Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, Bardo, A Good Person, The Kitchen, Irresistible) of the rock band The National has composed the original music for the upcoming French/British historical drama Widow Clicquot. The film is written and directed by Thomas Napper (Jawbone) and stars Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge, Sam Riley, Leo Suter, Anson Boon, Ben Miles, Cecily Cleeve, Natasha O’Keeffe, Paul Rhys, Christopher Villiers, Ian Conningham, Cara Seymour and Mark Tandy. The movie is set in France during the Napoleonic Wars and tells the true story of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” (aka Veuve Clicquot) who, at the age of 20, became Madame Clicquot after marrying the scion of a winemaking family. Read the rest of this entry »
Bryce Dessner Scoring Thomas Napper’s ‘Widow Clicquot’
Posted: September 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryce Dessner, Thomas Napper, Widow Clicquot
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‘Walls’ (‘Mur’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kasia Smutnia, Lorenzo Tomio, Mur, score, Soundtrack, Walls
Radiofandango has released a soundtrack album for the Italian documentary Walls (Mur). The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorenzo Tomio (Dampyr, Everything Calls for Salvation, Leoni). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Also listen to the title track after the jump. Walls is directed by Kasia Smutniak and follows the actor turned filmmaker as she travels to Poland’s forbidden red zone to shine a light on her home country’s border policies and the European Union’s refugee crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
Jay McCarrol Scoring Finn Wolfhard’s & Billy Bryk’s ‘Hell of a Summer’
Posted: September 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Billy Bryk, Finn Wolfhard, Hell of a Summer, Jay McCarrol
Jay McCarrol (BlackBerry, The Kid Detective, Operation Avalanche, The Dirties) has recently scored the upcoming slasher comedy Hell of a Summer. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actors Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk and stars Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, Wolfhard & Bryk themselves, Pardis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, Adam Pally, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Krista Nazaire. The movie follows two horny teenagers looking to score with their fellow counsellors of a summer camp in a fight to survive the night after a slasher begins to wreak havoc the weekend before the campers are due to arrive. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 10, 2023)
Posted: September 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, AMC, Dascha Dauenhauer, David Sardy, EmmoLei Sankofa, Hulu, Morgan Kibby, Netflix, The CW, The Other Black Girl, The Swarm, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Wilderness, Wrestlers, Zach Robinson
Premiering today is the AMC original series The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon developed by David Zabel and starring Norman Reedus, Clémence Poésy, Eriq Ebouaney, Adam Nagaitis, Anne Charrier, Romain Levi, Laika Blanc Francard and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi. The show’s original music is composed by David Sardy (Zombieland, 21, End of Watch, Bright, Monster Trucks, Premium Rush). Check out our previous article for more information about the fifth The Walking Dead spin-off, which will air Sundays on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.
Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, September 12, is the German event series The Swarm (Der Schwarm) based on Frank Schätzing’s bestselling novel and starring Cécile de France, Alexander Karim, Takuya Kimura, Leonie Benesch, Joshua Odjick, Krista Kosonen, Oliver Masucci, Barbara Sukowa and Sharon Duncan-Brewster. Dascha Dauenhauer (Golda, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Blood Red Sky, Bliss, Souls) has composed the show’s original music. Sony Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year when the sci-fi drama premiered overseas. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which will debut stateside on the CW. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Rennicks Scoring Channel 4’s ‘Alice & Jack’
Posted: September 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alice & Jack, Channel 4, Stephen Rennicks, Victor Levin
Stephen Rennicks (Room, Normal People, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Frank, Conversations with Friends) is the composer of the upcoming Channel 4 original drama Alice & Jack. The show is created and written by Victor Levin (5 to 7, Beecham House, Destination Wedding) and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Andrea Riseborough, Aisling Bea, Aimee Lou Wood and Sunil Patel. The series explores the relationship between young, single woman living in London who is heavily invested in her career while dealing with a childhood trauma and a lonely yet charming biochemist. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 8, 2023)
Posted: September 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Million Miles Away, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Augustus Muller, Camilo Lara, Hadik, Isabella Summers, Jeff Cardoni, Juan Pablo Ávalo, Marco Beltrami, Marisol García, My Animal, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Robert Gulya, Sitting in Bars with Cake, Stephanie Economou, The Nun 2
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror movie The Nun II directed by Michael Chaves and starring Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Storm Reid, Bonnie Aarons and Anna Popplewell. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place, 3:10 to Yuma, Scream, Logan, Ford v. Ferrari). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 written and directed by Nia Vardalos and starring Vardalos and John Corbett. Stephanie Economou (Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, About My Father) has composed the film’s original score. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs (including an original track performed by Rita Wilson & Christos Mastoras) and other music from the movie was released today. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Focus Features release. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from Michael Giacchino’s ‘Society of the Snow’ Score Released
Posted: September 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: J.A. Bayona, La sociedad de la nieve, Michael Giacchino, Society of the Snow
Netflix Music has released the first track from the score for J.A. Bayona’s Spanish Netflix original film Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve). Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Found written by the survival drama’s composer Michael Giacchino (Lost, Up, The Batman, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Jurassic World, Ratatouille, The Incredibles). Also listen to the full track below. Society of the Snow is co-written and directed by Bayona and stars Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi and Diego Vegezzi. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Yentl’ 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Bergman, Barbra Streisand, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand, Soundtrack, Yentl
Columbia Records will release a new soundtrack album for the 1983 musical drama Yentl co-written and directed by Barbra Streisand and starring Streisand herself, Mandy Patinkin and Amy Irving. The album features the Streisand-performed original songs from the movie written by Michel Legrand (The Thomas Crown Affair, Summer of ’42, Never Say Never Again The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and featuring lyrics by Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman, including previously unreleased demos that Streisand recorded in her living room accompanied by Legrand on piano. The 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition will be released digitally and physically on October 27, 2023. Visit Amazon to pre-order the 2-CD edition and digital version. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sitting in Bars with Cake’ Score Suite Released
Posted: September 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Jeff Cardoni, score, Sitting in Bars with Cake, Soundtrack, Trish Sie
Amazon Content Services has released a digital single featuring music from the Amazon original movie Sitting in Bars with Cake. Available to stream/download now on most major digital music services is the Score Suite written by the film’s composer Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, White House Plumbers, The Kominsky Method, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, CSI :Miami, Heels, Just Friends, Ghosts). Also listen to the full track below. Sitting in Bars with Cake is directed by Trish Sie and stars Yara Shahidi, Odessa A’zion, Martha Kelly, Ron Livingston and Bette Midler. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandra Stréliski Scoring Louise Archambault’s ‘Irena’s Vow’
Posted: September 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandra Stréliski, Irena's Vow, Louise Archambault
French-Canadian pianist and neo-classical composer Alexandra Stréliski has written the original score for the upcoming Canadian/Polish historical drama Irena’s Vow. The film is directed by Louise Archambault (Gabrielle, And the Birds Rained Down) and stars Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott and Andrzej Seweryn. The movie is set in occupied Poland during World War II and tells the story of a former nurse who risks her own life to shelter a dozen Jewish men and women from the Nazi war machine. Dan Gordon (Wyatt Earp, The Hurricane) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
