While no new TV shows are premiering this week, Amazon has made a number of new pilots available this past Thursday. Viewers will get to decide whether they want a full season by voting for the shows on the website. One of Amazon’s drama pilots is the mystery drama The After created by Chris Carter (The X-Files, Millennium) […]
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 9, 2014)
Posted: 9th February 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Bosch, Edward Shearmur, Jesse Voccia, John Debney, Mozart in the Jungle, Roger Neill, The After, The Rebels, Transparent, Vincent Jones
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‘Maestro’ to Feature Music by Craig Leon
Posted: 8th February 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Leon, Lang Lang, Maestro
Bow Street Films has announced that Craig Leon will be writing the music for the upcoming drama Maestro. The film based on a novel by Peter Goldsworthy is directed by Catherine Jarvis and is set to star Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, In the Heart of the Sea). He will be playing a pianist who […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 7, 2014)
Posted: 7th February 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Fantastic Fear of Everything, After the Dark, Alexandre Desplat, Anton Sanko, Cavemen, Jonathan Davis, Julian Wass, Karl Preusser, Mark Mothersbaugh, Nicholas O'Toole, Nurse 3D, Rolfe Kent, Ronen Landa, The Lego Movie, The Monuments Men, The Pretty One, Vampire Academy, Welcome to the Jungle
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature The Lego Movie directed by Phil Lord & Chris Miller and featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Charlie Day and Morgan Freeman. Mark Mothersbaugh who previously scored Cloudy […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 2, 2014)
Posted: 2nd February 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: And the Oscar Goes to..., Jeff Beal, Lifetime, Robert Duncan, TCM, The Gabby Douglas Story
Last night, Lifetime premiered the original movie The Gabby Douglas Story directed by Gregg Champion (The Cowboy Way) and starring Imani Hakim, Sydney Mikaylain, Regina King and S. Epatha Merkerson. The film’s original music is composed by Robert Duncan (Castle, Last Resort, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The drama tells the true story of the first […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 31, 2014)
Posted: 31st January 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Arturo Sandoval, At Middleton, Conrad Pope, David Torn, Labor Day, Owen Pallett, Rolfe Kent, That Awkward Moment, The Wait, Tim's Vermeer
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the romantic comedy That Awkward Moment written and directed by Tom Gormican and starring Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Imogen Poots, Mackenzie Davis and Jessica Lucas. David Torn (Lars and the Real Girl, The Wackness) has composed the film’s original score. Varese Sarabande […]
‘Back to the Future’ Musical Update
Posted: 31st January 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Back to the Future, Glen Ballard, Robert Zemeckis
In 2012, we reported that composer Alan Silvestri was in talks to transfer his music for Robert Zemeckis’ classic Back to the Future into a Broadway stage musical. Today, it was announced that the musical is headed for the London stage and is scheduled to open in the movie’s 30th anniversary in 2015. Silvestri is […]
Showtime’s ‘Years of Living Dangerously’ to Feature Music by Thomas Newman and Richard Marvin
Posted: 29th January 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Richard Marvin, Showtime, Thomas Newman, Years of Living Dangerously
Thomas Newman is composing the theme for the upcoming Showtime original documentary series Years of Living Dangerously. Richard Marvin is providing the score for the show, which will explore the effects of climate change in different parts of the world. The environmental docu-series will feature appearances by Matt Damon, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Jessica Alba, Don […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 26, 2014)
Posted: 26th January 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Fleming, Fox, Ilan Eshkeri, Patric Caird, Rake, Tim Wheeler
Premiering on Wednesday, January 29, on BBC America is the biographical mini-series Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond directed by Mat Whitecross and starring Dominic Cooper in the title role as Ian Fleming, as well as Laura Pulver, Lesley Manville, Rupert Evans, Anna Chancellor, Samuel West, Annabelle Wallis and Camilla Rutherford. Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 24, 2014)
Posted: 24th January 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bear McCreary, Enemies Closer, Gimme Shelter, I Frankenstein, Johnny Klimek, Knights of Badassdom, Philip Glass, Reinhold Heil, Tony Morales, Visitors
The only movie opening in wide release this weekend is the action thriller I, Frankenstein written and directed by Stuart Beattie and starring Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto and Jai Courtney. The film’s original score is composed by Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, One Hour Photo). Lisa Gerrard has composed additional music. Lakeshore Records has released a […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 19, 2014)
Posted: 19th January 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Johnston, Bear McCreary, Black Sails, Discovery Channel, Klondike, Lifetime, Lizzie Borden Took an Ax, Starz, Tree Adams
Premiering on Saturday, January 25, is the Starz original series Black Sails created by Jon Steinberg & Robert Levine and starring Toby Stephens, Luke Arnold, Zach McGowan, Toby Schmitz, Hannah New, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Clara Paget, Tom Hopper and Mark Ryan. The show’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica) […]
