Alexandre Desplat is set to reteam with Wes Anderson on the director’s next feature, Asteroid City. The film is written and directed by Anderson and stars Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Scarlett Johansson, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Sophia Lillis, Bill Murray, Maya Hawke, Bryan Cranston, Fisher Stevens, Jake Ryan, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schreiber, Rupert Friend, Jeff Goldblum, Hope Davis, Matt Dillon, Jason Schwartzman and Tony Revolori. No plot details have been announced yet. Anderson is also producing the project with Jeremy Dawson & Steven Rales (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl). Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Reteam with Wes Anderson on ‘Asteroid City’
Posted: November 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Asteroid City, Wes Anderson
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Dirty Projectors’ David Longstreth to Make Feature Film Scoring Debut on Isaiah Saxon’s ‘The Legend of Ochi’
Posted: November 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Longstreth, Isaiah Saxon, The Legend of Ochi
Singer/songwriter David Longstreth, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Dirty Projectors, is set to make his feature film scoring debut on the upcoming fantasy epic The Legend of Ochi. The film will be directed by Isaiah Saxon and star Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Finn Wolfhard and Helena Zengel. The movie centers on a young girl who runs away from home and learns to communicate with an elusive animal species known as OCHI. Saxon is also producing the project for Encyclopedia Pictura, alongside Traci Carlson (Menashe) & Richard Peete (Blue Ruin, Super Dark Times) for Neighborhood Watch and Jonathan Wang (Swiss Army Man, The Death of Dick Long) for Year of the Rat. Read the rest of this entry »
Arthur Sharpe Scoring HBO’s & Sky’s ‘Landscapers’
Posted: November 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arhur Sharpe, HBO, Landscapers, Sky, Will Sharpe
Arthur Sharpe (Guilt, Flowers, Ghosts, The Darkest Universe) is the composer of the upcoming HBO/Sky limited series Landscapers. The show is created and written by Ed Sinclair and stars Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Kate O’ Flynn, Dipo Ola, Samuel Anderson, David Hayman, Felicity Montagu and Daniel Rigby. The drama tells the love story of a seemingly ordinary British couple who become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: November 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andre Matthias, Guled & Nasra, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, score, Soundtrack, The Gravedigger's Wife
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Gravedigger’s Wife (Guled & Nasra). The album features the film’s original music composed by Andre Matthias (Gaza mon amour, Pursuit of Love, Centaur, Control). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Gravedigger’s Wife is written and directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed and stars Yasmin Warsame, Omar Abdi and Khadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim. The movie, which marks Somalia’s first entry in the Best International Feature Film category, follows a gravedigger’s struggles to raise money to pay for his wife’s surgery. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Rona Scoring Netflix’s ‘A Castle for Christmas’
Posted: November 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Castle for Christmas, Jeff Rona, Mary Lambert, Netflix
Jeff Rona (White Squall, Exit Wounds, Generation Iron, Chicago Hope, Claws, Powers, Traffic) has composed the original music for the new Netflix original film A Castle for Christmas. The movie is directed by Mary Lambert (Pet Sematary) and stars Brooke Shields, Cary Elwes, Lee Ross, Andi Osho, Tina Gray, Eilidh Loan, Stephen Oswald, Vanessa Grasse and Desiree Birch. The romantic comedy follows a bestselling author trying to escape from a scandal who journeys to Scotland, where falls in love with a castle and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Power of the Dog’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jane Campion, Jonny Greenwood, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Power of the Dog
The full details of the soundtrack album for Jane Campion’s western The Power of the Dog have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread, There Will Be Blood, Spencer, Inherent Vice, The Master). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 17 by Lakeshore and INVADA Records and is now available for pre-order here. Two first tracks have been released as a digital single last month (listen to both tracks after the jump). The Power of the Dog is written and directed by Campion and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Conroy, Thomasin McKenzie, Keith Carradine and Geneviève Lemon. The movie follows a domineering but charismatic rancher who wages a war of intimidation on his brother’s new wife and her teen son – until long-hidden secrets come to light. Read the rest of this entry »
Alanis Morissette to Write Music for ABC’s ‘Relatable’
Posted: November 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ABC, Alanis Morissette, Relatable
THR is reporting that Alanis Morissette will contribute original music to the ABC comedy Relatable. The show created by Elizabeth Beckwith and Christopher Moynihan (Marlon, Man Up!) is based on the family life of the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. The series revolves around a woman in her 40s, married with three kids, who spent her young adult life as an international rock star. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Licorice Pizza’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonny Grennwood, Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson, Soundtrack
Republic Records will release the official soundtrack album for Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age comedy drama Licorice Pizza. The album features a selection of the songs from the movie by artists including Nina Simone, David Bowie, The Doors, Sonny & Cher, Chuck Berry, Donovan, Paul McCartney, Gordon Lightfoot, Taj Mahal, Mason Williams & others. Also included is a track from the movie’s original score composed by Jonny Greenwood who previously scored the director’s last four features, There Will Be Blood, The Master, Inherent Vice and Phantom Thread. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 26, 2021. A CD version and a double vinyl edition will be coming out on December 10 and are now available for pre-order on Amazon. Licorice Pizza is written and directed by Anderson and stars Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper and Benny Safdie. Read the rest of this entry »
BJ McDonnell’s ‘Studio 666’ to Feature Original Score by Roy Mayorga & Song by John Carpenter
Posted: November 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: BJ McDonnell, John Carpenter, Roy Mayorga, Studio 666
Roy Mayorga, drummer of Ministry, Hellyeah and Stone Sour, has announced that he has composed the original score for the upcoming horror comedy Studio 666. John Carpenter (Halloween, Assault on Precint 13, The Fog) has written the theme song for the the film, which is directed by BJ McDonnell (Slayer: The Repentless Killogy, Hatched III) and stars all six members of the Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Rami Jaffee), as well as Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega and Jeff Garlin. The movie follows the Foo Fighters as they move into a haunted San Fernando Valley mansion to record 2021’s Medicine at Midnight, when they find themselves grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Passing’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blood Orange, Devonté Hynes, Netflix, Passing, Rebecca Hall, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release for Rebecca Hall’s feature directorial debut Passing. The album features music from and inspired by the film composed by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, We Are Who We Are, Palo Alto, Mainstream). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 10 and will be available to stream/download here. Passing is written and directed by Hall and stars Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland and Alexander Skarsgård. The movie based on the Harlem Renaissance novel by Nella Larsen is set in 1920s New York City and follows a Black woman who finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who’s passing as white. Read the rest of this entry »
