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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 26, 2017)

to-walk-invisiblePremiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV movie To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters written and directed by Sally Wainwright and starring Finn Atkins, Chloe Pirrie, Charlie Murphy, Jonathan Pryce and Adam Nagaitis. The film’s original music is composed by John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The Last Kingdom, The White Queen). The drama revolves around the Bronte sisters’ battle to overcome obstacles and publish their novels, which would become some of the greatest in the English language. The movie premiered in the UK this past December and airs in the U.S. as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. Visit PBS’ official website for more information.

rebelPremiering on Tuesday, March 28, is the BET original series Rebel created by John Singleton & Amani Walker and starring Danielle Moné Truitt, Giancarlo Esposito, Mykelti Williamson, Method Man, and LaTanya Richardson. Raphael Saadiq (Underground, Black Nativity, Underground) is composing the show’s original music and Shie Rozow contributed the music for the first two episodes. The drama about a racially motivated police shooting will air Tuesday nights on BET. Visit the official show website for updates.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 6, 2017)

underworldApart from the nationwide expansions of Hidden Figures and A Monster Calls, the only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend is the action horror sequel Underworld: Blood Wars directed by Anna Foerster and starring Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Trent Garrett, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James and Charles Dance. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Wandmacher (My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry, Piranha 3D, The Goldbergs). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song by Melissa. Click here for the full album details and visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with Wandmacher about his work on the project.

arsenalOpening in select theaters and on VOD is the thriller Arsenal directed by Steven C. Miller and starring Adrian Grenier, John Cusack, Johnathon Schaech and Nicolas Cage. The film’s original music is composed by Ryan Franks and Scott Nickoley (Hell & Back, TripTank). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the film, which follows a Philadelphia businessman whose deadbeat brother is kidnapped for a large ransom. The thriller is being released by Lionsgate Premiere.

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‘Underworld: Blood Wars’ Soundtrack Details

underworld-blood-warsLakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action horror sequel Underworld: Blood Wars. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Wandmacher (My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry, The Goldbergs, Piranha 3D). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Underworld: Blood Wars is directed by Anna Foerster and stars Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Trent Garrett, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James, Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Peter Andersson and Daisy Head. The movie follows Vampire death dealer, Selene as she fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her.

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ABC’s ‘Imaginary Mary’ to Feature Music by Michael Wandmacher

imaginary-maryMichael Wandmacher is scoring the upcoming ABC comedy Imaginary Mary. The show is created by Adam F. Goldberg & David Guarascio and stars Jenna Elfman, Stephen Schneider, Rachel Dratch, Nicholas Coombe, Matreya Scarrwener and Erica Trembay. The series follows a a fiercely independent career woman who meets the love of her life, which triggers the imaginary friend she created as a child to suddenly reappear to help her transition from single girl to a woman ready for a family.

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Michael Wandmacher to Score ‘Underworld: Blood Wars’

underworldMichael Wandmacher has signed on to score the upcoming action horror sequel Underworld: Blood Wars. The movie is directed by Anna Foerster and stars Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Trent Garrett, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James, Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Peter Andersson and Daisy Head. No plot details have been revealed yet. Cory Goodman (The Last Witch Hunter, Priest) has written the screenplay based on characters originally created by Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman and Danny McBride.

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Hollywood Composers Discuss Music for Action Movies at Newport Beach Film Festival

newport-beachThis past Sunday, the Newport Beach Film Festival Seminar Series presented the composer panel Lights, Camera, Action – Music for Action Films (and other genres).  Tim Greiving moderated a panel of film composers who – challenged with the on-screen fights and explosions – offered insight into how the score works in harmony with the film’s visual elements, sound effects and getting all the elements to co-exist. Participating composers included Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Hangover) who discussed the challenges of scoring this summer’s Edge of Tomorrow directed by Doug Liman and starring Tom Cruise. Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Entrapment) talked about his music for this year’s Chinese martial arts action movie The Monkey King, which became one the nation’s highest grossing film at the local box office. 

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 18, 2014)

Four new movies are opening nationwide this week:

transcendenceOpening in most theaters is the sci-fi thriller Transcendence directed by Wally Pfister and starring Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, Clifton Collins, Jr. and Morgan Freeman. Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Little Miss Sunshine, Moneyball) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to listen to audio clips. Also visit Trailer Addict for a video interview with Danna talking about his work on the project.

heaven-is-for-realAlready in theaters since this past Wednesday is the drama Heaven is for Real directed by Randall Wallace and starring Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum, Margo Martindale and Thomas Haden Church. The film’s original music is composed by Nick Glennie-Smith (We Were Soldiers, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Rock). Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full details. A separate soundtrack album featuring songs inspired by the film is available on Reprise Records (click here for more information).

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’13 Sins’ Soundtrack Details

13-sinsScreamWorks Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller 13 Sins. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Wandmacher (My Bloody Valentine 3D, Drive Angry, The Goldbergs). The soundtrack will be released on April 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. 13 Sins is directed by Daniel Stamm and stars Mark Webber, Ron Perlman, Rutina Wesley, Devon Graye, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Richard Burgi and Tom Bower. The remake of the Thai thriller 13: Game of Death follows a man who is offered a chance to will a substantial cash prize if he can complete 13 challenges. The thriller premiered last month at the SXSW Film Festival will be released in select theaters on April 18 by the Weinstein Company’s Radius label and is now also available on VOD.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 22, 2013)

agents-of-shieldPremiering on Tuesday, September 24, on ABC is Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. executive produced by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen and starring Clark Gregg, Brett Dalton, Ming-Na Wen, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge and Chloe Bennett. Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica) is scoring the show weekly with a full orchestra. To learn more about the series, which centers around Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films as he assembles a group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D., check out our previous news article. The drama will air every Tuesday night on ABC.

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Michael Wandmacher to Score ABC’s ‘The Goldbergs’

the-goldbergsMichael Wandmacher is the composer of the upcoming ABC comedy The Goldbergs. The show is created by Adam F. Goldberg and stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jerr Garlin, George Segal, Hayley Orrantia, Sean Giambrone and Troy Gentile. The series is set in the 80s and centers on an in-your-face mother and hot-tempered father who love their three eccentric kids so much, they can’t bear to see them grow up. Goldberg is also executive producing the Sony Pictures Television and Happy Madison production with Doug Robinson (Rules of Engagement). Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief) has directed the pilot episode. Wandmacher has previously scored the Goldberg-created Fox comedy Breaking In.

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