Christopher Stracey (Maid) & hip-hop artist Mato Wayuhi (Reservation Dogs) have teamed up to score the upcoming drama War Pony. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actress Riley Keough and Gina Gammell (Manodrome) and stars Jojo Bapteise Whiting and LaDainian Crazy Thunder. The movie is based on real events and tells the interlocking stories of two Lakota boys growing up on Pine Ridge Reservation in the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Stracey & Mato Wayuhi Scoring Riley Keough’s & Gina Gammell’s ‘War Pony’
Posted: May 10, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Stracey, Gina Gammell, Mato Wayuhi, Riley Keough, War Pony
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‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CBS, John Nordstrom, score, Soundtrack, The Bold and the Beautiful
John Nordstrom (One Tree Hill, 5ive Days to Midnight, Las Vegas, Nearing Grace, According to Greta, Unhitched, Past Life) has released the first-ever score album for the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The Vol. 1 soundtrack features selections of the show’s original music written by the composer who has been scoring the series for the last decade and has received two Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on the drama. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. The Bold and the Beautiful created by William J. Bell & Lee Phillip Bell first premiered in 1987 airs every weekday on CBS and has recently been renewed through the 2023-2024 broadcast season. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Spelman Scoring James Gray’s ‘Armageddon Time’
Posted: May 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Armageddon Time, Christopher Spelman, James Gray
Composer Christopher Spelman is reuniting with director James Gray on the upcoming coming-of-age drama Armageddon Time. The film is written and directed by Gray (Ad Astra, Little Odessa) and stars Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Andrew Polk and Tovah Feldshuh. The movie is inspired by Gray’s life in a pre-Reagan America in Queens, New York and tells a story of the strength of family and the generational pursuit of happiness. Read the rest of this entry »
New Soundtrack Album for John Frankenheimer’s ‘Seconds’ Announced
Posted: May 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, John Frankenheimer, score, Seconds, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1966 horror/sci-di drama Seconds directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, Will Geer and John Randolph. The album features the remastered, restored and (slightly) expanded original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Chinatown, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Papillon, Basic Instinct, L.A. Confidential, Poltergeist), as well as the source music for the movie’s cocktail sequence. Visit the label’s official website to check out the full album details and to order the CD version, which is limited to 1,000 copies. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Name Is Lopez’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Peter Moffatt, My Name Is Lopez, P. David Ebersole, score, Soundtrack, Todd Hughes
James Peter Moffatt (House of Cardin, Mansfield 66/67) has released a soundtrack album for the documentary My Name Is Lopez. The album features the composer’s original score from the film, as well as the songs from the movie and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. My Name Is Lopez is directed by P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes and centers on Trinidad Trini Lopez III who was born in Dallas as the son of undocumented Mexican immigrants and fought his way out of the ghetto with a guitar to become a true American rock and roll legend and one of the first Latino rock stars. Read the rest of this entry »
Terence Blanchard Scoring HBO Max’s ‘Father of the Bride’ Reboot
Posted: May 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Father of the Bride, Gaz Alazraki, HBO Max, Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Harriet, Da 5 Bloods, One Night in Miami…) has composed the original score for the upcoming HBO Max original movie Father of the Bride. The film is directed by Gaz Alazraki (We Are the Nobles) and stars Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan, Adria Arjona, Isabela Merced, Diego Boneta and Chloe Fineman. The romantic comedy revolves around a father as he is coming to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American clan. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tenor’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Claude Zidi Jr., Laurent Perez Del Mar, score, Soundtrack, Tenor
Firestep has released a soundtrack album for the French musical comedy Tenor. The album features the film’s original score composed by Laurent Perez Del Mar (The Red Turtle, I Kill Giants, The Mystery of Henri Pick, My Son, Zarafa, The Kitchen Brigade). Also included are the songs from the movie performed by beatboxing world champion and lead actor MB14. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Tenor is co-written and directed by Claude Zidi Jr. and stars MB14 and Michèle Laroque. The movie tells the story of a talented young underdog who rises from suburban streets to the grand stage of the Paris Opéra. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Lira Scoring Matthew Reilly’s Netflix Film ‘Interceptor’
Posted: May 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Interceptor, Matthew Reilly, Michael Lira, Netflix
Michael Lira (The Hunter, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Growing Up Smith, Nekrotronic, Black Water: Abyss) has recently scored the upcoming Australian Netflix original film Interceptor. The movie is directed by Matthew Reilly and stars Elsa Pataky, Luke Bracey, Aaron Glenane, Mayen Mehta, Belinda Jombwe, Rhys Muldoon, Marcus Johnson, Colin Friels and Zoe Carides. The action thriller follows an army captain who must use her years of tactical training and military expertise when a simultaneous coordinated attack threatens the remote missile interceptor station she is in command of. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 8, 2022)
Posted: May 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Ariel Marx, David Buckley, Disney Plus, Dustin O'Halloran, Elvin Ross, Gregory Tripi, Herdís Stefánsdóttir, Hulu, Netflix, Our Father, Sneakerella, The Essex Serpent, The Lincoln Lawyer
Premiering tomorrow, May 9, is the Hulu limited event series Candy created by Robin Veith and starring Jessica Biel, Timothy Simons, Pablo Schreiber, Melanie Lynskey and Raúl Esparza. The show’s original music is composed by Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, The Tale, American Horror Stories, Rebel Hearts, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, To Dust, The Devil Has a Name). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the true crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Premiering on Wednesday, May 11, is the Netflix original documentary Our Father directed by Lucie Jourdan and produced by Jason Blum. Gregory Tripi (Ma, Manhunt: Unabomber, Warning, Rememory, Dark Places, The Fix) has composed the film’s original music. The Blumhouse production, which tells the story of a woman who – after an at-home DNA test reveals she has multiple half-siblings – discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor, will be available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Mogwai Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Black Bird’
Posted: May 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Black Box, Dennis Lehane, Mogwai
The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai is composing the original music for the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Black Bird. The show is developed by Dennis Lehane (Shutter Island, The Outsider) based on the true crime memoir In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by James Keene & Hillel Levin and stars Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear and Ray Liotta. The 6-part thriller follows a high school football hero who is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison and given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend a suspected serial killer or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Read the rest of this entry »
