Premiering tonight is the Starz docu-series Warriors of Liberty City executive produced by LeBron James & Maverick Carter about Liberty City – a crime-ridden neighborhood in Miami that is arguably the NFL’s largest, most successful football factory. The show’s original music is composed by Kris Bowers (Green Book, Dear White People, For the People, Monsters and […]
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 16, 2018)
Posted: September 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Romer, Dead Lucky, Facebook Watch, Frederik Wiedmann, I Feel Bad, Keegan DeWitt, Kris Bowers, Lesley Barber, Maniac, Mateo Messina, Michael Yezerski, Nappily Ever After, NBC, Netflix, Pat Irwin, Sorry for Your Loss, Starz, Sundance Now, The Dragon Prince, The Good Cop, Warriors of Liberty City
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 31, 2018)
Posted: August 31, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, An Actor Prepares, Blood Fest, Boarding School, Chøppersaurus, Destination Wedding, Giona Ostinelli, Kin, Lesley Barber, Manuel Riveiro, Mark Kilian, Mogwai, Operation Finale, Reprisal, S.M.A.R.T. Chase, Sonya Belousova, Stephen Rennicks, The Little Stranger, Tony Morales, William Ross, Ya Veremos
Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week: Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the historical thriller Operation Finale directed by Chris Weitz and starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller and Greta Scacchi. The film’s original […]
Lesley Barber to Score Nisha Ganatra’s ‘Late Night’
Posted: May 31, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Late Night, Lesley Barber, Nisha Ganatra
Lesley Barber has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Late Night. The film is directed by Nisha Ganatra and stars Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy, Amy Ryan, Reid Scott, Paul Walter Hauser, Denis O’Hare, John Early, Max Casella and Megalyn Echikunwoke. The movie centers on a late-night talk show host who is at […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 11, 2018)
Posted: February 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brooke Blair, Disney Channel, Everything Sucks!, Gabriel Gundacker, George S. Clinton, HBO, Here and Now, Hrishikesh Hirway, Irreplaceable You, Lesley Barber, Michael Penn, Netflix, Our Cartoon President, Showtime, Sundance Now, This Close, Will Blair, Zombies
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series Here and Now created by Alan Ball (Six Feet Under, True Blood) and starring Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Bean, Joe Williamson and Peter Macdissi. Michael Penn (Girls, Masters of Sex, Boogie Nights, Sunshine Cleaning) is composing the show’s original […]
Lesley Barber Scoring ‘Irreplaceable You’
Posted: June 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Irreplaceable You, Lesley Barber, Stephanie Laing
Lesley Barber has been tapped to score the upcoming romantic drama Irreplaceable You. The film marks the feature directorial debut of producer Stephanie Laing (Veep, Vice Principals) and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michiel Huisman, Christopher Walken, Steve Coogan, Jacki Weaver, Timothy Simons, Claire Holt, Alanna Masterson, Merritt Weaver, Erin Richards and Brian Tyree Henry. The movie […]
Lesley Barber Scoring Rebecca Addelman’s ‘Paper Year’
Posted: April 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lesley Barber, Paper Year, Rebecca Addelman
Lesley Barber is composing the music for the upcoming romantic drama Paper Year. The movie marks the directorial debut of writer Rebecca Addelman (New Girl, Love) and stars Eve Hewson, Avan Jogia, Andie MacDowell and Hamish Linklater. The movie centers on a newly married couple who encounter obstacles that reveal cracks in their relationship forcing them […]
Lesley Barber to Score Boaz Yakin’s ‘Boarding School’
Posted: February 18, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Boarding School, Boaz Yakin, Lesley Barber
Lesley Barber has been hired to score the upcoming horror thriller Boarding School. The film is written and directed by Boaz Yakin (Remember the Titans, Fresh, Safe, Max) and stars Will Patton, Samantha Mathis, Sterling Jerins, Luke Prael and Tammy Blanchard. The movie is set in a mysterious boarding school where children deemed undesirable are committed and revolves around […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 15, 2017)
Posted: January 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Andrew Lockington, Beaches, Chris Bacon, Dennis Smith, Frontier, HBO, History, James Newton Howard, Lele Marchitelli, Lesley Barber, Lifetime, Marco Beltrami, Martin Phipps, Netflix, Nick Urata, PBS, Ruth Barrett, Six, Sven Faulconer, The Young Pope, Victoria
Premiering tonight is the mini-series The Young Pope created and directed by Paolo Sorrentino and starring Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli and James Cromwell. The show’s original music is composed by Lele Marchitelli (The Great Beauty). Warner Music has released a soundtrack album featuring selections […]
Lifetime’s ‘Beaches’ Remake to Feature Music by Lesley Barber
Posted: November 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Allison Anders, Beaches, Lesley Barber, Lifetime
Lesley Barber has been tapped to score the upcoming Lifetime original movie Beaches. The film is directed by Allison Anders (Grace of My Heart, Gas, Food Lodging) and stars Idina Menzel, Nia Long, Gabriella Pizzolo, Grace Capeless, Jodi Capeless, Sanai Victoria and Antonio Cupo. The movie is a remake of the 1988 feature of the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 18, 2016)
Posted: November 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Street Cat Named Bob, Abel Korzeniowski, Alex Heffes, Ali and Nino, Atli Orvarsson, Bleed for This, Dario Marianelli, David Hirschfelder, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Hunter Gatherer, James Newton Howard, Jeff Toyne, Julia Holter, Keegan DeWitt, Lesley Barber, Life on the Line, Manchester by the Sea, Nocturnal Animals, The Edge of Seventeen, The Take
Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them directed by David Yates and starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller, Jon Voight, Dan Fogler, Carmen Ejogo and Alison Sudol. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, Maleficent). WaterTower Music has […]