Ilan Eshkeri is composing the music for the upcoming period drama The Kaiser’s Last Kiss. The film is directed by David Leveaux and stars Lily James, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer, Janet McTeer, Eddie Marsan and Ben Daniels. The movie follows a German soldier who tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation. Simon Burke (Persuasion) has written the screenplay based on Alan Judd’s novel.
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‘Doctor Thorne’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the ITV mini-series Doctor Thorne. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Still Alice, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria, 47 Ronin). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 17, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Doctor Thorne is written by Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) and stars Tom Hollander, Ian McShane, Rebecca Front, Alison Brie, Richard McCabe, Phoebe Nicholls, Gwyneth Keyworth, Stefanie Martini, Kate O’Flynn, Edward Franklin and Harry Richardson. The 3-parter is based on the novel of the same name by Anthony Trollope and revolves around the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt and cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 15, 2016)
Premiering on Friday, May 20 is the Netflix original series Lady Dynamite created by Mitchell Hurwitz & Maria Bamford and stars Bramford, Fred Melamed Dean Cain and Ana Gasteyer, as well as guest stars including Sarah Silverman, Jenny Slate, Mira Sorvino, Patton Oswalt, Jon Cryer, Brandon Routh,Tig Notaro & more. The show’s original music is composed by David Schwartz (Arrested Development, Reaper, Northern Expose). The comedy’s full first season will be available to stream this Friday on Netflix.
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring ‘Swallows and Amazons’
Ilan Eshkeri is composing the music for the upcoming family adventure Swallows and Amazons. The film is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe (Call the Midwife) and stars Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald, Gwendoline Christie, Jessica Hynes, Andrew Scott, Harry Enfield, Dane Hughes, Orla Hill, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Bobby McCulloch, Seren Hawkes and Hannah Jayne Thorp. The movie is based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Arthur Ransome and follows four children dreaming of an escape from the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother as they travel to a a remote island in the middle of a vast lake. Andrea Gibb (Dear Frankie) has written the screenplay.
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring ‘Doctor Thorne’
Ilan Eshkeri has composed the music for the new ITV mini-series Doctor Thorne. The drama is written by Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) and stars Tom Hollander, Rebecca Front, Ian McShane, Alison Brie, Richard McCabe, Phoebe Nicholls, Gwyneth Keyworth, Kate O’Flynn, Edward Franklin, Stefanie Martini and Harry Richardson. The 3-parter is based on the novel of the same title by Anthony Trollope and revolves around the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt and cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate. Fellowes is also executive producing the project with Mark Redhead (Bloody Sunday), Christopher Kelly and Ted Childs (Inspector Lewis).
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 11, 2015)
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the adventure drama In the Heart of the Sea directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Jordi Mollá, Ben Whishaw and Brendan Gleeson. The film’s original music is composed by Roque Banos (The Machinist, Evil Dead, Regression, Oldboy). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music last week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with Banos about his work on the project.
Opening in limited release this weekend is the comedy drama The Big Short directed by Adam McKay and starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong and Marisa Tomei. Nicholas Britell (Gimme the Loot, A Tale of Love and Darkness) has composed the film’s original music. Paramount Pictures has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie.
‘Don Verdean’ Soundtrack Released
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for Jared Hess’ comedy Don Verdean. The album the original songs from the film performed by the Heavy Young Heathens, as well as Leslie Bibb’s performance of Pillar of Salt. Also included are selections from the film’s original music composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Still Alice, Layer Cake, Shaun the Sheep). The soundtrack is now available digitally and will be released physically in early 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Don Verdean is co-written and directed by Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) and stars Sam Rockwell, Amy Ryan, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Bibb, with Will Forte and Danny McBride. The movie follows a Biblical archaeologist who is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land and is forced to get creative after a fruitless expedition.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 7, 2015)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening 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.
Also 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.
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring ‘Autobahn’
Ilan Eshkeri is composing the original score for the upcoming thriller Autobahn. The film is directed by Eran Creevy (Welcome to the Punch) and stars Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Hopkins, Felicity Jones and Ben Kingsley. The movie follows a young US couple who are plunged into a game of cat-and-mouse across Germany when they find themselves caught between two ruthless criminals. F. Scott Frazier (The Numbers Station) has written the screenplay. Joel Silver (The Matrix, Die Hard, Sherlock Holmes) is producing the project with Ben Pugh & Rory Aitken (Monsters: Dark Continent), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Midnight Special) and Daniel Hetzer.
‘The Marriage of Reason & Squalor’ to Feature Music by Ilan Eshkeri & Dinos Chapman
Ilan Eshkeriand Dinos Chapman have composed the music for the British mini-series The Marriage of Reason & Squalor. The 4-parter is based on the 2008 novel by Jake Chapman who is also directing the project and stars Rhys Ifans, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Michael Fitzgerald and Noma Dumezweni. The series follows a woman whose dashing surgeon fiancé has given her a desert island as a wedding present and travels to the island to wait for him, but meets a reclusive and misshapen author instead. Colin Vaines is producing the project for Morass Productions.