Tag: Branford Marsalis

Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 3, 2023)

November 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Adam Janota Bzowski, Adam Taylor, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Amine Bouhafa, At the Gates, Beyond Utopia, Branford Marsalis, David Boman, Four Daughters, Juan Pablo Villa, Julia Newman, Pascual Reyes, Radical, Rustin, Taylor Page, The Marsh King’s Daughter, Victor Magro, What Happens Later

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic comedy What Happens Later directed by Meg Ryan and starring David Duchovny and Ryan. The film’s original music is composed by David Boman (Wyrm, Moonshot, Please Hold). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by The Streamline Modernes, Luscious Bandit, The Brentwood Hellows, The Four Words & Sage today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Bleecker Street release.

Also opening wide is the thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter directed by Neil Burger and starring Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Garrett Hedlund, Brooklynn Prince, Caren Pistorius and Gil Birmingham. Adam Janota Bzowski (Saint Maud, Black Mirror: Loch Henry, Here Before, Femme) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Lionsgate release.

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‘Rustin’ Soundtrack Album Released

November 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Branford Marsalis, George C. Wolfe, Netflix, Rustin, score, Soundtrack

Netflix Music has released the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Rustin. The album features the movie’s original score written by Grammy Award-winning saxophonist/composer Branford Marsalis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks). Also included songs performed by Victor Ryan Robertson, Tonya Boyd-Cannon, as well as Ledisi’s The Knowing (co-written by Marsalis), which has previously been released last week. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Available separately as a digital single is Lenny Kravitz’s original end credits song Road to Freedom. Rustin is directed by George C. Wolfe and stars Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, CCH Pounder, Aml Ameen, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey and Michael Potts.

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Ledisi’s Original Song ‘The Knowing’ from George C. Wolfe’s ‘Rustin’ Released

October 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Branford Marsalis, George C. Wolfe, Ledisi, Lolis Elie, Netflix, Rustin

Netflix Music has released the original song The Knowing from the Netflix original film Rustin. The track co-written (with the film’s composer Branford Marsalis and Lolis Elie) and performed by Ledisi is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song below. A full soundtrack album featuring Marsalis’ original score from the movie will be coming out next month and a second original song, Road to Freedom by Lenny Kravitz, is also expected to be released soon.

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Branford Marsalis Scoring George C. Wolfe’s ‘Rustin’

August 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Branford Marsalis, George C. Wolfe, Netflix, Rustin

Composer/saxophonist Branford Marsalis is reuniting with director George C. Wolfe (Lackawanna Blues, Nights in Rodanthe) on the upcoming Netflix original film Rustin. The biographical drama stars Colman Domingo as activist Bayard Rustin who organized the 1963 March on Washington while being forced into the background because of his sexuality. Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen, CCH Pounder, Gus Halper, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Michael Potts and Johnny Ramey are also starring in the movie, which is written by Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black (Milk, Under the Banner of Heaven) based on a story by Breece.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 27, 2020)

November 27, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Anne Nikitin, Branford Marsalis, John Frizzell, Julian Scherle, Life in a Year, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mark Mothersbaugh, Photek, Princess of the Row, Rupert Parkes, Stardust, The Croods: A New Age, Zappa

Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated sequel The Croods: A New Age directed by Joel Crawford and starring Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Leslie Mann, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman, Peter Dinklage and Kelly Marie Tran. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, THE LEGO Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, Hotel Transylvania). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Feel The Thunder performed by HAIM. Check out our previous article for the full album details and click here to listen to the song and to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation production

Opening in select theaters and on VOD this week is the biographical drama Stardust co-written and directed by Gabriel Range and starring Johnny Flynn, Jena Malone, Marc Maron, Anthony Flanagan, Aaron Poole, Derek Moran, Julian Richings and Monica Parker. Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Calibre, This Beautiful Fantastic, Lost Girls, The Pale Horse) has composed the film’s original score. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which chronicles a young David Bowie’s first visit to the US, and is being released in the stateside by IFC Films.

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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Soundtrack Album Details

November 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Branford Marsalis, George C. Wolfe, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Netflix, score, Soundtrack

Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The album features the movie’s original music written by Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Once in the Life). The soundtrack is set to be released digitally and physically on December 18, 2020 and is now available for pre-order here. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is directed by George C. Wolfe and stars Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, Dusan Brown and Taylour Paige. The movie based on Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s play is set in 1927 as tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio.

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Branford Marsalis to Score George C. Wolfe’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Branford Marsalis, George C. Wolfe, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Netflix

Netflix has announced today that Branford Marsalis is set to compose the music for the upcoming drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The film is directed by George C. Wolfe (Lackawanna Blues) and stars Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo and Michael Potts. The film is based on the award-winning play by August Wilson (Fences) and centers on Ma Rainey, the “Queen of the Blues,” as she makes a record in a studio in Chicago, 1927, when tensions boil between her, her white agent and producer, and bandmates.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 23, 2017)

April 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Adam Taylor, Branford Marsalis, Brooke Blair, Dear White People, Genius, Hans Zimmer, HBO, Hulu, John Rowley, Kris Bowers, Lifetime, Lorne Balfe, Mary Kills People, National Geographic, Netflix, Small Crimes, The Handmaid's Tale, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Will Blair

Premiering tonight is the new Lifetime original series Mary Kills People created by Tara Armstrong and starring Caroline Dhavernas, Jay Ryan, Richard Short, Lyriq Bent, Greg Bryk and Charlotte Sullivan. The show’s original music is composed by John Rowley (Defendor, Weirdsville). Mary Kills People centers on a single mother who is an ER doctor by day, but by night, she and her partner, a former plastic surgeon, moonlight as underground angels of death and help terminally ill patients slip away on their own terms. To learn more about the comedy drama, which will air Sunday nights on Lifetime, visit the official show website.

Premiering on Tuesday, April 25, is National Geographic’s first scripted series Genius executive produced by Brian Grazer & Ron Howard and starring Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Flynn, Emily Watson, Nicholas Rowe, Samantha Colley, Jon Fletcher, Richard Topol and Alicia von Rittberg. Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Home, Terminator Genisys) is composing the show’s music and Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, Gladiator) wrote the main titles theme. Milan Records will release a soundtrack EP for the show this Friday, April 28 and a full soundtrack album is in the works for a release later this year. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information.

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HBO’s ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ to Feature Music by Branford Marsalis

April 17, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Branford Marsalis, George C. Wolfe, HBO, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Branford Marsalis has recently composed the original score for the new HBO original movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The film is directed by George C. Wolfe (Nights in Rodanthe, Lackawanna Blues) and stars Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Rocky Carroll, Courtney B. Vance, Reg E. Cathey, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Leslie Uggams. The movie is based on the book by Rebecca Skloot and tells the story of an African-American woman who becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

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Paul Grabowsky and Branford Marsalis Collaborating on ‘The Eye of the Storm’

March 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Tags: Branford Marsalis, Fred Schepisi, Paul Grabowsky, The Eye of the Storm

Paul Grabowsky recently recorded his score for the upcoming drama The Eye of the Storm. The film is set in a Sydney suburb, where two nurses, a housekeeper and a solicitor attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son and daughter convene at her deathbed. The movie stars Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Dustin Clare, Judy Davis and is directed by Fred Schepisi. The director worked with Grabowsky on his last three projects Last Orders, It Runs in the Family and Empire Falls and is best known in the film music community for his collaborations with Jerry Goldsmith on such movies as The Russia House, Mr. Baseball, I.Q. and Fierce Creatures. The Eye of the Storm marks the director’s first Australian production in over 20 years.

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