Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine (Loveless, The Family, The Wizard of Lies, Nine Lives, The Past) are composing the music for the upcoming French/Belgian drama Alexandre. The film is written and directed by Francois Ozon and stars Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet and Swann Arlaud. Éric Altmayer & Nicolas Altmayer (Saint Laurent, On the Other Side of the Tracks) are producing the project.
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Sacha & Evgueni Galperine to Score Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Radioactive’
Sacha Galperine and Evgueni Galperine are set to score the upcoming drama Radioactive. The film is directed by Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis, The Voices) and stars Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aneurin Barnard and Simon Russell Beale. The movie charts the scientific and romantic passions of Marie and Pierre Curie, and the transformative effects of the discoveries of the wife and husband team throughout the 20th century.
‘Paterno’ Soundtrack Announced
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the HBO original movie Paterno. The album features the film’s original music composed by Evgueni & Sacha Galperine (The Family, Loveless, Nine Lives, The Whole Truth, The Past) who previously scored last year’s HBO movie The Wizard of Lies. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 27, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Paterno is directed by Barry Levinson and stars Al Pacino in the title role, alongside Riley Keough, Annie Parisse, Kathy Baker and Greg Grunberg. The drama tells the story of Joe Paterno, who, after becoming the winningest coach in college football history, is embroiled in Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 1, 2018)
Premiering in the U.S. today is the BBC movie The Child in Time directed by Julian Farino and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Campbell Moore and Saskia Reeves. The film’s original music is composed by Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, Brideshead Revisited, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Kinky Boots). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official movie website to learn more about the drama, which is premiering stateside on PBS.
Also premiering tonight is the NBC television event Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert executive produced by Webber, Rice, Marc Platt, Craig Zadan & Neil Meron. Sony Masterworks Broadway will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the TV special written by Andrew Llyod Webber and Tim Rice and performed by John Legend, Alice Cooper, Sara Bareilles and other cast members this coming Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 16, 2018)
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide:
Opening in most theaters is Marvel Studios’ Black Panther directed by Ryan Coogler and stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Andy Serkis. Ludwig Goransson (Creed, Community, Fruitvale Station) has composed the film’s original score. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details and visit Genius, Variety, BMI and Film Music Magazine for recent interviews with the composer about his work on the movie. Kendrick Lamar has contributed original songs to the movie, which are featured on Interscope Records’ Black Panther: The Album (click here for more information).
Also opening wide is the animated feature Early Man directed by Nick Park and featuring the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall and Richard Ayoade. Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek) & Tom Howe (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women) have composed the film’s original score. Mercury Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as new songs by New Hope Club and The Vamps and a track by Kaiser Chiefs. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and also visit Classic FM for an interview with Gregson-Williams at the recording sessions of the score.
Evgueni & Sacha Galperine to Score Barry Levinson’s ‘Happy Valley’
Evgueni and Sacha Galperine are reteaming with Barry Levinson on the upcoming HBO original movie Happy Valley. The film stars Al Pacino as Joe Paterno, who, after becoming the winningest coach in college football history, is embroiled in Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. Riley Keough, Annie Parisse, Kathy Baker and Greg Grunberg are co-starring. Debora Cahn, John C. Richards (Nurse Betty) and David McKenna (American History X, Blow) wrote the script. Levinson (Rain Man, Good Morning, Vietnam) is also executive producing the project with Jason Sosnoff (The Humbling), Tom Fontana (Oz, Borgia0, Edward Pressman (The Crow, American Psycho) & Linday Sloane and Rick Nicita.
‘Loveless’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for the Russian drama Loveless (Nelyubov). The album features the film’s original music composed by Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine (The Family, The Wizard of Lies, The Past, Nine Lives). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on November 10 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Loveless is directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and stars Maryana Spivak, Alexey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina Vasilyeva, Andris Keishs and Alexey Fateev. he movie follows a married couple in the midst of obtaining a divorce when their 12-year-old son vanishes. After appeals to the police to help find the boy go nowhere, the couple find volunteers for a search and rescue.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 14, 2017)
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, May 15, is the British mini-series Decline and Fall written by James Woods, directed by Guillem Morales and starring Jack Whitehall, David Suchet and Eva Longoria. The 3-parter’s original music is composed by Paul Englishby (An Education, Miss Petigrew Lives for a Day, The Musketeers). The comedy is based on Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel and follows an inoffensive divinity student at Oxford University in the 1920s,who is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure having been made the victim of a prank by The Bollinger Club. The show premiered earlier this year in the UK on BBC and makes its U.S. debut on Acorn TV. Visit the official show website for more information.
Premiering on Friday, May 19, is the third season of the Syfy original series 12 Monkeys developed by Terry Matalas & Travis Fickett based on Terry Gilliam’s movie and starring Aaron Standford, Amanda Schull, Kirk Acevedo, Todd Stashwick, Emily Hampshire, Barbara Sukowa and Noah Bean. Stephen Barton (Jennifer’s Body, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Titanfall) and Bryce Jacobs (Drive Hard) have scored the new season, taking over from Trevor Rabin & Paul Linford who composed the music for the first two seasons. Visit the official show website for updates.
Evgueni & Sacha Galperine Scoring Andrey Zvyagintsev’s ‘Loveless’
Evgueni and Sacha Galperine have composed the music for the drama Loveless (Nelyubov). The film is directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan, The Return) and stars Maryana Spivak, Alexey Rozin, Matvey Nokikov, Marina Vasilyeva, Andris Keishs and Alexey Fateev. The movie tells the story of a couple locked in a bitter divorce battle forced to cooperate when its young son goes missing after witnessing one of his parents’ violent arguments. Zvyagintsev also wrote the screenplay with Oleg Negin (Leviathan).
‘The Wizard of Lies’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original movie The Wizard of Lies. The album features the film’s original music composed by Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine (The Family, The Past, Madame Bovary, Nine Lives). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 19, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Wizard of Lies is directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Donnie Brasco) and stars Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer as Bernie and Ruth Madoff, as well as Hank Azaria, Alessandro Nivola, Lily Rabe and Kristen Connolly.The movie revolves around Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff’s family.