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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 14, 2017)

July 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 1 comment

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action adventure War for the Planet of the Apes directed by Matt Reeves and starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Karin Konoval and Terry Notary. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Jurassic World, Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek) who previously scored Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the horror thriller Wish Upon directed by John R. Leonetti and starring Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Shannon Purser, Sydney Park, Kevin Hanchard and Sherilyn Fenn. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by Hey Violet, Grace Mitchell, Wayfarers & more (click here for the full details). The label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by tomandandy (The Strangers, 47 Meters Down). Check out the full score album details by clicking here.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 10, 2017)

March 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Anne Nikitin, Brimstone, Burning Sands, Dan Jones, Geoff Zanelli, Henry Jackman, Jim Williams, Junkie XL, Kevin Lax, Kong: Skull Island, Max Richter, My Scientology Movie, Personal Shopper, Raw, The Ottoman Lieutenant, The Sense of an Ending, This Beautiful Fantastic, Tom Holkenborg

The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the action adventure Kong: Skull Island directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman and John C. Reilly. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details. Also visit Lights Camera Jackson and Behind the Notes for recent interviews with Jackman about his work on the project.

Opening in limited release is the French horror thriller Raw written and directed by Julia Ducournau and starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf and Rabah Nait Oufella. Jim Williams (Sightseers, Kill List, A Field in England) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. A vinyl version is set to come out in April. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus World release.

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Dan Jones Scoring Dominic Cooke’s ‘On Chesil Beach’

March 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: BBC, Dan Jones, Dominic Cooke, Man in an Orange Shirt, On Chesil Beach

Dan Jones has been hired to score the upcoming drama On Chesil Beach. The film is directed by Dominic Cooke (The Hollow Crown) and stars Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Samuel West, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough and Bebe Cave. The movie based on the best-selling novel by Ian McEwan (Atonement) is set in the 1960s and how a blissful honeymoon is ruined by a misunderstanding between nervous virgin newlyweds. McEwan also wrote the screenplay. Elizabeth Karlsen (Carol, Made in Dagenham) and Stephen Woolley (Interview with the Vampire, The Crying Game) are producing the project.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 11, 2016)

December 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Dan Jones, Fox, James Levine, Junkie XL, Netflix, PBS, Spectral, Star, The Hollow Crown, Tom Holkenborg

Premiering tonight in the U.S. is the new season of the BBC series The Hollow Crown, which adapts Shakespeare’s history plays set during the time of the Wars of the Roses: Henry VI Part 1, Henry VI Part II and Richard III. Dan Jones (Shadow of the Vampire, Lady Macbeth, Max) has composed the season’s original music. He follows composers Stephen Warbeck, Adam Cork and Adrian Johnston who scored the previous Hollow Crown installments. The 3-parter starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Sturridge, Sophie Okonedo, Keeley Hawes, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench & Michael Gambon will premiere in the U.S. on PBS as part of the Great Performances series. Click here to learn more about the project.

Premiering on Wednesday, December 14, is the new Fox drama Star created by Lee Daniels & Tom Donaghy and starring Queen Latifah, Benjamin Bratt, Jude Demorest, Brittany O’Grady and Ryan Destiny. The show’s original score is composed by James S. Levine (Glee, Nip/Tuck, Damages, American Horror Story, Bloodline). Republic Records has released an EP featuring the songs from the premiere episode this past Friday. Check out soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here to learn more about the series.

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Dan Jones Scoring ‘Lady Macbeth’

August 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Dan Jones, Lady Macbeth

Dan Jones has recently composed the score for the upcoming new film adaptation of Lady Macbeth. The film is directed by William Oldroyd and stars Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie and Christopher Fairbank. The movie is set in 19th Century England and follows a young woman who is trapped in a marriage of convenience whose passionate affair unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate. Alice Birch has written the screenplay based on Nikolai Leskov’s novel and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly is producing the project.

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