Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Bad Education, See You Yesterday, All Day and a Night) has recently scored the new HBO documentary Fake Famous. The film is directed by Nick Bilton and explores the meaning of fame and influence in the digital age through an innovative social experiment. The movie follows three LA-based people with […]
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Michael Abels Scoring HBO’s ‘Fake Famous’
Posted: January 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fake Famous, HBO, HBO Max, Michael Abels, Nick Bilton
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Bad Education’ to Be Released
Posted: April 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bad Education, Cory Finley, HBO, Michael Abels, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Bad Education. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, See You Yesterday, All Day and a Night). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 24 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 19, 2020)
Posted: April 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alex Belcher, Apple TV +, Bad Education, Defending Jacob, Dickon Hinchliffe, Dummy, Extraction, Fernando Velazquez, HBO, Henry Jackman, Herdís Stefánsdóttir, Joachim Horsley, Joe Wong, Mandy Hoffman, Mark Mothersbaugh, Michael Abels, Netflix, Quibi, Run, Showtime, Siddhartha Khosla, The Baker and the Beauty, The Longest War, The Midnight Gospel, The Willoughbys, We're Here
Premiering tonight is the Showtime original documentary The Longest War directed by Greg Barker and executive produced by Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon about America’s involvement in Afghanistan, now the longest war in U.S. history. The film’s original music is composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Crimson Peak, A Monster Calls, Hercules, Devil). Check our our previous […]
Michael Abels to Score Joe Robert Cole’s ‘All Day and a Night’
Posted: October 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: All Day and a Night, Joe Robert Cole, Michael Abels, Netflix
Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, See You Yesterday) has been hired to score the upcoming Netflix original movie All Day and a Night. The film is written and directed by Joe Robert Cole (Black Panther) and stars Ashton Sanders, Jeffrey Wright, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Regina Taylor, Kelly Jenrette, Isaiah John, Shakira Ja-nai Paye and Andrea […]
Nicholas Britell Named Film Composer of the Year at 2019 World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Michael Abels, Nicholas Britell, World Soundtrack Awards
Nicholas Britell was named Film Composer of the Year at the 19th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 46th Ghent Film Festival. The composer’s film scoring work over the last year includes Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk (for which he also earned an Academy Award nomination) and Adam McKay’s Vice. Hildur […]
‘Us’ Live Concert Experience Announced
Posted: September 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Jordan Peele, Michael Abels, Us
AEG and Monkeypaw Productions have announced a live concert event for Jordan Peele’s Us. The film’s composer Michael Abels (Get Out) will be conducting the Hollywood Studio Orchestra and a live choir for a performance of his score while the movie is playing on the big screen. Us in Concert will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, […]
Michael Abels to Score Cory Finley’s ‘Bad Education’
Posted: July 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bad Education, Cory Finley, Michael Abels
Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, See You Yesterday) has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy drama Bad Education. The film is directed by Cory Finley (Thoroughbreds) and stars Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Rafael Casal, Ray Romano, Geraldine Viswanathan and Alex Wolff. The movie follows a superintendent of the school district who works for the betterment of […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 12, 2019)
Posted: May 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Catch-22, Good Sam, Harry Gregson-Wiliams, HBO, Hulu, L.A.'s Finest, Laura Karpman, Marcelo Zarvos, Mario Sevigny, Michael Abels, Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, See You Yesterday, Spectrum, What's My Name - Muhammad Ali
Premiering tomorrow, May 13 is the Spectrum Original series L.A.’s Finest based on the Bad Boys feature franchise and starring Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Zack Gilford, Duane Martin, Ryan McPartlin, Sophie Reynolds and Ernie Hudson. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Underground, Step, Set It Up, Paris Can Wait, Taken, Black Nativity). Check out our previous news article to learn […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 22, 2019)
Posted: March 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Clint Mansell, Dragged Across Concrete, Hauschka, Hotel Mumbai, Jeff Herriott, László Melis, Michael Abels, Out of Blue, S. Craig Zahler, Sunset, Us, Volker Bertelmann
The only new movie opening in theaters nationwide is the horror thriller Us written and directed by Jordan Peele and starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop and Evan Alex. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Abels (Get Out). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album […]