Composer James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive, Signs) is set to reteam with director David Yates (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Legend of Tarzan) on the upcoming Netflix original film Pain Hustlers. The crime comedy starring Emily Blunt & Chris Evans follows a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter who lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in Central Florida, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Reteam with David Yates on Netflix’s ‘Pain Hustlers’
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Yates, James Newton Howard, Pain Hustlers
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Dara Taylor Scoring HBO Max’s ‘Scoob! Holiday Haunt’
Posted: August 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dara Taylor, HBO Max, Scoob!, Scoob! Holiday Haunt, Tony Cervone
Writer/director/producer Tony Cervone has revealed that scoring sessions for the animated feature Scoob! Holiday Haunt have been taking place this weekend at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA, following the cancelation of the movie earlier this week by Warner Bros. Discovery. Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Little Ellen, Echo Boomers) is scoring the film directed by Bill Haller & Michael Kurinsky and starring Frank Welker, Iain Armitage, Ariana Greenblatt, Pierce Gagnon and Mckenna Grace. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 7, 2022)
Posted: August 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A League of Their Own, Amazon, Apple TV +, Ariel Marx, Children of the Underground, Daniele Luppi, Disney Plus, Five Days at Memorial, FX, HBO, I Am Groot, Lorne Balfe, Martin Phipps, Nick Sena, Paramount+, Secret Headquarters, The Princess, Torin Borrowdale, We Are Dark Angels, Zachary Dawes
Premiering on Wednesday, August 10, is the Disney+ animated shorts series I Am Groot written and directed by Kirsten Lepore and starring Vin Diesel. The show’s original music is composed by Daniele Luppi (Assassination of a High School President, Magic City, Hell Ride). Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released a digital single featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement to listen to both tracks on the single and to learn more about the Marvel Studios production, which will be available to stream on Disney+.
Premiering on Friday, August 12, is the Apple TV+ limited series Five Days at Memorial created by John Ridley & Carlton Cuse and starring Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones, Julie Ann Emery, Adepero Oduye, Joe Carroll, Michael Gaston, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Molly Hager. Torin Borrowdale (Searching, Locke & Key, Run, The Toll) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring David O. Russell’s ‘Amsterdam’
Posted: August 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amsterdam, Daniel Pemberton, David O. Russell
Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Trial of the Chicago 7, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Steve Jobs, Birds of Prey, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Being the Ricardos) has recently been scoring the upcoming crime comedy Amsterdam. The film is written and directed by David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) and stars Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Andrea Riseborough, Alessandro Nivola, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matthias Schoenaerts, Chris Rock, Michael Shannon, Taylor Swift, Mike Myers, Zoe Saldaña, Rami Malek and Robert De Niro. The movie follows three close friends who find themselves at the center of one of the most shocking secret plots in American history. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Joe Berlinger, Justin Melland, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the docuseries Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Justin Melland (The Innocence Files, The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, Wrong Man). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is directed by Joe Berlinger and focuses on a man whose personality, good looks and social graces defied the serial-killer stereotype, allowing him to hide in plain sight as he committed the brutal sex-crime slayings of more than thirty women before being caught in 1978. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 5, 2022)
Posted: August 5, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13: The Musical, Alex Geringas, BC Smith, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Bullet Train, Christopher Lennertz, Claydream, Dan the Automator, Day Shift, Disasterpeace, Dominic Lewis, Easter Sunday, Heather McIntosh, I Love My Dad, Jason Robert Brown, Jeremy Bullock, John Debney, Luck, My Favorite Girlfriend, Stowaway, Tom Scholefield, Tyler Bates
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Bullet Train directed by David Leitch and starring Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Sandra Bullock, Andrew Koji, Brian Tyree Henry and Michael Shannon. The film’s original score is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Man in the High Castle, Peter Rabbit, Money Monster, The King’s Man) who also co-wrote and produced several of the songs from the movie. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today (click here for the full album details) and Arista Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the Sony Pictures production (click here for more information).
Also opening wide is the comedy Easter Sunday directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and starring Jo Koy, Jimmy O. Yang, Tia Carrere, Eva Noblezada, Brandon Wardell, Tiffany Haddish and Lou Diamond Phillips. Dan the Automator (Booksmart, Control, Holidate) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stowaway’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 5, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: AMC, BC Smith, Declan Whitebloom, score, Soundtrack, Stowaway, Tom Scholefield
Node Records has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Stowaway. The album features the film’s original music composed by BC Smith (Adult World, Amateur, The Mod Squad, Beer League, The Stairs, Djinn) & Tom Scholefield. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Stowaway is directed by Declan Whitebloom and stars Ruby Rose, Danny & Scotty Bohnen, Luis Da Silva Jr., Vernon Davis, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Frank Grillo. The Voltage Pictures production follows a tenacious party girl who has to fight to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Read the rest of this entry »
Aimee’s Original Song ‘Where Love Is…’ from ‘My Favorite Girlfriend’ Released
Posted: August 5, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aimee, Alex Geringas, Amanda Raymond, My Favorite Girlfriend
Singer/songwriter Aimee has contributed an original song to the new romantic comedy My Favorite Girlfriend. The track, entitled Where Love Is…, is written by herself and the film’s composer Alex Geringas (Woody Woodpecker, I Heart Arlo, TrollsTopia) and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. My Favorite Girlfriend is written and directed by Amanda Raymond and stars Bonnie Piesse and Tyler Johnson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘LEGO Star Wars: Summer Vacation’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 5, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Shayne, Disney Plus, LEGO Star Wars: Summer Vacation, Michael Kramer, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a digital single featuring the songs from Lucasfilm’s new animated special LEGO Star Wars: Summer Vacation. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms are Scarif Beach Party composed by Michael Kramer, writer/executive producer David Shayne, Allie Feder & Roberto Prado and performed by “Weird Al” Yankovic (who stars as Vic Vankoh) and Gamorrean Girls composed by Kramer, Shayne & Prado and performed by James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi) & Allie Feder (Sy Snootles). Also listen to both songs after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Red Sonja’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 5, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ennio Morricone, Red Sonja, Richard Fleischer, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1985 fantasy adventure Red Sonja directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman, Paul L. Smith and Ronald Lacey. The album features the expanded and remastered original music from the Dino De Laurentiis production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Hateful Eight, Cinema Paradiso), including the content of the original soundtrack album in stereo and the composer’s complete score in mono. Visit the label’s official website for the full track list, to check out audio samples and to order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
