Tag: Stephen McKeon

Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 21, 2023)

April 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror movie Evil Dead Rise written and directed by Lee Cronin and starring Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols and Nell Fisher. The film’s original music is composed by Stephen McKeon (The Hole in the Ground, Pilgrimage, Queen & Country, Norm of the North, Rose Plays Julie). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the New Line Cinema production.

Also opening wide is the the action thriller Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant co-written and directed by Ritchie and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Alexander Ludwig, Antony Starr, Emily Beecham, Bobby Schofield and Jonny Lee Miller. Chris Benstead (The Gentlemen, Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre, Wrath of Man) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being released by United Artists/MGM.

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Soundtrack Album Details

April 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Evil Dead, Evil Dead Rise, Lee Cronin, score, Soundtrack, Stephen McKeon

WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the supernatural horror movie Evil Dead Rise. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen McKeon (Pilgrimage, The Hole in the Ground, Norm of the North, Queen & Country, Rose Plays Julie). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 14 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Evil Dead Rise is written and directed by Lee Cronin and stars Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies and Nell Fisher. The New Line Cinema and Renaissance Pictures production tells the tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 15, 2022)

April 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Alex G, Choose or Die, Debbie Wiseman, Dickon Hinchliffe, Dual, Emma Ruth Rundle, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Father Stu, James Newton Howard, Liam Howlett, Paris 13th District, Rone, Stephen McKeon, The Cellar, To Olivia, We're All Going to the World's Fair

Opening in theaters nationwide is the fantasy adventure Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore directed by David Yates and staring Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol, William Nadylam, Callum Turner and Victoria Yeates. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, The Fugitive, Jungle Cruise, Signs). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and a song by Gregory Porter last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the biographical drama Father Stu written and directed by Rosalind Ross and starring Mark Wahlberg, Teresa Ruiz, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Faith Jeffries, Cody Fern, Ned Bellamy and Malcolm McDowell. Dickon Hinchliffe (Leave No Trace, Winter’s Bone, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Last Chance Harvey) has composed the film’s original score. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today..Click here for the full album details. Available separately as a digital single is an original song by Brett Young (click here to listen to the track and for more information about the song and movie).

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‘The Cellar’ Soundtrack Album Released

April 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Brendan Muldowney, score, Shudder, Soundtrack, Stephen McKeon, The Cellar

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Irish horror thriller The Cellar. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen McKeon (Evil Dead Rise, Pilgrimage, The Hole in the Ground, Norm of the North, Queen & Country, Rose Plays Julie). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Cellar is written and directed by Brendan Muldowney and stars Elisha Cuthbert, Eoin Macken, Dylan Fitzmaurice Brady and Abby Fitz. The movie follows a mother who discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home after her daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house.

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Stephen McKeon Scoring Lee Cronin’s ‘Evil Dead Rise’

April 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Evil Dead, Evil Dead Rise, HBO Max, Lee Cronin, Stephen McKeon

Composer Stephen McKeon (Pilgrimage, Queen & Country, Norm of the North, Rose Plays Julie, My Name Is Emily) is reuniting with director Lee Cronin on the upcoming supernatural horror movie Evil Dead Rise. The film is written and directed by Cronin and stars Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Mia Challos, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies and Nell Fisher. The fifth installment in the Evil Dead franchise follows two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival. Ghost House Pictures’ Robert Tapert (Don’t Breathe, The Grudge) is producing the New Line Cinema production.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 19, 2021)

March 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Abel Korzeniowski, Chris Hajian, City of Lies, Happily, Jon Natchez, Joseph Trapanese, Last Call, Rose Plays Julie, Stephen McKeon, The Courier, Wojnarowicz

Opening in theaters nationwide today is the spy thriller The Courier directed byDominic Cooke and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley and Merab Ninidze. The film’s original music is composed by Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Penny Dreadful, Nocturnal Animals, The Nun, W.E., Romeo and Juliet).. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Roadside Attractions release.

Opening semi-wide in around 550 theaters is the crime thriller City of Lies directed by Brad Furman and starring Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Rockmond Dunbar, Shea Whigham, Xander Berkeley, Neil Brown Jr., Wynn Everett, Louis Herthum, Toby Huss and Shamier Anderson. Chris Hajian (The Infiltrator, The Take, Woody Woodpecker, Critical Thinking) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being released by Saban Films and will also be available on VOD on April 9.

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Stephen McKeon to Score Brendan Muldowney’s ‘The Cellar’

November 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Brendan Muldowney, Stephen McKeon, The Cellar

Stephen McKeon (The Hole in the Ground, Norm of the North, Queen & Country) is attached to score the upcoming Irish/Belgian horror thriller The Cellar. The film is written and directed by Brendan Muldowney and stars Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken. The movie tells the story of a woman whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country and who soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home. Conor Barry (The Hole in the Ground) is producing the project for Savage Productions, alongside Richard Bolger (Cardboard Gangsters) for Hail Mary Pictures.

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‘Rose Plays Julie’ Soundtrack Released

November 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Rose Plays Julie, score, Soundtrack, Stephen McKeon

Moonflower Records has released a soundtrack album for the Irish psychological thriller Rose Plays Julie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen McKeon (Pilgrimage, The Hole in the Ground, Norm of the North, Queen & Country). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music store to stream/download the soundtrack. Rose Plays Julie is written and directed by Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor and stars Ann Skelly, Orla Brady and Aidan Gillen. The movie centers on a young woman who has enjoyed a loving relationship with her adoptive parents, but feels the urge to travel from Dublin to London to confront her biological mother who has no wish to have any contact.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 1, 2019)

March 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the comedy A Madea Family Funeral written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry who also stars in the movie with Cassi Davis and Patrice Lovely. Philip White (Boo 2! A Madea Halloween, Nobody’s Fool) has composed the film’s original score and Christopher Lennertz (Ride Along, Horrible Bosses, Lost in Space, Baywatch) has written the themes. No soundtrack album has been announced. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the Lionsgate release.

Also opening wide is the psychological thriller Greta directed by Neil Jordan and starring Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore and Stephen Rea. The film’s original music is composed by Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans, The Devil’s Backbone). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Julie London, Lucienne Delye, St. Vincent & others. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

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‘The Hole in the Ground’ Soundtrack Details

February 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Lee Cronin, score, Soundtrack, Stephen McKeon, The Hole in the Ground

The full details of the soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Hole in the Ground have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen McKeon (Norm of the North, Pilgrimage, Queen and Country). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 1 by Varese Sarabande and will be available to download here. The Hole in the Ground is co-written and directed by Lee Cronin and stars Seána Kerslake, James Cosmo, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall and James Quinn Markey. The movie follows a mother whose young son disappears into the woods behind their rural home.

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