JB Dunckel (Summer of 85, The Summer of Sangaile, K.O., Capital in the Twenty-First Century) of the electronic pop duo AIR has recently scored the upcoming French/Belgian fantasy drama For Night Will Come (En attendant la nuit). The film marks the narrative feature directorial debut of documentary filmmaker Céline Rouzet (A Distant Thud in the Jungle) and stars Mathias Legoût-Hammond, Elodie Bouchez, Céleste Brunnquell, Jean-Charles Clichet and Laly Mercier. The movie is set in a small town and follows a normal, friendly family hiding their teenage son’s dark secret and thirst for blood. Read the rest of this entry »
JB Dunckel Scoring Céline Rouzet’s ‘For Night Will Come’
Posted: September 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Céline Rouzet, En attendant la nuit, For Night Will Come, JB Dunckel
0
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 3, 2023)
Posted: September 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Bryan Adams, Comedy Central, Dan Deacon, Dear Child, Gustavo Santaolalla, Juan Luqui, Nainita Desai, Netflix, Office Race, Predators, The Changeling
Premiering tomorrow, September 4, is the Comedy Central original movie Office Race co-written and directed by Jared Lapidus and starring Beck Bennett, Joel McHale, Kelsey Grammer, Erinn Hayes, Kylie Bunbury, J.B. Smoove and Alyson Hannigan. Academy Award-nominated and Grammy-Award winning singer/songwriter Bryan Adams has contributed two original songs to the film. Click here to listen to both tracks, which were released this past Friday, and for more information about the comedy.
Premiering on Wednesday, September 6, is the Netflix documentary series Predators executive produced by Wendy Darke & Vanessa Coates and narrated by Tom Hard about a group of cheetahs, polar bears and more of the planet’s most powerful hunters as they fight against the odds to survive. The show’s original music is composed by Nainita Desai (For Sama, The Deepest Breath, Crossfire, The Tower, Funny Woman, The Reason I Jump). The 5-parter premiered in the UK last December on Sky Nature and will be available to stream in the U.S. and most other major markets exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Scrapper’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Charlotte Regan, Patrick Jonsson, score, Scrapper, Soundtrack
Air-Edel Records has released a soundtrack album for the British comedy drama Scrapper. The album features the film’s original music is composed by Patrick Jonsson (The Boogeyman, Evelyn, The White Helmets, Black Earth Rising, Virunga, Wildcat, On Her Shoulders). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Check out the title track below. Scrapper is written and directed by Charlotte Regan and stars Lola Campbell, Harris Dickinson and Alin Uzun. The movie revolves around a young girl who lives alone in her flat in London after the mother’s death, when her estranged father arrives and forces her to confront reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Bryan Adams’ Original Songs from Comedy Central’s ‘Office Race’ Released
Posted: September 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bryan Adams, Comedy Central, Jared Lapidus, Office Race
Bryan Adams has released two original songs from the new Comedy Central original movie Office Race. Available to stream/download now on two separate digital singles are You’re Awesome and Sometimes You Lose Before You Win co-written (with Robert John “Mutt” Lange & Eliot Kennedy) and performed by the singer/songwriter (who has previously contributed songs to such films as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Three Musketeers, Don Juan DeMarco, The Mirror Has Two Faces and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron). Also check out the music videos for both tracks after the jump. Office Race is co-written (with James Kilmoon) and directed by Jared Lapidus and stars Beck Bennett, Joel McHale, Kelsey Grammer, Kylie Bunbury, Erinn Hayes, J.B. Smoove and Alyson Hannigan. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 1, 2023)
Posted: September 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Belcher, All Fun and Games, Bill Prokopow, Eric Slick, Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia, Kevon Cronin, King of Killers, Marcelo Zarvos, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, The Equalizer 3, The Good Mother, Vincent Courtois
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller The Equalizer 3 directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea and David Denman. The film’s original music is composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Emancipation, The Affair, Wonder, Ray Donovan, The Good Shepherd). Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.
Opening in around 400 theaters today is the thriller The Good Mother directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (Dreamland, As You Are) and starring Hilary Swank, Olivia Cooke, Dilone, Jack Reynor and Hopper Penn. Joris-Peyrafitte has also composed the film’s original music with Erick Slick (of the rock band Dr. Dog). No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Vertical Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Emma Tammi’s ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ to Feature Music by The Newton Brothers
Posted: September 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Emma Tammi, Five Nights at Freddy's, Peacock, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, Doctor Sleep, Life of Crime, Oculus, The Midnight Club) have recently been recording their music for the upcoming horror movie Five Nights at Freddy’s. The film is directed by Emma Tammi (The Wind) and stars Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kat Conner Sterling, Piper Rubio and Matthew Lillard. The Blumhouse production is based on the video game series created by Scott Cawthon and follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, when he realizes the night shift won’t be so easy to make it through. Read the rest of this entry »
Heather Headley’s ‘With You’ Cover from Netflix’s ‘Sweet Magnolias’ Released
Posted: September 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Heather Headley, Netflix, Sweet Magnolias
Netflix Music has released the cover version of the song With You from the third season of the Netflix original series Sweet Magnolias. The track (originally written by Stephen Schwartz for the stage musical Pippin) is performed by singer/songwriter and actress Heather Headley (who stars in the show as Helen Decatur) and is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Sweet Magnolias is developed by Sheryl J. Anderson based on Sherryl Woods’ book series and also stars JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott, Logan Allen, Carson Rowland, Anneliese Judge, Chris Klein, Justin Bruening, Dion Johnstone, Jamie Lynn Spears, Brandon Quinn and Chris Medlin. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen McKeon Scoring Christine Molloy’s & Joe Lawlor’s ‘Baltimore’
Posted: September 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Baltimore, Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Stephen McKeon
Composer Stephen McKeon (Evil Dead Rise, Pilgrimage, The Hole in the Ground, Queen & Country, Norm of the North) is reteaming with directors Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor on the Irish psychological thriller Baltimore. The film is written and directed by Molloy & Lawlor and stars Imogen Poots, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and . The movie is set in the 1970s and tells the true story of Rose Dugdale, a young heiress who rebelled against her English aristocratic upbringing to volunteer with the Irish Republican Army. Lawlor is also producing the project with David Collins (The Moth Diaries, End of Sentence). Read the rest of this entry »
‘All Fun and Games’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Belcher, All Fun and Games, Ari Costa, Eren Celeboglu, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller All Fun and Games. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Belcher (Extraction, Citadel, 21 Bridges, The Contractor, Made in Italy). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Listen to the title track after the jump. All Fun and Games is directed by Eren Celeboglu & Ari Costa and stars Natalia Dyer, Asa Butterfield, Annabeth Gish, Laurel Marsden and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth. The movie executive produced by Joe & Anthony Russo follows a group of Salem teenagers who discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play violent versions of childhood games where there can be no winners, only survivors. Read the rest of this entry »
Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Christy Hall’s ‘Daddio’
Posted: September 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christy Hall, Daddio, Dickon Hinchliffe
Dickon Hinchliffe (The Lost Daughter, Winter’s Bone, Locke, Leave No Trace, Out of the Furnace, Last Chance Harvey) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama Daddio. The film is written and directed by Christy Hall (I Am Not Okay with This) and stars Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn. The movie follows a woman who steps into a New York cab at the airport, driven by a curbside philosopher who engages her in conversation which starts in small talk then gets bigger, deeper, and riskier as he steers her to her destination. Read the rest of this entry »
