Jeff Danna has joined his brother Mychael Danna to co-score Pixar Animation Studios’ upcoming feature The Good Dinosaur. The film is directed by Peter Sohn and features the voices of Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, Marcus Scribner, A.J. Buckley and Steve Zahn. The movie is set in a […]
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Jeff Danna Co-Scoring Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’
Posted: September 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, Pixar, The Good Dinosaur
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Deepa Mehta’s ‘Beeba Boys’ to Feature Music by Mychael Danna, Manjeet Ral & Biggi Hilmars
Posted: August 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bebba Boys, Biggi Hilmars, Deepa Methta, Manjeet Ral, Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna, Manjeet Ral and Biggi Hilmars are composing the music for the upcoming drama Beeba Boys. The film is written and directed by Deepa Mehta (Earth, Fire) and stars Randeep Hooda, Ali Momen, Sarah Allen, Waris Ahluwalia, Gulshan Grover, Balinder Johal, Ali Kazmi, Steve Dhillon, Jag Bal, Gabe Grey and Paul Gross. The movie follows a ruthless Sikh mobster who leads […]
Soundtrack for FX’s ‘Tyrant’ Released
Posted: July 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: FX, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, score, Soundtrack, Tyrant
20th Century Fox Television Records has released a soundtrack album for the FX original series Tyrant. The album features selections from the film’s Emmy Award-nominated original score composed by Academy Award winner Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote) and Jeff Danna (The Boondock Saints, Silent Hill), including the Emmy-nominated main titles theme. The soundtrack is […]
Mychael Danna Scoring Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’
Posted: May 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mychael Danna, Pixar Studios, The Good Dinosaur
Mychael Danna is composing the music for Pixar Studios’ upcoming animated feature The Good Dinosaur. The film is directed by Peter Sohn and features the voices of Lucas Neff, John Lithgow, Frances McDormand, Neil Patrick Harris, Judy Greer and Bill Hader. The movie is set in a world where dinosaurs have never become extinct and follows a young […]
Mychael Danna to Score Pixar’s ‘Sanjay’s Super Team’
Posted: April 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mychael Danna, Pixar, Sanjay's Super Team
Mychael Danna has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming Pixar animated short Sanjay’s Super Team. The film is directed by animator Sanjay Patel who makes his directorial debut and follows a young Indian boy who is watching cartoons on TV and begins “daydreaming a kind of ancient, Hindu version of “The Avengers,” with the […]
Mychael Danna Scoring Atom Egoyan’s ‘Remember’
Posted: April 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atom Egoyan, Mychael Danna, Remember
Mychael Danna is reteaming with director Atom Egoyan on the upcoming thriller Remember. The film starring Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Dean Norris, Bruno Ganz, Jurgen Prochnow, Heinz Lieven and Henry Czerny is described as a “thriller in which the darkest chapter of modern history collides with a contemporary mission of revenge”. Benjamin August has written the screenplay. Ari Lantos (The Right Kind of Wrong, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 12, 2014)
Posted: December 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: After the Fall, Alberto Iglesias, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Inherent Vice, Jonny Greenwood, Ludwig Göransson, Marc Streitenfeld, Mychael Danna, Questlove, The Captive, Top Five
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings directed by Ridley Scott and starring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, Ben Mendelsohn, John Turturro, Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley. The film’s original music is composed by Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Constant […]
‘Foxcatcher’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher, Mychael Danna, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, West Dylan Thordson
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Foxcatcher. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (The Spectacular Now, The Way Way Back, (500) Days of Summer), as well as additional music composed by West Dylan Thordson and Academy Award winner Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote). Also included are the […]
Mychael & Jeff Danna Scoring FX’s ‘Tyrant’
Posted: May 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: FX, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, Tyrant
Mychael Danna mentioned in an interview at the BMI Film & TV Awards this past Wednesday that he is currently co-scoring the upcoming FX original series Tyrant with his brother Jeff Danna. The show is created by Gideon Raff (Homeland, The Killing Floor) and stars Adam Rayner, Jennifer Finnigan, Ashraf Barhom, Noah Silver, Moran Atias, Anne Winters, Salim Daw, Justin Kirk, Fares […]
Mychael Danna Honored at BMI Film & TV Awards
Posted: May 15, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI Film & Television Awards, Mychael Danna, Richard Kirk Award
Last night, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), held its annual Film & TV Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Mychael Danna was honored with the Richard Kirk Award, which is bestowed on composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television music. The composer whose film scoring credits include […]
