Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, The Night Of, The Umbrella Academy) is the composer of the new Amazon original series The Consultant. The show is created by Tony Basgallop (Servant) and stars Christoph Waltz, Nat Wolff, Brittany O’Grady and Aimee Carrero. The comedic thriller is based on Bentley Little’s 2015 novel of the same title and centers on a consultant who is hired to improve the business at an App-based gaming company and makes its employees experience new demands and challenges that put everything into question. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo Scoring Amazon’s ‘The Consultant’
Posted: February 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Jeff Russo, The Consultant
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Gerald Fried (1928-2023)
Posted: February 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gerald Fried
Gerald Fried has passed away yesterday at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, CT of pneumonia at age 95. The composer was best known for his work on classic TV shows including the original Star Trek series, Gilligan’s Island, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Lost in Space, Mission: Impossible and Dynasty. He won an Emmy Award (shared with Quincy Jones) for his music for the 1977 mini-series Roots and was Emmy-nominated several other times for the 1980 TV movie The Silent Lovers (1980) and the mini-series The Mystic Warrior (1984) and Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 17, 2023)
Posted: February 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 88, Abel Korzeniowski, Andrew Kawczynski, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Bear McCreary, Christophe Beck, Christophe Musset, David Holmes, Emily, Jérémie Arcache, Joe Kraemer, Lorne Balfe, Marlowe, Of an Age, Ping Pong: The Triumph, Return to Seoul, We Have a Ghost
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Michelle Pfeiffer and Bill Murray. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Free Guy, WandaVision, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hawkeye). Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the noir thriller Marlowe directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, Diane Kruger, Danny Huston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alan Cumming, Colm Meaney and Ian Hart. David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Killing Eve, Analyze That, No Sudden Move, Haywire) has composed the film’s original score. Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and an original song by Jon Batiste last week. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Open Road Films release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ping Pong: The Triumph’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Kawczynski, Baimei Yu, Chao Deng, Lorne Balfe, Ping Pong: The Triumph, Ping-Pong of China, score, Soundtrack
Hangzhou Yuyinniaoniao Culture Media Co. has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese sports drama Ping Pong: The Triumph (aka Ping-Pong of China). The album features the film’s original score composed by Andrew Kawczynski (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Eight Hundred, Sky Hunter, The Corrupted). Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials) has contributed the main theme. Also included is the “promotional” song The Road to Glory by LuHan. The soundtrack was released in China in January and is now available to stream/download in most major U.S. digital music stores, including Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Stracey Scoring John Trengove’s ‘Manodrome’
Posted: February 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Stracey, John Trengove, Manodrome
Christopher Stracey (Maid, Cha Cha Real Smooth) has made his solo feature scoring debut on the upcoming thriller Manodrome. The film is written and directed by John Trengove (The Wound) and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Adrien Brody, Odessa Young, Sallieu Sesay, Philip Ettinger, Ethan Suplee, Caleb Eberhardt, Evan Joningkeit and Gheorghe Murensan. The movie revolves around an Uber driver and aspiring bodybuilder who is inducted into a libertarian masculinity cult and begins to lose his grip on reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Cartoon Network’s ‘Teen Titans Go!’ Released
Posted: February 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cartoon Network, Soundtrack, Teen Titans Go!
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the Cartoon Network animated series Teen Titans Go!. The album features nine songs from the show written by Jared Faber (Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants) & series producer Peter Michail. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Teen Titans Go! is developed by Michael Jelenic & Aaron Horvath based on the DC Comics characters and stars Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong and Hynden Walch. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Garber & Siddhartha Khosla Scoring ABC’s ‘The Company You Keep’
Posted: February 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Jeff Garber, Siddhartha Khosla, The Company You Keep
Jeff Garber (Virgin River, Nancy Drew) & Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Only Murders in the Building, Runaways) are composing the original score for the new ABC drama The Company You Keep. The show is developed by Julia Cohen and Phil Klemmer (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Tomorrow People) based on the Korean Broadcasting System series My Fellow Citizens and stars Milo Ventimiglia, Catherine Haena Kim, William Fichtner, Freda Foh Shen, Tim Chiou, Sarah Wayne Callies, James Saito, Felisha Terrell and Polly Drap. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Soundtrack Album Announced for ‘Æon Flux’ Animated Series
Posted: February 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Æon Flux, Drew Neumann, MTV, score, Soundtrack
Waxwork Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 90s sci-fi adventure animated series Æon Flux created by Peter Chung and starring Denise Poirier, John Rafter Lee and Julia Fletcher. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Drew Neumann (The Wild Thornberrys, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Scalps, Biohazard, The Tomb). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A 6-LP and 3-CD edition is available to order on the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Opponent’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carl-Johan Sevedag, Jon Ekstrand, Milad Alami, Motståndaren, Opponent, score, Soundtrack
Oona Records has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish drama Opponent (Motståndaren). The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand (Morbius, Life, Easy Money, All the Old Knives) & Carl-Johan Sevedag (Borg vs McEnroe, Horizon Line, Red Dot). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Opponent is written and directed by Milad Alami and stars Payman Maadi, Marall Nasiri, Ardalan Esmaili, Björn Elgerd and Arvin Kananian. The movie follows a man who has been forced to flee Iran and – together with his family – ends up in a run-down hotel in Northern Sweden, where he joins the local wrestling club to increase their chances of asylum. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Old Way’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: February 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Morgan Smith, Brett Donowho, score, Soundtrack, The Old Way
BMG will release a soundtrack album for the western The Old Way. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Morgan Smith (Jeepers Creepers III, The Culling, You Might Be the Killer). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 17 and will be available to stream/download here. The Old Way is directed by Brett Donowho and stars Nicolas Cage, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Clint Howard, Noah Le Gros, Abraham Benrubi and Nick Searcy. The movie follows an old gunslinger and his 12-year-old daughter as they face the consequences of his past when an outlaw and his gang put his family in peril. Read the rest of this entry »
