David Newman (Ice Age, Anastasia, Girls Trip, War of the Roses) has signed on to conduct, arrange and compose the underscore for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming new film adaptation of West Side Story. The composer will adapt Leonard Bernstein’s music from the Academy Award-winning 1961 movie and the 50s Broadway musical for the remake, which will star Ansel Elgort, Ariana […]
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David Newman to Conduct, Arrange & Underscore Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ Remake
Posted: February 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Newman, Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
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Hollywood Bowl 2019 Season Schedule Announced
Posted: February 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: David Newman, Hollywood Bowl, John Williams
The Hollywood Bowl has announced this summer’s season schedule, which includes a number of film music concerts. On June 29, the Bowl will host a live to projection concert for Nicholas Hooper’s score for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Sarah Hicks will conduct the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Click here for more information. On August […]
‘The Sandlot’ 25th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Newman, score, Soundtrack, The Sandlot
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the new soundtrack release for the 1993 sports comedy The Sandlot directed by David Mickey Evans and starring Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary and James Earl Jones. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the 20th Century Fox production composed by […]
David Newman to Score Malcolm D. Lee’s ‘Night School’
Posted: January 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Newman, Malcolm D. Lee, Night School
David Newman has signed on to score the upcoming comedy Night School. The film is directed by Malcolm D. Lee (The Best Man, Undercover Brother) and stars Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Yvonne Orji, Rob Riggle, Taran Killam, Ben Schwartz, Yvonne Orji, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Keith David and Anne Winters. The movie follows a group of misfits […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 6, 2017)
Posted: August 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Anders Niska, Atypical, Chris Ridenhour, Christopher Cano, Comrade Detective, Dan Romer, David Newman, Joe Kraemer, Klas Wahl, Naked, Netflix, Pop, Sharknado 5: Global Swarming, Swedish Dicks, Syfy
Premiering tonight is the Syfy original movie Sharknado 5: Global Swarming directed by Anthony C. Ferrante and starring Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Jena Sims, Cassandra Scerbo, Masiela Lusha, Charo, Olivia Newton-John, Dan Fogler, Clay Aiken, Margaret Cho, Tony Hawk, Greg Louganis, Gilbert Gottfried, Fabio and Bret Michaels. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Cano & […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 21, 2017)
Posted: July 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Chris Bordeaux, Clyde Lawrence, David Newman, Dunkirk, First Kill, Gert Wilden Jr., Girls Trip, Gregoire Hetzel, Hans Zimmer, Jordan Cohen, Landline, Noah Sorota, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, The Fencer, The Gracefield Incident, The Midwife, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the thriller Dunkirk directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden and Barry Keoghan. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Gladiator, The Lion King). […]
‘Girls Trip’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Newman, Girls Trip, Malcolm D. Lee, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the comedy Girls Trip. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Chubb Rock, Ne-Yo, Maxwell, The Soul Rebels, New Edition, GRiZ & Big Gigantic, Missy Elliott & more. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by David Newman (Ice Age, Anastasia, […]
‘Good Morning, Vietnam’ & ‘Operation Dumbo Drop’ Scores to Be Released
Posted: July 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex North, David Newman, Good Morning Vietnam, Operation Dumbo Drop, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere of the score for the 1987 comedy drama Good Morning, Vietnam directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams. The music is composed by Academy Award winner Alex North (Spartacus, Cleopatra, A Street Car Named Desire,Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). Also included on the album is the expanded original score from Disney’s […]
David Newman Scoring Netflix’s ‘Naked’
Posted: May 29, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Newman, Michael Tiddes, Naked, Netflix
David Newman is scoring the upcoming Netflix original movie Naked. The comedy is directed by Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House, Fifty Shades of Black) and stars Marlon Waynes, Regina Hall, Jonathan Todd Jackson, Scott Fole, Loretta Devine, Brian McKnight and Dennis Haysbert. The movie is based on the 2000 Swedish film Naken follows a charming man-child who wakes up on his wedding […]
