Madison Gate Records will release a score album for the sports drama Soul Surfer. The soundtrack includes about 46 minutes of Marco Beltrami’s original score from the movie. The album will be released digitally on April 5, 2011 and it will also be available as an Amazon on-demand CD-R on April 18. To listen to almost 20 minutes of Beltrami’s score, visit the composer’s official website. Soul Surfer is directed by Sean McNamara and stars AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Craig T. Nelson and Carrie Underwood. The film will be released on April 8.
Month: April 2011
Lucas Vidal to Score ‘The Raven’
Lucas Vidal has signed on to score the upcoming thriller The Raven. The film is a fictionalized account of the final days of Edgar Allan Poe as he tracks a serial killer whose crimes mirror works by the famous author. The movie stars John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. The project marks the second high profile scoring assignment this year for the quickly rising composer after the thriller The Cold Light of Day starring Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver, which Vidal has coming up later this year. The Raven is directed by James McTeigue who previously worked with composers Dario Marianelli on V for Vendetta and Ilan Eshkeri on Ninja Assassin.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 1, 2011)
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Duncan Jones’ Source Code starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga features music by Chris Bacon. A soundtrack including Bacon’s original score has been released by Lakeshore Records as reported here. The album is now available to order on Amazon and can be downloaded at Amazon and iTunes. Bacon has been giving a number of interviews about his latest project. Check out Scorenotes, Film Music Media and Filmmuziek.be for audio interviews with the composer.
Also opening wide is Tim Hill’s Hop starring Russell Brand as the voice of the Easter Bunny, as well as James Marsden, Elizabeth Perkins, Kaley Cuoco and Hugh Laurie. The film’s music is by composer Christopher Lennertz. As reported last week, a soundtrack with Lennertz’ score will be released by Varese Sarabande on April 19. For an interview with the composer talking about the project, visit MovieMikes and check out this video from the red carpet at the Hop premiere, where Lennertz is being interviewed right after Russell Brand.
Trevor Morris to Score ‘Immortals’
Film Music Reporter has learned that Trevor Morris has landed his most prestigious feature scoring assignment to date. He will be scoring the upcoming 3D Greek mythology action adventure film Immortals. The movie is directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell, The Fall) and stars Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Isabel Lucas, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, Kellan Lutz and John Hurt. The film’s story follows the ruthless King Hyperion leading his bloodthirsty army on a murderous rampage across Greece to find a weapon that will destroy humanity. Theseus, a mortal chosen by Zeus, must lead the fight against Hyperion with the fate of mankind and the gods at stake.