Archive for March, 2011

EMI Music has announced the details of the soundtrack for Walt Disney Pictures’ Winnie the Pooh. The album includes the film’s songs written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, as well as selections from Henry Jackman’s original score. The soundtrack also features vocal performances and an original song by Zooey Deschanel. The album will be […]

Fernando Velázquez is reuniting with director Juan Antonio Bayona on the upcoming drama The Impossible. The Spanish/American co-production stars Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts. The movie is based on a true story and centers on a family caught in mayhem of the tsunami that hit the coast of Thailand in 2004. Velázquez and Bayona previously […]

‘Thor’ Soundtrack announced

Posted: March 25, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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UPDATE (03/19/2011): The final version of the soundtrack’s cover art has been added. Buena Vista Records has announced the details for the soundtrack of the upcoming comic book adaptation of Thor. The album includes Patrick Doyle’s original score from the film and will be released in some European territories at the end of April and […]

Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch starring Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino and Jon Hamm features music by Tyler Bates and Marius DeVries. A soundtrack with songs from the movie has been released this week by Watertower Music. To listen […]

Marcelo Zarvos is currently finishing up work on the score for the upcoming HBO drama Too Big to Fail. The film directed by Curtis Hanson offers an intimate look at the financial crisis of 2008 and the group of powerbrokers who decided the fate of the world’s economy in a matter of a few weeks. […]

‘Rio’ Score Album Details

Posted: March 24, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande Records has revealed the details for the score album of the upcoming animated feature Rio. The album contains 18 tracks of John Powell’s original score for the film, as well as one track by Brazilian musician/songwriter Carlinhos Brown and Mikael Mutti. The soundtrack will be released on April 19, 2011. To order the […]

Since our last update on the music for the upcoming adventure sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, we have learned more information about Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack for the film. The music is being recorded this week in Los Angeles and one of the featured musicians that joined the production’s team is jazz trumpet […]

‘Hop’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: March 24, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande Records has announced the details for the soundtrack release of the family comedy Hop. The album includes Christopher Lennertz’ original score from the movie, as well as the song The Pink Berets, co-written by Lennertz and performed by The DeeKompressors. The soundtrack will be released on April 5, 2011. To pre-order the album, […]

Film Music Reporter has learned that composer Hal Lindes is currently writing the score for the upcoming drama The Lucky One. The film based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, Dear John) centers on a Marine who survives three tours in Iraq and attributes his good fortune to a photograph he carried of […]

Walt Disney Records recently announced a new collection of remixes of Daft Punk’s orginal music from the movie Tron: Legacy. The album features 15 tracks of reworks of Daft Punk’s score from electronic music artists including Paul Oakenfold, The Crystal Method and Moby. The compilation will be released on April 5, 2011 and can be […]