The Academy Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced three programs to take place in August that will highlight the art of film music. On Wednesday, August 17, Academy governor Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, Inside Out) and animation director David Silverman will host the West Coast restoration premiere of the 1930 classic King of Jazz at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in […]
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The Academy Celebrates the Music of Movies
Posted: 25th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, King of Jazz, Prince, Purple Rain
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 24, 2016)
Posted: 24th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Geringas, Brian Ralston, Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, Kays Al-Atrakchi, Netflix, Planet of the Sharks, Syfy
Premiering on Friday, July 29, is DreamWorks Animation’s new Netflix series Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh developed by Ryan Crego & Thurop Van Orman and featuring the voices of Rachel Crow, Mark Whitten, Ana Ortiz, Ron Funches and Matt Jones. The show’s original music is composed by Alex Geringas. The animated comedy is based […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 22, 2016)
Posted: 22nd July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Benjamin Wallfisch, David Shire, Don't Think Twice, Gregoire Hetzel, Ice Age: Collision Course, Jake Monaco, John Debney, Lights Out, Michael Giacchino, Quitters, Roger Neill, Scott Walker, Star Trek Beyond, Summertime, The Childhood of a Leader
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi adventure sequel Star Trek Beyond directed by Justin Lin and starring Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba and Sofia Boutella. The film’s original music is composed by Michael […]
Netflix’s ‘The Most Hated Woman in America’ to Feature Music by Alan Azar
Posted: 21st July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Azar, Netflix, The Most Hated Woman in America, Tommy O'Haver
Alan Lazar is composing the music for the upcoming Netflix original movie The Most Hated Woman in America. The film is directed by Tommy O’Haver (Get Over It, Ella Enchanted) and stars Melissa Leo, Peter Fonda, Josh Lucas, Adam Scott, Juno Temple, Vincent Kartheiser, Rory Cochran, Michael Chernus, Sally Kirkland, Anna Camp and Alex Frost. The movie tells the […]
‘Ben-Hur: Songs Inspired by the Film’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: 20th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Hur, Soundtrack, Timur Bekmambetov
Word Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for Timur Bekmambetov’s epic historical drama Ben-Hur. The album features a new song by Andra Day, as well as tracks by Big Daddy Weave, for KING & COUNTRY, Sidewalk Prophets, Jordan Smith, We Are Messengers, Family Force 5 & more. Ben-Hur: Songs Inspired by the Epic Film will be released on August 19, 2016 […]
Laura Karpman Elected to Academy Music Branch Board
Posted: 18th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Laura Karpman
Composer Laura Karpman has been elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2016–17 Board of Governors. She joins Charles Bernstein and Michael Giacchino who are the other two governors of the branch. It will mark her first term serving on the music branch board. Karpman’s scoring credits include the 2009 feature The […]
J. Ralph to Score Paul McGuigan’s ‘Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool’
Posted: 18th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, J. Ralph, Paul McGuigan
J. Ralph is set to compose the music for the upcoming romantic drama Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. The film is directed by Paul McGuigan (Push, Wicker Park, Victor Frankenstein) and stars Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Walters, Kenneth Cranham, Stephen Graham, Frances Barber and Leanne Best. The movie tells the true story of the young […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 17, 2016)
Posted: 17th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Joey Stephens, Vice Principals
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Vice Principals created by Jody Hill & Danny McBride who also stars in the show alongside Walter Goggins, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Georgia King, Busy Philipps, Shea Whigham and Sheaun McKinney. The comedy’s original music is composed by Joey Stephens who previously scored Hill’s feature Observe and Report starring Seth Rogen, as well as numerous episodes of […]
History’s ‘Six’ to Feature Music by Stephen Endelman
Posted: 12th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: History, Six, Stephen Endelman
Stephen Endelman is scoring the upcoming History mini-series Six. The drama is created by William Broyles (Cast Away, Apollo 13, The Polar Express) & military special operations veteran David Broyles and stars Barry Sloane, Kyle Schmid, Juan Pablo Raba, Edwin Hodge, Brianne Davis, Nadine Velazquez, Dominic Adams and Walton Goggins. The 8-parter follows the Navy SEAL Team Six, whose 2014 mission […]
