Art music composer Jacob Mühlrad is making his film scoring debut on the upcoming Swedish drama Burn All My Letters (Bränn alla mina brev). The film is directed by Björn Runge (The Wife, Daybreak) and stars Bill Skarsgård, Asta Kamma August, Sverrir Gudnason, Gustav Lindh and Sonja Richter. The movie based on Alex Schulman’s best-selling novel of the same title is set in three different timelines and centers on woman’s love affair that starts in the 1930s and leads to unexpected consequences for the future generations to come. Veronica Zacco (Top Dog) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Jacob Mühlrad Scoring Björn Runge’s ‘Burn All My Letters’
Posted: February 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Björn Runge, Burn All My Letters, Jacob Mühlrad
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Anastacia’s ‘American Night’ Title Song Released
Posted: February 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alessio Jim Della Valle, American Night, Anastacia
Hi-Tea Records has released the title song from the neo-noir thriller American Night. The track co-written (with Ryan Louder & Anders Grahn) and performed by Anastacia is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music platforms. Also check out the official music video after the jump. As previously reported, MovieScore Media has released a full soundtrack album featuring the film’s original score by Marco Beltrami & Ceiri Torjussen last December. American Night is written and directed by Alessio Jim Della Valle and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, Jeremy Piven and Michael Madsen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Death on the Nile’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Death on the Nile, Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Doyle, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the murder mystery Death on the Nile. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by Academy Award nominee Patrick Doyle (Sense and Sensibility, Thor, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Cinderella, Brave, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Henry V, Gosford Park) who has previously scored 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 11 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon or any other major digital music services. Death on the Nile is directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars himself, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Tom Bateman, Emma Mackey, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Rose Leslie, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders and Letitia Wright. Read the rest of this entry »
Transcenders’ The Kings of Napa’ Main Title Theme Released
Posted: February 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Black Violin, OWN, The Kings of Napa, Transcenders
WaterTower Music has released the main title theme from the OWN original series The Kings of Napa. The track is written and performed by show composers Transcenders (Gossip Girl, Black-ish, Madam Secretary, Our Family Wedding) feat. Black Violin and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. The Kings of Napa is created by Janine Sherman Barrois and stars Ebonee Noel, Rance Nix, Yaani King Mondschein, Karen LeBlanc, Ashlee Brian, and Devika Parikh. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score Jon S. Baird’s ‘Tetris’
Posted: February 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Jon S. Baird, Lorne Balfe, Matthew Vaughn, Tetris
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, The LEGO Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life, The Crown) has been hired to score the upcoming biographical drama Tetris. The film is directed by Jon S. Baird (Stan & Ollie, Filth) and stars Taron Egerton as Henk Rogers, a Dutch video game designer who first secured the rights to distribute Tetris on consoles, Nikita Efremov as Russian software engineer Alexey Pajitnov who first created the game, Roger Allam & Anthony Boyle as businessmen Robert and Kevin Maxwell, as well as Toby Jones. The movie centers on the legal battle that arose over the franchise’s copyright in the 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
John Williams to Reteam with Steven Spielberg on ‘The Fabelmans’
Posted: February 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Williams, Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Variety has confirmed that John Williams is reteaming with Steven Spielberg on the upcoming drama The Fabelmans. The composer is currently scoring the film and will be recording his music next month in Los Angeles. The movie, which is loosely based on Spielberg’s childhood, stars Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano and Gabriel LaBelle. Spielberg also co-wrote the screenplay with Tony Kushner (Munich, West Side Story). Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Wohl Scoring Kim Farrant’s Netflix Film ‘The Weekend Away’
Posted: February 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Wohl, Kim Farrant, Netflix, The Weekend Away
Daniel Wohl (Project Blue Book, Search Party, The Stand In, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film The Weekend Away. The movie is directed by Kim Farrant (Strangerland, Angel of Mine) and stars Leighton Meester, Christina Wolfe, Ziad Bakri, Luke Norris, Iva Mihalić, Amar Bukvić, Adrian Pezdirc and Parth Thakerar. The thriller is based on a novel by Sarah Alderson (who also wrote the screenplay) and follows two best friends on a weekend getaway in Croatia when one of them is accused of killing the other and her efforts to get to the truth uncover a painful secret. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 6, 2022)
Posted: February 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Angela Black, Cliff Martinez, Danny Bensi, HBO Max, I Want You Back, Inventing Anna, KIMI, Kris Bowers, Mark Batson, Mateo Messina, Netflix, Pierre Charles, Power Book IV: Force, Saunder Jurriaans, Siddhartha Khosla, Spectrum, Starz, Stuart Eartl, Tall Girl 2, The Girl Before
Premiering today is the Starz original series Power Book IV: Force executive produced by Courtney A. Kemp & Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and starring Joseph Sikora, Isaac Keys, Gabrielle Ryan, Lili Simmons, Shane Harper, Anthony Fleming III, Kris D. Lofton, Lucien Cambric and Tommy Flanagan. The show’s original score is composed by Mark Batson (Dude, Sisters on Track). G-Unit Records has released the drama’s opening titles song Power Powder Respect by 50 Cent feat. Jeremih and Lil Durk last month. Check out our previous article to listen to the track and to learn more about the series.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, February 7, is the British series Angela Black created by Harry & Jack Williams and starring Joanne Froggatt, Michiel Huisman and Samuel Adewunmi. Stuart Earl (And Then There Were None, Ordeal by Innocence, My Brother the Devil, Rillington Place, The Accident) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-part psychological thriller, which revolves around a woman trapped in a relationship she cannot escape who is approached a private investigator and starts spilling the her husband’s darkest secrets, premiered last year in the UK on ITV and is making its U.S. premiere on Spectrum. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Playlist for Amazon’s ‘Reacher’ Released
Posted: February 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Reacher
Amazon Music has published an official playlist featuring the songs from the Amazon original series Reacher. Among the artists featured are Howlin’ Wolf, The Rolling Stones, Patsy Cline, Howard Tate, The Shys, Jordan Max, Lowpass Lushes, Corey Harris, Jade Jackson, Kansas, Naked Blue, Boz Scaggs & others. Click here to stream all songs. No word on a soundtrack release for the show. Reacher is developed by Nick Santora based on Lee Child’s first Jack Reacher novel Killing Floor and stars Alan Ritchson, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald, Chris Webster, Bruce McGill, Maria Sten, Hugh Thompson, Kristin Kreuk, Currie Graham, Harvey Guillén, Willie C. Carpenter, Marc Bendavid and Maxwell Jenkins. Read the rest of this entry »
Mario Grigorov Scoring Maggie Peren’s ‘The Forger’ (‘Der Passfälscher’)
Posted: February 5, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Der Passfälscher, Maggie Peren, Mario Grigorov, The Forger
Mario Grigorov (Precious, The Paperboy, Shadowdancer, Kill Chain, Petals on the Wind) has recently scored the upcoming German drama The Forger (Der Passfälscher). The film is written and directed by Maggie Peren (Color of the Ocean, Stellungswechsel) and stars Louis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin, Luna Wedler, Nina Gummich, André Jung, Marc Limpach and Yotam Ishay. The movie tells the true story of Cioma Schönhaus, a Jewish man who, during the Second World War, repeatedly escaped the Gestapo thanks to his ability to forge passports. Read the rest of this entry »
