Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, One Life, The Old Guard, Patrick Melrose, Ammonite) has been hired to score the upcoming Peacock/Sky original series The Day of the Jackal. The show is developed by Ronan Bennett (Public Enemies, Top Boy) based on the novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth novel the 1973 film adaptation (scored by Georges Delerue) and stars Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Richard Dormer, Lia Williams, Chukwudi Iwuji, Charles Dance, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura,Nick Blood, Jonjo O’Neill, Sule Rimi and Florisa Kamara. The thriller follows the titular lone assassin as he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who starts to track down the Jackal in a cat-and-mouse chase across Europe. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann Scoring Peacock’s & Sky’s ‘The Day of the Jackal’ TV Series
Posted: July 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Peacock, Ronan Bennett, Sky, The Day of the Jackal, Volker Bertelmann
‘My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Donna McKevitt, Mark Cousins, My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock, score, Soundtrack
Instant Karma Classics has released a soundtrack album for the documentary My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock. The album features the film’s original score composed by Donna McKevitt (The Swimming Diaries, The Fold). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first track (Introducing Alfred) below. My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock is directed by Mark Cousins and examines the Vertigo & Psycho director’s vast body of work, exploring his themes, techniques, and obsessions – using actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan to portray Hitchcock in voiceover. Read the rest of this entry »
Sven Faulconer Scoring Brian Taylor’s ‘Hellboy: The Crooked Man’
Posted: July 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Taylor, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, Sven Faulconer
Sven Faulconer (Scream VI, Unstable, Blood Father, The Elephant Whisperers, The Last Ice) is scoring the upcoming superhero movie Hellboy: The Crooked Man. The film is directed by Brian Taylor (Crank, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance) and stars Jack Kesy in the title role, Adeline Rudolph as Bobbie Jo Song, Jefferson White as Tom Ferrel, as well as Leah McNamara, Hannah Margetson, Joseph Marcell and Martin Bassindale. The movie is set in the 1950s and follows rookie BPRD agent Song who gets tasked with delivering a spider to the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense and must enlist the help of Hellboy to confront the malevolent Crooked Man, who has returned to Earth to harvest souls for the devil. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Great Absence’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Great Absence, Kei Chika-ura, Koji Itoyama, score, Soundtrack
CREATPS has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese drama Great Absence (Oinaru fuzai). The album features the film’s original music composed by Koji Itoyama. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Way Back) below. Great Absence is co-written and directed by Kei Chika-ura and stars Mirai Moriyama, Tatsuya Fuji, Yoko Maki and Hideko Hara. The movie is based on the director’s own experiences and tells the story of the reunion of a long-estranged father and his son amid lost memories and scattered fragments of lives. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Silvestri to Score Marvel Studios’ ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ & ‘Secret Wars’
Posted: July 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anthony Russo, Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Secret Wars, Joe Russo, Marvel Studios
Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Predator, Cast Away, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Polar Express) is attached to score Marvel Studios’ upcoming features Avengers: Doomsday & Avengers: Secret Wars. The films will be directed by Joe & Anthony Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War) and star Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom/Victor Von Doom. No other casting announcements have been made yet. Stephen McFeely (The Chronicles of Narnia, Pain & Gain) is writing the screenplay for both installments. The Russos’ company, AGBO, is set to produce both films alongside Marvel Studios. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+’s ‘Time Bandits’ TV Series to Be Released
Posted: July 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Mark Mothersbaugh, score, Soundtrack, Time Bandits
Paramount Music will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Time Bandits. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The LEGO Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Croods: A New Age, 21/22 Jump Street). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 29 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main title track below. Time Bandits is created by Jemaine Clement, Iain Morris & Taika Waititi based on the 1981 feature of the same title directed by Terry Gilliam and stars Lisa Kudrow, Kal-El Tuck, Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rune Temte, Charlyne Yi, Kiera Thompson, James Dryden, Rachel House, Francesca Mills, Imaan Hadchiti and Felicity Ward. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 28, 2024)
Posted: July 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Apple TV +, Batman: Caped Crusader, Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes, Frederik Wiedmann, HBO, Logan Nelson, Moniker, Netflix, Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, Women in Blue
Premiering on Wednesday, July 31, is the Mexican Apple TV+ original series Women in Blue (Las Azules) created by Fernando Rovzar & Pablo Aramendi and stars Bárbara Mori, Sariñana, Téllez, Rasgado, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Miguel Rodarte, Horacio García Rojas and Christian Tappan. The show’s original music is composed by Lucas Vidal (Fast & Furious 6, The Raven, Elite, Palm Trees in the Snow, The Deliverance, Welcome to Eden, The Quiet Ones, The Cold Light of Day). Platoon will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Wednesday and has already released the main title song No Soy Tuya performed by Ximena Sariñana earlier this month. Click here to listen to the track and to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream on Apple TV+.
Premiering on Thursday, August 1, is the Prime Video original animated series Batman: Caped Crusader executive produced by J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves & Bruce Timm and starring Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung, Christina Ricci, Diedrich Bader, Minnie Driver, Mckenna Grace, Michelle C. Bonilla, Eric Morgan Stuart, John DiMaggio, Paul Scheer, Reid Scott, David Krumholtz, Haley Joel Osment and Toby Stephens. Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, Star Trek: Picard, Occupation: Rainfall, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Doom: Annihilation, Bring Him to Me) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the Warner Bros. Animation production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino to Score Marvel Studios’ ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’
Posted: July 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marvel Studios, Matt Shakman, The Fantastic Four, The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, The Incredibles, Star Trek, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Ratatouille) is set to compose the music for Marvel Studios’ upcoming feature The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The film is directed by Matt Shakman (WandaVision, The Great) and stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Susan Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, as well as Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer and Ralph Ineson as Galactus. John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne & Paul Walter Hauser are also starring. Kevin Feige (Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Transformers’ Animated Series Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Johnny Douglas, Robert J. Walsh, score, Soundtrack, The Transformers
Hasbro has released a digital version of the 40th Anniversary edition soundtrack album for the 1984 animated series The Transformers produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow Productions in association with Toei Animation. The album features selections of the show’s (newly remastered) original music composed by Johnny Douglas (The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero) & Robert J. Walsh (Revenge of the Ninjas, My Little Pony: The Movie), as well as new remix of the project’s theme song. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the first couple of tracks after the jump. A limited vinyl edition has been released earlier this year (visit Amazon to order). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 26, 2024)
Posted: July 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Peters, Anne Nikitin, David Hirschfelder, Deadpool & Wolverine, Dìdi, Giosuè Greco, Jack Halama, Johannes Ringen, Matthew Herbert, Mothers' Instinct, Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, Nathan Klein, Rob Simonsen, Starve Acre, The Arctic Convoy, The Beast Within, The Fabulous Four
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie Deadpool & Wolverine directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Karan Soni, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams and Matthew Macfadyen. The film’s original score is composed by Rob Simonsen (The Whale, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Foxcatcher, The Way Back, The Adam Project, The Age of Adaline, (500) Days of Summer, Nerve). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full album details), as well as a separate album featuring the songs from the movie (click here for more information) and a deluxe edition featuring both score and songs his past Wednesday. Also click here to check out the music team credits of the Marvel Studios production.
Also opening wide is the comedy The Fabulous Four directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and starring Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Bruce Greenwood and Michael Bolton. David Hirschfelder (Elizabeth, Australia, Shine, The Railway Man, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, The Dressmaker, Sanctum) has composed the film’s original music. Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Bleecker Street release. Also click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Read the rest of this entry »
