Walt Disney Records has announced a new line of CDs, The Legacy Collection,which will celebrate the anniversaries of a number of Disney classics. The first release is for the 1994 animated feature The Lion King, which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the movie’s release. The album features the songs from the film composed by […]
Archive for May, 2014
Expanded ‘The Lion King’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elton John, Hans Zimmer, score, Soundtrack, The Lion King, Tim Rice
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James Newton Howard to Score Edward Zwick’s ‘Pawn Sacrifice’
Posted: May 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Edward Zwick, James Newton Howard, Pawn Sacrifice, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
James Newton Howard is reuniting with director Edward Zwick on the upcoming biographical drama Pawn Sacrifice. The film is set at the height of the Cold War and tells the true story of U.S. chess prodigy Bobby Fischer and his epic faceoff against Russia’s Boris Spassky. Tobey Maguire is portraying Fischer while Liev Schreiber plays his archrival. Peter […]
‘Godzilla’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: May 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Gareth Edwards, Godzilla
The soundtrack album for Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla has been published on Spotify. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). Listen to the full album after the jump. WaterTower Records will release the soundtrack on May 13 […]
‘Maleficent’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, Maleficent, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure Maleficent. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense). Also featured is Lana Del Rey’s new cover version of the song Once Upon a Dream, which was featured in the movie’s trailer and was released earlier […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 4, 2014)
Posted: May 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 24: Live Another Day, Fox, Sean Callery
Premiering tomorrow, May 6, on Fox is 24: Live Another Day starring Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kim Raver, William Devane, Judy Davis, Tate Donovan, Stephen Fry and Yvonne Strahovski. The reboot of the hit action series is scored by Sean Callery (Homeland, Elementary, Bones) who previously scored all eight seasons and 192 episodes of […]
‘A Thousand Times Good Night’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Thousand Times Good Night, Armand Amar, score, Soundtrack
Long Distance has released a soundtrack album for the Irish-Norwegian drama A Thousand Times Good Night. The album features the film’s original music composed by Armand Amar (The Concert, Days of Glory, Capital). The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. A Thousand Times Good Night is directed by Erik Poppe (Troubled […]
Reinhold Heil Scoring TNT’s ‘Legends’
Posted: May 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Legends, Reinhold Heil
Reinhold Heil is currently scoring the upcoming TNT original series Legends. The show is based on the award-winning book by Robert Littell and stars Sean Bean, Ali Larter, Rob Mayes, Tina Majorino, Steve Harris, Amber Valletta and Lux Haney Jardine. The spy drama follows an undercover FBI agent who is so adept at transforming himself into different identities that he […]
‘The Sea’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Hewitt, Hilary Hahn, score, Soundtrack, The Sea
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Sea. The album inlcudes the film’s original music composed by Andrew Hewitt (Submarine, The Double) and featuring violin solos by Hilary Hahn (The Village). The soundtrack is now available to download overseas. Visit the British Amazon store to listen to audio clips. No word yet on a domestic release. The […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 2, 2014)
Posted: May 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bad Johnson, Belle, Beneath the Harvest Sky, Decoding Annie Parker, Didier Leplae, Dustin Hamman, Hans Zimmer, Joe Wong, John Debney, Rachel Portman, Steven Bramson, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Walk of Shame
The only wide release this weekend is the superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Dane DeHaan. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer and The Magnificent Six, which includes Pharrell Williams, Johnny Marr, Michael Einziger, Junkie XL, Andrew Kawczynski and Steve Mazzaro. Columbia […]
