Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Lost Girls, Fate: The Winx Saga, This Beautiful Fantastic,Calibre, Mrs. Wilson) has composed the original score for the new Sky original movie Last Train to Christmas. The film is written and directed by Julian Kemp (My Last Five Girlfriends) and stars Michael Sheen, Nathalie Emmanuel and Cary Elwes The comedy is set in 1985 and follows a successful nightclub manager and local celebrity who is engaged to a much younger woman as he he embarks upon the 3:17 to Nottingham for a Christmas family reunion. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin Scoring Sky’s ‘Last Train to Christmas’
Posted: November 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Julian Kemp, Last Train to Christmas
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Soundtrack Album for Turkan Derya’s Netflix Film ‘Grudge’ (‘Kin’) Released
Posted: November 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç, Can Saka, Grudge, Kin, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Turkan Derya
LU Records has released a soundtrack album for the Turkish Netflix original film Grudge (Kin). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç (Draupadi Unleashed, Butterflies, Ivy) & Can Saka (Overnight Republic, La Belle Indifference). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio clips. Grudge is directed by Turkan Derya and stars Yılmaz Erdoğan, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu, Rüzgar Aksoy, Duygu Sarışın, Yosi Mizrahi, Elif Gizem Aykul and Enes Külahçı. The thriller follows a police chief who becomes embroiled in a fatal incident and uncovers a grudge-fueled plot that threatens his associates. Read the rest of this entry »
Pancho Burgos-Goizueta Scoring Jon Gunn’s ‘The Unbreakable Boy’
Posted: November 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jon Gunn, Pancho Burgos-Goizueta, The Unbreakable Boy
Pancho Burgos-Goizueta (Wheels, People You May Know, My True Fairytale, God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, Anonymous Killers) has composed the original music for the upcoming family drama The Unbreakable Boy. The film is written and directed by Jon Gunn (Like Dandelion Dust, The Case for Christ) and stars Zachary Levi, Meghann Fahy, Jacob Laval and Patricia Heaton. The movie is based on the book by Scott M. LeRette & Susy Flory and revolves around a boy with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism whose life-affirming worldview transforms and unites everyone around him. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ascension’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ascension, Dan Deacon, Jessica Kingdon, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Ascension. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Deacon (Twixt, Rat Film, Well Groomed, All Light, Everywhere). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Ascension directed by Jessica Kingdon explores the pursuit of wealth and the paradox of progress in modern China, and examines what living the so-called “Chinese Dream” looks like today. The movie, which recently was nominated for six Critics Choice Documentary Awards and is on the IDA short-list for Best Documentary, portrays capitalism in China across the levels of its operation, from the crudest mine to the most rarefied forms of leisure. Read the rest of this entry »
David Buckley & Luke Richards Scoring Netflix’s ‘Stay Close’
Posted: November 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Buckley, Harlan Coben, Luke Richards, Netflix, Stay Close
David Buckley (The Good Wife, Papillon, Angel Has Fallen, Nobody, The Forbidden Kingdom, Unhinged, Greenland) & Luke Richards have teamed up score the upcoming British Netflix limited series Stay Close. The show is created by Harlan Coben (The Five, The Innocent) based on his bestselling novel and stars Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage, Sarah Parish, Eddie Izzard, Daniel Francis, Jo Joyner, Youssef Kerkour and Bethany Antonia. The 8-part crime thriller three key characters whose dark secrets resurface, setting off a chain of events that threatens to destroy their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ Announced
Posted: November 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Newman, Gustavo Dudamel, Leonard Bernstein, Soundtrack, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Hollywood Records has announced the official soundtrack album Steven Spielberg’s new film adaptation of West Side Story. The album features the songs from the movie originally written for the stage musical by Leonard Bernstein and with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The record is produced by David Newman who arranged and adapted Bernstein’s original score for the film, Jeanine Tesori who supervised the cast on vocals and music supervisor Matt Sullivan who serves as executive music producer. Gustavo Dudamel conducted the New York Philharmonic during the first recording sessions in 2019, with additional recording by the Los Angeles Philharmonic done the following year. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 3 (in two version, including a Dolby Atmos Music edition) and physically next Friday, December 10. Click here to stream/download the album and visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version, which features liner notes by John Williams who served as the project’s score consultant. A vinyl edition is set to come out in early 2022. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Waltons’ Homecoming’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Tena Clark, The Waltons, The Waltons' Homecoming, Tim Heintz
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the CW original movie The Waltons’ Homecoming. The album features the film’s original score composed by Tena Clark and Tim Heintz (Deadly Prey, The Bounty Hunter). Also included is Marilyn McCoo’s & Billy Davis Jr.’s rendition of Silent Night. 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. The Waltons’ Homecoming is directed by Lev L. Spiro, executive produced by Sam Haskell and stars Bellamy Young, Logan Shroyer, Ben Lawson, Marcelle LeBlanc, Christian Finlayson, Tatum Matthews, Samuel Goergen, Callaway Corrick, Alpha Tivette and Rebecca Koon Richard Thomas who originally starred as John Boy Walton in the classic series narrates the movie as adult John Boy. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO Max’s ‘Santa Inc.’ Released
Posted: November 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anna Waronker, HBO Max, Santa Inc., score, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack album for the HBO Max original series Santa Inc. The album features the original songs from the first season of the show written by Anna Waronker (Shrill, Yellowjackets, The Republic of Sarah, Call Me Kat), as well as selections of the composer’s original score. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Santa Inc. is created and executive produced by Alexandra Rushfield and features the voice talent of Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen, Leslie Grossman, Craig Robinson, Gabourey Sidibe, Maria Bamford, Nicholas Braun and Joel Kim Booster. The adult stop-motion animated comedy revolves around an intrepid elf who is currently the No. 2 executive vice president of Santa Inc. and will do anything to be named as the first female Santa. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All Light, Everywhere’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: November 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All Light Everywhere, Dan Deacon, score, Soundtrack, Theo Anthony
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary All Light, Everywhere. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Deacon (Twixt, Ascension, Rat Film, Well Groomed, Strawberry Mansion). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 29 and will be available to stream/download here. All Light, Everywhere is directed by Theo Anthony and explores the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice. The movie interrogates the complexity of an objective point of view, probing the biases inherent in both human perception and the lens as surveillance technologies become a fixture in everyday life. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 28, 2021)
Posted: November 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, Adrienne, Andrew Hollander, Anna Waronker, Anton Sanko, HBO, HBO Max, John Paesano, Mixtape, Nainita Desai, National Geographic, Netflix, Santa Inc., Single All the Way, Tamar-Kali, The Hot Zone: Anthrax
Premiering tonight is the National Geographic event series The Hot Zone: Anthrax created by Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson and starring Daniel Dae Kim, Tony Goldwyn, Dawn Olivieri,Morgan Kelly, Ian Colletti, Denyce Lawton, Vanessa Matsui, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Enrico Colantoni and Harry Hamlin. The show’s original music is composed by John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Invincible, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, When the Game Stands Tall, The Star). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-parter, which will air on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Hulu.
Premiering tomorrow, November 29, is the documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible directed by Torquil Jones and executive produced by Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Nainita Desai (For Sama, The Reason I Jump, The Tower, American Murder: The Family Next Door, Sophie: A Murder in West Cork, Telling Lies, Enemy Within) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which will be available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
