Tag: Jeff Cardoni

Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 3, 2016)

January 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Angel from Hell, Bordertown, CBS, Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life, Danny Lux, Felix Erskine, Fox, Gabriel Mann, Jeff Cardoni, Mark Mothersbaugh, MTV, NBC, Orphan, Telenovela, The Shannara Chronicles

Premiering tonight is the Fox comedy Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life created by Jay Lacopo and starring Jack Cutmore-Scott, Meaghan Rath, Charlie Saxton, James Earl, Justin Bartha and Maureen Sebastian. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Cardoni (The Grinder, CSI: Miami, Silicon Valley, Just Friends). For more information about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on Fox, visit our scoring assignment announcement.

Also premiering tonight is the animated series Bordertown created by Mark Hentemann, executive produced by Seth MacFarlane and featuring the voice talent of Hank Azaria, Alex Borstein, Missi Pyle, Judah Friedlander and Nicholas Gonzalez. Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, Hotel Transylvania, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21/22 Jump Street) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on Fox, visit our previous article.

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Jeff Cardoni to Score ‘Smitten!’

December 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Tags: Barry Morrow, Jeff Cardoni, Smitten!

Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy Smitten!. The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Barry Morrow (Rain Man) and stars Darren Criss, Madalina Ghenea and Angela Molina. The movie follows a young American fashion executive who gets kidnapped in Italy and is taken into the alpine mountains by three bumbling members of the mafia. Morrow has also written the screenplay and is producing the project with Julia Rask and David Nichols (Seven Years in Tibet, Caroline in the City).

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 27, 2015)

September 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: ABC, Blood & Oil, CBS, Clinton Shorter, Code Black, Dr. Ken, Fox, Gabriel Mann, Grandfathered, Indian Summers, Jeff Cardoni, Joel J. Richard, Mark Isham, PBS, Quantico, Siddhartha Khosla, Stephen Warbeck, The Grinder

Premiering tonight is the new ABC drama Quantico created by Joshua Safran and starring Priyanka Chopra, Jake McLaughlin, Aunjanue Ellis, Yasmine Al Massri, Johanna Braddy, Tate Ellington and Graham Rogers. The show’s original music is composed by Joel J. Richard (John Wick, The Andromeda Strain, Ravenswood). To learn more about the series, which follows a group of young FBI recruits, who battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia, check out our previous article. Quantico will air Sunday nights on ABC.

Also premiering tonight on ABC is the new drama Blood & Oil created by Josh Pate & Rodes Fishburne and starring Don Johnson, Chace Crawford, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Delroy Lindo, Scott Michael Foster, India de Beaufort, Amber Valletta, Adan Canto, Yani Gellman and Caitlin Carver. Mark Isham (Once Upon a Time, American Crime, Crash, A River Runs Through It) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about Blood & Oil, check out our scoring assignment announcement.

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Jeff Cardoni to Score Fox’s ‘The Grinder’

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

Tags: Fox, Jeff Cardoni, The Grinder

Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the new Fox comedy The Grinder. The show is created by Andrew Mogel & Jarrad Paul (The D Train, Yes Man) and stars Rob Lowe, Fred Savage, William Devane, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Natalie Morales, Hana Hayes and Connor Kalopsis. The series follows a TV lawyer, known as The Grinder, who returns to his small-town home after his show is cancelled to work for his family’s real-life law firm. Mogel and Paul are also executive producing the project with Jess Wexler (The Comedians) and Jake Kasdan (Bad Teacher, Walk Hard, New Girl) who also directed the pilot episode.

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Jeff Cardoni to Score Fox’s ‘Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life’

July 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life, Fox, Jeff Cardoni, Where the Bad Kids Go

Jeff Cardoni is composing the music for the upcoming Fox comedy Guide to Surviving Life. The show is created by Jay Lacopo (The Third Wheel) and stars Jack Cutmore-Scott, Meaghan Rath, Charlie Saxton, James Earl, Justin Bartha and Maureen Sebastian. The series follows a group of friends post-college who are still trying to figure out what life is all about. Lacopo is also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Gail Berman (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Jeff Morton (Modern Family).

