Jeff Danna has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller The Expatriate. The movie stars Aaron Eckhart as a former CIA agent who hopes to make a fresh start with his estranged 15-year old daughter. He takes a job in Belgium as a security expert for a multinational corporation and arrives one day to […]
Archive for 2011
Jeff Danna to Score ‘The Expatriate’
Posted: August 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Danna, The Expatriate
‘The Skin I Live In’ Soundtrack released
Posted: August 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Iglesias, La piel que habito, score, Soundtrack, The Skin I Live In
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for Pedro Almadovar’s drama The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito). The album includes the film’s original score by Alberto Iglesias, as well as songs from the movie by Concha Buika, Trentmöller and Chris Garneau. The score is performed by the London Sessions Orchestra. The soundtrack […]
Howe Records to Release Howard Shore’s ‘Hugo’ Soundtrack
Posted: August 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Howard Shore, Hugo, Martin Scorsese, score, Soundtrack, The Lord of the Rings
UPDATE (November 14, 2011): Check out our new article for the details on Howard Shore’s soundtrack. The credits on the official movie website of Martin Scorsese’s upcoming drama Hugo reveal that a soundtrack album for the movie will be released on Howard Shore‘s own label Howe Records. According to The Music of the Lord of […]
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring HBO’s ‘Enlightened’
Posted: August 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Enlightened, HBO, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mike White
Mark Mothersbaugh has written the score for the upcoming HBO comedy Enlightened. The show stars Laura Dern as as a health and beauty executive who has a terrible public breakdown and, after some rehab and meditation, must come back from the hardship to try to live a more illuminated existence. Diane Ladd, Luke Wilson and […]
‘The Help’ Score Album Details
Posted: August 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, The Help, Thomas Newman
Varese Sarabande has revealed the details of the score album for the hit drama The Help. The album includes the original score by Thomas Newman. The soundtrack CD is available for pre-order on Amazon and is scheduled to be released on September 13, 2011. The release is also already available to download. Check out audio […]
Gast Waltzing Scoring ‘Hysteria’
Posted: August 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Henson, Gast Waltzing, Hysteria
Gast Waltzing has recently scored the British romantic comedy Hysteria. The movie directed by Tanya Wexler stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones. Christian Henson (the Devil’s Double, Black Death) has written additional music for the film. Sarah Curtis (Her Majesty Mrs. Brown), Judy Cairo (Crazy Heart) and Tracey Becker […]
World Soundtrack Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: August 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ghent International Film Festival, World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2011 World Soundtrack Awards to be presented in three categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The names of the winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert […]
Paul Cantelon Scoring ‘Violet & Daisy’
Posted: August 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Geoffrey Fletcher, Paul Cantelon, Violet & Daisy
Paul Cantelon is the composer of the upcoming drama Violet & Daisy. The movie is written and directed by Geoffrey Fletcher who won an Academy Award for his adapted screenplay for 2009’s Precious. Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel are playing two teenage assassins who believe they’ve landed a straightforward assignment but soon find themselves thrown […]
Marco Beltrami’s ‘The Thing’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: August 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack, The Thing
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming horror thriller The Thing. The album features the movie’s original score by Marco Beltrami. The soundtrack will be released on October 11, 2011. The full details of the release are expected to be announced within the next couple of weeks. The Thing directed by Matthijs van […]
‘The Change-Up’ Soundtrack released
Posted: August 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Debney, score, Soundtrack, The Change-Up, Theodore Shapiro
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the comedy The Change-Up. The album includes the film’s original score by composer John Debney, as well as a couple of tracks composed by Theodore Shapiro who was the original main composer of the movie. The soundtrack is available to download on iTunes, where you can […]