Archive for April, 2012

Rolfe Kent is the recipient of the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at this year’s BMI Film & Television Awards. The Emmy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated composer has previously received 13 BMI Film & Television Awards since 2002. Kent’s best known work includes his score for Alexander Payne’s Election, About Schmidt and Sideways, […]

Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Natural Selection. The album features the original score from the film composed by iZLER (ABC’s Revenge) and Curt Schneider. iZLER received a World Soundtrack Award nomination in the Disocovery of the Year category for his work on the film. The soundtrack will be released […]

‘Galaxy Quest’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: April 10, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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La-La Land Records has released the premiere official soundtrack release for the 1999 Dreamworks sci-fi action comedy Galaxy Quest directed by Dean Parisot and starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Sam Rockwell. The album features the film’s original score from the film composed by David Newman.  Newman’s music has previously only been released […]

Nick Urata has recently scored the upcoming comedy drama Ruby Sparks. The film is directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and stars Paul Dano as a once-successful young novelist whose creativity is blocked due to heartache and loneliness. He makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him and comes to […]

Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for the second season of the HBO hit series Game of Thrones. The album features selections of the score from the show’s second season by composer Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Prison Break). The soundtrack will be released on May 29, 2012 and is now available for pre-order […]

Christophe Beck has been tapped to score Universal Pictures’ supernatural action comedy R.I.P.D. The film is directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) and stars Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon and Mary Louise-Parker. The movie based on the graphic novel by Peter Lenkov follows a cop killed in the line of duty who is recruited by […]

Chez Wamusic has released a soundtrack album for the French adventure comedy Sur la piste du Marsupilami. The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-nominated composer Bruno Coulais (The Chorus, Coraline, The Crimson Rivers), as well as the songs featured in the film by Maze feat. