Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Indignation, I Carry You with Me, Driveways, Olympic Dreams) has been tapped to score the upcoming dram Swan Song. The film written and directed by Benjamin Cleary (Stutterer) and stars Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Glenn Close, Awkwafina and Adam Beach. The movie is set in the near future and centers on a loving husband and father who gets diagnosed with a terminal illness and is being presented with a controversial alternative solution to replace himself with a carbon copy clone. Read the rest of this entry »
Jay Wadley Scoring Benjamin Cleary’s ‘Swan Song’
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Benjamin Cleary, Jay Wadley, Swan Song
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‘Really Love’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angel Kristi Williams, Khari Mateen, Netflix, Really Love, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records & Endeavor Content have released a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Really Love. The album features the film’s original music composed by Khari Mateen (The Price of Freedom, Fyre Fraud, ACORN and the Firestorm, Don’t Be Nice). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Really Love is co-written and directed by Angel Kristi Williams and stars Kofi Siriboe, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Michael Ealy, Uzo Aduba, Mack Wilds, Naturi Naughton, Suzzanne Douglas, Jade Eshete and Blair Underwood. The movie revolves around a rising Black painter who tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney Scoring the Erwin Brothers’ ‘American Underdog’
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Underdog, Andrew Erwin, John Debney, Jon Erwin
John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, Elf) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming biographical drama American Underdog. The film is directed by the Erwin Brothers (I Can Only Imagine, Woodlawn) and stars Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin and Dennis Quaid. The movie tells the true story of Kurt Warner who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. Jon Erwin & David Aaron Cohen (Friday Night Lights, The Devil’s Own) and Jon Gunn (Mercy Streets) wrote the screenplay based on the book All Things Possible Kurt Warner and Michael Silver. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Royal Game’ (‘Schachnovelle’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ingo Ludwig Frenzel, Philipp Stölzl, Schachnovelle, score, Soundtrack, The Royal Game
Northern Artists Outlet has released a soundtrack album for the German drama The Royal Game (Schachnovelle). The album features the film’s original music composed by Ingo Ludwig Frenzel (Young Goethe in Love, The Physician, The Tunnel, The Last Supper). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music stores), where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Royal Game is directed by Philipp Stölzl and stars Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Andreas Lust, Rolf Lassgård and Samuel Finzi. The movie is based on Stefan Zweig’s novella of the same name and tells the story of a lawyer who recalls on a cruise his prior torture and imprisonment by the Nazis in Vienna. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Released
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jaeil Jung, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Squid Game
Genie Music Corperation & Stone Music Entertainment have released a soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix original series Squid Game. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jaeil Jung (Parasite, Okja). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music stores to stream/download the soundtrack. Squid Game is created by Hwang Dong-hyuk and stars Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-jun, Oh Young-soo, Jung Ho-yeon, Heo Sung-tae and Kim Joo-ryoung. The drama follows 456 desperate contestants who compete with each other in a mysterious and deadly survival game involving multiple rounds of childhood games to win a prize that can pull them out of their misery. Read the rest of this entry »
Jongnic Bontemps to Score The CW’s ‘4400’ Reboot
Posted: September 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 4400, Jongnic Bontemps, The CW
Jongnic Bontemps (United Skates, The Land, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, College Behind Bars, The People v. The Klan) has been hired to score the upcoming CW sci-fi drama 4400. The show is developed by Ariana Jackson based on USA’s original TV series The 4400 created by Scott Peters & Renee Echevarria and stars Brittany Adebumola, Joseph David-Jones, Ireon Roach, TL Thompson, Jaye Ladymore, Derrick A. King, Khailah Johnson, Cory Jeacoma, AMARR and Autumn Best. The series revolves around a group of people who vanished without a trace off the face of the planet over the last hundred years as they return in an instant to Detroit, having not aged a day with no memory of what happened to them, and must grapple with their impossible new reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Fox’s ‘Our Kind of People’ to Feature Original Score by Meshell Ndegeocello
Posted: September 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Meshell Ndegeocello, Our Kind of People
Singer/songwriter, rapper and composer Meshell Ndegeocello (Queen Sugar, Lackawanna Blues, Disappearing Acts) is scoring the new Fox drama Our Kind of People. The show is created by Karin Gist (Star) based on Lawrence Otis Graham’s book of the same title and stars Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, Joe Morton, Nadine Ellis, Lance Gross, Rhyon Nicole Brown, Kyle Bary and Alana Bright. The series takes place in the aspirational world of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard and follows a strong-willed, single mom as she sets out to reclaim her family’s name and make an impact with her revolutionary haircare line. Read the rest of this entry »
Tree Adams Scoring CBS’ ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’
Posted: September 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, NCIS, NCIS: Hawai'i, Tree Adams
Tree Adams (The 100, Californication, Perception, Belushi) is returning to the NCIS franchise as the composer of its fourth series NCIS: Hawai’i. The show is created by Matt Bosack, Jan Nash & Christopher Silber and stars Vanessa Lachey, Alex Tarrant, Noah Mills, Yasmine Al-Bustami, Jason Antoon, Tori Anderson and Kian Talan. The series folllows Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor Jane Tennant, who, with her unwavering team of specialists, balances duty, family and country, while investigating crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the sun-drenched island paradise. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack EPs for Amazon’s ‘Do, Re & Mi’ Released
Posted: September 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, David Schuler, Do Re & Mi, Jackie Tohn, Soundtrack
Capitol Records has released two soundtrack EPs for the Amazon animated series Do, Re & Mi. The EPs feature the songs from the show written by David Schuler & Jackie Tohn and performed by cast members including Kristen Bell, Tohn herself, Luke Youngblood & others. The Rare Birdies Sing Together EP is available to stream/download here and the Sing & Celebrate EP is available here. Also available now as a digital single is the series’ theme song (click here to stream/download and also listen to the track below). Do, Re & Mi is executive produced by Bell, Tohn, Michael Scharf & Ivan Askwith is set in the musical world of Beebopsburgh, an island where instruments grow in the Falsetto Forest, and centers on the musical adventures of three best birdie buddies. Read the rest of this entry »
Heitor Pereira Scoring Netflix’s ‘My Little Pony: A New Generation’
Posted: September 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: José Ucha, My Little Pony, My Little Pony: A New Generation, Netflix, Robert Cullen
Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Angry Birds Movie, Smallfoot, The Smurfs, Beverly Hills Chihuahua) has composed the original score for the new Netflix animated film My Little Pony: A New Generation. The film is directed by Robert Cullen & José Ucha, co-directed by Mark Fattibene and features the voice talent of Vanessa Hudgens, Kimiko Glenn, James Marsden, Sofia Carson, Liza Koshy, Ken Jeong, Elizabeth Perkins, Jane Krakowski, Michael McKean and Phil LaMarr. The movie based on Hasbro’s My Little Pony franchise follows Sunny, an idealistic Earth Pony and Izzy, a curious Unicorn who must embark on an adventure that will take them to faraway lands to make new friends out of old enemies. Read the rest of this entry »
