Archive for 2011

La-La Land Records has released an expanded soundtrack for the 1996 action movie Broken Arrow. The film’s music is written by Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack album comes in a 2 disc-set and features more than 30 minutes of previously unreleased music for a total running time of almost two hours. The soundtrack is limited to […]

‘Rango’ Soundtrack Preview

Posted: February 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Paramount Pictures has revealed a new clip from the upcoming animated movie Rango directed by Gore Verbinski. The clip features Hans Zimmer’s orchestral arrangement of the Rango theme song by Los Lobos that was previewed a few weeks ago on the Los Angeles Times Music Blog. Watch the clip below after the jump and visit […]

Varese Sarabande Records will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming adventure thriller Largo Winch II. The album includes 20 tracks of Alexandre Desplat’s score for the movie. Also known as The Burma Conspiracy, the film is a sequel to the 2008 thriller Largo Winch, which also featured a score by Desplat and is available […]

UPDATE (February 25, 2011): Lakeshore Records has also announced a separate soundtrack album featuring songs from the movie. The album includes songs by such artists as Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, Marcus, Ari Hest and Gang Starr. To check out the full tracklist, visit Lakeshore Records’ soundtrack page. —————————– Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for […]

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Jonny Greenwood has signed on to score the upcoming indie drama We Need to Talk About Kevin. The film is directed by Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar) and stars Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly and Ezra Miller. The movie is based on a novel by Lionel Shriver and centers […]

Klaus Badelt has a number of movies coming out in 2011. Already recorded is the score for the horror comedy Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. The film based on the comic book series Dylan Dog centers around supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red […]

Randy Newman has won the Grammy Award for Toy Story 3 in the Best Score Soundtrack Album category at today’s award ceremony, beating out Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland, James Horner for Avatar and Hans Zimmer for Inception and Sherlock Holmes. The winner in the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album category is Crazy Heart, produced […]

Alexandre Desplat has won the Orange British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) in the Original Music category for his score for The King’s Speech. The award was presented to him by singer/songwriter Paul McCartney. Desplat’s competitors in the category were A.R. Rahman for 127 Hours, Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland, John Powell for How to […]

Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack release for the French drama La ligne droite. The film’s music is written by composer Patrick Doyle and 21 tracks of his score will be featured on the album. The soundtrack album will be released on March 8, 2011. It will only be released as a physical CD […]

Elia Cmiral scoring ‘Atlas Shrugged’

Posted: February 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Elia Cmiral recently recorded his score for the upcoming bestseller adaptation Atlas Shrugged: Part 1. In the movie based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand, a powerful railroad executive struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. The film directed by Paul Johansson stars Taylor Schilling, Edi Gathegi and Matthew […]