Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, The Old Guard, Hotel Mumbai, Ammonite, Adrift, Stowaway, Your Honor) has been tapped to score the upcoming period drama Monte Verità. The film is directed by Stefan Jäger (Horizon Beautiful, Birthday) and stars Maresi Riegner, Max Hubacher, Julia Jentsch, Hannah Herzsprung and Joel Basman. The movie is set in the early 20th Century and tells the story of Hanna Leitner, a young woman struggling to escape bourgeois conventions who goes into therapy with the young psychoanalyst Otto Gross and follows him to Monte Verità, where she discovers the fascination of photography. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann to Score Stefan Jäger’s ‘Monte Verità’
Posted: May 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hauschka, Monte Verità, Stefan Jäger, Volker Bertelmann
Remastered ‘Rio Conchos’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gordon Douglas, Jerry Goldsmith, Rio Conchos, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a remastered version of the 2013 soundtrack album for the 1964 western Rio Conchos directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Anthony Franciosa and Edmond O’Brien. The album features the re-recorded original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Chinatown, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Patton, Papillon, L.A. Confidential) and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Also included is the composer’s re-recording of his Prologue cue written for the 1965 film The Agony and the Ecstasy. The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website until June 21 (or while supplies last). Read the rest of this entry »
Hanan Townshend Scoring Julio Quintana’s Netflix Film ‘Blue Miracle’
Posted: May 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Blue Miracle, Drew Xanthopoulos, Fathom, Hanan Townshend, Julio Quintana, Netflix
Composer Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, Outcry, Semper Fi) is reteaming with director Julio Quintana on the upcoming Netflix original film Blue Miracle. The movie starring Jimmy Gonzales, Dennis Quaid, Anthony Gonzalez, Bruce McGill, Raymond Cruz, Miguel Angel Garcia, Nathan Arenas, Isaac Arellanes, Steve Gutierrez, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Fernanda Urrejola and Silverio Palacios tells the true story of a guardian and his kids who partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition in order to save their cash-strapped orphanage. Quintana also co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Dowling (Run the Race, Priceless). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Djinn’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Charbonier, Justin Powell, Matthew James, score, Soundtrack, The Djinn
MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Djinn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew James (Arkansas, Useless Humans). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 21 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Djinn is written and directed by David Charbonier & Justin Powell and stars Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe, Donald Pitts and John Erickson. The movie centers on a mute boy who is trapped in his apartment with a sinister monster when he makes a wish to fulfill his heart’s greatest desire. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 2, 2021)
Posted: May 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, Amazon, Disney Plus, H. Scott Salinas, Harvey Mason Jr., Jupiter's Legacy, Justin Melland, Kevin Kiner, Matthew Pusti, Monster, Netflix, Sarah Warne, Sky Rompiendo, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Starz, Stephanie Economou, Sundance Now, The Boy from Medellín, The Drowning, The Girlfriend Experience, The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
Premiering tonight is the third season of the Starz anthology series The Girlfriend Experience written and directed by Anja Marquardt (based on Steven Soderbergh’s feature of the same title) and starring Julia Goldani Telles. Matthew Pusti (A Good Woman Is Hard to Find, Whistleblower) has composed the original music for Season 3 and follows Shane Carruth and the Mondo Boys who scored the first two seasons. The third season, which is set amidst the London tech scene and follows a neuroscience major who begins to explore the transactional world of The Girlfriend Experience, only to find herself deep inside the uncanny valley with the relationships she creates, will air Sunday nights on Starz.
Premiering on Tuesday, May 4, is Lucasfilm’s Disney+ original series Star Wars: The Bad Batch created by Dave Filoni and starring Dee Bradley Baker, Ming-Na Wen, Stephen Stanton and Andrew Kishino. The show’s original music is composed by Kevin Kiner (Narcos: Mexico, Doom Patrol, CSI: Miami, Titans, City on a Hill, Making a Murderer) who previously scored all episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (and the feature of the same title) and Star Wars Rebels. A soundtrack release will be announced soon. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the animated series, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Viaplay’s ‘Heder’ Released
Posted: May 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anders Herrlin, Heder, Jennie Löfgren, score, Soundtrack, Viaplay
Cosmos Music AB has released a soundtrack album for the Viaplay original series Heder. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Jennie Löfgren & Anders Herrlin (Beck, Mending Hugo’s Heart). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music outlet to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Heder is created by Sofia Helin, Alexandra Rapaport, Anja Lundkvist & Julia Dufvenius and stars Rapaport, Lundkvist, Dufvenius, Eva Röse, Jesper Barkselius, Karin Bjurström, Björn Kjellman, Jakob Eklund, Peter Eggers, Ellen Bökman and Åsa Danielsso. The drama revolves around four partners in a Swedish law firm who have become famous for helping victims of sex crimes and speaking out against patriarchy. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Nashel Scoring HBO’s ‘The Crime of the Century’
Posted: May 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Gibney, HBO, Peter Nashel, The Crime of the Century
Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Marco Polo, The Night Listener, Book Club, Bee Season) has composed the original score for the new HBO documentary The Crime of the Century. The 2-parter is directed by Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and explores the origins, extent, and fallout of the opioid crisis, one of the most devastating public health tragedies of our time, with half a million deaths from overdoses this century alone. Gibney is also producing the project with Sarah Dowland and Svetlana Zill. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 30, 2021)
Posted: April 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Berlin Alexanderplatz, Brett Detar, Brooke Blair, Cho Young Wuk, Cliff Walkers, Dascha Dauenhauer, Eat Wheaties!, Edward Shearmur, Four Good Days, Hutch Demouilpied, Kevin Krouglow, Limbo, Separation, The Virtuoso, Will Blair
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the horror thriller Separation directed by William Brent Bell and starring Rupert Friend, Brian Cox, Mamie Gummer, Madeline Brewer, Eric T. Miller, Violet McGraw and Simon Quarterman. The film’s original music is composed by Brett Detar (Brahms: The Boy II, The Devil Inside, Wer). MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Open Road Films/Briarcliff Entertainment release.
Opening semi-wide in a couple of hundred theaters before coming out on VOD on May 21 is the drama Four Good Days directed by Rodrigo García and starring Mila Kunis, Glenn Close and Stephen Root. Edward Shearmur (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Escape at Dannemora, Cruel Intentions, Charlie’s Angels, Johnny English) has composed the film’s original score. No word on a score release. The movie also features an original song written by Diane Warren and performed by Reba McEntire. Click here to listen to the track and for more information about the Vertical Entertainment release. Read the rest of this entry »

