Gabriel Mann (A Million Little Things, Rectify, Better Nate Than Never, High School Musical: The Musical – The Series, Rosewood) is scoring the upcoming Netflix original series Uncoupled. The show is created by Darren Star (Sex and the City, Emily in Paris) & Jeffrey Richman and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Tisha Campbell, Brooks Ashmanskas, Emerson Brooks, Marcia Gay Harden and Tuc Watkins. The comedy revolves around a man who has to confront two nightmares after his husband leaves him: losing what he thought was his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his mid-40s in New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Mann Scoring Netflix’s ‘Uncoupled’
Posted: May 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Darren Star, Gabriel Mann, Jeffrey Richman, Netflix, Uncoupled
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Music Team Credits Revealed
Posted: May 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joseph Kosinski, Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick
The full music team credits for Joseph Kosinksi’s Top Gun: Maverick have been revealed. In addition to Harold Faltermeyer (who scored the original 1986 Top Gun), Lady Gaga (who contributed the original song Hold My Hand), Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe (who is credited as score producer and is believed to have been heavily involved in the composition of the film’s score) whose names appear in the film’s opening credits sequence, the full credits include such names as T Bone Burnett (True Detective, Inside Llewyn Davis), Ryan Tedder (who co-wrote OneRepublic’s original song I Ain’t Worried), former KCRW music director/host Jason Bentley and music supervisor Kathy Nelson as music consultants, David Fleming (Hillbilly Elegy, The Unforgivable), Andrew Kawczynski (Chappie, Sky Hunters) & Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, Army of Thieves) as additional music composers, guitarist Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats, Asia, The Young Punx) as score consultant and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith as a musician. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Superhost’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blitz//Berlin, Brandon Christensen, score, Soundtrack, Superhost
Blitz//Berlin (Still/Born, Day of the Dead, Extraterrestrial, It Stains the Sands Red) have released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Superhost. The album features the composer trio’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Superhost is written and directed by Brandon Christensen and stars Sara Canning, Osric Chau, Gracie Gillam and Barbara Crampton. The movie follows two travel vloggers who check into a vacation rental with a host that will do anything for a good review. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Made for Love’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO Max, Keefus Ciancia, Made for Love, score, Soundtrack
Paramount Music will release a new soundtrack album for the HBO Max original series Made for Love. The album features the original music from the show’s second season composed by Keefus Ciancia (Killing Eve, London Spy, Nashville, Diana, The Fall, The Motel Life). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the composer’s score from Season 1 in two volumes last year. Made for Love is created by Alissa Nutting, Dean Bakopoulos, Patrick Somerville & Christina Lee based on Nutting’s novel of the same title and stars Cristin Milioti, Billy Magnussen, Dan Bakkedahl, Noma Dumezweni, Augusto Aguilera, Caleb Foote, Sarunas J. Jackson and Ray Romano. Read the rest of this entry »
Thurston Moore Scoring HBO’s ‘Irma Vep’
Posted: May 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas, Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore (of the rock band Sonic Youth) has composed the original score for the new HBO limited series Irma Vep. The show is created, written and directed by Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Clouds of Sils Maria) based on his 1996 feature of the same title and stars Alicia Vikander, Vincent Macaigne, Jeanne Balibar, Devon Ross, Lars Eidinger, Vincent Lacoste, Nora Hamzawi, Adria Arjona, Carrie Brownstein, Tom Sturridge, Byron Bowers, Fala Chen, Hippolyte Girardot, Alex Descas and Antoine Reinartz. Pierre-Marie Dru (Annette, I Lost My Body) serves as the music supervisor of the 8-part drama, which follows an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup who comes to France to star in a remake of a French silent film classic and struggles as the distinctions between herself and the character she plays begin to blur and merge. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Valiant Hearts’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benoit Rault, Cœurs Vaillants, HiTnRuN, Mona Achache, score, Soundtrack, Valiant Hearts
Cocotte & Les Films Du Cap have released a soundtrack album for the French drama Valiant Hearts (Cœurs Vaillants). The album features the film’s original music composed by Benoit Rault (Love at First Sight, Ad Vitam, The Red Band Society) for HiTnRuN. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services.Valiant Hearts is co-written and directed by Mona Achache and stars Camille Cottin, Mae Roudet-Rubens and Leo Riehl. The movie takes place during World War II and tells the story of six Jewish children who are forced to take refuge where no one will ever think to look for them, amidst the Louvre Museum artworks hidden in the Château de Chambord. Read the rest of this entry »
René Aubry to Score BBC’s ‘The Smeds and the Smoos’
Posted: May 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Daniel Snaddon, René Aubry, The Smeds and the Smoos
René Aubry is set to compose the original music for the upcoming animated special The Smeds and the Smoos. The film is directed by Daniel Snaddon & Samantha Cutler and stars Sally Hawkins (as Narrator), Adjoa Andoh, Bill Bailey, Meera Syal, Rob Brydon, Ashna Rabheru and Daniel Ezra. The special based on the book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler is set on a far-off planet and tells the story of two aliens from two different families who have always avoided each other and fall in love. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Foxhole’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Foxhole, Jack Fessenden, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the war drama Foxhole. The album features the film’s original score composed by director Jack Fessenden (Stray Bullets). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Foxhole is written and directed by Fessenden and stars Motell Gyn Foster, Alex Hurt, Angus O’Brien, Cody Kostro, James Le Gros, Alex Breaux, Andi Matichak and Asa Spurlock The movie unfolds over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars – The American Civil War, World War I and Iraq – and follows five soldiers confined in a foxhole as they grapple with and increasingly volatile combat situation. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro Scoring Paul Feig’s ‘The School for Good and Evil’
Posted: May 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Paul Feig, The School for Good and Evil, Theodore Shapiro
Composer Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Bombshell, Severance, Destroyer, Marley & Me) is reteaming with director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat) on the upcoming Netflix original film The School for Good and Evil. The movie is based on Soman Chainani’s best-selling YA fantasy series and stars Sophia Anne Caruso, Sofia Wylie, Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Michelle Yeoh, Laurence Fishburne, Kit Young, Rachel Bloom, Peter Serafinowicz, Mark Heap and Patti LuPone. The fantasy adventure follows two best friends as they navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains – and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil. Read the rest of this entry »
Marius de Vries to Serve as Executive Music Producer on Farren Blackburn’s ‘Mary’s Monster’
Posted: May 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Farren Blackburn, Marius de Vries, Mary's Monster
Marius de Vries (Coda, Strange Magic, Kick-Ass, Navalny, Sucker Punch) will serve as the executive music producer of the upcoming period drama Mary’s Monster. He will also be executive producing the film directed by Farren Blackburn (Shut In, Hammer of the Gods) and starring Clara Rugaard as Frankenstein author Mary Shelley and Kit Harington as the titular monster, as well as Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Sebastian de Souza. The movie centers on Sheeley’s mental struggle to write her seminal novel. Read the rest of this entry »