Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album for Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu’s drama Biutiful starring Javier Bardem. The album includes almost an hour of Gustavo Santaolalla’s original score, as well as several source tracks from the film. The album is currently available to download on Amazon and iTunes. Check out the links for audio clips […]
Archive for January, 2011
‘Biutiful’ soundtrack album released
Posted: January 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Almost Biutiful, Biutiful, Gustavo Santaolalla, Soundtrack
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‘Life in a Day’ to feature music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Posted: January 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Kevin Macdonald, Life in a Day, Matthew Herbert, Ridley Scott
Harry Gregson-Williams has recently recorded music for the upcoming documentary Life in a Day. The film was shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010. Around 4,500 hours were shot, having been sent […]
John Swihart scoring ‘Flypaper’
Posted: January 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Flypaper, How I Met Your Mother, John Swihart, Losing Control, Mad Love, Mark Mancina, The Other Woman
Film Music Reporter has learned that John Swihart is the new composer of the crime comedy Flypaper directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd and Jeffrey Tambor. He has taken over scoring duties from Mark Mancina, who was originally attached to score the movie as reported last month. The film will have […]
Trent Reznor scoring ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
Posted: January 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor
UPDATE (January 11, 2011): Atticus Ross co-scoring ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ According to a New York Times livestream interview (via Slashfilm), Trent Reznor has announced that he will be scoring David Fincher’s upcoming adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The movie stars Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan […]
BAFTA longlist for ‘Best Music’ announced
Posted: January 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Awards, BAFTA, Best Music, Longlist
The British Academy of Television and Film Arts has announced the longlists for this year’s British Academy Film Awards, with 15 entries per category. Here are the contenders for the ‘Best Music’ category: 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman) Alice in Wonderland (Danny Elfman) Biutiful (Gustavo Santaollala) Brighton Rock (Martin Phipps) Despicable Me (Pharrell Williams & Heitor […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 7, 2011)
Posted: January 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Season of the Witch, Soundtrack
Only one new movie opens this weekend in wide release: The fantasy adventure Season of the Witch directed by Dominic Sena and starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman and Christopher Lee features a score by Atli Örvarsson. As reported last year, a soundtrack album including about 50 minutes of Örvarsson’s score was released digitally by Relativity […]
BREAKING NEWS: Carter Burwell returns to score final ‘Twilight’ films
Posted: January 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bill Condon, Breaking Dawn, Carter Burwell, Mildred Pierce, The Twilight Saga, Twilight
Film Music Reporter has learned that Carter Burwell will return to the Twilight franchise to score the two final films in the series. The final two movies are directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls), who worked with Burwell on Gods and Monsters and Kinsey. Burwell previously scored the first part in the series directed by Catherine […]
Ed Shearmur to score ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ sequel
Posted: January 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2, Ed Shearmur, Rodrick Rules
Composer Edward Shearmur has been tapped to score the family comedy Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules. He is following Theodore Shapiro, who scored the first part last year and who is currently busy scoring the Russell Brand-starring comedy Arthur as reported here. The sequel is directed by David Bowers, who previously helmed […]
Theodore Shapiro scoring ‘Arthur’
Posted: January 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arthur, David Frankel, Russell Brand, The Big Year, Theodore Shapiro
Film Music Reporter has learned that composer Theodore Shapiro is currently writing the score for the upcoming comedy Arthur. The movie directed by Jason Winer (Modern Family) is a remake of the 1981 film with the same title starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli, which won Oscars for Moore and best screenplay. The original movie […]
Remastered ‘Solaris’ soundtrack announced
Posted: January 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cliff Martinez, Dominic Frontiere, John Debney, Solaris, The Rat Patrol, Young Riders
La-La-Land Records will release a new and remastered version of Cliff Martinez’ score for Steven Soderbergh’s Solaris. The previous album for the 2002 sci-film starring George Clooney and produced by James Cameron has been out-of-print for a while. The new album will be released on January 18. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon or order […]
