Christian Henson (The Devil’s Double, Triangle, Black Death, Wild Bill, Tommy’s Honour, Chasing Liberty) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming British creature feature Unwelcome. The film is directed by Jon Wright (Tormented) and stars Hannah John-Kamen, Douglas Booth, Colm Meaney, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Chris Walley and Kristian Nairnas. The movie revolves around a couple who escape their urban nightmare to live in rural Ireland, only to discover malevolent, murderous goblins lurking in the ancient wood at the foot of their new garden. Wright also co-wrote the screenplay with Mark Stay. Piers Tempest (The Wife, Ordinary Love) and Peter Touche are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Christian Henson Scoring Jon Wright’s ‘Unwelcome’
Posted: June 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Henson, Jon Wright, Unwelcome
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‘The Speech’ (‘Le Discours’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurent Tirard, Le Discours, Mathieu Lamboley, score, Soundtrack, The Speech
Grande Ourse has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy The Speech (Le Discours). The album features the film’s original score composed by Mathieu Lamboley (Lupin, Return of the Hero, A Minuscule Adventure, Daddy Cool, Sisters in Arms). Also included are songs by Alain Bashung, Murray Head, Ricchi & Poveri and Claude Barzotti. The soundtrack is now stream/download overseas. Visit the French Amazon store to check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Speech is directed by Laurent Tirard and stars Benjamin Lavernhe, Sara Giraudeau, Benjamin Lavernhe, Julia Piaton, Kyan Khojandi, Guilaine Londez and François Morel. The movie is based on Fabrice Caro’s novel of the same title and follows a woman who is going through an existential crisis as he awaits a reconciliation text message from his ex during a seemingly never-ending family dinner. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers Scoring Bing Liu’s & Joshua Altman’s ‘All These Sons’
Posted: June 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: All These Sons, Bing Liu, Joshua Altman, Kris Bowers
Kris Bowers (Green Book, Bridgerton, Mrs. America, Dear White People, When They See Us, The United States vs. Billie Holiday) has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary All These Sons. The film is directed by Bing Liu (Minding the Gap, ) & Joshua Altman and revolves around two men who created community-based self-help programs in Chicago to offer mentorship and healing to young men likely to be either victims or perpetrators of gun violence. Liu and Altman are also producing the project with Zak Piper (Life Itself) and Kelsey Carr. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Here We Are’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Here We Are, Matteo Curallo, Nir Bergman, score, Soundtrack
Decca Classics has released a soundtrack album for the Israeli/Italian drama Here We Are. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matteo Curallo (I, Leonardo, Michelangelo – Infinito). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio clips. Here We Are is directed by Nir Bergman and stars Shai Avivi, Noam Imber, Smadar Wolfman, Amir Feldman, Efrat Ben Zur, Sharon Zelikovsky, Natalia Faust and Uri Klauzner. The movie centers on the relationship between a mentally challenged man in his early 20s and his single father. Read the rest of this entry »
Yoko Kanno to Score Netflix’s ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live Action Series
Posted: June 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cowboy Bebop, Netflix, Yoko Kanno
Netflix has confirmed today that Yoko Kanno will be scoring Netflix’s upcoming live action adaptation of the anime series Cowboy Bebop. The show is developed by Andre Nemec (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) & Jeff Pinkner (Alias, Fringe) based on Hajime Yatate’s anime series and stars John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, Alex Hassell and Elena Satine. The sci-fi drama follows a ragtag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they chase down the galaxy’s most dangerous criminals. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Stump’s Theme Song from Marvel’s ‘Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ Released
Posted: June 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Junior, Patrick Stump, Spidey and His Amazing Friends
Walt Disney Records has released the theme song from the upcoming Disney Junior animated series Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends. The track is written, produced and performed by Patrick Stump, lead singer of the rock band Fall Out Boy, who also serves as songwriter and composer for the series. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music platform to stream/download the song and also listen to the full track below. A full soundtrack album featuring music from the show is scheduled to be released on September 17. Stump has previously co-written, performed and produced the song Immortals from Disney’s animated feature Big Hero 6. Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends tells the story of Peter Parker, Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy, who together form Team Spidey and embark on heroic adventures to protect their community. Read the rest of this entry »
Jed Kurzel Scoring Justin Kurzel’s ‘Nitram’
Posted: June 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jed Kurzel, Justin Kurzel, Nitram
Composer Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, The Babadook, Overlord, The Mustang, Son of a Gun) is reuniting with director Justin Kurzel on the upcoming Australian drama Nitram. The film starring Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Essie Davis and Anthony LaPaglia and centers on the events leading up to the the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania. Shaun Grant (Penguin Bloom, Berlin Syndrome) wrote the screenplay. GoodThing Productions’ Nick Batzias & Virginia Whitwell (2040, The Australian Dream) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
New ‘Caboblanco’ & ‘Dragonslayer’ Soundtrack Albums Announced
Posted: June 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex North, Caboblanco, Dragonslayer, J. Lee Thompson, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1980 drama Caboblanco directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, Dominique Sanda, Jason Robards and Fernando Rey. The album features the remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Chinatown, Poltergeist, L.A. Confidential, Planet of the Apes, Patton), as well as previously unreleased additional Goldsmith-recorded period music and classical standards. The CD, which is limited to 2,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and to check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Rebecca Miller’s ‘She Came to Me’
Posted: June 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Rebecca Miller, She Came to Me
Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The Queen) is set to score the upcoming romantic comedy She Came to Me. The film is written and directed by Rebecca Miller (Maggie’s Plan) and will star Anne Hathaway, Tahar Rahim, Marisa Tomei, Joanna Kulig and Matthew Broderick. The movie is set in New York and tells the multigenerational story of a composer suffering from writer’s block who rediscovers his passion after a one-night stand, a couple of gifted teenagers who fight to prove to the parents that their love is something that can last forever, and a woman for whom love arrives in the most unexpected places. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Forgotten We’ll Be’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: El olvido que seremos, Fernando Trueba, Forgotten We'll Be, score, Soundtrack, Zbigniew Preisner
Caldera Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Columbian drama Forgotten We’ll Be (El olvido que seremos). The album features the film’s original music composed by Zbigniew Preisner (Three Colors, When a Man Loves a Woman, The Secret Garden, At Play in the Fields of the Lord). Visit the label’s official website for more information about the CD and to check out audio samples. A digital version will be coming out later this month and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. Forgotten We’ll Be is directed by Fernando Trueba and stars Javier Cámara, Daniela Abad, Patricia Tamayo, Aida Morales and Juan Pablo Urrego. The movie is based on Héctor Abad Faciolince’s novel of the same name and tells the true story of his father, Colombian human rights activist Héctor Abad Gómez, a man torn between the love of his family and his political fight set in the violence-riddled Colombia of recent decades. Read the rest of this entry »
