Director Adam Wingard has composed the original score for his latest movie, Blair Witch. The film is written by Simon Barrett (The Guest, You’re Next) and stars James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Valorie Curry, Corbin Reid and Wes Robinson. The horror thriller follows a group of college students who venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to […]
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‘Blair Witch’ to Feature Music by Adam Wingard
Posted: 25th August 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Wingard, Blair Witch
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BBC America’s ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ to Feature Music by Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Posted: 22nd August 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Cristobal Tapia de Veer is composing the music for the upcoming BBC America original series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. The show is developed by Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra) and stars Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Jade Eshete, Mpho Koaho, Fiona Dourif, Michael Eklund, Miguel Sandoval, Dustin Milligan, Aaron Douglas, Neil Brown Jr. and Richard Schiff. The comedic thriller is […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 21, 2016)
Posted: 21st August 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Drake, Better Late Than Never, David Schwartz, Gomorrah, Mokadelic, NBC, Netflix, SundanceTV, XOXO
Premiering on Tuesday, August 23, is the new NBC reality series Better Late Than Never executive produced by Henry Winkler, Craig Zadan & Neil Meron, Jason Ehrlich, Stephanie Chambers, Alex Katz and Tim Crescenti. The show’s original music is composed by David Schwartz (Arrested Development, Northern Exposure, Lady Dynamite). The series follows Winkler, William Shatner, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 19, 2016)
Posted: 19th August 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Tale of Love and Darkness, Ben Hur, Billionaire Ransom, Christoph M. Kaiser, Cliff Martinez, Dario Marianelli, Hybrid, Imperium, John Graham, Julian Mass, Keegan DeWitt, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, Kubo and the Two Strings, Marco Beltrami, Morris from America, Nicholas Britell, The People vs. Fritz Bauer, War Dogs, Will Bates, Yoko Shimomura
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Kubo and the Two Strings directed by Travis Knight and featuring the voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, and Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro, Rooney Mara and Matthew McConaughey. The film’s original music is composed by Dario Marianelli (Atonement, The Boxtrolls, Pride […]
Alan Menken & Lin-Manuel Miranda Team Up for ‘The Little Mermaid’ Live Action Film Adaptation
Posted: 16th August 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Little Mermaid
Deadline is reporting that Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda will be teaming up to write the music for a live action feature adaptation of The Little Mermaid. The movie version is also said to feature songs from Disney’s classic animated movie, for which Menken won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song (with Howard Ashman) and Best Original Score. […]
‘Two Is a Family’ to Feature Music by Rob Simonsen
Posted: 16th August 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: emain tout commence, Hugo Gelin, Rob Simonsen, Two Is a Family
Rob Simonsen is scoring the French comedy drama Two Is a Family (Demain tout commence). The film is directed by Hugo Gelin (Just Like Brothers) and stars Omar Sy, Clemence Poesy and Antoine Bertrand. The movie follows a man whose carefree life on the French Riviera is turned upside down when a former fling suddenly reappears and […]
John Debney, Marcelo Zarvos, Matthew Margeson & More to Appear at 7th Annual ‘Fans of Film Music’ Event
Posted: 14th August 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Fans of Film Music
A number of major film composers will be participating at the 7th Annual Fans of Film Music event, which will take place on Saturday, September 3, 2016 at The Bridge Recording Studio in Glendale, CA. This year’s panelists include Matthew Margeson (Eddie the Eagle, Kingsman: The Secret Service) who recently co-scored Tim Burton’s latest film Miss […]
Netflix’s ‘Amanda Knox’ to Feature Music by Saunder Jurriaans & Danny Bensi
Posted: 14th August 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amanda Knox, Danny Bensi, Netflix, Saunder Jurriaans
Saunder Jurriaans and Danny Bensi have been tapped to score the documentary Amanda Knox. The film is directed by Brian McGinn (Ferrell Takes the Field) & Rod Blackhurst (Here Alone) and recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Italy. Mette Heide (Taxi to the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 12, 2016)
Posted: 12th August 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Alexandre Desplat, Anthropoid, Blood Father, Brooke Blair, Christopher Lennertz, Daniel Hart, Devendra Banhart, Disorder, Edge of Winter, Florence Foster Jenkins, Gesaffelstein, Hell or High Water, Joshy, Maryland, Mon Roi, My King, Nick Cave, Pete's Dragon, Robin Foster, Sausage Party, Stephen Warbeck, Sven Faulconer, Warren Ellis, Will Blair
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Pete’s Dragon directed by David Lowery and starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence and Robert Redford. The film’s original music is composed by Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Comet, Tumbleweed). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album […]
Michael Brook Scoring ‘Milton’s Secret’ Film Adaptation
Posted: 9th August 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Brook, Milton's Secret
Michael Brook has composed the score for the upcoming family drama Milton’s Secret. The film is directed by Barnet Bain and stars Donald Sutherland, Michelle Rodriguez, William Ainscough, David Sutcliffe, Mia Kirshner, Sheila McCarthy and Hays Wellford. The movie is based on the children’s novel of the same title by Eckhart Tolle & Robert Friedman […]
