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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 13, 2016)

May 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the dramatic thriller Money Monster directed by Jodie Foster and starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Giancarlo Esposito and Caitriona Balfe. The film’s original score is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Man in the High Castle, Free Birds) and produced by Henry Jackman. Sony Classical and Madison Gate Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Click here for the full album details. Madison Gate Records has also released the original song What Makes the World Go Round? (Money!) by Dan the Automator. Click here for more information.

Also opening wide is the horror thriller The Darkness directed by Greg McLean and starring Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry, Matt Walsh and Jennifer Morrison. Johnny Klimek (One Hour Photo, Sense8, Cloud Atlas, The International) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. The Darkness (previously entitled 6 Miranda Drive) follows two families who return from a summer camping trip in the Grand Canyon with a supernatural presence in tow. The thriller is being released by BH Tilt. Visit the official movie website for more information.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 15, 2015)

March 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Bloodline, E!, Edward Rogers, Josh Kramon, Netflix, Rob Thomas, Siddhartha Khosla, The CW, The Royals, Tony Morales

Premiering tonight is E!’s first scripted series The Royals created by Mark Schwahn (One Tree Hill) and starring Elizabeth Hurley, William Moseley, Merritt Patterson, Alexandra Park, Jake Maskall, Tom Austen, Oliver Milburn Sophie Colquhoun and Vincent Regan. The show’s original music is composed by Siddhartha Khosla. The Royals follows a modern-day monarch and head of a fictional British royal family living in the public eye. The drama will air every Sunday night on E!. To learn more about the series, which has already been renewed for a second season, visit the official show website.

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Tony Morales & Edward Rogers Scoring Netflix’s ‘Bloodline’

December 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 8 comments

Tags: Bloodline, Edward Rogers, Netflix, Tony Morales

Tony Morales and Edward Rogers are composing the music for the upcoming Netflix original series Bloodline. The show is created by Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman & Glenn Kessler (Damages) and stars Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini, Sam Shepard, Sissy Spacek, Norbert Leo Butz, Jamie McShane, Jacinda Barrett and Enrique Murcian. The dramatic thriller follows a close-knit family of four adult siblings whose secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep brother returns home. The Kessler brothers and Zelman are also producing the Sony Pictures Television.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 28, 2014)

February 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the thriller Non-Stop directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Anson Mount, Michellle Dockery, Scott McNairy, Lupita Nyong’o and Corey Stoll. The film’s original music is composed by John Ottman (X2, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) who previously scored the director’s features Unknown, Orphan and House of Wax. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally earlier this week and a CD version will be coming out on March 4. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the biblical drama Son of God produced by Mark Burnett & Roma Downey and starring Diogo Morgado, Greg Hicks, Adrian Schiller, Darwin Shaw, Sebastian Knapp, Joe Wredden, Simon Kunz and Paul Marc Davis. Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe who also scored the mini-series The Bible, which the film is based on, have composed the movie’s original music. Republic Records has released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Cee Lo Green, OneRepublic, Steven Stern & George Krikes and Hillsong United. Click here for the full details. Word Entertainment has released a separate soundtrack featuring songs from and inspired by the film.

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‘The Bag Man’ Soundtrack Details

February 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Edward Rogers, score, Soundtrack, The Bag Man, Tony Morales

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller The Bag Man. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tony Morales (Hatfields & McCoys, Enemies Closer) & Edward Rogers (Warehouse 13, NYPD Blue). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The Bag Man is directed by David Grovic and stars John Cusack, Robert De Niro, Rebecca Da Costa and Crispin Glover. The movie follows a tough guy who has been summoned by a legendary crime boss to a remote location for unknown reasons along with a host of shady characters. The thriller will be released in select theaters and on VOD this Friday, February 28 by Cinedigm.

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Tony Morales to Score ‘In Your Eyes’ and ‘Motel’

September 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Tags: Edward Rogers, In Your Eyes, Joss Whedon, Motel, The Firstling, Tony Morales

Tony Morales has been tapped to score the supernatural romance In Your Eyes. The film is directed by Brin Hill (screenwriter of Won’t Back Down) and written by The Avengers director Joss Whedon. The movie stars Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield) and Zoe Kazan (Ruby Sparks) as two people who live on opposite sides of the country, but are able to experience what the other is experiencing, despite being strangers. Mark Feuerstein, Jennifer Grey and Nikki Reed are co-starring. Whedon is producing the Bellwether Pictures production with Kai Cole (Much Ado About Nothing). In Your Eyes is currently in post-production and is expected to be released in 2013.

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2011 Summer Television Music Roundup (Part 3)

August 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

In our final part of our roundup of this summer’s television scores, we’ll take a look at the shows on TNT, Syfy, HBO and Lifetime. Also check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the series for the composers on all the other major network and cable shows of the summer.

TNT:

The most successful new show of the summer on TNT is the sci-fi series Falling Skies. The project starring Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Sarah Carter and Maxim Knight is produced by Steven Spielberg and centers on an alien invasion of Earth and the resistance formed by the survivor. Also producing are Graham Yost (Justified) and Robert Rodat (writer of Saving Private Ryan). Noah Sorota is scoring the show. Check out our announcement from earlier this year here and visit Tracksounds for an audio interview with the composer. The two-hour season finale is airing tonight on TNT. The show has already been renewed for a second season. For updates on the series, visit TNT’s official show website.

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