Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Impractical Jokers: The Movie, Die Hart, F*&% the Prom) have been tapped to score the upcoming Roku Channel original movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. The film is directed by Eric Appel (Son of Zorn) and stars Daniel Radcliffe as “Weird Al” Yankovic, Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna, Rainn Wilson as radio broadcaster Dr. Demento, as well as Julianne Nicholson & Toby Huss as Yankovic’s parents, Mary and Nick. The biopic chronicles Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time. Read the rest of this entry »
Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson Scoring The Roku Channel’s ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’
Posted: June 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eric Appel, Leo Birenberg, The Roku Channel, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Zach Robinson
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‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Soundtrack EP Details
Posted: June 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Chris Stracey, Cooper Raiff, Este Haim, score, Soundtrack
Columbia Records will release a soundtrack EP for the comedy drama Cha Cha Real Smooth. The 5-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Este Haim (of HAIM) & Christopher Stracey (Maid) who have made their feature scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 17 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Cha Cha Real Smooth is written and directed by Cooper Raiff and stars Raiff himself, Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann, Brad Garrett, Vanessa Burghardt and Evan Assante. The movie centers on a young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host and strikes up a friendship with a mother and her autistic daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
Sarah Schachner Scoring Dan Trachtenberg’s ‘Prey’
Posted: June 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Trachtenberg, Hulu, Predator, Prey, Sarah Schachner
Sarah Schachner (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Assassin’s Creed Origins, The Lazarus Effect) has composed the original score for the upcoming action thriller Prey. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) and stars Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush and Julian Black Antelope. The fifth installment in the Predator series is set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago during 1719 and follows a fierce and highly skilled warrior who sets out to protect her people when danger threatens her camp. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO Max’s ‘Hacks’ to Be Released
Posted: June 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Carlos Rafael Rivera, Hacks, HBO Max, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release the first soundtrack album for the HBO Max original series Hacks. The album features the original score from the show’s first season composed by Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Just Beyond). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 17. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Hacks is created by Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello & Jen Statsky and stars Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Carl Clemons-Hopkins and Jane Adams. The comedy drama explores a dark mentorship that forms between a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old woman. Read the rest of this entry »
Eminem’s & CeeLo Green’s ‘The King and I’ from Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ Released
Posted: June 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Baz Luhrmann, CeeLo Green, Dr. Dre, Elvis, Eminem
Interscope Records has released the song The King and I from the biographical drama Elvis. The track performed by Eminem ft. CeeLo Green and co-written by themselves, Dr. Dre & Luis Resto with elements of Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock (written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the song below. A full soundtrack album will be released next Friday, June 24. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘Candy’ to Be Released
Posted: June 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ariel Marx, Candy, Hulu, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu limited series Candy. The album features the show’s original music composed by Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, The Tale, To Dust, Rebel Hearts, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, The Devil Has a Name). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 17 and will be available to stream/download here. Candy is created by Nick Antosca & Robin Veith and stars Jessica Biel, Melanie Lynskey, Timothy Simons, Pablo Schreiber and Raúl Esparza. The 5-part drama tells the true story of 1980 housewife and mother Candy Montgomery who killed her friend Betty Gore with an ax. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Collision’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Collision, Fabien Martorell, Netflix, Sacha Chaban, score, Soundtrack
1908 Music Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the South African Netflix original film Collision. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Sacha Chaban (Darkness Falls, Aftermath, Redemption Day, The Vanished, Breaking & Entering). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Collision is co-written and directed by Fabien Martorell and stars Langley Kirkwood, Zoey Sneedon, Siphesihle Vazi, Mpho Sebeng, Vuyo Dabula, Tessa Jubber and Samke Makhoba. The thriller follows a corrupt businessman and his socialite wife as they race to save their daughter from a notorious crime lord over the course of one fateful day. Read the rest of this entry »
T Bone Burnett & Patrick Warren Scoring FX’s ‘The Old Man’
Posted: June 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: FX, Hulu, Patrick Warren, T Bone Burnett, The Old Man
T Bone Burnett (True Detective, Crazy Heart, Inside Llewyn Davis, Walk the Line) and Patrick Warren (The Chi, Alice) are scoring the new FX original series The Old Man. The show is developed by Jonathan E. Steinberg (See, Human Target) & Robert Levine (Black Sails) based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry and stars Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman, Alia Shawkat, E.J. Bonilla and Gbenga Akinnagbe. The drama follows the title character who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid, when an assassin arrives and tries to take him out. Read the rest of this entry »
‘This Is Us’ Seasons 5 & 6 Score Album Details
Posted: June 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: NBC, score, Siddhartha Khosla, Soundtrack, This Is Us
Hollywood Records will release a new soundtrack album for the NBC drama This Is Us. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s fifth and sixth season composed by Emmy Award nominee Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, Runaways, Queenpins, Looking for Alaksa, I Want You Back). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 17 and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released two soundtracks featuring the composer’s score from Season 3 & Season 4, while Universal Music has released an album featuring the score from Seasons 1 & 2. This Is Us is created by Dan Fogelman and stars Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Justin Hartley, Chrissy Metz, Chris Sullivan, Susan Kelechi Watson and Jon Huertas. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe Scoring Netflix’s ‘Man Vs Bee’
Posted: June 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, Man vs. Bee, Netflix
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, The LEGO Batman Movie, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, Bad Boys for Life) is the composer of the new Netflix original series Man Vs Bee. The show is created by Rowan Atkinson & William Davies (Johnny English, The Letter for the King) and stars Atkinson as a bumbling dad who tries to get the best of a cunning bee while house-sitting a posh mansion – but only unleashes more chaos. Jing Lusi, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Greg McHugh, India Fowler, Claudie Blakley and Tom Basdenare are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »
