Pianist Justin Kauflin and Dave Grusin have composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Keep On Keepin’ On. The film is helmed by Australian director Alan Hicks who spent four years following the mentorship between jazz-legend Clark Terry and Kauflin, a blind piano prodigy, during a pivotal moment in each of their lives. Academy Award nominee […]
Archive for March, 2014
‘Keep On Keepin’ On’ to Feature Music by Dave Grusin & Justin Kauflin
Posted: March 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Grusin, Justin Kauflin, Keep On Keepin' On, Quincy Jones
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‘Oculus’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mike Flanagan, Oculus, score, Soundtrack, The Newton Brothers
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Oculus. The album features the film’s original score composed by The Newton Brothers (Detachment, Pawn Shop Chronicles, Life of Crime). Also included are two remixes by the composers and Paul Oakenfold. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 8. A CD version is […]
Danny Elfman to Co-Score Mike Flanagan’s ‘Somnia’
Posted: March 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, Mike Flanagan, Somnia, The Newton Brothers
Danny Elfman has been tapped to co-score the upcoming psychological thriller Somnia with The Newton Brothers who have previously been announced as the composers on the film. The movie is directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus) and stars Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Annabeth Gish and Jacob Tremblay. The thriller follows a couple who take in an […]
Klaus Badelt to Score Chen Kaige’s ‘The Monk’
Posted: March 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chen Kaige, Klaus Badelt, The Monk
Klaus Badelt is set to reteam with director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine, Together with You) on the upcoming martial arts action epic The Monk. The film is based on the best-selling novel Dao Shi Xia Shan (A Monk Comes Down the Mountain) by Xu Haofeng (The Grandmaster) and stars Wang Baoqiang, Lin Chi-ling and Fan Wei. The movie follows a young monk who is […]
BMI Continues to Support Sundance Institute at LA Composers Lab
Posted: March 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: BMI, Composers Lab, Sundance Institute
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) will continue its support for the Sundance Institute and is collaborating with the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills to present two events exploring the role of music in film. On Sunday, March 30, at 2:00pm composer Peter Golub, director of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program, will […]
‘A Long Way Down’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Long Way Down, Dario Marianelli, score, Soundtrack
Decca Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama A Long Way Down. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice, Anna Karenina). Also included are the songs from the film by such artists as Cake, Manu Chao, Alabama Shakes, Daughter and The Irrepressibles. The soundtrack is now available […]
Mac Quayle to Score ‘Other People’s Children’
Posted: March 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mac Quayle, Other People's Children
Mac Quayle has been hired to score the upcoming indie drama Other People’s Children. The film marks the feature debut of commercial and documentary director Liz Hinlein and stars Chad Michael Murray, Diane Marshall-Green, Michael Mosley, Breanne Racano, Harrison Thomas and Sofia Vassilieva. The movie follows a filmmaker reeling from the death of her famous father who falls down the rabbit hole of a charismatic homeless man […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 24, 2013)
Posted: March 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Surviving Jack, WAZ
Premiering on Thursday, March 27 is the new Fox comedy Surviving Jack created by Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker and starring Christopher Meloni, Connor Buckley, Rachael Harris, Claudia Lee, Kevin Hernandez and Tyler Foden. WAZ (Cougar Town) is composing the show’s original score. To learn more about the show, check out our scoring assignment announcement. The comedy will […]
Noah Sorota Recording the Score for ‘Jinn’
Posted: March 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Jinn, Noah Sorota
Noah Sorota has composed the music for the supernatural thriller Jinn. The composer’s score was recorded with a full orchestra on the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA. Sorota also conducted the orchestra. Check out a number of videos from the recording sessions of the score after the jump. Sorota is […]
‘Crave’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Crave, Justin Burnett, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Crave. The album features the film’s original music composed by Justin Burnett (Getaway, Dungeons & Dragons, Java Heat). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Crave is directed by Charles de Lauzirika and stars Josh Lawson, Ron Perlman, Edward Furlong and […]
