Composer Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, The Invitation, Echo Boomers, The Noel Diary) is reteaming with director Josh Greenbaum on the upcoming comedy Strays. The film starring Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Will Forte, Isla Fisher, Josh Gad, Randall Park, Brett Gelman, Harvey Guillén, Rob Riggle, Jamie Demetriou & Sofia Vergara follows a naive, relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier who is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner and – together with a group of other strays – hatches a plan to seek revenge on their owners. Read the rest of this entry »
Dara Taylor Scoring Josh Greenbaum’s ‘Strays’
Posted: February 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dara Taylor, Josh Greenbaum, Strays
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‘For My Country’ (‘Pour la France’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Levy, For My Country, Pour la France, Rachid Hami, score, Soundtrack
Because Music has released a soundtrack album for the French drama For My Country (Pour la France). The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Levy (I Lost My Body, Empire of the Wolves, Vesper). Also included are two songs by NightLab and a track by Identified Patient. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. For My Country is co-written and directed by Rachid Hami and stars Karim Leklou, Shaïn Boumedine, Lubna Azabal, Laurent Lafitte, Samir Guesmi and Vivan Sung. Read the rest of this entry »
David Schweitzer Scoring Tal Granit’s & Sharon Maymon’s ‘My Happy Ending’
Posted: February 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, David Schweitzer, My Happy Ending, Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit, The Reluctant Traveler
David Schweitzer (Emma, Our Great National Parks, Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King, Wonders of Life, Four Hours at the Capitol) has composed the original score for the new comedy My Happy Ending. The film is directed by Tal Granit & Sharon Maymon (The Farewell Place, A Matter of Size) and stars Andie MacDowell, Miriam Margolyes, Rakhee Thakrar, Sally Phillips, Tom Cullen, Tamsin Greig, Michelle Greenidge and David Walliams. The movie follows a famous actor who goes incognito to seek treatment for a medical issue and – while at the hospital – meets three unique women – a young mother, an aging rocker, and a forever single retired schoolteacher. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Snow Must Go On’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Les têtes givrées, Mathieu Lamboley, score, Soundtrack, Stéphane Cazes, The Snow Must Go On
Bonne Pioche has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy The Snow Must Go On (Les têtes givrées). The album features the film’s original music composed by Mathieu Lamboley (Lupin, A Minuscule Adventure, The Last Mercenary, Sisters in Arms, The Rose Maker, The Accusation). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples and listen to audio samples. The Snow Must Go On is directed by Stéphane Cazes and stars Clovis Cornillac and Claudia Tagbo. The movie follows a former mountain guide who decides to change the course of his life to become a teacher and enlists his students for a mission to prevent the glacier from melting. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pinecone & Pony’ Score Suite Released
Posted: February 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Brian Chan, Caleb Chan, Jordan Klassen, Pinecone & Pony
DreamWorks Television Animation has released two new tracks from the soundtrack for the studios’ Apple TV+ animated series Pinecone & Pony. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the Pinecone & Pony Score Suite written by the show’s composers Brian Chan & Caleb Chan (Panhandle, 50 States of Fright, Angry Birds: Summer Madness, Team Zenko Go), as well as the original song Thick as Thieves co-written (with Brian & Caleb Chan) and performed by Jordan Klassen. Also listen to both tracks after the jump. Back Lot Music has previously released another song (Warrior) from the first season of the show last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Newman to Score Pixar’s ‘Elemental’
Posted: February 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elemental, Peter Sohn, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, 1917, Skyfall) has been tapped to score the upcoming animated feature Elemental. The film is directed by Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur) and features the voices of Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie. The movie is set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together and revolves around a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Scott Bell, Rhys Frake-Waterfield, score, Soundtrack, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey
Andrew Scott Bell (Psycho Storm Chasers, Witness Infection, See You Next Christmas, Home Sweet Home) will release a soundtrack album for the British slasher/horror film Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. The album features the composer’s original score from the movie and will be released digitally on February 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey is written and directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and stars Nikolai Leon, Craig David Dowsett, Maria Taylor, Chris Cordell, Natasha Rose Mills, Amber Doig-Thorne and Danielle Ronald. The movie follows follows the 6-foot Pooh and his sidekick Piglet who – after being left to fend for themselves by Christopher Robin – go on a murderous rampage through the Hundred Acre Wood . Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘The Human Factor’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Edward Dmytryk, Ennio Morricone, Il giustiziere, L'ultimo uomo di Sara, score, Soundtrack, The Human Factor
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1975 thriller The Human Factor (Il giustiziere) directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone, Barry Sullivan, Rita Tushingham & Haydee Politoff and starring. The album features the newly remastered original score from the film composed by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Mission, Cinema Paradiso, The Hateful Eight). The CD, which is limited to 500 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Bryce Dessner Scoring Rebecca Miller’s ‘She Came to Me’
Posted: February 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryce Dessner, Rebecca Miller, She Came to Me
Bryce Dessner (Cyrano, The Two Popes, Bardo, Irresistible, The Kitchen) of the rock band The National has composed the original music for the upcoming romantic comedy She Came to Me. The film is written and directed by Rebecca Miller (Maggie’s Plan, The Ballad of Jack and Rose) and stars Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, Brian d’Arcy James, Joanna Kulig and Anne Hathaway. The movie is set in New York City and follows a composer suffering from writer’s block and unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera who – at the behest of his wife/formerly his therapist – sets out in search of inspiration. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood Bowl 2023 Season Schedule Announced
Posted: February 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl has announced this summer’s season schedule, which includes a number of film music concerts. On June 24, CineConcerts will present Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in Concert with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performing Alexandre Desplat’s score live-to-picture (click here for more details). John Williams will return to the Bowl on July 7, 8 & 9 for the concert Maestro of the Movies. The composer himself and his colleague Gustavo Dudamel will share the podium for three nights of movie music performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, including selections with film clips (visit the Bowl’s website for more information). Read the rest of this entry »
