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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 16, 2016)

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

rogue-oneOpening in most theaters is the sci-fi adventure Rogue One: A Star Wars Story directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed and Forest Whitaker. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Star Trek, Up, Inside Out, Jurassic World, Doctor Strange). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, which also features themes by John Williams. Check out our previous article for the full album details and click here for a video featuring footage from the score’s recording sessions.

collateral-beautyAlso opening wide is the drama Collateral Beauty directed by David Frankel and stars Will Smith, Edward Norton, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Michael Peña and Naomie Harris. Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Ghostbusters, Tropic Thunder, Marley & Me, St. Vincent) has composed the film’s original score. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a new mix of the One Direction song Let’s Hurt Tonight. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

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BT to Score ‘The Possibility of Fireflies’

btBT is set to compose the score for the upcoming drama The Possibility of Fireflies. The film is directed by Deborah Chow (The High Cost of Living, Flowers in the Atticus) and stars Courtney Love & Joey King. The movie is based on Dominique Paul’s YA novel of the same title and follows a teen who dreams of becoming a writer and finds herself caught in the alluring undertow of a reckless rock ‘n’ roll freedom when she falls in love with an aspiring singer. Paul is also writing the screenplay. Amy Green is producing the project with Canadian musicians Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida who are also collaborating with BT on the film’s soundtrack. 

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 25, 2015)

supergirlPremiering tomorrow, October 26, is the CBS drama Supergirl based on the DC Comics property, developed by Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler & Sarah Schechter and starring Melissa Benoist, Calista Flockhart, Mehcad Brooks, David Harewood and Chyler Leigh. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, Arrow, Blindspot, No Ordinary Family, The Mentalist, Life As We Know It). To learn more about the series, which follows Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin, check out our previous news article and visit the official show website. Supergirl will air every Monday night on CBS.

wicked-cityPremiering on Tuesday, October 27, is the new ABC drama Wicked City created by Steven Baigelman and starring Ed Westwick, Erika Christensen, Jeremy Sisto, Taissa Farmiga, Gabriel Luna, Anne Winters, Karolina Wydra, Evan Ross and Jaime Ray Newman. BT (The Fast and the Furious, Monster, Driven, Go, Catch and Release) and Mike DiMattia (Betrayal) are composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on ABC.

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BT Scoring ABC’s ‘Wicked City

wicked-cityBT has announced on Twitter that he has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming ABC drama Wicked City. He is co-scoring the series with Mike DiMattia. The series is created by Steven Baigelman (Get on Up) and stars Ed Westwick, Erika Christensen, Jeremy Sisto, Taissa Farmiga, Gabriel Luna, Anne Winters, Karolina Wydra, Evan Ross and Jaime Ray Newman. The show follows a unique case set in Los Angeles, starting with a murder case from 1982 centered on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip. Baigelman also serves as an executive producer on the ABC Studios production, alongside Todd Lieberman & David Hoberman (The Fighter, The Proposal), Laurie Zaks (Castle) and Jon Cassar (24).

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 7, 2015)

Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

fantastic-fourOpening in most theaters is the superhero movie Fantastic Four directed by Josh Trank and starring Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, The Wolverine, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma) and Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, Candyman). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music digitally last week and a CD version is set to come out on August 14. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and visit Amazon to check out audio samples.

the-giftAlso opening wide is the thriller The Gift directed by Joel Edgerton who also stars in the film alongside Rebecca Hall and Jason Bateman. Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans (Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The One I Love, The Wolfpack) have composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score digitally today. A CD version is also available overseas. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

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‘Dark Places’ Soundtrack Released

dark-placesMilan Records has released a soundtrack album for the mystery thriller Dark Places. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gregory Tripi and BT (The Fast and the Furious, Monster, Go). Also included are tracks by Belong, Jag Panzer, The Georgia Satellites and David Kristian. The soundtrack is now available digitally overseas. Visit the British Amazon store to check out audio samples. (UPDATE, June 7, 2015): The album will be released in the U.S. digitally on June 16 and is available for pre-order here. A CD version is set to come out August 7. Dark Places is directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and stars Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Corey Stoll, Tye Sheridan Drea DeMatteo, Andrea Roth and Sterling Jerins.

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‘Dark Places’ to Feature Music by BT

dark-placesBT announced on Twitter that he has composed music for the upcoming mystery thriller Dark Places. The movie is written and directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Sarah’s Key) and stars Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Corey Stoll, Tye Sheridan Drea DeMatteo, Andrea Roth and Sterling Jerins. The film is based on a novel by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) and follows a woman who survived the massacre of her family as a young girl and testified against her brother and is confronted by a secret society obsessed with solving notorious crimes 25 years later.  Cathy Schulman (Crash, The Illusionist), Matthew Rhodes (Southland Tales, Passengers), Matt Jackson (End of Watch, Snitch), Stephane Marsil (Adventures of Arsene Lupin), Beth Kono & AJ Dix (The Butterfly Effect, Sleepwalking) are producing the project.

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BT to Score ‘Solace’

solaceBT announced on Twitter that he is composing the music for the upcoming mystery thriller Solace. The film is directed by Afonso Poyart (Two Rabbits) and stars Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish, Marley Shelton, Xander Berkeley, Sharon Lawrence, Janine Turner and Matt Gerald.  The movie follows an FBI agent who links up with a doctor with psychic abilities to hunt down a serial killer. Producer Sean Bailey (TRON: Legacy, Gone Baby Gone) has written the screenplay with Ted Griffin (Ocean’s Eleven, Matchstick Men),  James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man, Zodiac) and Peter Morgan (The Queen, Rush).

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 29, 2013)

masters-of-sexPremiering 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 (Girls, Boogie Nights, Sunshine Cleaning). John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) has directed the pilot episode. To learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime, visit our previous news article.

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BT Scoring John Herzfeld’s ‘Reach Me’

btBT has signed on to score the upcoming comedy drama Reach Me. The film is directed by John Herzfeld (2 Days in the Valley, 15 Minutes) and stars Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Berenger, Kevin Connolly, Thomas Jane, Kelsey Grammer, Nelly, Danny Aiello, Terry Crews, David O’Hara, Omari Hardwick, Lauren Cohan, Elizabeth Henstridge, Cary Elwes and Ryan Kwanten. The movie follows a group of characters whose lives intertwine and eventually collide as a result of a self-published motivational book and its anonymous author. Rebekah Chaney is producing the Seraphim Films and Paradox Entertainment production with Cassian Elwes (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, The Paperboy).

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