Mervyn Warren is set to score the gospel-choir comedy Joyful Noise. The film centers on an unlikely partnership between two strong-minded women who are forced to work together to save a small town gospel choir after budget cuts threaten to shut them down. The movie stars Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Kris Kristofferson, Courtney […]
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Mervyn Warren to Score ‘Joyful Noise’
Posted: May 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joyful Noise, Mervyn Warren, Todd Graff
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‘Another Year’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Another Year, Gary Yershon, Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande Records has revealed the details of the soundtrack release for Mike Leigh’s Another Year. The album includes the original chamber score by Gary Yershon from the critically acclaimed drama. Also included on the release is Yershon’s score for Mike Leigh’s previous film Happy-Go-Lucky. Sally Hawkins has won a Golden Globe for her lead […]
Mateo Messina to Score ‘Butter’
Posted: May 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Butter, Frankie Goes Boom, Jason Reitman, L!fe Happens, Life Happens, Mateo Messina, Matt Messina, Young Adult
Mateo Messina has been hired to score the satirical comedy Butter. The film is set in the Midwest U.S., where an adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town’s annual contest. The movie stars Jennifer Garner, Olivia Wilde, Hugh Jackman, Ty Burrell, Yara […]
‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: May 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mr. Popper's Penguins, Rolfe Kent, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack release for the family comedy Mr. Popper’s Penguins. The album includes the original score from composer Rolfe Kent, who collaborated on the project with director Mark Waters for the sixth time. The orchestral score was recorded earlier this month on the Fox Alfred Newman scoring stage in Los […]
Ludovic Bource Scoring ‘The Artist’
Posted: May 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ludovic Bource, Michel Hazanavicius, OSS 117, The Artist
Over the last couple of days, the romance The Artist has been getting a lot of attention at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Likewise, the film’s music composed by French composer Ludovic Bource has been receiving a lot of praise from critics and might be an early contender for the upcoming Awards season. The black-and-white […]
Klaus Badelt Taking Over ‘Seven Days in Utopia’
Posted: May 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Klaus Badelt, L'ordre et la morale, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rebellion, Seven Days in Utopia, William Ross
Klaus Badelt is the new composer of the upcoming sports drama Seven Days in Utopia. He is replacing William Ross, who was originally attached to the project as reported last year. The film starring Robert Duvall, Melissa Leo and Lucas Black tells the story of Luke Chisolm, a talented young golfer set on making the […]
‘The Big C’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: May 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Game Called Life, Leftover Cuties, Marcelo Zarvos, score, Soundtrack, The Big C
Epic Records has announced a soundtrack release for the Showtime show The Big C. The album includes the show’s main title song Game Called Life by the Leftover Cuties, as well a suite from Marcelo Zarvos‘ score for the first season of the hit show. Other artists featured on the album are The Staple Singers, […]
Aaron Zigman to Score ‘Good Deeds’
Posted: May 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Mann's World, Aaron Zigman, Good Deeds, Tyler Perry
Aaron Zigman is set to reunite with Tyler Perry on the director’s latest project Good Deeds. Perry is directing, writing, producing and starring in the romantic drama about an affluent and successful entrepreneur who’s about to get married when he becomes enamored with a down-on-her-luck single mom. His co-stars include Thandie Newton, Rebecca Romijn, Gabrielle […]
Hans Zimmer Joins WME Talent Agency
Posted: May 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Elliott, Amos Newman, David Holmes, David Newman, Hans Zimmer, WME
As reported by Variety and Deadline last week, the talent agency WME has signed composer Hans Zimmer, who was previously with the Gorfaine-Schwartz agency. WME has only recently started getting into representing film composers by hiring Amos Newman, the son of Academy Award-winning composer and songwriter Randy Newman. Deadline reported last month that he will […]
Howard Shore: A Composer’s Dream
Posted: May 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Composer's Dream, Governor's General Awards, Howard Shore
This weekend, Howard Shore was among the recipients of the Governor’s General’s Performing Arts Awards. The awards celebrate Canadian performers whose extraordinary lifetime achievements have contributed significantly to the enrichment of Canada’s cultural life. The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films reports that the National Board of Canada has produced six short films […]
