Singer/songwriter, record producer and actor Benjamin Biolay has composed the original music for the upcoming French biographical drama Being Maria (Maria). The film is written and directed by Jessica Palud (Revenir) and stars Anamaria Vartolomei as Last Tango in Paris star Maria Schneider and Matt Dillon as Marlon Brando. The movie is based on Vanessa Schneider’s 2018 memoir My Cousin Maria about the titular actress whose dreams come true when an emerging Italian director casts her to headline a new film alongside an American superstar, but what seems like a big breakthrough turns out to be the start of a living hell. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Biolay Scoring Jessica Palud’s ‘Being Maria’
Posted: May 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Being Maria, Benjamin Biolay, Jessica Palud
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‘The Shameless’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Konstantin Bojanov, Petar Dundakov, score, Soundtrack, The Shameless
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Shameless. The album features the film’s original music composed by Petar Dundakov (February, The Good Postman, Irina). 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 (Shadow’s Flight) below. The Shameless is written and directed by Konstantin Bojanov and stars Anasuya Sengupta, Omara Shetty, Auroshikha Dey, Koran Bhivagade, Rohit Kokate, Tanmay Dhanania and Mita Vasisht. The movie follows a woman who escapes from a Delhi brothel after stabbing a policeman to death and takes refuge in a community of sex workers in northern India, where she meets a young girl condemned to a life of prostitution. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 19, 2024)
Posted: May 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Disney Plus, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Leo Birenberg, Netflix, Robert Glasper, The Beach Boys, The Big Cigar
Premiering on Friday, May 24, is the Netflix animated series Jurassic World: Chaos Theory based on Universal Pictures’ Jurassic World franchise and starring Paul-Mikél Williams, Sean Giambrone, Darren Barnet, Kausar Mohammed and Raini Rodriguez. The show’s original music is composed by Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Bottoms, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Florida Man, Twisted Metal, Son of Zorn, Tigtone, Butcher’s Crossing) who previously scored the original Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous series. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation & Amblin Entertainment production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Dirkov Reteams with Ali Abbasi on ‘The Apprentice’
Posted: May 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ali Abbasi, Brian Irvine, David Holmes, Martin Dirkov, The Apprentice
Composer Martin Dirkov (Shorta, Knocking, Holiday, The Charmer) is reteaming with director Ali Abbasi on the upcoming drama The Apprentice. The film stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr. The movie charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with Cohn, the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer. David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Killing Eve, Out of Sight, Haywire) & Brian Irvine (Ordinary Love) have also contributed music to the project. Gabriel Sherman (The Loudest Voice) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stop Making Sense’ Tribute Album Released
Posted: May 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonathan Demme, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads
A24 Music has released the tribute album (Everyone’s Getting Involved) for the 1984 concert movie Stop Making Sense directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Talking Heads (David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz & Jerry Harrison). The album features covers of the Talking Heads songs from the film performed by Miley Cyrus, The National, The Linda Lindas, Blondshell, El Mato, Paramore, Teezo Touchdown, DJ Tunez,Jean Dawson, The Cavemen., BADBADNOTGOOD, Toro y Moi, Kevin Abstract, girl in red, Lorde and Chicano Batman. The tribute album is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services. A CD and vinyl edition will be released this summer and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to Miley Cyrus’ rendition of Psycho Killer and The National’s cover of Heaven after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 17, 2024)
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Babes, Back to Black, IF, James Everingham, Jay Lifton, John Powell, Justin Burnett, Michael Giacchino, Nick Cave, Oscar Senen, Ryan Miller, Stewart Mitchell, The Blue Angels, The Strangers: Chapter 1, Thelma the Unicorn, Warren Ellis
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the family fantasy adventure IF written and directed by John Krasinski and starring Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, Krasinski himself, Steve Carell, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Louis Gossett Jr. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Lost, Up, Ratatouille, Star Trek, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Jurassic World, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Incredibles). Milan Records/Sony Classical have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the biographical drama Back to Black directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Juliet Cowan, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Dahmer: Monster – The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Hell or High Water, The Road, Blonde, The Proposition) have composed the film’s original score. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score last month when the movie opened in the UK (click here for the full album details). Island Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs by Amy Winehouse & others (click here for the full details and for more information about the film). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Exorcist III’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Barry DeVorzon, score, Soundtrack, The Exorcist, The Exorcist III, William Peter Blatty
Waxwork Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1990 supernatural horror sequel The Exorcist III written and directed by William Peter Blatty and starring George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Nicol Williamson and Brad Dourif. The album features the original score from the third installment in the horror franchise composed by Barry DeVorzon (The Warriors, S.W.A.T., V: The Final Battle, Night of the Creeps, Tattoo, Bless the Beasts & Children). The soundtrack is now available to order as a vinyl edition on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Silverado’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, Lawrence Kasdan, score, Silverado, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a digital version of the (expanded) soundtrack album for the 1985 western Silverado co-written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, Kevin Costner, John Cleese, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Linda Hunt and Jeff Goldblum. The album features the film’s complete original score composed and conducted by Bruce Broughton (Tombstone, Rescuers Down Under, The Miracle on 42nd Street, Young Sherlock Holmes, Lost in Space, Homeward Bound) who received an Academy Award nomination for his music. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s main title track below. Read the rest of this entry »
Fernando Velazquez Scoring David Schurmann’s ‘My Penguin Friend’
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Schurmann, Fernando Velazquez, My Penguin Friend
Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, Crimson Peak, A Monster Calls, Hercules, The Orphanage, Devil) has been tapped to score the upcoming family adventure drama My Penguin Friend. The film is directed by David Schurmann (Little Secret, Desaparecidos) and stars Jean Reno and Adriana Barraza. The movie is based on a true story and centers on the friendship between a fisherman and lonely father who has turned away from the world in the wake of tragedy and a little lost penguin who recharges his spirit and heals his family . Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Casagrandes Movie’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marcelo Treviño, Miguel Puga, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Casagrandes Movie
Republic Records has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original animated film The Casagrandes Movie. The album features the original score from the Nickelodeon Animation Studios production composed by Marcelo Treviño (The Last Kids on Earth). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. The Casagrandes Movie is directed by Miguel Puga and features the voices of Izabella Alvarez, Sumalee Montano, Paulina Chávez, Angélica Aragón, Sonia Manzano, Kate del Castillo, Carlos PenaVega, Alex Cazares, Carlos Alazraqui, Leah Mei Gold, Rubén Garfias and Alexa PenaVega. The animated comedy based on Nickelodeon’s The Casagrandes animated series follows 12-year-old Ronnie Anne as he accidentally frees a demigod trapped in a mountain on a birthday trip to Mexico, and needs her family’s help to set things right. Read the rest of this entry »
