Earlier this month, Aska Matsumiya (Skate Kitchen, Bruised, I’m Your Woman, Betty, Selah and the Spades) has recorded her score for the upcoming documentary Phoenix Rising. The film is directed by Amy Berg (Deliver Us from Evil, West of Memphis, The Case Against Adnan Syed) and follows actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood and the coalition she builds at The Phoenix Act, tracking the political and community focus the actor has established in the aftermath of her experience and trauma as a domestic violence survivor. Berg is also producing the project with Grace Sin, Lesley Goldman and Katie Doering. Read the rest of this entry »
Aska Matsumiya Scoring Amy Berg’s ‘Phoenix Rising’
Posted: January 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amy Berg, Aska Matsumiya, HBO, Phoenix Rising
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Soundtrack Album for HBO Max’s ‘Station Eleven’ to Be Released
Posted: January 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dan Romer, HBO Max, Patrick Somerville, score, Soundtrack, Station Eleven
Paramount Music will release the official soundtrack album for the HBO Max limited series Station Eleven. The album features the show’s original music composed by Dan Romer (Luca, Maniac, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Superman & Lois, Atypical, Wendy). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Station Eleven is created by Patrick Somerville based on Emily St. John Mand’s novel of the same name and stars Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Daniel Zovatto, David Wilmot, Matilda Lawler, Philippine Velge, Nabhaan Rizwan and Lori Petty, as well as Gael Garcìa Bernal and Danielle Deadwyler. The 10-part post-apocalyptic drama tells the stories of a group of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what’s been lost. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Bates & Chelsea Wolfe Scoring Ti West’s ‘X’
Posted: January 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chelsea Wolfe, Ti West, Tyler Bates, X
Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, 300, Watchmen, John Wick, The Punisher) has teamed up with singer/songwriter Chelsea Wolfe to score the upcoming horror movie X. The film is written and directed by Ti West (The House of the Devil, In a Valley of Violence) and stars Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure and Scott Mescudi. The movie follows a film crew who arrives at a secluded farmhouse in Texas to shoot an adult film, when their hosts take a special interest in their young guests. Read the rest of this entry »
2022 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced
Posted: January 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today revealed the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2022. This longlisting round was introduced last year resulting in three rounds of voting. Round One voting, which took place from December 10 to January 4 produced the longlists in all categories announced today.Every category in this round was voted on by a craft chapter, opt-in chapter or jury, with the exception of Best Film which was voted for by all film voting members. Read the rest of this entry »
Simon Franglen Scoring Jean-Jacques Annaud’s ‘Notre-Dame on Fire’
Posted: January 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Notre-Dame brûle, Notre-Dame on Fire, Simon Franglen
Simon Franglen (The Magnificent Seven, Pandora: The World of Avatar, Peppermint) has composed the original score for the upcoming French drama Notre-Dame on Fire (Notre-Dame brûle). The film is directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Name of the Rose, Seven Years in Tibet) and stars Samuel Labarthe, Mikael Chirinian, Jean-Paul Bordes, Chloé Jouannet, Jérémie Laheurte and Pierre Lottin. The movie centers on the events that took place on April 15, 2019, when the cathedral suffered the biggest blaze in its history and retraces how heroic men and women put their lives on the line to accomplish an awe-inspiring rescue. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hating Peter Tatchell’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Barnabas, Christopher Amos, Hating Peter Tatchell, Netflix, Paul Arnold, score, Soundtrack
Chrysaor Productions has released a soundtrack album for the Australian documentary Hating Peter Tatchell. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Barnabas & Paul Arnold (Me, Myself and Di, Dead Pixels, Stoner Express). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Hating Peter Tatchell is directed by Christopher Amos and follows gay rights activist Peter Tatchell from his early life to his fight for justice amid controversy and political turmoil. The movie narrated by Sir Ian McKellen and executive produced by Elton John and David Furnish premiered last May and is now available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Caroline Shaw Scoring Josephine Decker’s ‘The Sky Is Everywhere’
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Caroline Shaw, Josephine Decker, The Sky Is Everywhere
Caroline Shaw has recently scored the upcoming drama The Sky Is Everywhere. The film is directed by Josephine Decker (Shirley) and stars Grace Kaufman, Pico Alexander, Jacques Colimon, Cherry Jones and Jason Segel. The movie is based on the YA novel of the same title by Jandy Nelson and revolves around a radiant musical prodigy who tries to keep things together in the aftermath of her older sister’s death when a charismatic new guy at school enters her life. Nelson also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Range Roads’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eamon McGrath, Kyle Thomas, Range Roads, score, Soundtrack
Saved by Vinyl has released a soundtrack album for the Canadian drama Range Roads. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eamon McGrath (The Valley Below). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music stores to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Range Roads is written and directed by Kyle Thomas and stars Alana Hawley Purvis, Joe Perry, Chad Brownlee and Nicole De Boe. The movie tells the story of a TV actor who returns to her hometown in rural Canada after her parents are killed in a sudden car accident to face this tragedy after being estranged from her family for 20 years. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Simonsen Scoring Shawn Levy’s ‘The Adam Project’
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Rob Simonsen, Shawn Levy, The Adam Project
Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Way Back, (500) Days of Summer, Nerve, The Age of Adeline, Foxcatcher) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film The Adam Project. The movie is directed by Shawn Levy (Free Guy, Night at the Museum, Real Steel) and stars Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keener, Walker Scobell and Alex Mallari Jr. The sci-fi adventure follows a time-traveling pilot who teams up with his younger self and his late father to come to terms with his past while saving the future. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Ares’ Released
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ares, Jesper Ankarfeldt, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Jesper Ankarfeldt has released a soundtrack album for the Dutch Netflix original series Ares. The album features selections of the composer’s original music from the show and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Ares is created by Pieter Kuijpers, Iris Otten & Sander van Meurs and stars Jade Olieberg, Tobias Kersloot, Lisa Smit, Frieda Barnhard. Hans Kesting, Rifka Lodeizen, Robin Boissevain and Jennifer Welts. The horror drama follows an ambitious college student who joins an exclusive society with the intention to become part of Amsterdam’s elite, unaware it’s hiding a horrifying secret. Read the rest of this entry »
