuzzFeed’s viral digital series Puppyhood about a man who found his soulmate in a puppy, will be available to stream exclusively on Freevee. Read the rest of this entry »
