Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Angry Birds Movie, The Smurfs, Beverly Hills Chihuahua) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming animated feature PAW Patrol: The Movie. The film based on Nickelodeon’s animated series of the same title is directed by Cal Brunker (Escape from Planet Earth) and features the voices of Beckett Hipkiss, Kingsley Marshall, Shayle Simons, Keegan Hedley,Lilly Bartlam & Ron Pard who reprise their characters from the show. They are joined by Iain Armitage, Kim Kardashian, Jimmy Kimmel, Tyler Perry, Randall Park, Dax Shepard, Yara Shahidi, Marsai Martin and Will Brisbin. The movie follows the pups as they are called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos. Read the rest of this entry »
Heitor Pereira Scoring Cal Brunker’s ‘PAW Patrol: The Movie’
Posted: May 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cal Brunker, Heitor Pereira, Minions: The Rise of Gru, PAW Patrol, PAW Patrol: The Movie
‘Small Axe’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Mica Levi, score, Small Axe, Soundtrack, Steve McQueen
Motown Records will release a soundtrack album for the Amazon anthology films series Small Axe. The album features selections of the original score from the movies composed by Mica Levi (Jackie, Under the Skin, Monos), as well as several songs from the series, including two exclusive tracks: Michael Kiwanuka’s rendition of the Nina Simone’s To Be Young, Gifted And Black and Tiana Major9’s cover of Janet Kay’s Silly Games. Also included are spoken word pieces written by poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and performed by himself and cast members Sheyi Cole, Rochenda Sandall, and Shaun Parkes. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 11 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A limited edition vinyl edition will be coming out the following day, on Record Store Day, Saturday, June 12. Read the rest of this entry »
Marlon Williams & Mark Perkins Scoring Matthew J. Saville’s ‘Juniper’
Posted: May 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Juniper, Mark Perkins, Marlon Williams, Matthew J. Saville
Singer/songwriters Marlon Williams & Mark Perkins (aka Merk) are co-scoring the upcoming New Zealand comedy Juniper. The film is written and directed by Matthew J. Saville and stars Charlotte Rampling, Marton Csokas and George Ferrier. The movie revolves around a self-destructive teenager who gets suspended from school and whose life turns around when he is asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment. Desray Armstrong (Stray, Coming Home in the Dark) and Angela Littlejohn are producing the film, which marks both composers’ first feature film scoring assignment. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Showtime’s ‘Belushi’ Documentary to Be Released
Posted: May 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Belushi, R.J. Cutler, score, Showtime, Soundtrack, Tree Adams
Six Degrees Records will release a soundtrack album for the Showtime documentary Belushi. The album features the film’s original score composed by Tree Adams (The 100, Californication, NCIS: New Orleans, Perception, Swelter). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 25 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music outlets. Belushi is directed by R.J. Cutler (The September Issue) and centers on the too-short life of John Belushi, the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny-bones of audiences worldwide. The movie features interviews with Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Penny Marshall, Lorne Michaels, Gilda Radner, Harold Ramis, among others. Read the rest of this entry »
David Holmes Scoring Steven Soderbergh’s ‘No Sudden Move’
Posted: May 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Holmes, HBO Max, No Sudden Move, Steven Soderbergh
David Holmes has composed the original score for the upcoming HBO Max original movie No Sudden Move. The film is directed by Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Contagion) and stars Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, Jon Hamm, Julia Fox and Kieran Culkin. The crime thriller is set in 1954 Detroit and centers on a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document when their plan goes horribly wrong. Ed Solomon (Men in Black, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Escott Wins BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Roadkill’
Posted: May 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Award, Harry Escott, Roadkill
Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch, The Wedding Guest, The English Game) has won his first BAFTA TV Craft Award today for his music for the BBC series Roadkill created by David Hare and starring Hugh Laurie, Helen McCrory, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Saskia Reeves. The composer’s score has been released by Silva Screen Records. Check out Escott’s acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominees in the Original Music category were Cristobal Tapia De Veer for The Third Day (episode 3), H. Scott Salinas for Baghdad Central and Martin Phipps for The Crown. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Herbert Scoring BritBox’s & AMC’s ‘The Beast Must Die’
Posted: May 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, BritBox, Matthew Herbert, The Beast Must Die
Matthew Herbert (Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, Gloria Bell, The Cave) has composed the original music for the new BritBox and AMC original series The Beast Must Die. The show is developed by Gaby Chiappe (Their Finest, Misbehaviour) based on the novel by Nicholas Blake and stars Jared Harris, Cush Jumbo OBE, Billy Howle, Nathaniel Parker and Geraldine James. The 6-part thriller is directed by Dome Karukoski (Tolkien, Tom of Finland) and tells the story of a grieving mother who infiltrates the life of the man she believes killed her son. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Felix and the Hidden Treasure’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Felix and the Hidden Treasure, Gilles Léveillé, Nicola Lemay, score, Soundtrack
(SME Canada) Audiogram has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Felix and the Hidden Treasure. The album features the film’s original music composed and orchestrated by Gilles Léveillé (Jersey Devil, Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the soundtrack. Felix and the Hidden Treasure is directed by Nicola Lemay and features the voices of Elias Harger, Karine Vanasse, Vlasta Vrana, Jérôme Boiteau and Holly Gauthier-Frankel. The movie tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy who sets off to find his missing father at sea with the help of a retired sailor, a one-legged parrot, and a cat who thinks he’s a dog. Read the rest of this entry »
Nainita Desai Scoring Netflix’s ‘Sophie: A Murder in West Cork’
Posted: May 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Dower, Nainita Desai, Netflix, Sophie: A Murder in West Cork
Nainita Desai (For Sama, American Murder: The Family Next Door, Enslaved, Fierce Queens, Enemy Within, Telling Lies) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix docu-series Sophie: A Murder in West Cork. The 3-parter is directed by John Dower (My Scientology Movie, The Mystery of D.B. Cooper) and centers on the shocking murder of French film and TV producer Sophie Toscan Du Plantier who was killed while at her isolated holiday cottage in West Cork, Ireland, in 1996 and that set off an increasingly convoluted quest for justice that spans decades and cuts across national borders. Simon Chinn (Searching for Sugar Man, Man on Wire), Jonathan Chinn (Whitney, Tina, Untouchable) and Suzanne Lavery are producing the Lighbox production. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 23, 2021)
Posted: May 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Blue Miracle, Brian H. Kim, Devonté Hynes, Eden, Hanan Townshend, HBO, In Treatment, Isabella Summers, Jeff Russo, Kevin Penkin, Netflix, Oslo, Panic, Zoe Keating
Premiering tonight is the fourth season of the HBO original series In Treatment developed by Jennifer Schuur & Joshua Allen and starring Uzo Aduba, Anthony Ramos, Liza Colón-Zayas, Quintessa Swindell, John Benjamin Hickey and Joel Kinnaman. Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, We Are Who We Are, Mainstream, Palo Alto) is composing the original music for the new season. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering on Thursday, May 27, is the Netflix anime series Eden created by Justin Leach and starring Ruby Rose Turner, David Tennant, Rosario Dawson, Neil Patrick Harris, JP Karliak, Cassandra Lee Morris and Julie Nathanson. Kevin Penkin (Tower of God, Made in Abyss, The Rising of the Shield Hero) is composing the show’s original music. Milan Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Friday, May 28. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to listen to a first track. Read the rest of this entry »
