Theodore Shapiro (Severance, The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder, Ghostbusters, Spy, Marley & Me, Bombshell) is returning to compose the original score for the upcoming animated sequel Trolls 3. Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake are reprising their roles as the lead characters of Queen Poppy and Branch. No other voice casting announcements have been made yet for the DreamWorks Animation production. Shapiro has previously scored the second installment, Trolls World Tour (and also composed the music for the studios’ Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie), while Christophe Beck composed the score for the original 2016 film. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro to Return for DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Trolls 3’
Posted: March 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Theodore Shapiro, Trolls, Trolls 3
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‘Here Before’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Janota Bzowski, Here Before, score, Soundtrack, Stacey Gregg
Adam Janota Bzowski (Saint Maud, The Origin) has released a soundtrack album for the British psychological thriller Here Before. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Here Before is written and directed by Stacey Gregg and stars Andrea Riseborough, Jonjo O’Neill, Eileen O’Higgins, Martin McCann, Niamh Dornan and Lewis McAskis. The movie follows grieving mother who becomes convinced that her new neighbors’ young daughter may be the reincarnation of her own deceased child. Read the rest of this entry »
Atli Örvarsson Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Silo’
Posted: March 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Atli Orvarsson, Graham Yost, Morten Tyldum, Silo
Atli Örvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Vantage Point, The Edge of Seventeen, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Eagle) is scoring the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Silo. The show is created by Graham Yost (Justified, The Americans) based on Hugh Howey’s trilogy of dystopian novels and stars Rebecca Ferguson, Common, Harriet Walter, Avi Nash, Chinaza Uche, David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones and Tim Robbins. The sci-fi drama tells the story of the last ten thousand people on earth and follows an engineer who seeks answers about a loved one’s murder and tumbles onto a mystery that goes far deeper than she could have ever imagined. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Man Who Drew God’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carmelo Travia, Franco Nero, Giuliano Taviani, L'uomo che disegnò Dio, score, Soundtrack, The Man Who Drew God
Ala Bianca Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian drama The Man Who Drew God (L’uomo che disegnò Dio). The album features the film’s original music composed by Giuliano Taviani (Black Souls, Made in Italy, Unlikely Revolutionaries) & Carmelo Travia (Rainbow: A Private Affair, Stay Away from Me). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Man Who Drew God is directed by Franco Nero and stars Nero himself, Robert Davi, Stefania Rocca, Wehazit Efrem Abraham, Simona Nasi, Isabel Ciammaglichella, Diana Dell’Erba, Diego Casale, Andrea Cocco, Massimo Ranieri, Faye Dunaway and Kevin Spacey. The movie charts the rise and fall of a blind artist who has the gift of making true-to-life portraits just by listening to the human voice. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Elvis’ & ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Honored at Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
Posted: March 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
The 13th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were handed out tonight at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Anton Monsted received the top honor in the Best Music Supervision in Motion Picture – Motion Picture Over 25M for his work on Baz Luhemann’s Elvis. Lauren Marie Mikus & Bruce Gilbert received the award in the Motion Picture Under 25M category for their music supervision on the Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once. Rob Lowry was honored in the Motion Picture Under 10M category for this music supervision on Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth. Allison Wood was the winner in the Best Music Supervision – Documentary category for her music supervision on HBO’s Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 5, 2023)
Posted: March 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, Alex Baranowski, Chang Can Dunk, Disney Plus, HBO, Holding, Murray Gold, Nathan Matthew David, Rain Dogs
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, March 6 is the British crime comedy drama Holding based on Graham Norton’s novel and starring Conleth Hill, Siobhán McSweeney, Helen Behan, Charlene McKenna and Amy Conroy. The show’s original music is composed by Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Gentleman Jack, Quiz, A Very English Scandal, It’s a Sin). The 4-part series, which follows a police offer who is called to solve a serious crime for the first time in his career, made its UK debut early last year on ITV and is premiering in the U.S on Acorn TV.
Also premiering tomorrow is the HBO/BBC original series Rain Dogs created by Cash Carraway and starring Daisy May Cooper, Jack Farthing, Ronke Adekoluejo, Adrian Edmondson and Fleur Tashjian. Alex Baranowski (True Things, The Windmere Children, Burial, A Perfect Enemy, A Christmas Carol) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which is making its U.S. debut on HBO (and HBO Max) and will premiere in the UK on BBC One later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Swarm’ (‘Der Schwarm’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dascha Dauenhauer, Der Schwarm, score, Soundtrack, The Swarm
Sony Music Entertainment has released a soundtrack album for the German event series The Swarm (Der Schwarm). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Dascha Dauenhauer (Berlin Alexanderplatz, Golda, Blood Red Sky, Souls, Bliss). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Swarm is based on Frank Schätzing’s bestselling 2014 book and stars Cécile de France, Alexander Karim, Leonie Benesch, Takuya Kimura, Joshua Odjick, Krista Kosonen, Barbara Sukowa, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Oliver Masucci and Sharon Duncan-Brewster. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ & ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Win Cinema Audio Society Awards
Posted: March 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Al Clay, CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Kirsty Whalley, Peter Cobbin, Stephen Lipson, Top Gun: Maverick
The team behind the sound mixing of Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at tonight’s 59th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the InterContinental in Downtown Los Angeles. Scoring mixers Al Clay & Stephen Lipson, along with production mixer Mark Weingarten, re-recording mixers Chris Burdon & Mark Taylor and foley mixer Blake Collins received the award for the film scored by Harold Faltermeyer, Hans Zimmer, Lady Gaga & Lorne Balfe. In the Motion Pictures – Animated category, scoring mixer Peter Cobbin & Kirsty Whalley were honored as part of the sound mixing team of Netflix’s Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (scored by Alexandre Desplat). Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ Episodes 1, 2 & 3 Released
Posted: March 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Daisy Jones & the Six, Soundtrack
Atlantic Records has released the songs from the first three episodes of the Amazon limited series Daisy Jones & The Six. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services are the soundtracks for Episode 1 – Come and Get It, Episode 2 – I’ll Take You There and Episode 3 – Somebody Saved My Life Tonight featuring the songs from the titular band (which have also been released as part of the Aurora album), The Dunne Brothers (the original “The Six”) and other characters from the show. Seven more albums featuring the songs from Episodes 4-10 are expected to come out over the next couple of weeks. Daisy Jones & The Six is developed by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid and stars Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, Will Harrison, Suki Waterhouse, Josh Whitehouse. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 3, 2023)
Posted: March 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Little White Lie, Alex Wurman, Blueback, Children of the Corn, Chris Benstead, Creed III, Jacob Shea, Joseph Shirley, Nigel Westlake, Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre, Tim Count
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the boxing drama Creed III directed by Michael B. Jordan and starring Jordan, Jonathan Majors, Tessa Thompson, Florian Munteanu, Wood Harris,Phylicia Rashad and Mila Davis-Kent. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Shirley (The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, Bad Trip,The Mysterious Benedict Society). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today (click here for the full album details). A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie has been released by Dreamville/Interscope Records (click here for more details).
Also opening nationwide is the action comedy Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Bugzy Malone, Cary Elwes and Hugh Grant. Chris Benstead (The Gentlemen, Wrath of Man) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which was originally scheduled to be released in early 2022 by STX Entertainment and is now being distributed by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
