Lakeshore and INVADA Records will release a soundtrack album for the French documentary The Velvet Queen (La Panthère des neiges). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Hell or High Water, Wind River, The Proposal, The Road, Lawless). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. A first track (We Are Not Alone) is already being released today and can be checked out after the jump. The Velvet Queen is directed by Marie Amiguet and follows award-winning nature photographer Vincent Munier and writer Sylvain Tesson on a journey across the Tibetan highlands to document the infamously elusive snow leopard. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Velvet Queen’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: La Panthère Des Neiges, Marie Amiguet, Nick Cave, score, Soundtrack, The Velvet Queen, Warren Ellis
64th Grammy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards
The nominations for the 64th Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film music-related categories:
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Bridgerton – Kris Bowers
Dune – Hans Zimmer
The Mandalorian – Ludwig Göransson – Season 2 -Vol. 2 (Episodes 13-16)
The Queen’s Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera Read the rest of this entry »
Harry & Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age’
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, HBO, Julian Fellowes, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Gilded Age
Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, The Martian, Mulan, Man on Fire, Kingdom of Heaven) & Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan) have teamed up to score the upcoming HBO original series The Gilded Age. The show is created by Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) and stars Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga, Louisa Jacobson, Blake Ritson, Harry Richardson, Simon Jones, Thomas Cocquerel, Jack Gilpin, Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski. The 9-part drama is set in the late 19th Century and revolves around a young woman moving from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the death of her father to live with her thoroughly old money aunts and inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war between one of her aunts, a scion of the old money set, and her rich neighbors. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Peaceful’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: De son vivant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Eric Neveux, Peaceful, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Peaceful (De son vivant). The album features the film’s original music composed by Eric Neveux (The Attack, Intimacy, Zombillennium, A Stork’s Journey, SamSam, Poly). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Peaceful is directed by Emmanuelle Bercot and stars Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel, Cécile de France and real-life oncologist Dr Gabriel Sara. The movie centers on a grieving mother helping her terminally-ill son accept his fate and a doctor and a nurse fighting to do their job and bring them to acceptance. Read the rest of this entry »
Tamar-kali Scoring Valerie Weiss’ Netflix Film ‘Mixtape’
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mixtape, Netflix, Tamar-Kali, Valerie Weiss
Tamar-kali (Mudbound, Shirley, The Assistant, Palmer, Come Sunday, The Lie) has composed the original score for the new Netflix original film Mixtape. The movie is directed by Valerie Weiss (The Archer, Losing Control) and stars Gemma Brooke Allen, Audrey Hsieh, Olga Petsa, Julie Bowen, Jackson Rathbone and Nick Thune. The coming-of-age drama is set in 1999 and follows a 12-year old girl who discovers a broken mixtape made by her late parents and sets out to find the songs – and learn more about her mom and dad. Read the rest of this entry »
Lebo M to Compose Original Songs for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Woman King’
Posted: November 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gina Prince-Bythewood, Lebo M, The Woman King
Sowetan is reporting that Lebo M is composing and producing five original songs for the upcoming historical drama The Woman King. The film is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Old Guard, Love & Basketball) and stars Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch and John Boyega. The movie is set in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries, and tells the story of Nanisca, the general of the all-female military unit, and Nawi, an ambitious recruit, who together fought enemies who violated their honor, enslaved their people and threatened to destroy everything they’ve lived for. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Mouthful of Air’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Mouthful of Air, Amy Koppelman, Jan Miserre, John Gürtler, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama A Mouthful of Air. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Gürtler (System Crasher) & Jan Miserre (Space Dogs, Kids Run, Fig Tree). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. A Mouthful of Air is written and directed by Amy Koppelman and stars Amanda Seyfried, Finn Wittrock, Jennifer Carpenter, Amy Irving, Michael Gaston and Paul Giamatti. The movie based on Koppelman’s own novel of the same title and follows a bestselling children’s author whose books deal with unlocking childhood fears as she faces a battle of survival after the birth of her daughter unlocks an old trauma. Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Howe Scoring Luis Prieto’s ‘Shattered’
Posted: November 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Luis Prieto, Shattered, Tom Howe
Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Early Man, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Professor Marston & the Wonder Women, Charming) has been tapped to score the upcoming thriller Shattered. The film is directed by Luis Prieto (Kidnap, Pusher) and stars Cameron Monaghan, Lilly Krug, Frank Grillo, Sasha Luss, Ash Santos, Ridley Bateman and John Malkovich. The movie follows a wealthy divorcee living in a high-tech house in Montana whose life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman and becomes a prisoner in his own home at the mercy of a killer. David Loughery (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Passenger 57, Obsessed) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Beal, JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, Oliver Stone, score, Showtime, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Carnivale, Rome, Appaloosa, Pollock, The Biggest Little Farm, Blackfish). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass is directed by Oliver Stone and presents a fresh look at the vast archive of material that has been declassified, re-examined and placed in the public records since the director’s 1991 narrative feature JFK (scored by John Williams). The Ingenious Media production is narrated by Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Sutherland features a renowned team of historians and witnesses. Read the rest of this entry »
John Paesano Scoring National Geographic’s ‘The Hot Zone: Anthrax’
Posted: November 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, John Paesano, National Geographic, The Hot Zone, The Hot Zone: Anthrax
John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Invincible, When the Game Stands Tall, The Star) has composed the original music for the new National Geographic limited series The Hot Zone: Anthrax. The show’s cast includes Daniel Dae Kim, Tony Goldwyn, Dawn Olivieri, Ian Colletti, Morgan Kelly, Denyce Lawton, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Vanessa Matsui, Enrico Colantoni and Harry Hamlin. The 6-parter takes place in 2001, just weeks after 9/11, when letters containing anthrax were sent to unsuspecting victims in Florida, Washington, D.C., and New York, claiming five lives, and follows a team of FBI agents and scientists as they slowly close in on a prime suspect. Read the rest of this entry »
