Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the Ghostbusters reboot directed by Paul Feig and starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Chris Hemsworth. The film’s original score is composed by Theodore Shapiro (Tropic Thunder, Spy, The Devil Wears Prada) who also makes a cameo appearance in the movie. Sony Classical has released […]
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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 […]
Film Music Panels at Comic-Con 2016 Announced
Posted: 11th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Comic-Con
The line-up for several film music-related panels at Comic-Con 2016 has been announced. On Thursday, July 21, a number of film composers will participate in The 4th Annual Musical Anatomy of a Superhero. Henry Jackman (Captain America: Civil War & The Winter Soldier, X-Men: First Class), Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 10, 2016)
Posted: 10th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Jeff Russo, Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Netflix, Rob Lane, Stranger Things, SundanceTV, The A Word, The Night Of
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series The Night Of executive produced by Peter Moffat, Richard Price, Steven Zaillian James Gandolfini & Jane Tranter and starring John Turturro, Riz Ahmed, Michael Kenneth Williams, Bill Camp and Payman Maadi. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Power, CSI: Cyber, About Cherry). The drama centers around an ambulance-chasing New York City attorney who gets […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 8, 2016)
Posted: 8th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Somers, Alexandre Desplat, Captain Fantastic, Cell, Fathers and Daughters, Jamie Christopherson, Jeff Cardoni, Marcelo Zarvos, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Paolo Buonvino, The Dog Lover, The Secret Life of Pets, Will Bates, Zero Days
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature The Secret Life of Pets directed by Chris Renaud & Yarrow Cheney and starring Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks. The film’s original music is composed […]
Mark Pellington’s ‘The Last Word’ to Feature Music by Nathan Matthew David
Posted: 6th July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Pellington, Nathan Matthew David, The Last Word
Nathan Matthew David has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy The Last Word. The film is directed by Mark Pellington (Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies) and stars Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Heche, Philip Baker Hall, Scott Speedman and Tom Everett Scott. The movie centers around the relationship between a retired businesswoman who decides to write her own obituary and […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 3, 2016)
Posted: 3rd July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Brahman Raman, Miti Adhikari, Neel Adhikari, Netflix, Steven Price, The Hunt
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the BBC natural history documentary The Hunt executive produced by Alastair Fothergill, produced by Huw Cordey and narrated Sir David Attenborough. The show’s original music is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Fury, Attack the Block, At World’s End) who received the BAFTA TV Craft Award for his work on the series earlier this year. Silva Screen Records […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 1, 2016)
Posted: 1st July 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Buddymoon, Dylan Stark, Gabriel Feenberg, Gregoire Hetzel, Jean-Claude Vannier, Jim Dooley, John Williams, Life Animated, Marauders, Marcelo Zarvos, Microbe and Gasoline, Nathan Whitehead, Our Kind of Traitor, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Ryan Dobson, Satanic, T. Griffin, The BFG, The Innocents, The Legend of Tarzan, The Purge: Election Year, Todd Haberman
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action adventure The Legend of Tarzan directed by David Yates and starring Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent and Christoph Waltz. The film’s original music is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Hotel Rwanda, Click). WaterTower Music has released […]
Go90’s ‘T@gged’ to Feature Music by Frederik Wiedmann
Posted: 30th June 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Frederik Wiedmann, Go90, T@gged
Frederik Wiedmann has recently scored the upcoming short-form series T@gged. The 11-parter is created and directed by Hannah MacPherson and stars Lia Marie Johnson, Lulu Antariksa, Katelyn Nacon, JC Caylen, Tristin Mays, Timothy Granaderos, Brendan Meyer, Nick Fink, Lukas Gage, Kurt Caceres and Claudia Sulewski. The psychological thriller follows three teenage girls who try to […]
Clint Eastwood’s ‘Sully’ to Feature Music by Christian Jacob & The Tierney Sutton Band
Posted: 30th June 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Jacob, Clint Eastwood, Sully, The Tierney Sutton Band
Christian Jacob and The Tierney Sutton Band are composing the original music for the upcoming drama Sully. The film is directed by Clint Eastwood (American Sniper, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby) and stars Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart and Laura Linney. The movie tells the true story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger who, in 2009, became a national hero in after he successfully executed an […]