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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 25, 2019)

August 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Amazon, Carnival Row, Daniel Pemberton, Danny Bensi, Nathan Barr, Netflix, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Samuel Sim, Saunder Jurriaans, Showtime, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series On Becoming a God in Central Florida created by Robert Funke & Matt Lutsky and starring Kirsten Dunst, Theodore Pellerin, Ted Levine, Mel Rodriguez, Beth Ditto and Julie Benz. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Ozark, The Gift, American Gods, Enemy). Check out our previous article and the official show website to learn more about the comedy, which was originally set to premiere on YouTube Premium, and will air every Sunday night on Showtime.

Premiering on Friday, August 30 is the Netflix original series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jason Isaacs, Mark Hamill, Keegan-Michael Key, Simon Pegg, Donna Kimball, Caitriona Balfe, Alicia Vikander, Andy Samberg and Helena Bonham Carter. Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, Ocean’s 8) and Samuel Sim(Awake, The Halcyon, Home Fires) have composed the show’s original music. Music.Film Recordings will release two soundtrack albums featuring the composers’ score. Click here for more information.

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Nathan Barr Scoring Craig Zobel’s ‘The Hunt’

August 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Craig Zobel, Nathan Barr, The Hunt

Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, Cabin Fever) is currently scoring the upcoming thriller The Hunt. The film is directed by Craig Zobel (Compliance, Z for Zachariah) and stars Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, Glenn Howerton, Ike Barinholtz and Amy Madigan. The movie follows a bunch of elites who gather for the very first time at a remote Manor House to hunt humans for sport. Damon Lindelof (Lost, Prometheus, The Leftovers) and Nick Cuse wrote the screenplay.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 30, 2019)

June 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Chad Horseman, Hulu, Into the Dark, Marcelo Zarvos, Nathan Barr, Showtime, Starz, The Loudest Voice, The Rook

Premiering tonight is the Showtime limited series The Loudest Voice developed by Tom McCarthy & Gabriel Sherman and starring Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes, Naomi Watts, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Simon McBurney and Annabelle Wallis. The show’s original music is composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, The Good Shepherd, Enough Said, The Affair, Ray Donovan). Click here to learn more about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on Showtimes.

Also premiering tonight is the new Starz original series The Rook developed by Al Blyth & Sam Holcroft based on Daniel O’Malley’s novel of the same title and starring Emma Greenwell, Olivia Munn, Jon Fletcher, Joely Richardson and Adrian Lester. Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, Cabin Fever) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous article for more information about the drama, which will air every Sunday on Starz.

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Nathan Barr Scoring Starz’s ‘The Rook’

June 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Nathan Barr, Starz, The Rook

Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, Cabin Fever) is composing the music for the new Starz original series The Rook. The show is developed by Al Blyth & Sam Holcroft based on the novel of the same title by Daniel O’Malley and stars Emma Greenwell, Olivia Munn, Jon Fletcher, Joely Richardson and Adrian Lester. The drama follows a woman who wakes up surrounded by dead bodies with her memory erased and must uncover her mysterious past to learn the truth.

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Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘Sneaky Pete’ to Be Released

May 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Nathan Barr, score, Sneaky Pete, Soundtrack, Stephen Lukach

Madison Gate Records will release the first soundtrack album for the Amazon original series Sneaky Pete. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award nominee Nathan Barr (True Blood, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, The Americans, Hostel, Cabin Fever) and Stephen Lukach. Also included is the main title theme song Harder Out Here by The Bright Light Social Hour, which has previously been released as a digital single. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 10 and will be available to download here. Sneaky Pete is created by David Shore & Bryan Cranston and stars Giovanni Ribisi, Marin Ireland, Margo Martindale, Shane McRae, Libe Barer, Michael Drayer and Peter Gerety.

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Soundtrack Album for AMC’s ‘The Son’ Announced

March 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: AMC, Nathan Barr, score, Soundtrack, The Son

Varese Sarabande will release the first soundtrack album for the AMC original series The Son. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Emmy Award nominee Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, Cabin Fever). Also included are three original vocal performances, including one from Billy F. Gibbons of ZZ Top. The soundtrack will be released on April 26 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Son is created by Philipp Meyer, Lee Shipman & Brian McGreevy and stars Pierce Brosnan, Henry Garrett, Zahn McClarnon, Jess Weixler, Paola Núñez, Elizabeth Frances and Sydney Lucas.

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Nathan Barr to Score Floria Sigismondi’s ‘The Turning’

February 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Tags: Floria Sigismondi, Nathan Barr, The Turning

Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, Hostel, Cabin Fever) has been hired to score the upcoming supernatural horror movie The Turning. The film is directed by Floria Sigismondi (The Runaways) and stars Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince and Joely Richardson. The Amblin Entertainment production is based on Henry James’s novella The Turn of the Screw and follows a young woman hired as the nanny to two orphans is convinced that the country mansion they live in is haunted.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 21, 2018)

September 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the gothic fantasy movie The House with a Clock in Its Walls directed by Eli Roth and starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan, Collen Camp, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Vanessa Anne Williams and Sunny Suljic. The film’s original music is composed by Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, Hostel, Cabin Fever). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and click here for a video featurette about Barr’s music.

Also opening wide is the drama Life Itself written and directed by Dan Fogelman and starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Olivia Cooke, Laia Costa, Annette Bening and Antonio Banderas. Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Kidnap, Misconduct, The Hunter’s Prayer) has composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been announced. To learn more about the Amazon Studios release, which centers on a couple that lead a multi generational love story spanning both decades and continents, visit the official movie website.

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‘The House with a Clock in Its Walls’ Soundtrack Details

September 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 1 comment

Tags: Eli Roth, Nathan Barr, score, Soundtrack, The House with a Clock in its Walls

Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the gothic fantasy movie The House with a Clock in Its Walls. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, Hostel, Cabin Fever, Hemlock Grove, The Son) who used the historic Wurlitzer pipe organ in his score, which he recorded at his new recording studio. The composer spent five years restoring the Hollywood Golden Age instrument (originally built in 1928 for Fox Studios, and used in iconic films including The Sound of Music and Journey to the Center of the Earth), which is making its first appearance in a film in 25 years. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 21, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 29, 2018)

June 29, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the thriller Sicario: Day of the Soldado directed by Stefano Sollima and starring Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Catherine Keener. The film’s original is composed by Hildur Gudnadottir (Mary Magdalene, Strong Island, The Oath). Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details and also visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with Gudnadottir about her work on the movie, which is dedicated to Johann Johannsson who scored the original Sicario movie.

Also opening wide is the comedy Uncle Drew directed by Charles Stone III and starring Kyrie Irving, Lil Rel Howery, Shaquille O’Neal, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson, Chris Webber, Erica Ash, Lisa Leslie, Tiffany Haddish and Nick Kroll. Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Ride Along, Horrible Bosses, Sausage Party) has composed the film’s original score. RCA Records has released as soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by A$AP Ferg, Khalid, G-Eazy, French Montana & Remy Ma and other artists. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

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