Premiering tonight is the WGN America original series Manhattan created by Sam Shaw and starring John Benjamin Hickey, Olivia Williams, Daniel Stern, Ashley Zukerman and Rachel Brosnahan. The show’s original music is composed by Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi and Alex Somers who are scoring their first TV show. To learn more about the drama, which follows the brilliant but flawed scientists who build the […]
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 27, 2014)
Posted: 27th July 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Somers, Jónsi, Jónsi & Alex, Manhattan, Martin Phipps, SundanceTV, The Honorable Woman, WGN America
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 25, 2014)
Posted: 25th July 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Most Wanted Man, And So It Goes, Andreas Weidender, Eric Serra, Fernando Velazquez, Happy Christmas, Herbert Grönemeyer, Hercules, Ironclad: Battle for Blood, Jenny Lewis, Lucy, Magic in the Moonlight, Marc Shaiman, Very Good Girls
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action adventure Hercules directed by Brett Ratner and starring Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan and John Hurt. The film’s original music is composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Devil). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music […]
‘Learning to Drive’ to Feature Music by Dhani Harrison & Paul Hicks
Posted: 24th July 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dhani Harrison, Isabel Coixet, Learning to Drive, Paul Hicks
Dhani Harrison and Paul Hicks are composing the score for the upcoming indie drama Learning to Drive. The film directed by Isabel Coixet (Elegy, The Secret Life of Words) and stars Ben Kingsley & Patricia Clarkson. The movie follows a Manhattan writer who finds solace in her biweekly lessons with a Sikh driving instructor after […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 20, 2014)
Posted: 20th July 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: FX, Jeff Cardoni, Lifetime, Ludwig Göransson, Married, Nathan Matthew David, Robert Duncan, Rush, Satisfaction, The Lottery, USA
Premiering tonight is the new Lifetime original series The Lottery created by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men) and starring Marley Shelton, Michael Graziadei, David Alpay, Athena Karkanis, Yul Vasquez, Shelley Conn and Martin Donovan. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Cardoni (Just Friends, CSI: Miami, Step Up: All In). The Lottery is set 25 years in the future when […]
‘The Character of Music’ Panel at 2014 Comic-Con Announced
Posted: 19th July 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Chris Bacon, Comic-Con, Danny Jacob, Paul Haslinger
The line-up for this year’s The Character of Music panel at Comic-Con in San Diego has been announced. A number of composers and producers will discuss the dynamics of music in film and television. Panelists include composer Chris Bacon and producer Christopher Nelson (Bates Motel), composer Paul Haslinger and Halt and Catch Fire creator/executive producer […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 18, 2014)
Posted: 18th July 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Chris Ridenhour, Étienne Charry, I Origins, Mark Mancina, Michael Andrews, Mood Indigo, Nathan Whitehead, Persecuted, Phil Mossman, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Rob Simonsen, Sex Tape, The Purge: Anarchy, Will Bates, Wish I Was Here
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue directed by Bobs Gannaway and featuring the voices of Dane Cook, Julie Bowen, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Danny Mann, Teri Hatcher and Ed Harris. Mark Mancina (Tarzan, Twister, Brother Bear, Speed) who previously scored last year’s original film has composed […]
Francis Lai to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Ghent Film Festival
Posted: 18th July 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Francis Lai, World Soundtrack Awards
Francis Lai has been selected as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the closing-night gala of the 14th World Soundtrack Awards at the Ghent Film Fest on October 25, 2014. The composer is best known for his score for 1970’s Love Story, for which he received an Academy Award, as well as a […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 13, 2014)
Posted: 13th July 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Lau, El Rey, FX, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Matador, Ramin Djawadi, Seed, Shawn Pierce, The CW, The Divide, The Strain, thenewno2, WE tv, You're the Worst
Premiering tonight is the FX original series The Strain based on the vampire novel trilogy written by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan, executive produced by del Toro & Carlton Cuse and starring Corey Stoll, John Hurt, Kevin Durand, Mía Maestro, Jonathan Hyde, Richard Sammel, Javier Botet, Miguel Gomez, Natalie Brown, Jack Kesy, Sean Astin, Robert Maillet […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 11, 2014)
Posted: 11th July 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Long Way Down, Boyhood, Dario Marianelli, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Justin Small, Keegan DeWitt, Land Ho!, Laurent Eyquem, Michael Giacchino, Ohad Benchetrit, Rage, Road to Paloma, Tokarev
Only one new movie is opening nationwide this week: Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi adventure sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes directed by Matt Reeves and starring Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smith-McPhee, Enrique Murciano and Kirk Acevedo. The film’s original music is composed by Michael […]
‘John Wick’ to Feature Music by Tyler Bates & Joel Richard
Posted: 11th July 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joel Richard, John Wick, Marilyn Manson, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates and Joel Richard have composed the music for the upcoming action thriller John Wick. The film marks the directorial debut of stunt coordinators Chad Stahelski & David Leitch and stars Keanu Reeves, Bridget Moynahan, Willem Dafoe, Jason Isaacs, Adrianne Palicki, Alfie Allen, Dean Winters and Michael Nyqvist. The movie follows an ex-hitman who is pursued by an old […]
