This morning, ABC’s Good Morning America featured a 5-minute segment on composer Christophe Beck. ABC correspondent Cameron Mathison visited Beck at his studio in Santa Monica, where he talked to the composer about his recent score for Walt Disney Pictures’ The Muppets, his favorite scene from the movie and also asked him to score his […]
Archive for February, 2012
Christophe Beck on ‘Good Morning America’
Posted: February 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Christophe Beck, The Muppets
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Michael Penn Scoring HBO’s ‘Girls’
Posted: February 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Girls, HBO, Judd Apatow, Lena Dunham, Michael Penn
Michael Penn has recently scored the new HBO comedy series Girls. The show is created by Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture) who also stars in the comedy alongside Jemima Kirke, Allison Williams, Adam Driver and Zosia Mamet. The comedy follows the lives of a small group of friends in their early 20’s trying to chart their […]
‘Hugo’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Awards
Posted: February 19, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Chris Fogel, Cinema Audio Society Awards, Hugo, Scott Millan, Simon Rhodes, Too Big to Fail
The team behind the sound mixing of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing at 48th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards at Saturday night’s awards ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. For the first time, scoring mixers have been included in the awards. Scoring mixer Simon Rhodes, […]
‘Ben-Hur’ Complete Soundtrack Collection Released
Posted: February 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Hur, Miklos Rosza, score, Soundtrack
Film Score Monthly has announced a new 5 CD-set of the soundtrack for the 1959 classic Ben-Hur. The album includes the complete film score composed by Miklos Rosza, as well as outtakes, alternates and every additional take preserved by the studio mastered from the original six-track recordings. The soundtrack set is limited to 2000 copies. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 17, 2012)
Posted: February 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Cecile Corbel, Christophe Beck, David Sardy, Ghost RIder: Spirit of Vengeance, Jeff Danna, Michael Brook, score, Soundtrack, The Secret World of Arrietty, Thin Ice, This Means War, Undefeated
Three new movies are opening in theaters this President’s Day weekend: Expected to have the best weekend at the box office among the new releases is the superhero action sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance directed by Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor and starring Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba, Violante Placido, Ciaran Hinds and Christopher Lambert. […]
‘Casa de mi Padre’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, Casa de mi Padre, Christina Aguilera, John Nau, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the comedy Casa de mi Padre. The album includes Christina Aguilera’s title song, as well as selections from the film’s score written by Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau and a number of other songs from the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March […]
Edward Shearmur to Score ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days’
Posted: February 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dog Days, Ed Shearmur, Edward Shearmur, Jay Chandrasekhar, The Babymakers
Edward Shearmur is set to score the upcoming family movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. The movie is directed by David Bowers (Flushed Away) who also directed the previous Wimpy Kid installment and stars Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris and Steve Zahn who are all reprising their roles from the […]
‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, John Powell, Paul Cinco, Soundtrack, The Lorax
Interscope Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the upcoming animated feature Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. The album includes the movie’s orignal songs written by composer John Powell and the film’s director/screenwriter Cinco Paul and performed by Ester Dean, voice cast member Ed Helms, Fletcher Sheridan, Jenny Slate and Randy Crenshaw. The soundtrack will […]
‘Brake’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brake, Brian Tyler, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the indie thriller Brake. The album features the original score from the film composed by Brian Tyler (The Expendables, Eagle Eye). The soundtrack will be released on March 20, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Brake is directed by Gabe Torres […]
Cliff Martinez to Score Robert Redford’s ‘The Company You Keep’
Posted: February 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ciff Martinez, Robert Redford, The Company You Keep
Cliff Martinez has been hired to score the upcoming thriller The Company You Keep. The movie is directed by Robert Redford who also stars in the film alongside Shia LaBeouf, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Brendan Gleeson, Terrence Howard, Anna Kendrick, Brit Marling, Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Richard Jenkins, Susan Sarandon, Stephen Root and Stanley Tucci. […]
