Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It, Miracle, Once Upon a Time, Warrior, The Accountant, Judas and the Black Messiah) has composed the original score for the upcoming biographical drama Shooting Stars. The film is directed by Chris Robinson (Beats) and stars Marquis “Mookie” Cook, Caleb McLaughlin, Avery S. Wills, Khalil Everage, Sterling “Scoot” Henderson and Dermot Mulroney. The movie is based on the book by LeBron James and Pulitzer Prize winner Buzz Bissinger (Friday Night Lights) and tells the origin story of a basketball superhero, revealing how LeBron James and his childhood friends become the #1 high school team in the country, launching James’s career as a four-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
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‘Mark Isham – Music for Film’ Album Announced
Film Fest Gent has announced the new album Mark Isham – Music for Film. The album features music by the guest of honor of this year’s World Soundtrack Awards, including studio recordings of concert suites from the composer’s scores for A River Runs Through It (for which he received his first Academy Award nomination), 42, American Crime, The Black Dahlia, Eight Below and this year’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, selections from Isham’s music from Judas and the Black Messiah and The Moderns & more. All music on this album is performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by Dirk Brossé.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 22, 2022)
Opening in theaters nationwide is the animated feature The Bad Guys directed by Pierre Perifel and starring Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Zazie Beetz, Lilly Singh, Richard Ayoade and Alex Borstein. The film’s original music is composed by Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Birds of Prey, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Enola Holmes, Being the Ricardos, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Steve Jobs). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by performed by Ramos, The Heavy and Elle King. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening nationwide is the historical fantasy epic The Northman co-written and directed by Robert Eggers and starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Gustav Lindh, Björk and Willem Dafoe. Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough (aka Vessel) have composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Focus Features release.
‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ Soundtrack Album Details
Lionsgate Records will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It, Once Upon a Time, Little Fires Everywhere, The Accountant, Miracle). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 22 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is co-written and directed by Tom Gormican and stars Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Ike Barinholtz, Neil Patrick Harris, Jacob Scipio, Alessandra Mastronardi, Lily Sheen and Tiffany Haddish. The movie centers on the fictionalized version of Cage as he is facing financial ruin and must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan, when he is unexpectedly recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend.
Soundtrack Album for Fox’s ‘The Cleaning Lady’ to Be Released
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the Fox drama The Cleaning Lady. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s first season composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Miracle, A River Runs Through It, Once Upon a Time, Warrior, The Nevers, The Accountant, Judas and the Black Messiah). Also included are the original songs by Ruby Ibarra & Nick Isham , as well as lead actress Elodie Yung’s cover of George Gershwin’s Someone to Watch Over Me. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 11 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music stores. The Cleaning Lady is created by Miranda Kwok based on the Argentine series La Chica Que Limpia and also stars Adan Canto, Martha Millan, Sebastien & Valentino LaSalle, Oliver Hudson, Faith Bryant and Sean Le.
Expanded and Remastered ‘Fire in the Sky’ Soundtrack Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1993 sci-fi mystery drama Fire in the Sky directed by Robert Lieberman and starring D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg and James Garner. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It, Crash, Once Upon a Time, Point Break, Warrior, Miracle, The Accountant, Little Fires Everywhere), including previously unreleased music. The CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more details.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 11, 2022)
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the murder mystery Death on the Nile directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring himself, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Russell Brand, Annette Bening, Emma Mackey, Tom Bateman, Dawn French, Ali Fazal, Rose Leslie, Jennifer Saunders, Sophie Okonedo and Letitia Wright. The film’s original music is composed by Patrick Doyle (Thor, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Cinderella, Sense and Sensibility, Murder on the Orient Express, Brave, Rise of the Planet of the Apes). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios release.
Opening wide and also premiering on Peacock today is the romantic comedy Marry Me directed by Kat Coiro and starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Maluma, John Bradley, Chloe Coleman, Michelle Buteau and Utkarsh Ambudkar. John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus) has composed the film’s original score. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today (click here for the full album details). Sony Music Latin & Arista Records have released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie performed by Lopez & Maluma last week (click here for the full album details and for more information about the Universal Pictures release.
‘Blacklight’ Soundtrack Album Released
A soundtrack album has been released for the action thriller Blacklight. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It, Crash, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, The Accountant, Warrior, Judas and the Black Messiah). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Blacklight is co-written and directed by Mark Williams and stars Liam Neeson, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Taylor John Smith and Aidan Quinn. The movie centers on a freelance government operative living on the fringes and coming to terms with his shadowy past who discovers an undercover team that’s targeting U.S. citizens and finds himself in the crosshairs of the FBI director he once helped protect.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 2, 2022)
Premiering in the U.S. today is the new television adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days developed by Ashley Pharoah & Caleb Ranson and starring David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma and Leonie Benesch. The show’s original score is composed by Christian Lundberg (Snatch, Earth at Night in Color, Eleven Eleven). Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King) has contributed the main title theme. The adventure drama, which follows Phileas Fogg as he sets out on a quest to travel around the world, premiered in the UK last week on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Premiering tomorrow, January 3, is the Fox drama The Cleaning Lady developed by Miranda Kwok based on the Argentine series La Chica Que Limpia and starring Élodie Yung, Adan Canto, Oliver Hudson, Martha Millan, Faith Bryant, Sebastien & Valentino LaSalle and Sean Le. Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, The Accountant, Judas and the Black Messiah) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which will air every Monday night on Fox and will also be available to stream on Hulu.
Fox’s ‘The Cleaning Lady’ to Feature Original Music by Mark Isham
Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, A River Runs Through It, Warrior, The Accountant, Judas and the Black Messiah) is the composer of the new Fox drama The Cleaning Lady. The show is created by Miranda Kwok based on the Argentine series La Chica Que Limpia and stars Élodie Yung, Adan Canto, Martha Millan, Oliver Hudson, Sebastien & Valentino LaSalle, Faith Bryant and Sean Le. The series revolves around a whip-smart Cambodian doctor who comes to the U.S. for medical treatment to save her ailing son, but instead becomes a cleaning lady for organized crime, using her cunning and intelligence to forge her own path in the criminal underworld.