Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Rampage, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Atlas, Frontier) has been tapped to score the upcoming Paramount+ original series Landman. The show is created by Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone, Hell or High Water) and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Kayla Wallace, Jacob Lofland, James Jordan, Paulina Chávez, Mark Collie and Demi Moore, as well as Jon Hamm will star in a recurring guest role with Andy Garcia & Michael Peña appearing as guest stars. The drama based on the podcast Boomtown from Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and tells modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Lockington Scoring Paramount+’s ‘Landman’
Posted: July 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Lockington, Landman, Paramount+, Taylor Sheridan
‘Doctor Zhivago’ Miniseries Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Doctor Zhivago, Giacomo Campiotti, Ludovico Einaudi, score, Soundtrack
RTI has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 2002 British miniseries Doctor Zhivago directed by Giacomo Campiotti and starring Hans Matheson, Keira Knightley, Sam Neill and Kris Marshall. The album features selections of the original music from the 3-part drama composed by Ludovico Einaudi (The Intouchables, The Father, Samba, La Tresse, La petite, This Is England). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Universal Classics has previously the original soundtrack album on CD in 2003. Read the rest of this entry »
Nami Melumad Scoring Kelly Blatz’s ‘One Fast Move’
Posted: July 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Kelly Blatz, Nami Melumad, One Fast Move
Composer Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Thor: Love and Thunder, Star Trek: Prodigy, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, An American Pickle, Absentia) is reuniting with actor/writer/director Kelly Blatz on the upcoming action adventure One Fast Move. The film is written and directed by Blatz and stars K.J. Apa, Eric Dane, Maia Reficco, Austin North and Edward James Olmos. The movie revolves around a young man down on his luck who seeks out his estranged father to help him pursue his dream of becoming a professional motorcycle racer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stephen’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Forest Swords, Matthew Barnes, Melanie Manchot, score, Soundtrack, Stephen
Dense Truth has released a soundtrack album for the British documentary Stephen. The album features the film’s original score written by music producer, DJ and composer Forest Swords (aka Matthew Barnes) (As Dusk Falls). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Barnes’ main theme after the jump. Stephen is directed by visual artist Melanie Manchot who works with a recovery group in Liverpool who takes up roles in a semi-fictional film-within-a-film that explores addiction and mental health from multiple perspectives. The movie centers on Stephen, a character recovering from gambling and alcohol addictions. Read the rest of this entry »
Jerry Goldsmith at ‘The General Electric Theater’ Album CD Release Announced
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The General Electric Theater
Intrada Records has announced a CD release of Jerry Goldsmith‘s music composed for the CBS 1950s/60s anthology TV series The General Electric Theater. The composer’s scores, which have previously been available individually as digital EPs, have been newly recorded with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and reconstructed and conducted by Leigh Phillips. The music from the following episodes is featured on the album: Hitler’s Secret, The Last Dance, The Committeeman, The Legend That Walks Like a Man, Sarah’s Laughter, My Dark Days and The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky. Also included is Autumn Love, a suite composed for the CBS music library. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mother, Couch’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Bear, Mother Couch, Niclas Larsson, score, Soundtrack
The Foolshed will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Mother, Couch. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Bear (of the indie rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, High Maintenance, Swallowed, If You Were the Last, The Passenger). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mother, Couch is written and directed by Niclas Larsson and stars Ewan McGregor, Taylor Russell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ellen Burstyn, F. Murray Abraham and Rhys Ifans. The movie is based on Jerker Virdborg’s novel Mamma I Soffa and follows the members of a dysfunctional family who find themselves mysteriously trapped in an antiquated furniture store when their elderly matriarch suddenly refuses to get up from one of the display couches. Read the rest of this entry »
‘You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bill Melendez, score, Soundtrack, Vince Guaraldi, You're Not Elected Charlie Brown
Lee Mendelson Film Productions will a new soundtrack for the 1972 animated television special You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown created by Charles M. Schulz and directed by Bill Melendez. The album features premiere release of complete score from the eighth Peanuts special composed by Vince Guaraldi (A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Boy Named Charlie Brown), including never-before-heard bonus or alternate tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally, on vinyl and CD on September 6. Visit Amazon to order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Malcolm Washington’s ‘The Piano Lesson’
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Malcolm Washington, Netflix, The Piano Lesson
Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen, Philomena, Godzilla) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film The Piano Lesson. The drama is directed by Malcolm Washington and stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu and Corey Hawkins. The movie based on the play of the same title by August Wilson is set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression and follows the lives of the Charles family in the Doaker Charles household and an heirloom, the family piano, which documents the family history through carvings made by their enslaved ancestor. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kiss of the Con Queen’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kiss of the Con Queen, Ollie Howell, score, Soundtrack, Tom Waller
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Kiss of the Con Queen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ollie Howell (Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella, Breaking Point, Forced Out). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Kiss of the Con Queen is directed by Tom Waller and stars Eoin O’Brien, Yayu Unru, Francis Magee, Patrick Bergin and Ravi Patel. The movie tells the true story of an actor based in Bangkok who lured to Jakarta when he believes he is being considered for a role in an upcoming DC Origins show, only to find out that the whole thing is an elaborate scam.. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring Chris Stuckmann’s ‘Shelby Oaks’
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Stuckmann, Shelby Oaks, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers (X-Men ’97, Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) have provided original muisc for the upcoming horror thriller Shelby Oaks. The film marks the directorial debut of filmmaker, digital creator and author Chris Stuckmann and stars Camille Sullivan, Michael Beach, Keith David, Sarah Durn, Brendan Sexton III, Emily Bennett and Rob Grant. The movie centers on a young woman’s frantic search for her sister who ominously disappeared in the last tape of her YouTube investigative series Paranormal Paranoids. Read the rest of this entry »
