Academy Awards producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin today announced that Harold Wheeler was selected as music director for this year’s 88th Oscars. He returns for the third Oscar telecast, his first as music director. Wheeler is best known as an orchestrator, composer, conductor, record producer and arranger and has received numerous Emmy and Tony Award nominations. His television credits […]
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Harold Wheeler Named Oscar Music Director
Posted: 19th February 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Harold Wheeler
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 14, 2016)
Posted: 14th February 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 11.22.63, Alex Heffes, HBO, Hulu, J.J. Abrams, Love, Lyle Workman, Netflix, Vinyl
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series Vinyl created by Terence Winter, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and starring Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Juno Temple, Ato Essandoh, J. C. MacKenzie, P. J. Byrne, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Paul Ben-Victor. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the show’s first season […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 12, 2016)
Posted: 12th February 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A War, Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, Austin Wintory, Cabin Fever, Deadpool, Fil Eisler, How to Be Single, Junkie XL, Kevin Riepl, Mountains May Depart, Paul Dalio, Standoff, Sune Rose Wagner, Theodore Shapiro, Timo Chen, Tom Holkenborg, Touched with Fire, Yoshihiro Hanno, Zoolander 2
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters this weekend is the comic book movie Deadpool directed by Tim Miller and starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, Ed Skrein and Brianna Hildebrand. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice). Milan Records […]
HBO’s ‘Vice Principals’ to Feature Music by Joey Stephens
Posted: 8th February 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny McBride, HBO, Jody Hill, Joey Stephens, Vice Principals
Joey Stephens is reuniting with Jody Hill & Danny McBride and will compose the music for the upcoming HBO original series Vice Principals. The show is created by Hill and McBride who also stars in the comedy alongside Walter Goggins, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Georgia King, Busy Philipps, Shea Whigham and Sheaun McKinney. The series, which has been […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 7, 2016)
Posted: 7th February 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Lux, HBO, Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma, Lifetime, Manson's Lost Girls, Ricardo Donoso
Premiering tomorrow, February 8, is the HBO documentary Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma directed by Greg Barker based on the book United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists. The film’s original score is composed by electronic musician and percussionist Ricardo Donoso. Homegrown is produced by Barker, John Battsek & Julie Goldman and offers an insider’s account from […]
‘They Will Have To Kill Us First: Malian Music In Exile’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: 6th February 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nick Zinner, Soundtrack, They Will Have To Kill Us First: Malian Music In Exile
Knitting Factory will release a soundtrack album for the They Will Have To Kill Us First: Malian Music In Exile. The album features the film’s original score by Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, as well as the other music from the movie. The soundtrack will be reeled on March 4, 2016 and is now available […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 5, 2016)
Posted: 5th February 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 4th Man Out, Alfonso Gonzalez Aguilar, All Roads Lead to Rome, Atli Orvarsson, Carter Burwell, Christopher Young, Damien Jurado, Daniel Hart, Federico Jusid, Fernando Velazquez, Hail Caesar!, Herman Beeftink, Marcelo Zarvos, Misconduct, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Rams, Regression, Roque Banos, Southbound, The Choice, The Gifted, The Monkey King 2, Tumbledown
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the horror comedy Pride and Prejudice and Zombies directed by Burr Steers and starring Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Douglas Booth, Bella Heathcote, Matt Smith, Charles Dance and Lena Headey. The film’s original music is composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Orphanage, The Impossible, Crimson Peak, Hercules). Varese Sarabande […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 31, 2016)
Posted: 31st January 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Crime Story, Animals, Dan Romer, FX, Grease LIVE!, HBO, J. Ralph, Jim: The James Foley Story, Julian Wass, Mac Quayle, Madoff, Stephen Endelman
Airing tonight is the Fox television event Grease: LIVE! starring Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens, Carlos PenaVega, Keke Palmer, Andrew Call, David Del Rio, Kether Donohue, Jordan Fisher and Boyz II Men. Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the special by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey, as well as […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 29, 2016)
Posted: 29th January 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Carter Burwell, Fifty Shades of Black, Hans Zimmer, Jane Got a Gun, Jim Dooley, Kung Fu Panda 3, Laurent Eyquem, Lisa Gerrard, Marcello De Francisci, Rabid Dogs, The Finest Hours
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature Kung Fu Panda 3 directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson & Alessandro Carloni and featuring the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, David Cross and J.K. Simmons. […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 24, 2016)
Posted: 24th January 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Bird, Baskets, Dennis Smith, Fox, Freeform, FX, Jason Derlatka, Jon Ehrlich, Lucifer, Marco Beltrami, Mark Snow, NBC, Pieter Schlosser, Recovery Road, Steve Jablonsky, Syfy, The Magicians, The X-Files, Will Bates, You Me and the Apocalypse
Premiering tonight is the revival mini-series of The X-Files created by Chris Carter and starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, as well as guest stars including Joel McHale, Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose. Mark Snow (Millennium, Smallville, Blue Bloods, Ghost Whisperer) who previously scored all episodes of the original series, as well as the two movie adaptations, returns as the […]
