John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Cheaper by the Dozen, Truth Be Told) is returning as the composer of the upcoming Disney+ animated movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever. The film is directed by Luke Cormican and features the voices of Wesley Kimmel, Erica Cerra and Hunter Dillon. The animated feature based on Jeff Kinney’s book series follows Greg Heffley as he accidentally damages a snowplow while making a snowman with best friend Rowley and worries he won’t get the new video game console he so desperately wants for Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »
John Paesano Scoring Disney+’s ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever’
Posted: September 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever, Disney Plus, John Paesano, Luke Cormican
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‘The Inseparables’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jérémie Degruson, Puggy, score, Soundtrack, The Inseparables
Octopolis & nWave have released a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Inseparables. The album features the film’s original songs and score composed by the Belgian band Puggy (Egil Franzen, Romain Descampe & Matthew Irons) (The Son of Bigfoot, Bigfoot Family, Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. The Inseparables is directed by Jérémie Degruson and follows a runaway puppet with boundless imagination and an abandoned stuffed animal toy in need of a friend as they cross paths in Central Park and pair up for an adventure of friendship in the big city. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Andrews Scoring Nahnatchka Khan’s ‘Totally Killer’
Posted: September 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Michael Andrews, Nahnatchka Khan, Totally Killer
Composer Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Freaks & Geeks, Bridesmaids, Bad Teacher, Daddy’s Home, Me and You and Everyone We Know) is reuniting with director Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat, Young Rock) on the upcoming slasher comedy Totally Killer. The film starring Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Julie Bowen, Randall Park, Charlie Gillespie, Lochlyn Munro & Liana Liberato is set 35 years after the murder of three teens, when the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer“ returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. The movie follows a 17-year-old girl who ignores her who comes face-to-face with the masked maniac and accidentally time-travels to 1987, the year of the original killings. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Laurence Rosenthal – Music for Film and Television’ Album Announced
Posted: September 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurence Rosenthal, World Soundtrack Awards
Film Fest Gent has announced the new album Laurence Rosenthal – Music for Film and Television featuring music by recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s World Soundtrack Awards, including all-new studio recordings of selected scores by the composer performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by the festival’s music director Dirk Brossé. Titles featured on the album include Becket (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), The Miracle Worker, The Return of a Man Called Horse, Clash of the Titans and the miniseries Mussolini: The Untold Story. Read the rest of this entry »
Amine Bouhafa to Score Sébastien Laudenbach’s ‘Carmen’
Posted: September 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amine Bouhafa, Carmen, Sébastien Laudenbach
Amine Bouhafa (Timbuktu, Four Daughters, Beauty and the Dogs, Gagarine, The Man Who Sold His Skin) is set to compose the score for an upcoming animated film adaptation of Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen. The composer will incorporate melodies of the opera and also create original compositions for the movie directed by Sébastien Laudenbach (The Girl Without Hands). Damien Brunner (Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia) & Sarah Delmas are producing the project for Folivari, Veronica Lassenius and Pablo Jordi (Fungi) for Pikkukala and Pierre-Henri Léon for La Garde Montante. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dicks: The Musical’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Jackson, Dicks: The Musical, Josh Sharp, Karl Saint Lucy, Larry Charles, Marius de Vries, score, Soundtrack
A24 Music will release the official soundtrack album for Dicks: The Musical. The album features the original score from the musical comedy written by the film’s composers Marius de Vries (Moulin Rouge!, Coda) & Karl Saint Lucy and the original songs created by the composers and the movie’s writers/stars Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp (who co-wrote the music for the original stage play F***ing Identical Twins, on which the film is based). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 6 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first song (All Love Is Love performed by cast members Megan Mullally, Nathan Lane, Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson & Bowen Yang) is already available to stream/download now and can also checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Albums for Netflix’s ‘A Time Called You’ Released
Posted: September 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Time Called You, Choi In Hee, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Genie Music has released two soundtrack albums for the South Korean Netflix original series A Time Called You. A first album features the songs from the show by artists including Kim Meon Sok, Baek A, Isaac Hong & others (click here to stream/download) and a second album features selections of the score and instrumental music by Choi In Hee, Oh Hye Joo, Lee Sori, Lim Hyun Ji (click here to stream/download). A Time Called You is created by Kim Jin-won & Choi Hyo-bi and stars Ahn Hyo-seop, Jeon Yeo-been and Kang Hoon. The sci-fi romance revolves around a grieving woman who magically travels through time to 1998, where she meets a man with an uncanny resemblance to her late love. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight’ Series Finale Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kevin Lax, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Robert Lydecker, score, Soundtrack
DreamWorks Animation has released a new soundtrack album for the studios’ Netflix animated series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. The album features the original score from the series composed by Kevin Lax (The First Purge, Burning Sands) & Robert Lydecker (Lethal Weapon, Iron Fist, Sleepy Hollow). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Back Lot Music has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composers’ score from the first season last year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ariel Phenomenon’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ariel Phenomenon, Galen Huckins, Henrik Åström, Nathaniel Walcott, Randall Nickerson, score, Soundtrack
String Theory Films has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Ariel Phenomenon. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bright Eyes member Nathaniel Walcott (The Fault in Our Stars, The Stand), Henrik Åström (Child of Grace, The American Runestone), Galen Huckins of Blue Dot Sessions, as well as director Randall Nickerson. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 15. A first track (Meaningful and Inexplicable by Åström) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Bird Scoring Chris Pine’s ‘Poolman’
Posted: September 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Bird, Chris Pine, Poolman
Andrew Bird (Norman, Baskets, Outside In, The Bubble) has composed the original score for the upcoming noir comedy Poolman. The film marks the directorial debut of actor Chris Pine and stars Pine himself, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Jennifer Jason Leigh and DeWanda Wise. The movie follows an anxious pool cleaner who uncovers a curious conspiracy in the city of Los Angeles. Pine also co-wrote the screenplay with Ian Gotler. Read the rest of this entry »
