Blake Neely has been tapped to score the upcoming documentary series The Sixties. The show explores key moments of the 1960s through archival newsreel footage, personal movies, and interviews with eyewitnesses to history. The 10-part series features expert commentary from historians, including David McCullough, Robert Dallek, and Robert Caro, as well as recollections from journalists, […]
Archive for October, 2013
Blake Neely to Score Docuseries ‘The Sixties’
Posted: October 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, CNN, The Sixties
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‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ Score Album Details
Posted: October 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Heffes, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, score, Soundtrack
Decca Records will release a score album for the upcoming biographical drama Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, The Rite, State of Play). The soundtrack will be released on November 25, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. […]
Ennio Morricone Wins European Film Award
Posted: October 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ennio Morricone, European Film Awards, The Good Offer
Ennio Morricone has been named European Cinema Composer 2013 by the European Film Academy for his score to Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer (La migliore offerta) starring Geoffrey Rush & Jim Sturgess. For the first time in the awards history, a winner in the music category (as well as 5 other categories) has been announced before […]
‘Dom Hemingway’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dom Hemingway, Rolfe Kent, score, Soundtrack
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the crime comedy Dom Hemingway. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Election, Up in the Air), as well as the songs from the film by artists including Citizen Cope, Chad Hobson and Emilia Clarke. The soundtrack will be released digitally […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 27, 2013)
Posted: October 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Les revenants, Sundance Channel, The Returned
Making its U.S. premiere on Thursday, October 31 on the Sundance Channel is the French zombie drama The Returned (Les revenants) created by Fabrice Gobert and starring Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme and Guillaume Gouix. The show’s original music is composed by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. Sub Pop Music has released an album featuring the […]
Pharrell Williams Joins Hans Zimmer to Co-score ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
Posted: October 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Pharrell Williams revealed in a recent interview with Billboard that he has joined composer Hans Zimmer to score the upcoming superhero film sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Zimmer has previously been announced as the composer of the movie directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Paul Giamatti, Denis […]
Marc Canham Scoring ‘Final Girl’
Posted: October 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Final Girl, Marc Canham
Marc Canham has recently scored the upcoming psychological thriller Final Girl. The film marks the directorial debut of photographer Tyler Shields and stars Abigail Breslin, Wes Bentley and Alexander Ludwig. The movie follows a teenage girl new in town who is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys to be the victim in […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 25, 2013)
Posted: October 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bad Grandpa, Bastards, Blue is the Warmest Color, Daniel Pemberton, Edward Shearmur, Jackass, Koool G Murder, Sam Spiegel, Spinning Plates, The Counselor, Tindersticks
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the comedy Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa directed by Jeff Tremaine and starring Johnny Knoxville who punks strangers while in character as senior citizen Irving Zisman. The film’s original musis is composed by Sam Spiegel whose music has previously been featured in some […]
Lucas Vidal to Score ‘Tracers’
Posted: October 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Benmayor, Lucas Vidal, Tracers
Lucas Vidal has been hired to score the upcoming action thriller Tracers. The film is directed by Daniel Benmayor (Bruc, The Manhunt) and stars Taylor Lautner as a New York City bike messenger who is in debt to an organized crime gang and escapes into the world of parkour after meeting a beautiful stranger. Marie […]
‘Quai d’Orsay’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Sarde, Quai d'Orsay, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records will release a soundtrack album for the political satire Quai d’Orsay. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-nominated composer Philippe Sarde (Tess, The Tenant). The soundtrack will be released next month and is now available for pre-order on the label’s official website. Quai d’Orsay is directed by Bertrand Tavernier […]
