Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris announced today on Twitter via a video message that Oscar-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez are writing an original multimedia, musical sequence, Moving Pictures, which Harris will perform on at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 22. The duo received their first Oscar in 2014 for the song […]
Archive for January, 2015
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez to Write Original Musical Number for Oscars
Posted: January 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
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Philip Glass to Co-Score ‘The Fantastic Four’
Posted: January 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Josh Trank, Marco Beltrami, Philip Glass, The Fantastic Four
Director Josh Trank revealed in a recent interview with Collider that Philip Glass is co-scoring the upcoming reboot of The Fantastic Four. The composer will be collaborating with Marco Beltrami who was previously announced to score the film starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey and Tim Blake […]
T Bone Burnett to Produce ‘Let It Snow’ Soundtrack
Posted: January 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Let It Snow, T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett is set to produce the soundtrack for the upcoming holiday comedy Let It Snow. He will also be serving as the music executive producer of the film, which is directed by Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam, Corrina, Corrina) and stars Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa […]
Adam Levine to Perform ‘Lost Stars’ from ‘Begin Again’ at the Oscars
Posted: January 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Adam Levine, Begin Again
Academy Awards show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that Adam Levine will be performing the original song Lost Stars from Begin Again at this year’s Oscars ceremony on February 22. The song written by New Radicals’ Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois is one of the five nominees in the Best Original Song category. Levine who is best known as the lead singer for the […]
David Holmes Scoring Oliver Hirschbiegel’s ‘Elser (13 Minutes)’
Posted: January 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Holmes, Elser (13 Minutes), Oliver Hirschbiegel
David Holmes is reuniting with Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, The Experiment, The Invasion) on the upcoming German drama Elser (13 Minutes). The film starring Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, David Zimmerschied and Johann von Bülow tells the story of Georg Elser, a German carpenter who had assembled a bomb and plotted an attack on Hitler […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 25, 2015)
Posted: January 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beautiful & Twisted, Hans Zimmer, History, Lifetime, Nathan Whitehead, Sons of Liberty
Premiering tonight is the History original mini-series Sons of Liberty directed by Kari Skogland and starring Ben Barnes, Rafe Spall, Michael Raymond-James, Henry Thomas, Ryan Eggold, Marton Csokas, Emily Berrington, Dean Norris and Jason O’Mara. Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator) has composed the series’ title theme. Sons of Liberty follows […]
‘McFarland, USA’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 24, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antonio Pinto, McFarland USA, Niki Caro, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the sports drama McFarland, USA. The album features the film’s original score composed by Antonio Pinto (City of God, Lord of War, The Host, Snitch). Also included is the original end title track Juntos (Together) performed by Grammy-winning singer Juanes, which is already available to download as a single. The […]
