Nick Urata Scoring Fox’s ‘Animal Control’

Posted: February 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Nick Urata (Paddington, Ruby Sparks,Crazy, Stupid, Love., I Love You Phillip Morris, Love the Coopers) is scoring the new Fox comedy Animal Control. The show is created by Bob Fisher (Wedding Crashers, We’re the Millers), Rob Greenberg (Overboard, The Valet) & Dan Sterling (Long Shot, The Office) and stars Joel McHale, Michael Rowland, Vella Lovell, Ravi Patel, Grace Palmer, Alvina August, Kelli Ogmundso and Gerry Dee. The series follows a group of local Animal Control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not. Read the rest of this entry »

Editions Dargent has released a soundtrack album for the French romantic drama Julia(s) (Le Tourbillon de la vie). The album features the film’s original music composed by Raphaël Treiner (To Whom It May Concern). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Julia(s) is directed by Olivier Treiner and stars Lou de Laage, Raphaël Personnaz, Denis Podalydes, Isabelle Carre, Esther Garrel and Grégory Gadebois. The movie follows an 80-year old woman on her birthday in 2052 Paris as she reflects on the decisions and circumstances that could have led her on different paths. Read the rest of this entry »

Lyle Workman (Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Win/Win, CrashingLove) has recently scored the upcoming comedy Paint. The film is written and directed by Brit McAdams and stars Owen Wilson, Ciara Renée, Stephen Root, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Michaela Watkins, Lucy Freyer and Lusia Strus. The movie follows Vermont’s #1 public TV painter who is convinced he has it all, until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) he loves. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Showtime original documentary Nothing Lasts Forever. The album features the film’s original music composed by Logan Nelson (The Sanctity of Space, Straight Up, Crows Are White). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Nothing Lasts Forever directed by Jason Kohn follows the role synthetic diamonds are playing in exposing a con for the ages and explores the many players engaged in uncovering or keeping the secret of inflated values within the diamond trade. Read the rest of this entry »

Alex Weston (The FarewellThe Novice, Goodnight Mommy, Wander DarklyWhat Breaks the Ice) has composed the original score for the upcoming comedy drama The Adults. The film is written and directed by Dustin Guy Defa (Person to Person) and stars Michael Cera, Hannah Gross, Sophia Lillis, Wavyy Jonez, Anoop Desai, Kiah McKirnan, Kyra Tantao, Simon Kim, Lucas Papaelias and Tina Benko. The movie follows a young man on a trip to his home town, where he finds himself caught between catching up with his two sisters and conquering his old poker group. Read the rest of this entry »

Daniel Rojas (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Hit-Monkey, Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., Monster High, Starcrossed) will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Who Invited Charlie?. The album features the composer’s original music from the film and will be released digitally this Friday, February 17 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Who Invited Charlie? is directed by Xavier Manrique and stars Adam Pally, Jordana Brewster, Reid Scott, Peter Grosz and Peter Dager. The movie revolves around a troubled family whose bubble is popped when a cocktail-swilling, pot-smoking ‘Charlie’ from their past shows up unannounced, crashing their stay in the Hamptons. Read the rest of this entry »

Music producer Marius de Vries (Coda, Kick-Ass, Strange Magic, NavalnySucker Punch), Grammy Award-winning songwriters Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear (The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical) and Emmy Award-nominated songwriter Mark Sonnenblick (Theater Camp) have joined the music team of the upcoming biographical drama Fred & Ginger. The film is directed by Jonathan Entwistle (The End of the F*cking World, I Am Not Okay with This) and will star Jamie Bell as Fred Astaire and Margaret Qualley as Ginger Rogers. The movie centers on a life-defining point in the Hollywood icons’ early careers when their contrasting dance styles and competitive rivalry threatened to destroy their legendary partnership. Read the rest of this entry »

Stuart Earl (Rillington PlacePersuasionAnd Then There Were None, The Accident, Angela BlackOrdeal by Innocence) is set to score the upcoming romantic drama Unicorns. The film is directed by Sally El Hosaini (The Swimmers) & James Krishna Floyd and stars Jason Patel and Ben Hardy. The movie is set against a secretive London subculture and follows a queer performer living a double life and a single father working as a mechanic whose lives collide after a chance encounter. Floyd also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Sky’s ‘Django’ Released

Posted: February 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Radiocattleya has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original drama Django. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by. the Italian psychedelic-post-rock collective Mokadelic (Gomorrah, The Immortal, Romulus) . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Django is created and written by Leonardo Fasoli & Maddalena Ravagli loosely based on Sergio Corbucci’s cult classic, directed by Francesca Comencini and stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Lisa Vicari, Nicholas Pinnock and Noomi Rapace. The 10-part western is in late 1800s Texas and centers on a jaded cowboy in search of the daughter he thought he had lost. Read the rest of this entry »

Samuel Sim Scoring BBC’s ‘Better’

Posted: February 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of ResistanceThe Spanish Princess, The Long Call, AnneThe HalcyonHome Fires) has composed the original music for the new BBC series Better. The show is created by Jonathan Brackley & Sam Vincent (Humans, MI-5) and stars Leila Farzad, Andrew Buchan, Samuel Edward-Cook, Zak Ford-Williams, Olivia Nakintu, Anton Lesser, Lucy Black and Ceallach Spellmam. The 5-part thriller followss a corrupt police detective who undergoes a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing. Read the rest of this entry »