The American Film Institute Board of Trustees announced today that John Williams will be honored with the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award, America’s highest honor for a career in film. For the first time in AFI history, the award will be bestowed upon a composer. Williams will receive the award at a gala Tribute on […]
Archive for October, 2015
John Williams to Receive AFI Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted: October 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, John Williams
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‘Amy’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amy, Antonio Pinto, Asif Kapadia, score, Soundtrack
Island Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Amy. The album features the songs from the movie by the film’s subject Amy Winehouse, including live versions of such tracks as Rehab, Valerie, What It Is About Men, We’re Still Friends & more. Also included is the movie’s original score composed by Antonio Pinto (Senna, City of God, Lord of War, McFarland, USA). The […]
James Newton Howard to Return for ‘The Huntsman’
Posted: October 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Newton Howard, The Huntsman
James Newton Howard is currently scoring the upcoming fantasy adventure The Huntsman. The film is a prequel/spin-off to the 2012 feature Snow White and the Huntsman and is directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan who served as the visual effect supervisor on Rupert Sanders’ original movie and makes his feature directorial debut with the project. Chris Hemsworth […]
‘Room’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lenny Abrahamson, Room, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Rennicks
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Lenny Abrahamson’s indie drama Room. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen Rennicks who previously collaborated with the director on last year’s Frank. Also included is Brie Larson’s performance of Big Rock Candy Mountain and This Will Destroy You’s The Mighty Rio Grande. The soundtrack will be released […]
‘Bone Tomahawk’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bone Tomahawk, Jeff Herriott, S. Craig Zahler, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the western Bone Tomahawk. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Herriott and the film’s writer/director S. Craig Zahler. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bone Tomahawk is written and directed by Zahler and […]
Anne Dudley Scoring Paul Verhoeven’s ‘Elle’
Posted: October 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Dudley, Elle, Paul Verhoeven
Anne Dudley is currently recording her score for the upcoming dramatic thriller Elle. The film is directed by Paul Verhoeven and stars Isabelle Huppert. Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling and Anne Consigny. The movie is based on the novel Oh… by Phillippe Dijan and follows a CEO of a gaming software company who is attacked in […]
‘Gamba’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Gamba, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Gamba. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, Dear Wendy, Desert Dancer, Summer in February) who recorded his score with a full orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 9 […]
‘Mune’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Coulais, Mune, score, Soundtrack
Cristal Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Mune (Mune, le gardien de la lune). The album features the film’s original music composed by Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, Song of the Sea, The Crimson Rivers). The soundtrack will be released overseas on October 16, 2015. Mune is directed by Alexandre Heboyan […]
Lorne Balfe Scoring John Michael McDonagh’s ‘War on Everyone’
Posted: October 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Michael McDonagh, Lorne Balfe, War on Everyone
Lorne Balfe is composing the music for the upcoming comedy War on Everyone. The film is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (The Guard, Calvary) and stars Michael Peña, Alexander Skarsgård, Theo James, Tessa Thompson, Caleb Landry Jones, Paul Reiser, Stephanie Sigman and David Wilmot. The movie follows two corrupt cops who set out […]
