Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has announced the line-up for the 21st annual Composer/Director Roundtable and 17th annual Snowball Showcase during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. BMI’s roundtable entitled Music & Film: The Creative Process will take place on Sunday, January 27, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Kimball Arts Center (1401 Kearns Blvd, Park City). The conversation will […]
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BMI to Present 21st Annual Composer/Director Roundtable at 2019 Sundance Film Festival
Posted: 7th January 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: BMI, Sundance Film Festival
Michael Giacchino to Collaborate with Brad Bird on Original Musical
Posted: 7th January 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brad Bird, Michael Giacchino
Brad Bird revealed in an interview with Variety on the red carpet at this year’s BAFTA Tea Party this past Saturday that he is collaborating with composer Michael Giacchino on an original musical, which will be the director’s next project and will contain about 20 minutes of animation. No other details have been announced yet. […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 6, 2018)
Posted: 6th January 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Amazon, CBS, Daniel Wohl, Fam, Freeform, Gabriel Mann, Good Trouble, History, Ilan Eshkeri, Informer, Jay Weigel, Michael Brook, Michael Wandmacher, Netflix, Project Blue Book, Schooled, The Last Laugh
Premiering on Tuesday, January 8, is the History original series Project Blue Book created by David O’Leary, executive produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Aidan Gillen, Laura Mennell, Michael Harney, Ksenia Solo and Michael Malarkey. The show’s original music is composed by Daniel Wohl (Search Party, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead). The drama is […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 4, 2019)
Posted: 4th January 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Being Rose, Benjamin Wallfisch, Brian Tyler, Crooked Arrows, David Wingo, Escape Room, H. Scott Salinas, John Carey, Rust Creek, State Like Sleep, The Vanishing
The only new movie opening nationwide this week is the psychological thriller Escape Room directed by Adam Robitel and starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani and Yorick van Wageningen. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Furious 7, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron) and John Carey. […]
NBC’s ‘The Village’ to Feature Music by WAZ-Jackson
Posted: 3rd January 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: NBC, The Village, WAZ-Jackson
The composing duo of WAZ-Jackson (Cougar Town, Surviving Jack, Life Sentence) is composing the original score for the upcoming NBC drama The Village. The show is created by Mike Daniels (Shades of Blue, Sons of Anarchy) and stars Moran Atias, Dominic Chianese, Warren Christie, Frankie Faison, Jerod Haynes, Daren Kagasoff, Michaela McManus, Lorraine Toussaint and Grace Van Dien. […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 30, 2018)
Posted: 30th December 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Mirror, Brian Reitzell, Hulu, Into the Dark, Michael Montes, Netflix
Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the Black Mirror special interactive episode Bandersnatch directed by David Slade, written by Charlie Brooker and starring Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter and Asim Chaudhry. The episode’s original music is composed by Brian Reitzell (Hannibal, American Godz, Friday Night Lights, 30 Days of Night, Stranger Than Fiction, Boss). […]
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Scoring Martha Coolidge’s ‘Music, War and Love’
Posted: 29th December 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Martha Coolidge, Music War and Love
Academy Award winner Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland, Unfaithful, The Visitor, Get Low) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming drama Music, War and Love. The film is directed by Martha Coolidge (Valley Girl, Real Genius, Rambling Rose) and stars Adelaide Clemens, Leo Suter, Connie Nielsen, Stellan Skarsgard, Stephen Dorff, Toby Sebastian, Sam Gillet, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 28, 2018)
Posted: 28th December 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Destroyer, Holmes & Watson, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mychael Danna, Nicholas Britell, On the Basis of Sex, Rolfe Kent, Stan & Ollie, Theodore Shapiro, Vice
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the political comedy drama Vice written and directed by Adam McKay and starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carrell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe and Tyler Perry. The film’s original music is composed by Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Battle of the Sexes, Succession). Decca […]
Amazon’s ‘Lorena’ to Feature Music by Julian Wass
Posted: 26th December 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Joshua Rofé, Julian Wass, Lorena
Julian Wass has been tapped to score the upcoming docu-series Lorena. The 4-parter is directed by Joshua Rofé (Lost for Life) and re-investigates the story of the notorious case of John and Lorena Bobbitt that made international headlines and helped birth a 24-hour news cycle, exploring vital moral issues and the missed opportunity for a […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 23, 2018)
Posted: 23rd December 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Twelve-Year Night, Federico Jusid, La noche de 12 años, Netflix, Watership Down
Premiering today is the animated mini-series Watership Down directed by Noam Murro and featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Tom Wilkinson, Olivia Colman and Anne-Marie Duff. The show’s original score is composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Kidnap, Life Itself). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s […]