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 24, 2015)

April 24, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Adult Beginners, David Hirschfelder, Erran Baron Cohen, Helicopter Mom, Jeff Cardoni, Jeff Danna, Just Before I Go, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Little Boy, Marcelo Zarvos, Mark Foster, Rob Cairns, Rob Simonsen, Stephan Altman, The Age of Adaline, The Forger, The Water Diviner

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the romantic drama The Age of Adaline directed by Lee Toland Krieger and starring Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew, Harrison Ford and Ellen Burstyn. The film’s original music is composed by Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the end credits song Start Again. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to listen to audio clips. Also visit Film Music Magazine for an interview with the composer about his work on the project. Lakeshore Records has also released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie by artists including Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane & more. Click here for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the drama Little Boy directed by Alejandro Monteverde and starring Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin James, Ben Chaplin, Michael Rapaport, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ted Levine, David Henrie, Eduardo Verastegui and Jakob Salvatri. Stephan Altman and Mark Foster, from Foster the People, have composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the movie’s score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details, to check out audio samples and for more information about the Open Road Films release.

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Jeff Cardoni to Score Bob Nelson’s ‘The Confirmation’

February 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Tags: Bob Nelson, Jeff Cardoni, The Confirmation

Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Confirmation. The movie marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Bob Nelson (Nebraska) and stars Clive Owen, Jaeden Lieberher, Maria Bello, Patton Oswalt, Tim Blake Nelson, Robert Forster, Matthew Modine and Stephen Tobolowsky. The film follows an 8-year-old boy and his estranged father who are two days together for the first time in forever, as the boy’s mom and new husband head off to a religious retreat. Nelson has also written the screenplay and is producing the project with Todd Hoffman (Love Stinks, Labor Pains).

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 14, 2014)

November 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Beyond the Lights, Dumb and Dumber To, Empire of the Sun, Foxcatcher, Howard Shore, Jeff Cardoni, Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, Marco Beltrami, Mark Isham, Miss Meadows, Rob Simonsen, Rosewater, The Homesman

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the comedy sequel Dumb and Dumber To directed by Peter & Bobby Farrelly and starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Kathleen Turner, Laurie Holden, Rob Riggle, Rachel Melvin and Steve Tom. The film’s original music is composed by the electronic music duo Empire of the Sun. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring music from the duo, as well as songs by Eels, Natural Child, Lissie, Firefall, Franz Ferdinand, Jake Bugg, The Dahls and more. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film.

Also opening wide is the drama Beyond the Lights written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Richard Colson Baker (“MGK”) and Danny Glover. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the original song Grateful written by Academy Award-nominated songwriter Dianne Warren and performed by Rita Ora, as well as songs by artists including Mavado feat. Nicki Minaj, Noni feat. Kid Culprit, Birdy and Yuna. Click here for the full album details. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It). No word yet on a score release.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 8, 2014)

August 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: A.R. Rahman, About Alex, AC Newman, Amy Bastow, Brett Aplin, Brian Tyler, Deepsea Challenge 3D, Into the Storm, Jeff Cardoni, Joel P. West, Ricky Edwards, Step Up: All In, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Hundred-Foot Journey, What If

Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the action adventure Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, as well as the voices of Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard and Pete Ploszek. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Fast Five). Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Click here for the full album details. The label has also released the single Shell Shocked written and performed by Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J and Ty Dolla $ign. Check out our previous article for more information. Also check out a recording session video of Tyler’s Turtles theme on YouTube.

Brian Tyler has also composed the music for the disaster action adventure Into the Storm directed by Steven Quale and starring Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Walsh, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Arlen Escarpeta, Max Deacon, Nathan Kress, Jeremy Sumpter, Kyle Davis and Jon Reep. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week and a CD version will be coming out later this month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine and Go See Talk for recent interviews with Tyler about his new projects.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 20, 2014)

July 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: FX, Jeff Cardoni, Lifetime, Ludwig Göransson, Married, Nathan Matthew David, Robert Duncan, Rush, Satisfaction, The Lottery, USA

Premiering tonight is the new Lifetime original series The Lottery created by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men) and starring Marley Shelton, Michael Graziadei, David Alpay, Athena Karkanis, Yul Vasquez, Shelley Conn and Martin Donovan. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Cardoni (Just Friends, CSI: Miami, Step Up: All In). The Lottery is set 25 years in the future when the human race faces extinction and when women stop having children. When a number of fertilized embryos are discovered, a national lottery is setup to help decide the surrogates. The show will air every Sunday night on Lifetime. To learn more about the drama, vista the official show website.

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