Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Dumb Money. The album features the film’s original score composed by Will Bates (The Magicians, I Origins, Unbelievable, Away, Bliss, The Path, The Looming Tower). Also included are several songs from the movie by artists including Mark Batson, Kay Ro$e, Darko and See You Next Year & SASH. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 22 and will be available to stream/download here. Dumb Money is directed by Craig Gillespie and stars Paul Dano, Anthony Ramos, Shailene Woodley, America Ferrera, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Nick Offerman, Vincent D’Onofrio and Sebastian Stan.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 15, 2023)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural thriller A Haunting in Venice directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Branagh himself, Kyle Allen, Tina Fey, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Kelly Reilly and Michelle Yeoh. The film’s original music is composed by Hildur Guđnadóttir (Joker, Chernobyl, Women Talking, Tar, Sicario: Day of the Soldado). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today.Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios production.
Opening semi-wide in around 700 theaters is the stop-motion animated feature The Inventor written and directed by Jim Capobianco, co-directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon and starring Daisy Ridley, Marion Cotillard, Stephen Fry and Matt Berry. Alex Mandel (Your Friend the Rat, Super Giant Robot Brothers) has composed the film’s original score and songs. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring both score and songs today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Blue Fox Entertainment release.
Will Bates Scoring Craig Gillespie’s ‘Dumb Money’
Will Bates (The Magicians, Unbelievable, I Origins, Away, The Path, Bliss, The Looming Tower) is scoring the upcoming biographical comedy drama Dumb Money. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya, Cruella, Lars and the Real Girl) and stars Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Nick Offerman, America Ferrera, Anthony Ramos, Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan and Seth Rogen. The movie is based on the book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich and tells the true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop into the world’s hottest company.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 7, 2023)
Premiering on Wednesday, May 10, is the FX limited series Class of ’09 created by Tom Rob Smith and starring Brian Tyree Henry, Kate Mara, Jon Jon Briones, Sepideh Moafi, Brian J. Smith, Brooke Smith, Jake McDorman and Rosalind Eleazar. The show’s original music is composed by Will Bates (The Magicians, Unbelievable, Away, The Path, The Looming Tower, I Origins). Check out our previous article to learn more about the 8-part thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Disney+ original series The Muppets Mayhem developed by Adam F. Goldberg, Bill Barretta & Jeff Yorkes and starring Lilly Singh, Tahj Mowry, Eric Jacobson, Saara Chaudry and Barretta himself. Mick Giacchino (Extinct, Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow, Zootopia+) has composed the show’s original score. Linda Perry serves as the project’s executive music producer and has also contributed original songs. Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album featuring both songs and score on May 10.
Will Bates Scoring FX’s ‘Class of ’09’
Will Bates (The Magicians, Away, I Origins, Unbelievable, The Path, The Looming Tower, Bliss) has recently been scoring the upcoming FX limited series Class of ’09. The show is created by Tom Rob Smith (American Crime Story, MotherFatherSon) and stars Brian Tyree Henry, Kate Mara, Sepideh Moafi, Jon Jon Briones, Brian J. Smith, Jake McDorman, Brooke Smith and Rosalind Eleazar. The 8-part thriller follows a class of FBI agents set in three distinct points in time who grapple with immense changes as the U.S. criminal justice system is altered by artificial intelligence.
‘Mayfair Witches’ Soundtrack Album Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for the AMC original series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Will Bates (The Magicians, The Path, Away, I Origins, Unbelievable, The Looming Tower, I, Origins, Bliss) with ethereal vocal stylings by Maiah Manser. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 3 by Milan Records and will be available to stream/download here. The composer’s main theme (The Witching Hour) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 8, 2023)
Premiering today is the AMC original series Mayfair Witches developed by Esta Spalding & Michelle Ashford based on Anne Rice’s best-selling trilogy and starring Alexandra Daddario, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin and Tongayi Chirisa. The show’s original music is composed by Will Bates (The Magicians, Unbelievable, Away, The Path, I Origins, The Looming Tower). Check our previous article to learn more about the 8-parter, which will air Sundays on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.
Premiering on Thursday, January 12, is the HBO Max animated series Velma developed by Mindy Kaling & Charlie Grandy based on characters from the Scooby-Doo franchise and starring Kaling, Constance Wu, Glenn Howerton and Sam Richardson. Craig DeLeon (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Music, End of the Road, The Last Survivors) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the animated comedy, which will be available to stream on HBO Max.
Will Bates Scoring AMC’s ‘Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches’
Will Bates (Unbelievable, The Magicians, Away, The Path, I Origins, The Looming Tower) is the composer of the new AMC original series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. The show is developed by Esta Spalding (The Last Letter from Your Lover) & Michelle Ashford (Masters of Sex, Operation Mincemeat) based on Rice’s best-selling trilogy and stars Alexandra Daddario, Jack Huston, Tongayi Chirisa and Harry Hamlin. The 8-parter follows an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches and must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.
‘The Estate’ Soundtrack to Be Released
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy The Estate. The album features the film’s original music composed by Will Bates (Unbelievable, Away, The Path, The Magicians, I Origins, The Looming Tower). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 23 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Estate is written and directed by Dean Craig and stars Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kathleen Turner, and Ron Livingston. The movie follows two sisters who plot to win the inheritance of their terminally ill aunt, but find some other relatives have equally devious designs on the family fortune.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 4, 2022)
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the Japanese anime fantasy adventure One Piece Film: Red is directed by Gorō Taniguchi and starring Mayumi Tanaka, Shuichi Ikeda, Kaori Nazuka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura and Kappei Yamaguchi. The film’s original score is composed by Yasutaka Nakata. Virgin Music has released a soundtrack album featuring songs from the movie performed by Ado. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Crunchyroll release.
Opening semi-wide in a few hundred U.S. theaters today is the British comedy The Estate written and directed by Dean Craig and starring Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kathleen Turner and Ron Livingston. Will Bates (Unbelievable, The Path, The Magicians, Away, The Looming Tower, I Origins) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie.