Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The Royal Tenenbaums, Hotel Transylvania, The Croods: A New Age) has recently scored the new Netflix original film America: The Motion Picture. The movie is directed by Matt Thompson (Archer, Cake) and features the voice talent of Channing Tatum, Jason Mantzoukas, Olivia Munn, Andy Samberg, Bobby Moynihan, Judy Greer, Will Forte, Killer Mike, Raoul Trujillo and Simon Pegg. The animated comedy follows a chainsaw-wielding George Washington who teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring Netflix’s ‘America: The Motion Picture’
Posted: June 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: America: The Motion Picture, Mark Mothersbaugh, Matt Thompson, Netflix
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‘A Space in Time’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Space in Time, Nick Taussig, Riccardo Servini, Robin Schlochtermeier, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the documentary A Space in Time. The album features the film’s original music composed by Robin Schlochtermeier (Retreat, The Spy Who Fell to Earth). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 25 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Space in Time is directed by Nick Taussig & Riccardo Servini and centers on a family, facing the diagnosis of the progressive and fatal muscle wasting disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, for their two sons, as they embark on a journey to create a magical home for them. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Zanelli Scoring Sam Macaroni’s ‘Blackout’
Posted: June 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blackout, Geoff Zanelli, Sam Macaroni
Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Disturbia, The Intruder, Christopher Robin) is currently recording his score for the upcoming action thriller Blackout. The film is directed by Sam Macaroni (Guest House) and stars Josh Duhamel, Abbie Cornish, Nick Nolte and Omar Chaparro. The movie revolves around a man who wakes up in a Mexican hospital with no memory and – when he discovers who he is – finds himself fighting for his life as several warring cartel factions attack him, each looking for something he has stolen. Van B. Nguyen wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gagarine’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amine Bouhafa, Evgueni Galperine, Gagarine, Sacha Galperine, score, Soundtrack
Haut et Court has released a soundtrack album for the French biographical drama Gagarine. The album features the film’s original music composed by Evgueni & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Radioactive, Loveless, The Family, Wizard of Lies) and Amine Bouhafa (Timbuktu, Beauty and the Dogs, The Man Who Sold His Skin). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music store to stream/download the soundtrack and listen to a first track after the jump. Gagarine is co-written and directed by Fanny Liatard & Jérémy Trouilh and stars Alséni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Finnegan Oldfield, Jamil McCraven and Farida Rahouadj. The movie revolves around a French teenager growing up in a huge, red-brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris who finds out about plans to demolish his community’s home and joins his friends on a mission to save the place. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tokyo Shaking’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Manuel Roland, Olivier Peyon, score, Soundtrack, Tokyo Shaking
Supervisions has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Tokyo Shaking. The album features the film’s original score composed by Manuel Roland (Parasol, Next Year, Into Dad’s Woods). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Tokyo Shaking is co-written and directed by Olivier Peyon and stars Karin Viard, Stéphane Bak, Yumi Narita and Jean-François Cayrey. The movie is set on March 11, 2011 as a tsunami threatens Fukushima’s power plant in Japan, and follows French executive working in a bank in Tokyo who has to face this nuclear crisis amid pervading terror and chaos. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Children of the Enemy’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Children of the Enemy, Gorki Glaser-Müller, Lisa Nordström, score, Soundtrack
Villa Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Children of the Enemy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lisa Nordström (Sonica Sequence). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 23 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Children of the Enemy is directed by Gorki Glaser-Müller, produced by Kristofer Henell & Erika Malmgren and chronicles the journey of a Swedish-Chilean man to a Syrian prison camp to free his grandchildren, after their parents – members of the Islamic State terrorist group – are killed. The movie premiered at this year’s CPH:DOX film festival and was released in Swedish theaters last month. Read the rest of this entry »
Kogonada’s ‘After Yang’ to Feature Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto & Aska Matsumiya
Posted: June 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: After Yang, Aska Matsumiya, Kogonada, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Revenant, Little Buddha) & Aska Matsumiya (Skate Kitchen, I’m Your Woman, Selah and the Spades, 37 Seconds) have composed the original music for the upcoming sci-fi drama After Yang. Sakamoto has contributed the film’s theme, which has been released as part of the composer’s vinyl box set 2020S earlier this year. Matsumiya has composed the score for the movie written and directed by Kogonada (Columbus) and starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin Min, Sarita Choudhury, Haley Lu Richardson and Clifton Jones, Jr.. The drama is based on the short story Saying Goodbye to Yang by Alexander Weinstein and tells the story of a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Bad Guys’
Posted: June 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Dreamworks Animation, Pierre Perifel, The Bad Guys
Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Birds of Prey, Enola Holmes, Steve Jobs) has been tapped to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature The Bad Guys. The film directed by Pierre Perifel (Bilby) is based on Aaron Blabey’s best-selling Scholastic book series of the same name and follows five notorious bad guys who’ve been behind big heists – Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark and Ms. Tarantula – as they attempt their most challenging job yet…going good. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded Soundtrack Album for Steven Spielberg’s ‘Always’ Announced
Posted: June 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Always, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1989 romance fantasy drama Always directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson and Audrey Hepburn. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment production composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, E.T.), including previously unreleased music and alternate cues. The CD, which is limited to 3,500 copies, will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today. MCA Records has released the original 1990 soundtrack album featuring twelve score tracks and six songs from the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
Jim Williams Scoring Julia Ducournau’s ‘Titane’
Posted: June 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jim Williams, Julia Ducournau, Titane
Altitude Films has announced that composer Jim Williams (Possessor, Sightseers, Beast, Kill List, A Field in England) is reteaming with director Julia Ducournau on the upcoming French horror thriller Titane. The film is written and directed by Ducournau and stars Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Laïs Salameh and Garance Marillier. The movie revolves around a father who is reunited with his son who disappeared ten years ago following a series of unexplained crimes. Jean-Christophe Reymond (Arab Blues, Neither Heaven nor Earth) is producing the project for Kazak Productions. Read the rest of this entry »
