Ennio Morricone will be conducting two live concerts of his film music in New York and Los Angeles. The L.A. concert will take place on March 20, 2014 at the NOKIA Center at LA Live and will mark the Academy Award-winning composer’s first concert in the city. The New York performance is scheduled for March […]
Archive for October, 2013
Ennio Morricone to Conduct Concerts in L.A. and New York
Posted: October 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Ennio Morricone
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Dave Grusin’s ‘Heaven Can Wait’ and ‘Racing With the Moon’ Scores to Be Released
Posted: October 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave Grusin, Heaven Can Wait, Racing With the Moon, score, Soundtrack
Kritzerland has announced the world premiere release of the score for the 1978 hit comedy Heaven Can Wait directed by Warren Beatty & Buck Henry and starring Beatty alongside Julie Christie, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Jack Warden, Joseph Maher and James Mason. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Dave Grusin, […]
Danny Elfman Scoring ‘American Hustle’, ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ and Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’
Posted: October 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Hustle, Big Eyes, Danny Elfman, David O. Russell, Dreamworks Animation, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Tim Burton
Danny Elfman recently confirmed his involvement in three upcoming movies in a recent interview with Big Issue. The composer has recently finished his score for David O. Russell’s crime drama American Hustle. The film stars Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence. The movie tells the the story of a brilliant […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 20, 2013)
Posted: October 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brent Belke, Dracula, Hallmark Channel, Ilan Eshkeri, NBC, Scott Shields, Strike Back: Origins, The Hunters, Trevor Morris
Premiering on Friday, October 25 is the new drama Dracula created by Daniel Knauf (Carnivàle) and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Katie McGrath, Thomas Kretschmann and Nonso Anozie. Trevor Morris (The Borgias, Immortals, Olympus Has Fallen) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous news article to learn more about […]
‘Arrested Development’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Arrested Development, David Schwartz, Netflix
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed comedy Arrested Development. The album features selections from the original score and songs from all four seasons of the show composed by David Schwartz (Deadwood, Northern Exposure). Also included is the song Boomerang performed by Lucy Schwartz, which was featured in the season finale […]
Mychael Danna Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Awards, Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer, Mychael Danna, Rahman Altin, World Soundtrack
Mychael Danna was chosen as Film Composer of the Year at the World Soundtrack Awards 2013, tonight’s closing event of the 40th Ghent Film Festival. Danna also received an award for his score for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi in the Best Original Film Score of the Year 2012 category. The composer accepted his awards via […]
‘The Book Thief’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Book Thief
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the period drama The Book Thief. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Williams. The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. The Book Thief is directed by […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 18, 2013)
Posted: October 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 12 Years a Slave, Alex Ebert, Alex Heffes, Alexander, All is Lost, Bruce Fowler, Carrie, Carter Burwell, Escape Plan, Hans Zimmer, I'm in Love With a Church Girl, Kill Your Darlings, Marco Beltrami, Nico Muhly, Paradise, Rachel Portman, The Fifth Estate
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller Carrie directed by Kimberly Peirce and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Gabriella Wilde, Alex Russell and Ansel Elgort. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Rogue […]
’12 Years a Slave’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 12 Years a Slave, Hans Zimmer, Soundtrack, Steve McQueen
The details of the soundtrack album for Steve McQueen’s historical drama 12 Years a Slave have been announced. The album features selections from the film’s original score composed by Hans Zimmer, as well as original recordings from John Legend (who serves as the soundtrack’s producer), Alicia Keys (who performs Queen of the Field (Patsey’s Song) […]
‘Carrie’ Score Album Released
Posted: October 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carrie, Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical has released a score album for the horror thriller remake Carrie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. As previously announced, Columbia Records has also released […]
