Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Harriet, One Night in Miami…) is the composer of the new Apple TV+ original series Swagger. The show is created by Reggie Rock Bythewood (Beyond the Lights, Biker Boyz) and stars O’Shea Jackson Jr., Isaiah Hill, Shinelle Azoroh, Quvenzhané Wallis, Caleel Harris, James Bingham, Ozie Nzeribe, Solomon Irama, Tessa Ferrer, Tristan Mack Wilds and Jason Rivera. The drama is inspired by NBA superstar Kevin Durant’s experiences and explores the world of youth basketball, and the players, their families and coaches who walk the fine line between dreams and ambition, and opportunism and corruption. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple TV+’s ‘Swagger’ to Feature Original Score by Terence Blanchard
Posted: October 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Swagger, Terence Blanchard
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‘Snakehead’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Evan Jackson Leong, Roman Molina Dunn, score, Snakehead, Soundtrack
Mirrortone will release a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Snakehead. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roman Molino Dunn (aka Electropoint). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Snakehead is written and directed by Evan Jackson Leong and stars Shuya Chang, Sung Kang, Jade Wu, Perry Yung, Yacine Djoumbaye, Catherine Jiang, Devon Diep, Celia Au, Richie Ng, Jamie Choi and Sandra Eloani. The movie tells the story of a Chinese immigrant who rises through the ranks of the gang that smuggled her into New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
Evgueni & Sacha Galperine to Score Sophie Barthes’ ‘The Pod Generation’
Posted: October 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine, Sophie Barthes, The Pod Generation
Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Radioactive, Scenes from a Marriage, Loveless, The Family, Wizard of Lies) are set to score the upcoming sci-fi romantic comedy The Pod Generation. The film will be directed by Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls) and star Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The movie is set in a near future where AI is all the rage and revolves around a New York couple who are ready to take their relationship to the next level and start a family and use a new tool, which offers couples the opportunity to share pregnancy on a more equal footing via detachable artificial wombs, or pods. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded and Remastered ‘Legend’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, Legend, Ridley Scott, score, Soundtrack
Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1985 fantasy adventure Legend directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, David Bennent and Tim Curry. The 2-CD set features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Poltergeist, Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon, Basic Instinct), including the composer’s expanded score feat. two previously unreleased cues, plus two alternate tracks on the first disc, and a remastered version of the original soundtrack album on the second disc. Visit the label’s official website to check out the full album details, to listen to audio samples and to order the soundtrack, which is limited to 2,000 copies. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Man in the Basement’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Coulais, L'homme de la cave, Philippe Le Guay, score, Soundtrack, The Man in the Basement
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the French thriller The Man in the Basement (L’homme de la cave). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, Wolfwalkers, The Secret of Kells, Winged Migration). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Man in the Basement is directed by Philippe Le Guay and stars François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier, Bérénice Bejo and Jonathan Zaccaï. The movie follows a Parisian couple who decide to sell an unsanitary basement in their building, when seemingly ordinary man shows up to buy it, makes it his permanent residence and becomes a threat to the family. Read the rest of this entry »
Samuel Sim Scoring ITV’s ‘The Long Call’
Posted: October 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: BritBox, ITV, Lee Haven Jones, Samuel Sim, The Long Call
Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Spanish Princess, Domina, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the original music of the new ITV series The Long Call. The show is written and adapted by Kelly Jones inspired by the best-selling novel of the same title by Ann Cleeves (Vera, Shetland) and stars Ben Aldridge, Juliet Stevenson, Martin Shaw, Anita Dobson, Neil Morrissey, Dylan Edwards, Pearl Mackie, Sarah Gordy, Amit Shah and Alan Williams. The 4-part crime drama revolves around Detective Inspector Matthew Venn, who has returned to live in a small community in North Devon with his husband, a place he walked away from 20 years ago, after being rejected by his family. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 24, 2021)
Posted: October 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 4400, Amazon, Army of Thieves, Colin in Black and White, Fairfax, Hans Zimmer, Jongnic Bontemps, Joseph Shirley, Kris Bowers, Michael Giacchino, Nami Melumad, Netflix, Paramount+, Star Trek: Prodigy, Steve Mazzaro, The CW
Premiering tomorrow, October 25, is the new CW drama 4400 developed by Ariana Jackson based on USA’s TV series The 4400 and starring Brittany Adebumola, Joseph David-Jones, TL Thompson, Ireon Roach, Jaye Ladymore, Khailah Johnson, Derrick A. King, Cory Jeacoma, AMARR and Autumn Best. The show’s original music is composed by Jongnic Bontemps (United Skates, My Name Is Pauli Murray, The Land, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints, College Behind Bars, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the sci-fi series, which will air every Monday night on The CW.
Premiering on Thursday, October 28, is the Paramount+ animated series Star Trek: Prodigy developed by Kevin & Dan Hageman and starring Rylee Alazraqui, Brett Gray, Angus Imrie, Jason Mantzoukas, Ella Purnell and Dee Bradley Baker. Nami Melumad (An American Pickle, Absentia, Miss Arizona) is composing the show’s original score and Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Inside Out, Ratatouille, Spider-Man: Homecoming) has contributed the main title theme. Click here to watch the opening titles sequence featuring Giacchino’s theme and for more information about the series, which will be available to stream on Paramount+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Knocking’ (‘Knackningar’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frida Kempff, Knocking, Martin Dirkov, score, Soundtrack
Läsk has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish psychological horror thriller Knocking (Knackningar). The album features the film’s original music composed by Martin Dirkov (Shorta, Border, Shelley, The Charmer, Holiday). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Knocking is directed by Frida Kempff and stars Cecilia Milocco, Albin Grenholm, Alexander Salzberger, Krister Kern and Ville Virtanen. The movie follows a woman who moves into a new apartment to begin her path to recovery after suffering a traumatic incident, when a series of persistent knocks and screams begin to wake her up at night and no one else in the building believes or is willing to help her. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Named Film Composer of the Year at 2021 World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benji Merrison, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Daniel Pemberton, Nainita Desai, Nicholas Britell, World Soundtrack Awards
Daniel Pemberton was named Film Composer of the Year at the 21st World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 48th Ghent Film Festival, for his scores for Aaron Sorkins’ The Trial of the Chicago 7, Harry Bradbeer’s Enola Holmes and the documentary Rising Phoenix. He previously received his first World Soundtrack Award in the Discovery of the Year category back in 2014. Carlos Rafael Rivera was honored as TV Composer of the Year today for his score for the Netflix limited series The Queen’s Gambit (for which he recently received his second Emmy Award) and HBO’s Hacks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Britannia’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Britannia, Epix, Neil Davidge, score, Sky, Soundtrack
SATV has released a new soundtrack album for the Sky original drama Britannia. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by Neil Davidge (Unleashed, Push, Halo 4, Earth Moods, Monsters: Dark Continent, Hard Sun, Good People). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. The label has previously released the composer’s music from the second season while 7Hz Productions has released his score from the first season. Britannia is created by Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth & James Richardson and stars David Morrissey, Zoë Wanamaker, Nikolaj Lie Kaas Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Hugo Speer, Mackenzie Crook, Daniel Caltagirone, Zaqi Ismail, Sophie Okonedo, Annabel Scholey and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Read the rest of this entry »
