Two new movies in wide release this weekend: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader featuring a score by David Arnold opens in most theaters. A soundtrack album has been released by Sony Masterworks. Check our our previous posting announcing the album release. Two new interviews with Arnold about working on Narnia […]
Archive for December, 2010
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 10, 2010)
Posted: December 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Country Strong, David Arnold, Elliot Goldenthal, James Newton Howard, Michael Brook, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Tempest, The Tourist, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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Alan Menken developing TV musical comedy show
Posted: December 9, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alan Menken, David Zippel, Marco Pennette, Musical
Deadline Hollywood reported this week that composer Alan Menken has teamed with lyricist David Zippel and comedy writer Marco Pennette for a musical comedy set up at ABC. The show is described as St. Elmo’s Fire meets Rent and centers on a young female musician living with other musicians as they try to make their […]
Aaron Zigman to score ‘What’s Your Number?’
Posted: December 9, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, The Company Men, What's Your Number?
Aaron Zigman has been hired to score the upcoming comedy What’s Your Number? The comedy stars Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Zachary Quinto and Ryan Phillippe. The film is directed by Mark Mylod, who previously directed the features Ali G Indahouse and The Big White, as well as episodes of several TV shows including United States […]
David Hirschfelder scoring James Cameron’s Sanctum
Posted: December 8, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Hirschfelder, James Cameron, Sanctum
David Hirschfelder is attached to score the upcoming action adventure Sanctum. The movie is produced by James Cameron and will be one of the first 3D movies that was shot in 3D and not going through a post-production conversion. In the movie, an underwater cave diving team experiences a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to […]
BREAKING NEWS: Mychael Danna to score Camelot
Posted: December 7, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Camelot, Mychael Danna, The Whistleblower
Film Music Reporter has learned that composer Mychael Danna will be scoring the upcoming TV show Camelot. According to Collider, the epic period drama takes a fresh approach to the powerful story of the legendary King Arthur , weaving it with the authenticity of the most classic medieval tale of all time. The show’s cast […]
Klaus Badelt’s ‘Point Blank’ (A Bout Portant) score online
Posted: December 7, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Bout Portant, Klaus Badelt, Point Blank
Klaus Badelt’s score for the French thiller Point Blank (A Bout Portant) has been made available online at Badelt’s online store webpage. The soundtrack album includes 22 tracks from Badelt’s score, all of which can be previewed and downloaded for free on the page. Apart from downloading the score in 320k mp3 or FLAC format, you […]
Annie Awards nominations announced
Posted: December 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Nominations
Today, the International Animation Society announced the nominations for this year’s Annie Awards, which will take place on February 5, 2011. Here are the music-related categories: Music in a Feature Production Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films David Hirschfelder “Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” – Warner Bros. Pictures John Powell “How […]
Hans Zimmer not involved in Superman
Posted: December 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer, Superman, Zack Snyder
The Hollywood Reporter had a chance to talk to composer Hans Zimmer about his involvement in the upcoming Superman adaptation directed by Zack Snyder, which was reported last week by NBC San Diego as reported here. The news spread last week after Zimmer did some interviews at the DVD/Blu-Ray release party for Incpetion, which according […]
Nicholas Hooper scoring ‘African Cats’
Posted: December 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: African Cats, Kingdom of Courage, Nicholas Hooper
Nicholas Hooper has been hired to score the upcoming Disney Nature documentary African Cats: Kingdom of Courage. The movie centered on two cat families and how they teach their cubs the ways of the wild is directed by Alastair Fothergrill and Keith Scholey. Fothergrill previously directed the highly acclaimed documentaries Deep Blue, Earth and the […]
‘The Fighter’ soundtrack release coming
Posted: December 5, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David O. Russell, Michael Brook, Soundtrack, The Fighter
Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming drama The Fighter directed by David O. Russell and starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Amy Adams. The album features 15 tracks of the original score by composer Michael Brook. The movie has been getting a lot of positive critical reaction and is considered […]
