Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Soul, Gone Girl, Mank, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) have recently been scoring the upcoming drama Empire of Light. The film is written and directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty, 1917) and stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie and Crystal Clarke. The movie is set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s and tells a story about human connection and the magic of cinema. Read the rest of this entry »
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Scoring Sam Mendes’ ‘Empire of Light’
Posted: August 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atticus Ross, Empire of Light, Sam Mendes, Trent Reznor
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‘Rumba Therapy’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Franck Dubosc, Rumba la vie, Rumba Therapy, score, Soundtrack
Gaumont has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Rumba Therapy (Rumba la vie). The album features the film’s original music composed by Sylvain Goldberg (Rolling to You, Ibiza, Play or Die) & Matteo Locasciulli (Champagne!, Connectés). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full track list. Rumba Therapy is written and directed by Franck Dubosc and stars Dubosc himself, Louna Espinosa, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Marie-Philomène Nga. The movie follows man who lives alone after having abandoned his wife and baby decades earlier and signs up for dance classes to reconnect with his daughter who has become a dance teacher. Read the rest of this entry »
Aska Matsumiya Scoring Steve Buscemi’s ‘The Listener’
Posted: August 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aska Matsumiya, Steve Buscemi, The Listener
Aska Matsumiya (Skate Kitchen, Betty, Bruised, After Yang, I’m Your Woman, Selah and the Spades) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Listener. The film is directed by actor Steve Buscemi (who previously helmed such features as Lonesome Jim & Interview) and stars Tessa Thompson as a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless, and worried. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Devil in Ohio’ to Feature Music by Will Bates
Posted: August 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daria Polatin, Devil in Ohio, Netflix, Will Bates
Will Bates (Unbelievable, The Magicians, I Origins, The Path, Away, The Lost Symbol, The Looming Tower) is the composer of the new Netflix limited series Devil in Ohio. The show is created by Daria Polatin based on her own novel and stars Emily Deschanel, Sam Jaeger, Gerardo Celasco, Xaria Dotson, Madeleine Arthur, Alisha Newton and Naomi Tan. The 8-part thriller follows a hospital psychiatrist who shelters a mysterious cult escapee and whose world is turned upside down as the strange girl’s arrival threatens to tear her own family apart. Read the rest of this entry »
Terence Blanchard Scoring Sacha Jenkins’ ‘Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues’
Posted: August 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues, Sacha Jenkins, Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Harriet, Perry Mason, Da 5 Bloods, Red Tails) is scoring the upcoming documentary Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues. The film is directed by Sacha Jenkins (Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men) and offers a definitive look at the master musician’s life and legacy as a founding father of jazz, the first pop star and a cultural ambassador of the United States. The movie draws on Armstrong’s audio diaries to revisit the music and reappraise the politics of the legendary jazz trumpeter and singer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Paradise Highway’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anna Gutto, Anné Kulonen, Paradise Highway, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Paradise Highway. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anné Kulonen (The War Below). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Paradise Highway is written and directed by Anna Gutto and stars Juliette Binoche, Morgan Freeman, Frank Grillo and Hala Finley. The movie follows a woman who agrees to smuggle illicit cargo for a deadly prison gang in order to save her brother’s life, but has no idea the parcel is a 13-year old girl. Read the rest of this entry »
Animal Collective Scoring Elegance Bratton’s ‘The Inspection’
Posted: August 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Animal Collective, Elegance Bratton, The Inspection
The experimental pop band Animal Collective is making its feature narrative film scoring debut on the upcoming drama The Inspection. The film is written and directed by Elegance Bratton and stars Jeremy Pope, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi, Bokeem Woodbine, Aaron Dominguez and Gabrielle Union. The movie follows a man who joins the Marine Corps after being thrown out of his mother’s home at 16 for being gay and living for years in housing precarity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Parot’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Paramount+, Parot, score, Soundtrack, Vanessa Garde
Sello Discográfico RTVE has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish TV series Parot. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Vanessa Garde (What Lucia Saw, Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?, A Normal World, If I Were a Rich Man). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples and listen to audio samples. Parot is created by Alonso Laporta, Luis Murillo Arias & Luis Murillo Moreno and stars Adriana Ugarte, Blanca Portillo and Iván Massagué. The thriller follows a police inspector who investigates a series of murders, all linked to the Parot doctrine that reduced the maximum terms of imprisonment for persons convicted of serious crimes. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka) Scoring Gunnar Vikene’s ‘War Sailor’
Posted: August 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gunnar Vikene, Hauschka, Krigsseileren, Volker Bertelmann, War Sailor
Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, The Old Guard, Your Honor) has recently scored the upcoming Norwegian war drama War Sailor (Krigsseileren). The film is written and directed by Gunnar Vikene (Falling Sky, Vegas, Trigger) and stars Kristoffer Joner, Pål Sverre Hagen and Ine Marie Wilmann. The movie follows two lifelong friends who are working on a merchant ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out and turns them into refugees at sea. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 21, 2022)
Posted: August 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, Allyson Newman, Amazon, Anne, Ceiri Torjussen, Delhi Crime, Heather McIntosh, House of the Dragon, Hulu, Jed Kurzel, Kevin Kiner, Lost Ollie, Mike, Netflix, Partner Track, Peter Nashel, Ramin Djawadi, Samaritan, Samuel Sim, Scot Stafford
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series House of the Dragon created by George R.R. Martin & Ryan Condal and starring Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best and Rhys Ifans. The show’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Westworld, Eternals, Pacific Rim, Uncharted). WaterTower Music has released a first track from the composer’s score this past Thursday. Click here to listen to the track and to learn more about the fantasy drama, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, August 22, is the British miniseries Anne written by Kevin Sampson and starring Maxine Peake, Stephen Walters, Lily Shepherd, Steve Williams, Bobby Schofield and Clare Calbraith. Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Domina, The Spanish Princess, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 4-part drama, which premiered in the UK earlier this on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on Acorn TV. Read the rest of this entry »
