Nacional Records has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming drama A Better Life. The album includes the original score by composer Alexandre Desplat, as well as the original song El Jardinero by Ozomatli. The soundtrack will be available on June 21, 2011 as a digital download release on Amazon. To listen to audio clips […]
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Alexandre Desplat’s ‘A Better Life’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: May 22, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Better Life, Alexandre Desplat, El Jardinero, Ozomatli, score, Soundtrack
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‘Green Lantern’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 22, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Green Lantern, James Newton Howard, score, Soundtrack
Watertower Music has revealed the details of the upcoming soundtrack release for Green Lantern. As previously announced, the album includes James Newton Howard‘s original score from the comic book adaptation. The soundtrack features 18 tracks for a running time of over 52 minutes. The album will be released on June 14, 2011 and will be […]
‘Elena’ Features Music by Philip Glass
Posted: May 22, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrei Zvyagintsev, Elena, James Whitaker, Philip Glass, Rebirth
The Russian drama Elena recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Composer Philip Glass wrote an original score for the movie. The film is directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev who is best known for helming the 2003 drama The Return, which received a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign language film. Elena centers on an elderly […]
Composers on USA’s ‘Suits’, ‘Necessary Roughness’ and ‘Covert Affairs’
Posted: May 21, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Gorgoni, Burn Notice, Christopher Tyng, Covert Affairs, Doug Liman, James S. Levine, John Dickson, Jon Ehrlich, Nexessary Roughness, Royal Pains, Suits, Toby Chu, USA, White Collar
Christopher Tyng (Futurama , Rescue Me) is scoring the new legal drama Suits. The show created by Aaron Korsh and starring Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Rick Hoffman and Gina Torres centers on a top Manhattan corporate lawyer who recruits a brilliant but unmotivated college dropout as a new associate. Doug Liman (The […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 20, 2011)
Posted: May 20, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music NewsTags: Bloodworth, Cost of a Soul, Hans Zimmer, Midnight in Paris, On Stranger Tides, Patrick Warren, Pirates of the Caribbean, Randy Scruggs, Rodney Whittenberg, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Soundtrack, T Bone Burnett
Only one movie is opening wide this weekend: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides directed by Rob Marshall and starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Penelope Cruzis is the fourth entry in the adventure series. The film’s music is composed by Hans Zimmer featuring Rodrigo y Gabriela. A soundtrack album including selections from the […]
Alan Menken to Write Music for Dreamworks Animation’s ‘Lidsville’
Posted: May 20, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Dreamworks Animation, Lidsville, Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft
Alan Menken has revealed in a recent posting on Twitter that he is in talks to work on the Dreamworks Animation musical Lidsville. The project would be the first non-Disney animation project for the multiple Academy Award-winning composer. The film is based on characters developed by Sid and Marty Krofft (Land of the Lost) from […]
‘X-Men: Fist Class’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 20, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Henry Jackman, score, Soundtrack, X-Men: First Class
UPDATE (May 29, 2011): The release date for physical CD version of the X-Men: First Class soundtrack has been pushed back a week to June 28, 2011, but a digital release will be available to download on May 31 on Amazon. Check out the audio clips from all tracks on the album below. Sony Masterworks […]
Mark Bradshaw to Score ‘Resistance’
Posted: May 20, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Bradshaw, Rachel Portman, Resistance
Mark Bradshaw has signed on to score the upcoming World War II drama Resistance. The film based on a novel by Owen Sheer takes place in an alternative 1944, where Russia has fallen to Nazi Germany and the D-Day landings have failed. The story centers on a group of women in an isolated Welsh village […]
Rachel Portman’s ‘Snow Flower and the Secret Fan’ Soundtrack Coming in July
Posted: May 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rachel Portman, score, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Soundtrack
UPDATE (June 11, 2011): Check out our new article for the album track list. Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming drama Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. The album includes the original score from the film by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman. The music was recorded at Angel Studios in London. […]
‘The First Grader’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Heffes, score, Soundtrack, The First Grader
Varese Sarabande Records has announced the details for the soundtrack release of the drama The First Grader. The album includes Alex Heffes‘ original score from the movie. Heffes’ music features evocative vocals recorded in Kenya. The album will be released on June 14, 2011. To pre-order the soundtrack, visit Amazon. The First Grader directed by […]
