Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Battle of the Sexes, Free State of Jones) is reteaming with Adam McKay on the HBO drama pilot Showtime. The pilot is directed by McKay, written by Max Borenstein (Godzilla) and stars Jason Clarke, John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Solomon Hughes, Gaby Hoffmann, DeVaughn Nixon, Molly Gordon, Rob Morgan, Spencer Garrett, Kirk Bovill, Delante Desouza and Hadley Robinson. The series is inspired by Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s and centers on the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers and its management as they created one of sports’ most revered dynasties and a team that defined its era, both on and off the court.
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Nicholas Britell Named Film Composer of the Year at 2019 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 Guðnadóttir received her first World Soundtrack Award in the TV Composer of the Year category for her score for HBO’s Chernobyl, for which she recently also won her first Emmy Award. Michael Abels (Us) was honored in the Discovery of the Year category.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 11, 2019)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature The Addams Family directed by Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan and starring Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler and Allison Janney. The film’s original score is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball) & Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, Storks). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the original songs in the movie.
Also opening wide is the sci-fi thriller Gemini Man directed by Ang Lee and starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen and Benedict Wong. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, Genius, The Crown, Terminator Genisys) has composed the film’s original music. Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and La-La Land Records will release a CD version next week. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Succession’ Announced
Milan Records has announced the first soundtrack album for the HBO original series Succession. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice, The Big Short, Battle of the Sexes) who recently received his first Emmy Award nomination for his main titles theme from the drama. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 9 (click here to download) and physically on August 23. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Succession is created by Jesse Armstrong, executive produced by Adam McKay & Will Ferrell and stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Hiam Abbass, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun, Matthew Macfadyen, Natalie Gold, Peter Friedman and Rob Yang.
Nicholas Britell Scoring David Michod’s ‘The King’
Nicholas Britell has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix original movie The King. The film is directed by David Michod (Animal Kingdom, The Rover) and stars Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson, Lily-Rose Depp, Tom Glynn-Carney and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie. The historical drama is inspired by elements of Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Henry V and tells the story of Hal, a wayward prince, as he ascends the English throne upon his father’s death, and must navigate the palace snake pit, and inherited war and chaos.
Benjamin Millepied’s ‘Carmen’ to Feature Original Songs by Nicholas Britell & Julieta Venegas
Variety is reporting that Academy Award-nominated composer Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Big Short, Vice) & Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Julieta Venegas are composing new songs for the upcoming musical drama Carmen. The film is directed by Benjamin Millepied and is set to star Jamie Dornan and Melissa Barrera. As previously reported, Britell is also composing the score for the movie, which is inspired by French composer Georges Bizet’s opera of the same title. Dimitri Rassam (The Little Prince, Escobar: Paradise Lost) and Mimi Valdès (Roxanne Roxanne) are producing the project.
Nicholas Britell to Reteam with Barry Jenkins on Amazon’s ‘The Underground Railroad’
Nicholas Britell confirmed in recent interviews with Soundworks Collection and Deadline that he will be reteaming with director Barry Jenkins on the upcoming Amazon original limited series The Underground Railroad. The show is based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same title and centers on a young slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When a recent arrival from Virginia tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Jenkins will be directing all eleven episodes of the series. No casting announcements have been made yet.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 28, 2018)
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the political comedy drama Vice written and directed by Adam McKay and starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carrell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe and Tyler Perry. The film’s original music is composed by Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Battle of the Sexes, Succession). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the comedy Holmes & Watson written and directed by Etan Cohen and starring Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Rebecca Hall, Rob Brydon, Kelly Macdonald and Ralph Fiennes. Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, Thor: Ragnarok, 21/22 Jump Street, The Royal Tenenbaums) has composed the film’s original score. Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin) and Glenn Slater have contributed the original song Strange Sensation to the movie. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring Mothersbaugh’s score. Click here for more information.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 14, 2018)
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide today:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman and starring Shameik Moore, Mahershala Ali, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Liev Schreiber and Brian Tyree Henry. The film’s original score is composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ocean’s 8). Sony Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for more information). Republic Records has released a separate album featuring the songs from the movie (click here for the full details).
Also opening wide is the crime drama The Mule directed by Clint Eastwood who also stars in the movie alongside Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Pena, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia, Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga and Ignacio Serricchio. Arturo Sandoval (For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, At Middleton) has composed the film’s original score. Toby Keith has contributed an original song to the movie. Check out our previous article for more information about the track and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
‘Vice’ Score Album Details
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for Adam McKay’s political comedy drama Vice. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Succession, Battle of the Sexes). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 7 and will be available to download on Amazon. Vice is written and directed by McKay and stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carrell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Tyler Perry, Justin Kirk and LisaGay Hamilton. The movie explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush.