Variety is reporting that Nathan Johnson (Knives Out, Looper, Brick, Don Jon) has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming psychological thriller Nightmare Alley. He is replacing Alexandre Desplat who was previously scoring the movie. The film is directed by Guillermo del Toro and stars Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Toni Collette, Ron Perlman and David Strathairn. The movie is based on the 1946 novel of the same title by William Lindsay Gresham and centers on an ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words as he hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Johnson to Score Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’
Posted: October 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo Del Toro, Nathan Johnson, Nightmare Alley
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Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Scenes from a Marriage’ to Be Released
Posted: October 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Evgueni Galperine, HBO, Sacha Galperine, Scenes from a Marriage, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO limited series Scenes from a Marriage. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Radioactive, Loveless, The Family, Wizard of Lies). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 8 and will be available to stream/download here. Scenes from a Marriag iss written and directed by Hagai Levi and stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain. The 5-part drama is based on Ingmar Bergman’s classic Swedish series and centers on the relationship between a ambitious. confident tech executive left unfulfilled by her marriage, and an accommodating and cerebral philosophy professor desperate to keep their relationship intact. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘The Afterparty’
Posted: October 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Chris Miller, Daniel Pemberton, Phil Lord, The Afterparty
Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, Birds of Prey, The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ocean’s 8) has composed the original score for the upcoming Apple TV+ original series The Afterparty. The show is created by Chris Miller (The LEGO Movie, 21 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) and stars Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Dave Franco, Jamie Demetriou and John Early. The 8-part-murder mystery comedy is set at a high school reunion afterparty, with each episode featuring a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective. Read the rest of this entry »
‘What If… The Watcher Broke His Oath?’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Laura Karpman, Marvel, score, Soundtrack, What If
The full details of the ninth soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ animated series What If…? have been revealed. The album features the original music from the Season 1 finale (What If… The Watcher Broke His Oath?) of the show composed by Emmy Award winner Laura Karpman (Lovecraft Country, Paris Can Wait, Underground, Set It Up, Black Nativity, Step, Why We Hate). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 8 by Hollywood Records & Marvel Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music stores. Karpman’s music from the first eight episodes has been released over the last couple of weeks. Episode 9 of What If…? is written by A.C. Bradley, directed by Bryan Andrews and follows the Watcher as he recruits the greatest superheroes from across the Multiverse in order to defeat Ultron from ending each and every reality. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Don’t Breathe 2’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: October 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Don't Breathe, Don't Breathe 2, Rodo Sayagues, Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror sequel Don’t Breathe 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (Evil Dead,The Machinist, In the Heart of the Sea, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Come Play, His House, Sexy Beast) who previously scored the original 2016 movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 8 and will be available to stream/download here. Don’t Breathe 2 is co-written and directed by Rodo Sayagues and stars Stephen Lang, Brendan Sexton III and Madelyn Grace. The movie produced by Fede Alvarez follows Norman as he taps into even darker and more creative instincts to recover a young girl that was taken from him. Read the rest of this entry »
‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ Season 6 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Blake Neely, Daniel James Chan, Legends of Tomorrow, score, Soundtrack, The CW
The details of the soundtrack album for the CW drama DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: have been revealed. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s sixth season composed by Emmy Award winner Blake Neely (The Flash, The Flight Attendant, Arrow, The Pacific, Riverdale, Everwood) and Daniel James Chan (Supergirl, Emergence). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 8 by WaterTower Music and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. The label has previously released two albums featuring the composers’ score from Seasons 4 & 5 last month and three soundtracks featuring the score from Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3 in previous years. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim based on the DC Comics characters and stars Caity Lotz, Dominic Purcell, Tala Ashe, Nick Zano, Jes Macallan and Matt Ryan. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Billion Dollar Code’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anton Feist, Ingolfsson, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Billion Dollar Code, Uwe Bossenz
Filmtonträger has released a soundtrack album for the German Netflix limited series The Billion Dollar Code. The album features the show’s original music composed by Anton Feist and Uwe Bossenz & Ingolfsson. The album is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio clips. The Billion Dollar Code is created by Oliver Ziegenbalg & Robert Thalheim and stars Mark Waschke, Mišel Matičević, Leonard Scheicher, Marius Ahrendt, Lavinia Wilson, Seumas F. Sargent, Rauand Taleb, Elias Krischke, Marcel Heuperman and Johanna Polley. The 4-part drama tells the true story of two German computer pioneers who go to court for their rights as inventors of the Google Earth algorithm in a battle against a seemingly invincible opponent. Read the rest of this entry »
Bo Boddie Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Acapulco’
Posted: October 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acapulco, Apple TV +, Bo Boddie
Bo Boddie (GLOW, Fresh Off the Boat, Lady of the Manor) is the composer of the new Apple TV+ original series Acapulco. The show is created by Austin Winsberg (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Jake in Progress), Eduardo Cisneros (Half Brothers) & Jason Shuman (Darkness Falls, Bangkok Dangerous) inspired by the 2017 feature How to Be a Latin Lover and stars Eugenio Derbez Enrique Arrizon, Fernando Carsa, Camila Perez, Damián Alcázar, Chord Overstreet, Regina Reynoso, Vanessa Bauche, Raphael Alejandro, Jessica Collins, Regina Orozco, Rafael Cebrián and Carlos Corona. The comedy is set in 1984 and tells the story of a twenty-something man whose dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime as a cabana boy at the hottest resort in Acapulco and soon realizes the job is far more complicated than he ever imagined. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Survive the Game’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Bressack, Soundtrack, Survive the Game
Cleopatra Records has released a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Survive the Game. The album features a collection of songs by artists such as DMX, Bootsy Collins, Steve Howe, Original God, Joyce Green, Die Klute, Shirley King, Junior Wells, Searmanas & others . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Survive the Game is directed by James Bressack and stars Chad Michael Murray, Bruce Willis, Swen Temmel and Sarah Roemer. The movie follows a cop as he chases two criminals who shot his partner in a drug bust gone wrong and lands at a remote farm owned by troubled vet. Read the rest of this entry »
Jonathan Sanford Scoring Ric Roman Waugh’s ‘National Champions’
Posted: October 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonathan Sanford, National Champions, On Our Way, Ric Roman Waugh
Jonathan Sanford (Teenage Bounty Hunters, Good on Paper, Dare Me, Social Distance) has been tapped to score the upcoming sports drama National Champions. The film is directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Shot Caller, Greenland) and stars Stephan James, J. K. Simmons, Alexander Ludwig, Uzo Aduba, Timothy Olyphant, Andrew Bachelor, David Koechner, Tim Blake Nelson, Jeffrey Donovan, Kristin Chenoweth and Lil Rel Howery. The movie tells the story of a star quarterback who ignites a player’s strike 72 hours before the biggest game of the year to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools. Read the rest of this entry »
