Kris Bowers (Bridgerton, Green Book, King Richard, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Inventing Anna, Mrs. America, Dear White People) has composed the original score the upcoming historical drama Chevalier. The film is directed by Stephen Williams (Watchmen, True Story) and stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton and Minnie Driver. The movie tells the true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner who rose to heights in the 18th century French society. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers Scoring Stephen Williams’ ‘Chevalier’
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chevalier, Kris Bowers, Stephen Williams
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‘Waterman’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Isaac Halasima, score, Soundtrack, Timothy Stuart Jones, Waterman
Notefornote Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Waterman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Timothy Stuart Jones (Chuck, Beast of Burden, Human Target, Office Uprising, Survive the Game, Hide and Seek, Backtrace). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Waterman is directed by Isaac Halasima and centers on five-time Olympic medalist and Native Hawaiian Duke Paoa Kahanamoku who shattered records and brought surfing to the world while overcoming a lifetime of personal challenges. Read the rest of this entry »
Este Haim & Amanda Yamate Scoring Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s Netflix Film ‘Do Revenge’
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amanda Yamate, Do Revenge, Este Haim, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Netflix
Este Haim (of HAIM) has teamed up with Amanda Yamate to score the upcoming Netflix original film Do Revenge. The movie is directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Someone Great, Sweet/Vicious) and stars Camila Mendes, Austin Abrams, Maya Hawke, Ava Capri, Rish Shah, Talia Ryder, Maia Reficco, Jonathan Daviss, Paris Berelc, Alisha Boe and Sophie Turner. The comedy revolves around a dethroned queen bee at a posh private high school who strikes a secret deal with an unassuming new student to exact revenge on each other’s enemies. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Inu-Oh’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Masaaki Yuasa, Otomo Yoshihide, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has announced the domestic release of the soundtrack album for the Japanese animated rock opera Inu-Oh. The album features the film’s original music composed by Otomo Yoshihide (Ama-chan, Journey to the Shore), including both the score and the vocal tracks performed by voice cast members Avu-chan (of Queen Bee) and Mirai Moriyama. The soundtrack, which was released in several other markets this past May, is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also available separately as a digital single is the original song Inu-Hime performed by the Japanese band Queen Bee. Click here to stream/download the track and also watch the official music video below. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Deacon Scoring Disney+ UK’s & Hulu’s ‘Wedding Season’
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Deacon, Disney Plus, Hulu, Wedding Season
Dan Deacon (Hustle, Ascension, Strawberry Mansion, Twixt, Rat Film, All Light, Everywhere) has composed the original music for Disney+’s first UK original series Wedding Season. The show is created by Oliver Lyttelton (Cheaters) and stars Rosa Salazar, Gavin Drea, Jade Harrison, Callie Cooke, Jamie Michie, Bhav Joshi, Ioanna Kimbrook and Omar Baroud. The 8-part romantic comedy/action thriller follows a man and a woman who fall for each other at a wedding and begin an affair, despite one of them already having a fiancé. 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
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 »
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 »
