Erran Baron Cohen is set to score the upcoming comedy The Dictator starring his brother Sacha Baron Cohen who is also co-writing and producing the project. Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley and Jason Mantzoukas are co-starring in the movie directed by Larry Charles. Megan Fox and John C. Reilly are making cameos in the comedy. The […]
Archive for 2011
‘Our Idiot Brother’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric D. Johnson, Nathan Larson, Our Idiot Brother, score, Scoundtrack
Abkco Records will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the indie comedy Our Idiot Brother. The soundtrack features selections from the film’s score by Nathan Larson and Eric D. Johnson, as well as songs by such artists as Willie Nelson, Generationals, Fruit Bats, Daniel Tashian & Mindy Smith, El May and Carol King. The […]
Benoit Charest Scoring ‘Upside Down’
Posted: July 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benoit Charest, Upside Down
Benoit Charest is scoring the upcoming sci-fi romance Upside Down. The movie is directed by Juan Diego Solanas and stars Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess. The film centers on a a man searching an alternate universe for a long-lost love from his youth. James W. Skotchdopole (Man on Fire, Spy Game) is executive producing the […]
‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: July 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Crazy Stupid Love, Soundtrack
Watertower Music has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love. The album features songs from the movie from artists including Thievery Corporation, The Acorn, Gram Rabbit, Nina Simone, Miike Snow, Goldfrapp, Say Hi, Doris Troy, The Bamboos and The Middle East. None of the original score by Christophe Beck and […]
Carlo Siliotto Scoring ‘Without Men’
Posted: July 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carlo Siliotto, Without Men
Composer Carlo Siliotto has recently scored his first English language feature film in several years. The comedy Without Men starring Eva Longoria, Christian Slater, Kate del Castillo and Oscar Nunez centers on a group of women of a small, remote Latin American mountain village that’s forever altered the day all of its men are recruited […]
‘Horrible Bosses’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Horrible Bosses, score, Soundtrack
Watertower Music has announced the details for the soundtrack release of the comedy Horrible Bosses. The album includes the original score by Christopher Lennertz who collaborated with numerous rock musicians, including Money Mark (Beastie Boys), Mick McCready (Pearl Jam), Dave Levita (Eminem), Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction), Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band),Victor Indrizzo (Beck) and DJ […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 1, 2011)
Posted: July 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dark of the Moon, James Newton Howard, John Swihart, Larry Crowne, Mandy Hoffman, Michael Giacchino, Monte Carlo, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jablonsky, Terri, The Perfect Host, Transformers
Three new movies are opening wide this holiday weekend: Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whitley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Malkovich, Patrick Dempsey, Ken Jeong, Alan Tudyk, Frances McDormand and John Turturro already opened on Wednesday. The film’s music is composed by Steve Jablonsky. A score album has been […]
James Horner to Score ‘Black Gold’
Posted: July 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Gold, James Horner, Jean-Jacques Annaud
James Horner has signed on to write the music for the epic adventure Black Gold. The film is directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud who has previously collaborated with Horner on the 1986 thriller The Name of the Rose starring Sean Connery and the 2001 war drama Enemy at the Gates. Black Gold is based on the […]
Henry Jackman Scoring ‘Man on a Ledge’
Posted: June 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Asger Leth, Henry Jackman, Man on a Ledge
Henry Jackman is scoring the upcoming cop thriller Man on a Ledge. The movie starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Ed Harris, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns and Kyra Sedgwick centers on an ex-cop and now wanted fugitive who stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while an NYPD hostage negotiator tries to talk […]
Harald Kloser to Co-Write and Co-Produce Roland Emmerich’s ‘Singularity’
Posted: June 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anonymous, Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich, Singularity, Thomas Wander
Deadline reports that composer/screenwriter/producer Harald Kloser co-wrote the screenplay for Roland Emmerich’s upcoming science fiction movie Singularity, which he is also co-producing. No word yet on if he will be writing the score for the film as well, but given his previous work with the director, it is assumed that he will also be involved […]
