Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen, The King’s Speech) has been tapped to score the upcoming French horror comedy Final Cut (Z (comme Z)). The film is written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist, OSS 117) and stars Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois, Finnegan Oldfield, Matilda Lutz and Raphaël Quenard. The movie is based on Shinichiro Ueda’s Japanese feature One Cut of the Dead and follows an abusive director of a low-budget zombie horror as he tries to inject energy and excitement into the project by unlocking a real-life ancient zombie curse. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Michel Hazanavicius’ ‘Final Cut’
Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Final Cut, Michel Hazanavicius, Z (comme Z)
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Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘In My Skin’ Released
Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Hulu, In My Skin, Nick Foster, Oli Julian, score, Soundtrack
Manners McDade has released a soundtrack album for the BBC series In My Skin. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Nick Foster (Thunderbirds Are Go, The A List, Misha and the Wolves, Year of the Rabbit) and Oli Julian ( Sex Education, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl, Code 404, Episodes). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out audio samples. In My Skin is created by Kayleigh Llewellyn and stars Gabrielle Creevy, Jo Hartley, Di Botcher, Rhodri Meillir, Rebekah Murrell, Poppy Lee Friar and James Wilbraham. The coming-of-age comedy drama follows a Welsh teenager who lives a double life as she tries to keep her mother’s mental illness and her father’s alcoholism a secret. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shelter in Place’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Beyrooty, Connor Martin, score, Soundtrack, Zach Robinson
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Shelter in Place. The album features the film’s original music composed by Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Good Sam, Impractical Jokers: The Movie, Die Hart). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 21, 2022 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Shelter in Place is directed by Christopher Beyrooty & Connor Martin and stars Brendan Hines, Tatjana Marjanovic, Ola Kaminska, Kevin Daniels and Jey Reynolds. The movie revolves around a honeymooning couple who gets stranded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and learns that there is more to fear than just cabin fever. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Nickelodeon’s ‘The Astronauts’ Released
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adam Lastiwka, Nickelodeon, score, Soundtrack, The Astronauts
Viacom International has released a soundtrack album for the Nickelodeon series The Astronauts. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Adam Lastiwka (Travelers, Family Law, You Me Her, Big Timber). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Astronauts is created by Daniel Knauf and stars Miya Cech, Bryce Gheisar, Keith L. Williams, Kayden Grace Swan, Ben Daon and Paige Howard. The Imagine Kids + Family production executive produced by Ron Howard & Brian Howard follows a group of kids who embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they are mistakenly launched into space. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers & Pierre Charles Scoring Netflix’s ‘Inventing Anna’
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Inventing Anna, Kris Bowers, Netflix, Pierre Charles, Shonda Rhimes
Kris Bowers (Green Book, King Richard, Dear White People, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Mrs. America, When They See Us) & Pierre Charles have teamed up to score the upcoming Netflix limited series Inventing Anna. The show is created by Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal) inspired by the New York Magazine article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People by Jessica Pressler and stars Anna Chlumsky, Julia Garner, Arian Moayed, Alexis Floyd, Anders Holm, Terry Kinney, Katie Lowes, Jeff Perry, Anna Deavere Smith and Laverne Cox. The 9-part drama tells the true story of a journalist who chases down the story of Anna Delvey, who convinced New York’s elite she was a German heiress. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Miss Scarlet & The Duke’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Miss Scarlet & The Duke, PBS, score, Soundtrack, Tomas Daniels
Avant Music Portal has released a soundtrack album for the British/Irish series Miss Scarlet & The Duke. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Tómas Daniels. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Miss Scarlet & The Duke is created by Rachael New and stars Kate Phillips, Stuart Martin, Andrew Gower, Ansu Kabia and Kevin Doyle. The period crime drama directed by Declan O’Dwyer centers on the first-ever female detective in Victorian London who joins forces with a Scotland Yard Inspector to solve crime mysteries. Read the rest of this entry »
2022 Oscars Best Original Song Predictions
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the Best Original Song category of next year’s 94th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the songs in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the film music community, historical data, the level of awards campaigning and awareness of the competing titles and the response to the movies in other categories. Read the rest of this entry »
‘You Keep the Kids’ (‘Mamá o Papá’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfred Tapscott, Dani de la Orde, Mamá o Papá, score, Soundtrack, You Keep the Kids, Zacarías M. De la Riva
Atresmúsica has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy You Keep the Kids (Mamá o Papá). The album features the film’s original music composed by Zacarias M. de la Riva (Automata, The Kill Team, Below Zero, Tad the Explorer, Bent) & Alfred Tapscott (The Barcelona Vampiress, Superagente Makey, The Wedding Unplanner). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to check out the full track list and to stream/download the soundtrack. You Keep the Kids is co-written and directed by Dani de la Orden and stars Paco León, Miren Ibarguren, Iván Renedo, Laura Quirós and Sofia Oria. The movie is based on the French feature Daddy or Mommy and follows two parents going through a divorce, but instead of fighting to keep the kids, they try to convince them to choose the other parent. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch Scoring Ron Howard’s ‘Thirteen Lives’
Posted: December 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Ron Howard, Thirteen Lives
Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049, The Invisible Woman, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming drama Thirteen Lives. The film is directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind) and stars Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Weir Sukollawat, Thiraphat Sajakul, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Vithaya Pansringarm, Teeradon “James” Supapunpinyo, Nophand Boonyai, Tom Bateman, Paul Gleeson, and Lewis Fitz-Gerald. The movie tells the true story of the 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of a boys’ soccer team who were trapped for days with no supplies and decreasing oxygen levels. William Nicholson (Gladiator, Unbroken) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 19, 2021)
Posted: December 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 1883, Breton Vivian, Brian Tyler, HBO, Jongnic Bontemps, Paramount+, Reopening Night
Premiering today is the Paramount+ original series 1883 created by Taylor Sheridan and starring Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett, Marc Rissmann, Audie Rick, Eric Nelsen and James Landry Hebert. The show’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Thor: The Dark World, Now You See Me) & Breton Vivian (Five Feet Apart, Redeeming Love). Milan Records has released a first track from the soundtrack this past Friday. Check our previous article to listen to the track and for more information about the drama. Read the rest of this entry »
