Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli (The Witcher, The Mist, The Romanoffs, Inside Man: Most Wanted) are scoring the upcoming NBC drama The Thing About Pam. The show is inspired by one of the most popular sagas ever told on Dateline NBC and stars Renée Zellweger, Josh Duhamel, Judy Greer, Katy Mixon, Glenn Fleshler, Gideon Adlon, Sean Bridgers, Suanne Spoke and Mac Brandt. The limited series centers on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in the conviction of her husband who was later exonerated andd set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme involving a woman named Pam Hupp. Read the rest of this entry »
Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli Scoring NBC’s ‘The Thing About Pam’
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Giona Ostinelli, NBC, Sonya Belousova, The Thing About Pam
‘Rise Up, Sing Out’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Black Thought, Disney Channel, Disney Plus, Questlove, Rise Up Sing Out, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney Junior short-form animated series Rise Up, Sing Out. The album features the original songs from the show written and produced by Ahmir ‘”Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter (of the Grammy Award winning musical group The Roots) who also appear in the series as animated characters. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 4. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Rise Up, Sing Out executive produced by Questlove, Black Thought & Latoya Raveneau follows a group of neighborhood friends of multiple ethnicities and tells eight stories that directly reflect the realities of the world kids live in today. Read the rest of this entry »
Raphael Saadiq & Laura Karpman Scoring AMC’s ’61st Street’
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 61st Street, AMC, Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq (Insecure, The After Party) & Laure Karpman (What If…?, Set It Up, Paris Can Wait, Why We Hate) are teaming up to co-score the upcoming AMC original series 61st Street. The show is created by Peter Moffat (The Night Of, Your Honor) and stars Courtney B. Vance, Aunjanue Ellis, Mark O’Brien, Holt McCallany, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Tosin Cole and Bentley Green. The thriller examines the infamous Chicago criminal justice system as police and prosecutors investigate a deadly drug bust that threatens to unravel the police department’s code of silence. Read the rest of this entry »
2022 BAFTA Nominations Announced
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards, including the five nominees in the music category. The organization has previously released a shortlist of fifteen titles last month. The winners will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, March 13. For the full list of nominations, click here. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Reunion’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave Rosenberg, Nicolas Repetto, score, Soundtrack, The Reunion
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the indie thriller The Reunion. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicolas Repetto (The Sound of Identity). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. The Reunion is written and directed by Dave Rosenberg and stars Rosenberg himself, Andrea Modica, Dinh James Doan and Cara Ronzetti. The movie follows a former actor on a spiritual journey of self-discovery when he runs into his childhood nemesis who had put him in the hospital in high school after a fight over a girl. Read the rest of this entry »
Linda Perry Scoring Michael Morris’ ‘To Leslie’
Posted: February 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Linda Perry, Michael Morris, To Leslie
Linda Perry (of the former rock band 4 Non Blondes) has made her narrative feature scoring debut on the upcoming drama To Leslie. The film is directed by Michael Morris (Bloodline, Locke & Key) and stars Andrea Riseborough, Allison Janney, Marc Maron, Owen Teague, Andre Royo, Stephen Root, Matt Lauria, James Landry Hebert and Catfish Jean. The movie revolves around a West Texas single mother who won the lottery and after the money is gone fights to rebuild her life and find redemption. Ryan Binaco (3022) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blacklight’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blacklight, Mark Isham, Mark Williams, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the action thriller Blacklight. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It, Crash, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, The Accountant, Warrior, Judas and the Black Messiah). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Blacklight is co-written and directed by Mark Williams and stars Liam Neeson, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Taylor John Smith and Aidan Quinn. The movie centers on a freelance government operative living on the fringes and coming to terms with his shadowy past who discovers an undercover team that’s targeting U.S. citizens and finds himself in the crosshairs of the FBI director he once helped protect. Read the rest of this entry »
Pino Donaggio Scoring Jeff Baena’s ‘Spin Me Round’
Posted: February 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Baena, Pino Donaggio, Spin Me Round
Pino Donaggio (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Body Double, The Howling, Blow Out) has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Spin Me Round. The film is directed by Jeff Baena (The Little Hours, Horse Girl) and stars Alison Brie, Alessandro Nivola, Aubrey Plaza, Molly Shannon, Ayden Mayeri, Zach Woods, Ben Sinclair, Tim Heidecker, Debby Ryan and Fred Armisen. The movie follows the manager of an Italian restaurant chain who travels to Italy when she wins the opportunity to attend the franchise’s educational immersion program. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Borrego’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Borrego, Jesse Harris, score, Soundtrack, The Newton Brothers
Algorithm has released a soundtrack album for the survival thriller Borrego. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House & Bly Manor, Doctor Sleep, Midnight Mass, The Forever Purge, Life of Crime, The Walking Dead: World Beyond). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Borrego is written and directed by Jesse Harris and stars Lucy Hale, Nicholas Gonzalez, Seynar Gómez, Olivia Trujillo and Jorge A. Jimenez. The movie follows a young botanist who is kidnapped and taken to a remote drop off point after witnessing a drug mule’s plane crash in the Borrego desert and has to risk her life to escape from her captor’s clutches. Read the rest of this entry »
Roque Banos Scoring Iris K. Shim’s ‘Umma’
Posted: February 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Iris K. Shim, Roque Banos, Umma
Roque Banos (The Machinist, In the Heart of the Sea, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Sexy Beast, Come Play) has recently been scoring the upcoming supernatural horror movie Umma. The film is written and directed by Iris K. Shim and stars Sandra Oh, Fivel Stewart, Dermot Mulroney, Odeya Rush, MeeWha Alana Lee and Tom Yi. The movie follows a mother and her daughter living a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, she becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother. Read the rest of this entry »