Joseph LoDuca (The Evil Dead, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess) is returning as the composer of the new USA and Syfy original series Chucky. The show is created by Don Mancini (Child’s Play) and stars Zackary Arthur, Teo Briones, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Björgvin Arnarson, Devon Sawa, as well as Brad Dourif as the voice of Chuky. The horror series is set in an idyllic American town that is thrown into chaos after a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale and a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s deep hypocrisies and hidden secrets. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph LoDuca Scoring USA’s & Syfy’s ‘Chucky’ TV Series
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chucky, Don Mancini, Joseph LoDuca, Syfy, USA
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John Murphy to Reteam with James Gunn on Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Guardians of the Galaxy, John Murphy
James Gunn has confirmed in a recent interview with Cinemablend that John Murphy (28 Days Later..., Sunshine, Snatch, Kick-Ass, Millions, Guess Who) is reuniting with the director as the composer of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The film written and directed by Gunn will star Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki,Sean Gunn and Will Poulter. No plot details have been announced yet. Kevin Feige (Avengers, Iron Man, Black Panther) is producing the Marvel Studios production. Read the rest of this entry »
Mateo Messina to Score Nathan Scoggins’ ‘What Remains’
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mateo Messina, Nathan Scoggins, What Remains
Mateo Messina (Juno, Blockers, Superstore, The Wrong Missy, Barely Lethal, Desperados) is set to score the upcoming murder mystery What Remains. The film is written and directed by Nathan Scoggins and stars Cress Williams, Kellan Lutz, Anne Heche, Marcus Gladney Jr and Stelio Sevante . The movie follows a small town pastor who is forced to contend with an act of forgiveness when the convict he forgave for murdering his wife returns to town five years later. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Name Is Pauli Murray’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Betsy West, Jongnic Bontemps, Julie Cohen, My Name Is Pauli Murray, score, Soundtrack
Node Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary My Name Is Pauli Murray. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jongnic Bontemps (United Skates, The Land, 4400, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, The People v. The Klan). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. My Name Is Pauli Murray is directed by Julie Cohen & Betsy West (RBG) and centers on Pauli Murray, a legal trailblazer whose ideas influenced RBG’s fight for gender equality and Thurgood Marshall’s civil rights arguments. This movie focuses on their impact as a non-binary Black luminary: lawyer, activist, poet, and priest who transformed our world. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Wander Scoring Roland Emmerich’s ‘Moonfall’
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Moonfall, Roland Emmerich, Thomas Wander
Thomas Wander has recently started recording his score for the upcoming sci-fi disaster thriller Moonfall. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Stargate) and stars Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Eme Ikwuakor, Kelly Yu, Carolina Bartczak, and Donald Sutherland. The movie follows an NASA executive and former astronaut who is convinced she has the key to saving the world after a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. Emmerich also co-wrote the screenplay with Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen (Extinction). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Last Man Down’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexander Arntzen, Fansu Njie, Last Man Down, score, Soundtrack
Alpha 7 Music will release a soundtrack album for the post-apocalyptic action thriller Last Man Down. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexander Arntzen (Initiation, Beyond the Woods, Behemoth, Wally Got Wasted, A New York Christmas Wedding). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Tuesday, October 19 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Last Man Down is directed by Fansu Njie and stars Daniel Stisen, Olga Kent, Daniel Nehme, Stanislav Yanevski, Madeleine Vall and Natassia Malthe. The movie follows a special forces soldier who – after civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered – abandons his duty and becomes a recluse in the Nordic wilderness, where – years later – a wounded woman who is hunted by violent mercenaries appears on his doorstep. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Kiwanuka’s Original Song ‘Beautiful Life’ from Netflix’s ‘Convergence: Courage in a Crisis’ Released
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Convergence: Courage in a Crisis, Michael Kiwanuka, Netflix, Orlando von Einsiedel
Polydor Records has released the original song Beautiful Life from the Netflix original documentary Convergence: Courage in a Crisis. The track is performed by Grammy Award nominee Michael Kiwanuka and co-written by himself & Declan Gaffney. The song is now available to stream/download as a digital single (which features two versions of the track and also includes another new song, All My Life) on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Listen to the full song after the jump. Convergence: Courage in a Crisis directed by Orlando von Einsiedel spans eight countries and nine individual stories and reveals the power of compassion and community in the face of crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heels’ Score Album Released
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Heels, Jeff Cardoni, score, Soundtrack, Starz
Lionsgate Records has released a full soundtrack album for the Starz original series Heels. The album features the original score from the show’s first season composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Kominsky Method, CSI: Miami, Just Friends, Turner & Hooch). Also included is the the main title theme Love In War by Cardoni & Ben Bridwell (of Band of Horse). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes and Spotify. The label has previously released eight digital EPs and singles featuring both Cardoni’s score and several songs from the drama over the last couple of weeks. Heels is created by Michael Waldron and stars Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Alison Luff, Allen Maldonado, Mary McCormack, James Harrison and Chris Bauer. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Bright: Samurai Soul’ to Be Released
Posted: October 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bright: Samurai Soul, Kyohei Ishiguro., Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Maisie Music Publishing will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix anime film Bright: Samurai Soul. The album features the movie’s original music composed by the Japanese rock band LITE. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 12 and will be available to stream/download here. Bright: Samurai Soul is directed by Kyohei Ishiguro and features the voices of Simu Liu, Fred Mancuso and Yuzu Harada. The Arect production based on Neflix’s 2016 live-action feature Bright is set in the early years of Japan’s Meiji Restoration and follows a human ronin must unite with an orc assassin to save an elf orphan from their common adversary. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Duel’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Ridley Scott, score, Soundtrack, The Last Duel
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the historical drama The Last Duel. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven, The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mulan, Man on Fire, Chicken Run). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 15 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The Last Duel is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck. The movie based on Eric Jager’s book The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France and is set against the brutality of 14th century France and tells the tale of two knights whose bond is tested by treachery and a young woman forced to navigate the brutal and oppressive culture of the era in order to survive. Read the rest of this entry »
