The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Homecoming directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Donald Glover, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jurassic World, Doctor Strange). Sony Masterworks has released a […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 7, 2017)
Posted: 7th July 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Ghost Story, Andrew Joslyn, Austin Found, City of Ghosts, Daniel Hart, H. Scott Salinas, Hickok, Jackson Greenberg, Michael Giacchino, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, Spider-Man: Homecoming
5th Annual Superhero Music Panel at Comic-Con Announced
Posted: 6th July 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Brian Tyler, Comic-Con, David Russo, Ludwig Göransson, Marco Beltrami, Mark Isham
The line-up of the 5th Annual Musical Anatomy of a Superhero panel has been announced. A number of Hollywood film and TV composers will explain the process and challenges of creating the musical voice behind the superhero and their environment as well as collaborating with the director, producers and the franchise. Participating composers include Marco Beltrami who recently […]
BYUtv’s ‘Instrument of War’ to Feature Music by Mark Isham
Posted: 4th July 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Thomas Anderegg, Instrument of War, Mark Isham
Mark Isham is composing the music for BYUtv’s upcoming holiday drama Instrument of War. The film directed by Adam Thomas Anderegg (Charly, Winter Thaw) is inspired by first-hand accounts of WWII bomber pilot Clair Cline, an American B-24 pilot captured and held as Prisoner of War (POW) in a German prison camp. Russ Kendall (Man in the Camo Jacket, The Song that Changed […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 2, 2017)
Posted: 2nd July 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Castlevania, FX, Gypsy, Jeff Russo, Netflix, Snowfall, Trevor Morris
Premiering on Wednesday, July 5, is the FX original series Snowfall created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio & Dave Andron and starring Damson Idris, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Carter Hudson and Emily Rios. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, Power, The Night Of, CSI: Cyber). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which is set against […]
Netflix’s ‘Atypical’ to Feature Music by Dan Romer
Posted: 2nd July 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atypical, Dan Romer, Netflix, Robia Rashid
Dan Romer announced this week on Twitter that he has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original series Atypical. The show is created by Robia Rashid (The Goldbergs) and stars Keir Gilchrist, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Rapaport, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Amy Okuda. The comedy drama revolves around a 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, who takes a funny, yet painful, journey […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 30, 2017)
Posted: 30th June 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 2:22, Andrew Feltenstein, Baby Driver, Bruno Coulais, Dan Romer, Despicable Me 3, Heitor Pereira, Jaeil Jung, James Orr, John Nau, Lisa Gerrard, Marie Curie, Okja, Paul Leonard Morgan, Pharrell Williams, Steven Price, The B-Side, The House, The Little Hours
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week: Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Despicable Me 3 directed by Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda & Eric Guillon and featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Jenny Slate and Julie Andrews. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (The Angry Birds Movie, The […]
Television Academy Celebrates TV Music at ‘Words + Music’ Concert
Posted: 30th June 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Television Academy
Last night, the Television Academy presented its second live concert, Words + Music – A Concert Celebrating Music Written for Television. The event, which celebrated the importance of original songs and scores in television and was conceived and organized by Television Academy Music Governor Michael A. Levine, music director Rickey Minor and produced by Ben Carter, took place […]
Lake Bell’s ‘I Do…Until I Don’t’ to Feature Music by Dexter Story
Posted: 27th June 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dexter Story, I Do...Until I Don't, Lake Bell
Dexter Story has composed the original music for the upcoming comedy I Do…Until I Don’t. The film is written directed by Lake Bell (In a World…) who also stars in the movie alongside Ed Helms, Dolly Wells, Amber Heard, Wyatt Cenac, Paul Reiser and Mary Steenburgen. The movie follows three couples stuck in the web of […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 25, 2017)
Posted: 25th June 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexander Bornstein, Carly Paradis, Lifetime, My Daughter Is Missing, PBS, Prime Suspect: Tennison
Premiering tonight in the U.S. is the British mini-series Prime Suspect: Tennison executive produced by Rebecca Eaton, Camilla Campbell & Robert Wulff-Cochrane and starring Stefanie Martini, Sam Reid, Blake Harrison, Jessica Gunning and Alun Armstrong. The show’s original music is composed by Carly Paradis (Line of Duty, True Justice). Prime Suspect 1973 is a based on Lynda La Plante’s Tennison novel is a prequel […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 23, 2017)
Posted: 23rd June 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Michael Andrews, Phoenix, Steve Jablonsky, The Bad Batch, The Beguiled, The Big Sick, Transformers: The Last Knight
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi action sequel Transformers: The Last Knight directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Jerrod Carmichael, Isabela Moner, Peter Cullen and Anthony Hopkins. The film’s original music is composed by Steve Jablonsky (The Island, Deepwater Horizon, Ender’s Game, Desperate Housewives) who scored all previous four movies in the […]