Amazon Content Services has released the main title theme from the second season of the Amazon original series Lore. The theme is composed by Dino Meneghin (Teen Wolf, Killing Gunther, Eye Candy) who also scored Season 2 of the anthology series. The track is now available to download on Amazon. Lore is inspired by the popular podcast launched in March 2015 by Aaron Mahnke that explores the origins of modern myths and legend and is executive produced by Sean Crouch (who served as the showrunner of the second season), Gale Anne Hurd, Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Brett-Patrick Jenkins, Jon Halperin and Mark Mannucci.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 8, 2017)
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British series The Collection created Oliver Goldstick and starring Richard Coyle, Tom Riley, Frances de la Tour, Mamie Gummer, Max Deacon, Irène Jacob, Michael Kitchen and James Cosmo. The show’s original music is composed by Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, Ripper Street, Primeval). The drama premiered last year in the UK on Amazon and is making its domestic debut tonight on PBS. Visit our previous article and the official show website for more information.
Premiering on Wednesday, October 11, is the new CW drama Dynasty created by Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage & Sallie Patrick based on the classic 80s show of the same title and starring Nathalie Kelley, Elizabeth Gillies, Alan Dale, Sam Adegoke, Rob Riley and Grant Show. Paul-Leonard Morgan (Limitless, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, Dredd, The Numbers Station) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and visit the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on the CW.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 8, 2013)
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the crime comedy Identity Thief directed by Seth Gordon and starring Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Morris Chestnut, John Cho, Robert Patrick and Eric Stonestreet. The film’s music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, NBC’s Revolution). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a cover of James Brown’s The Payback performed by Amanda Brown and a song by Ty Taylor has been released digitally earlier this week on Back Lot Music. A CD version will be released next month by La-La Land Records. To learn more about the soundtrack and to listen to audio clips, check out our previous article.
Also opening wide is the psychological thriller Side Effects directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Thomas Newman has composed his third score for the director following Erin Brockovich and The Good German. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music is now available digitally and will be released in March on CD by Varese Sarabande. For the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement.
Max Richter’s ‘Lore’ Soundtrack Released
Porchlight Films has released a soundtrack album for the World War II drama Lore. The album features the film’s original score composed by Max Richter (Waltz With Bashir). The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Lore is directed by Cate Shortland (Sommersault) and stars Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina, Ursina Lardi and Nele Trebs. The film set is in 1945 Germany at the end of the war and follows five children whose Nazi parents have been taken into custody by the Allies. The German/Australian/Scottish co-production premiered at the Sydney Film Festival this summer and has been selected as the Australian entry for the Best Foreign Language category at the 85th Academy Awards.
Max Richter Scoring ‘Disconnect’
Max Richter is scoring the upcoming indie ensemble drama Disconnect. The film stars Jason Bateman, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgard, Paula Patton, Max Thieriot, Colin Ford, Michael Nyqvist, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Jonah Bobo and Haley Ramm. The movie marks the narrative feature directing debut of Henry-Alex Rubin who previously helmed the Academy Award-nominated documentary Murderball. Disconnect interweaves three potboiler storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world of the internet. The drama is written by Andrew Stern (Return to Me) and produced by Mickey Liddell & Jennifer Hilton (The Grey, The Collector) for Liddell Entertainment and William Horberg (Milk, The Talented Mr. Ripley) for Wonderful Films.