Mark Mothersbaugh has composed the score for the upcoming reboot of Vacation. The comedy is directed by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and stars Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Chris Hemsworth, Charlie Day, Skyler Gisondo and Steele Stebbins. Chevy Chase and Beverly DAngelo reprise their roles from the classic National Lampoon’s Vacation movies. The movie follows a grown-up Rusty Griswold who surprises […]
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‘Vacation’ Reboot to Feature Music by Mark Mothersbaugh
Posted: 29th April 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Mothersbaugh, Vacation
James Horner to Compose Music for Disney’s ‘Pandora: The Land of Avatar’ Theme Park Attraction
Posted: 28th April 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Avatar, James Horner
James Horner revealed in an interview with HeyUGuys that he will be composing the music for Pandora: The Land of Avatar at Disney’a Animal Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The theme park attraction is designed by Walt Disney Imagineering in partnership with James Cameron and Lightstorm Entertainment and will feature the wonders of Pandora, […]
CSUN’s Annual Media Composition Studio Ensemble to Showcase the Music of Sean Callery
Posted: 27th April 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: CSUN, Sean Callery
The CSUN Department of Music and the CSUN Studio Ensemble announced that this year’s Annual Media Composition Studio Ensemble Showcase will feature television and film composer Sean Callery. The Emmy Award-winning composer of such shows as 24, Homeland, Bones, Backstrom and Elementary recently won the Composer’s Choice Award for 2014 Composer of the Year at the ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards. The showcase will feature CSUN […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 26, 2015)
Posted: 26th April 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Happyish, HBO, Nathan Larson, Showtime, Solomon Grey, The Casual Vacancy
Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Happyish created by Shalom Auslander and starring Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, Bradley Whitford, Sawyer Shipman, Carrie Preston, Molly Price and Andre Royo. The show’s original music is composed by Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry, Dirty Pretty Things, Margin Call, The Skeleton Twins). For more information about the series about a couple who face obsolescence […]
Netflix’s ‘Between’ to Feature Music by Jonathan Goldsmith
Posted: 25th April 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Between, Forsaken, Jonathan Goldsmith, Netflix
Jonathan Goldsmith is scoring the upcoming Netflix original series Between. The show is created by Michael McGowan (Still Mine, One Week) and stars Jenette McCurdy, Jesse Carere, Jack Murray, Justin Kelly, Krystal Nausbaum, Brooke Palsson, Jim Watson, Wesley Morgan, Michael Reventar, Kyle Mac, Ryan Allen and Michael Boisvert. The sci-fi thriller takes place in a […]
‘The Art of Music in Visual Media’ Panel at Newport Beach Film Festival Announced
Posted: 23rd April 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Newport Beach Film Festival
On Saturday, April 25, the 16th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival will host The Art of Music in Visual Media panel during the festival’s Seminar Series. The participating composers include Marco Beltrami (Fantastic Four, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine), Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, Watchmen, John Wick, Dawn of the Dead), Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kick-Ass 2, Scouts vs. Zombies), Ryan Shore (Prime, Numb, Cabin Fever […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 19, 2015)
Posted: 19th April 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Erica Weis, Karl Steven, Orr Rebhun, Other Space, Tatau, Yahoo
Available now to stream on Yahoo! is the new comedy Other Space created by Paul Feig and starring Karan Soni, Bess Rous, Eugene Cordero, Milana Vayntrub, Neil Casey, Joel Hodgson, Conor Leslie and Trace Beaulieu. The show’s original music is composed by Orr Rebhun & Erica Weis (The Crazy Ones, 1600 Penn, Enlisted, Ass Backwards). Other Space follows a misfit group of space adventurers who stumble upon […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 17, 2015)
Posted: 17th April 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex of Venice, Beyond the Reach, Child 44, David Wingo, Dickon Hinchliffe, Don McGlashan, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Debney, Jon Ekstrand, Josh Debney, Marco Beltrami, Monkey Kingdom, Monsters: Dark Continent, Neil Davidge, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Dead Lands, The Newton Brothers, The Road Within, True Story, Unfriended
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the comedy sequel Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 directed by Andy Fickman and starring Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Neal McDonough and Shirley Knight. The film’s original music is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Click, Blended, Veep). No soundtrack album has been announced. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 follows […]
Universal Buys Untitled Musical Comedy to Feature Music by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
Posted: 16th April 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Jeremy Garelick, Stephen Schwartz
Deadline is reporting that Universal Pictures has acquired an untitled comedy musical to be directed by Jeremy Garelick (The Wedding Ringer), starring Josh Gad and featuring music by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. The movie is said to follow a “domestic who integrates into family with a busy single mother, and becomes an important part […]