Junkie XL is currently working on the score for the upcoming post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max: Fury Road. The film is directed by George Miller (Happy Feet, The Witches of Eastwick) and stars Tom Hardy in the title role of Max Rockatansky, alongside Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nathan Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough, Rosie […]
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‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ to Feature Music by Junkie XL
Posted: 16th October 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Miller, Junkie XL, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Tom Holkenborg
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 13, 2013)
Posted: 13th October 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Adrian Johnston, BBC America, Burton & Taylor, Dancing on the Edge, Hallmark Channel, John Lunn, Lee Holdrige, Michael Giacchino, Reign, Starz, The CW, Toy Story of Terror, Trevor Morris, When Calls the Heart
Premiering on Thursday, October 17, on ABC is the Halloween special Toy Story of Terror directed by Angus MacLane and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Timothy Dalton, Kristen Schaal and Carl Weathers. Michael Giacchino (Up, Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has composed the music for the short. Walt Disney Records will […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 11, 2013)
Posted: 11th October 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Alicia Keys, Captain Phillips, Carl Thiel, CBGB, Escape from Tomorrow, Henry Jackman, Machete Kills, Mark Isham, Martin Davich, Rodbert Rodriguez, Romeo & Juliet, Sweetwater, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the docudrama Captain Phillips directed by Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, United 93) and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, Corey Johnson and Max Martini. The film’s music is composed by Henry […]
‘Bad Grandpa’ to Feature Music by Sam Spiegel and Koool G Murder
Posted: 10th October 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bad Grandpa, Koool G Murder, Sam Spiegel
Sam Spiegel and Koool G Murder have composed the music for the upcoming comedy Bad Grandpa. The film is directed by Jeff Tremaine (Jackass movie series) and stars Johnny Knoxville who punks strangers while in character as senior citizen Irving Zisman. Knoxville and Tremaine are also producing the MTV Films production with Spike Jonze (Being […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 6, 2013)
Posted: 6th October 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, DirecTV, Evan Frankfort, Full Circle, Jeff Cardoni, Lifetime, Lisa Coleman, Liz Phair, Mark Isham, Maurizio Malagnini, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, PBS, Super Fun Night, The Paradise, Wendy & Lisa, Wendy Melvoin, Witches of East End
Premiering on Thursday, October 10, on ABC is the fantasy drama spin-off Once Upon a Time in Wonderland created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and starring Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Peter Gadiot , Emma Rigby and John Lithgow as the voice of the White Rabbit. Mark Isham who is also scoring ABC’s Once Upon […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 4, 2013)
Posted: 4th October 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A.C.O.D., All Is Bright, Bad Milo, Christophe Beck, Grace Unplugged, Graham Reynolds, Gravity, James Newton Howard, Jeff Lippencott, Nick Urata, Parkland, Runner Runner, Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde, Steve Poltz, Steven Price, Ted Masur
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the space drama Gravity directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. The film’s original score is composed by Steven Price (The World’s End, Attack the Block). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the […]
Alan Menken to Produce and Write Music for ABC Pilot ‘Galavant’
Posted: 1st October 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alan Menken, Galavant, Glenn Slater
Variety is reporting that Alan Menken will be writing the music and executive producing the ABC comedy musical pilot Galavant. The show is created by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love, Bolt, Tangled) and centers on handsome Prince Galavant and his quest for revenge over the king who stole his one true love. Fogelman is also executive […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 29, 2013)
Posted: 29th September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Betrayal, BT, CBS, Danny Lux, David E. Kelley, Erica Weis, Gabriel Mann, George Fenton, HBO, Ironside, James S. Levine, John Swihart, Masters of Sex, Michael Penn, Michael Suby, Mike DiMattia, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, NBC, Orr Rebhun, Robert Lydecker, Scott Clausen, Sean Saves the World, Showtime, Sleepy Hollow, The Crazy Ones, The CW, The Millers, The Originals, We Are Men, Welcome to the Family
Premiering tonight is the new Showtime original series Masters of Sex created by Michelle Ashford and starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson, as well as Caitlin Fitzgerald, Nicholas D’Agosto and Teddy Sears. The show’s original score is composed by Michael Penn […]
R.J. Cutler’s ‘If I Stay’ to Feature Music by Heitor Pereira
Posted: 23rd September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heitor Pereira, If I Stay, R.J. Cutler
Heitor Pereira has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming supernatural drama If I Stay. The film based on the 2009 young-adult novel by Gayle Forman is directed by R.J. Cutler (The September Issue, Nashville) and is set to star Chloe Moretz, Mireille Enos and Jamie Blackley. The movie centers on a teenager who […]
