Chris Stracey and Este Haim (of the Grammy Award-nominated band HAIM) have teamed up to compose the original music for the new Netflix limited series Maid. The show is created by Molly Smith Metzler and stars Margaret Qualley, Andie MacDowell, Nick Robinson, Anika Noni Rose, Tracy Vilar, Billy Burke and Rylea Nevaeh Whittet. The drama is inspired by the New York Times best-selling memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, by Stephanie Land and revolves around a young mother who – after fleeing an abusive relationship – finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Stracey & Este Haim Scoring Netflix’s ‘Maid’
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Stracey, Este Haim, MAID, Netflix
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‘The One and Only Dick Gregory’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andre Gaines, Kyle Townsend, Showtime, Soundtrack, The One and Only Dick Gregory
Hillman Grad Records and Def Jam Recordings have released a soundtrack album for the documentary The One and Only Dick Gregory. The album is produced by record producer and composer Kyle Townsend (who also scored the film) and features songs by artists such as Lupe Fiasco, Big K.R.I.T., Bobby Sessions, Cory Henry, Statik Selektah, Danni Baylor, BJ The Chicago Kid & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The One and Only Dick Gregory is directed by Andre Gaines and examines activist and pop-culture icon Dick Gregory, whose work as a self-described ‘agitator’ shaped a generation demanding justice. The movie features Gregory’s personal reflections, archival footage and interviews with the artists he influenced. Read the rest of this entry »
Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Disney+’s ‘Just Beyond’
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carlos Rafael Rivera, Disney Plus, Just Beyond, Seth Grahame-Smith
Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Hacks) is the composer of the new Disney+ original anthology series Just Beyond. The show is created by Seth Grahame-Smith (The Lego Batman Movie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) inspired by the writings of R.L. Stine (Goosebumps, Fear Street) and tells stories of a reality just beyond the one we know. Each episode introduces viewers to a new cast of characters who must go on a journey of self-discovery in a supernatural world of witches, aliens, ghosts and parallel universes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Beatles and India’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ajoy Bose, Benji Merrison, Peter Compton, score, Soundtrack, The Beatles and India
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary The Beatles and India. The album features the film’s original score composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Dynasties, General Magic, Forces of Nature with Brian Cox) who recorded his music at Abbey Road Studios 2 in London, the legendary home of The Beatles recording sessions, Budapest, Hungary and Pune, India. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 29, 2021 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Beatles and India is directed by Ajoy Bose & Peter Compton and chronicles the enduring love affair between the Beatles and India that started more than half a century ago. Read the rest of this entry »
George Fenton Scoring Roger Michell’s ‘Elizabeth’ Documentary
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elizabeth, George Fenton, Roger Michell
George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Anna and the King, Ever After, The Blue Planet) has composed the original music for the upcoming documentary Elizabeth. The movie marks the final film of late director Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Changing Lanes) who passed away last week and centers on the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch. The Free Range Films production is produced by Michell and Kevin Loader (The Death of Stalin, The Personal History of David Copperfield). Fenton has previously scored Michell’s last feature The Duke, which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and has been picked up for domestic distribution by Sony Pictures Classics for a release in 2022. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ada Twist, Scientist’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ada Twist Scientist, Dan Petty, Kay Hanley, Michelle Lewis, Netflix, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack EP for the Netflix animated series Ada Twist, Scientist. The soundtrack features six songs from the show written by Kay Hanley, Michelle Lewis & Dan Petty, including the theme song (performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry), which has previously been released as a digital single. The EP is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to all six songs below. Ada Twist, Scientist is developed by Chris Nee based on Andrea Beaty’s & David Roberts’ best-selling book series and features the voices of Amanda Christine, Nicholas Crovetti, Candace Kozak, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Susan Kelechi Watson and Taye Diggs. Read the rest of this entry »
Justin Tranter to Compose and Produce Original Songs for Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum’s Netflix Film ‘Purple Hearts’
Posted: September 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, Justin Tranter, Netflix, Purple Hearts
Deadline is reporting that Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Justin Tranter is writing and producing original songs for the upcoming Netflix original film Purple Hearts. The movie is directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (Ramona and Beezus, Aquamarine) and stars Sofia Carson (who is also co-writing and performing additional music for the project), Nicholas Galitzine, Chosen Jacobs, John Harlan Kim, Anthony Ippolito, Kat Cunning, Scott Deckert, Sarah Rich and Linden Ashby. The romantic drama is based on the novel of the same title by Tess Wakefield and tells the story of an aspiring singer-songwriter and a marine who in spite of their many differences and against all odds, fall hopelessly in love. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Convergence: Courage in a Crisis’ to Feature Original Song by Michael Kiwanuka and Score by Patrick Jonsson
Posted: September 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Convergence: Courage in a Crisis, Michael Kiwanuka, Netflix, Orlando von Einsiedel, Patrick Jonsson
Michael Kiwanuka has recorded the original song Beautiful Life for the new Netflix documentary Convergence: Courage in a Crisis. The track is written and performed by the Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter and will be featured in the film directed by Academy Award winner Orlando von Einsiedel (The White Helments, Virgunga) who spotlights a cross-section of global citizens in the COVID-19 crisis. A first clip from the song is featured in the trailer embedded after the jump. The director’s regular composer Patrick Jonsson (Black Earth Rising, On Her Shoulders) has written the original score for the movie, which spans eight countries and nine individual stories and reveals the power of compassion and community in the face of a crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
Randy Edelman to Score Anthony & Claire Bueno’s ‘Too Hot to Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II’
Posted: September 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anthony Bueno, Claire Bueno, Randy Edelman, Too Hot to Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II
Randy Edelman (Dragonheart, The Last of the Mohicans, xXx, Gettysburg Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Kindergarten Cop, While You Were Sleeping) has been hired to score the upcoming documentary Too Hot to Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II. The film is directed by Anthony & Claire Bueno (Cleanin’ Up The Town) and centers on the making-of the 1989 sequel. The movie will feature interviews with director/producer Ivan Reitman, stars Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson & Sigourney Weaver, producers Joe Medjuck & Michael C. Gross and ILM’s Dennis Muren. Claire Bueno is also producing the project and Laurence Gornall is executive producing for Unannounced Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+’s ‘Wolfboy and the Everything Factory’ Released
Posted: September 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Clap! Clap!, score, Soundtrack, Wolfboy and the Everything Factory, Xav Clarke
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ animated series Wolfboy and the Everything Factory. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed Xav Clarke (Elliot from Earth), as well as the theme song Excaliboom by Clap! Clap! (aka Cristiano Crisci). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other major digital music services. Wolfboy and the Everything Factory is inspired by the work of visual artist Toff Mazery, co-created by Edward Jesse, developed by Michael Ryan, executive produced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and features the voices of Kassian Akhtar, Archie Yates, Lilly Williams, Cristina Milizia and Gordon-Levitt himself. Read the rest of this entry »
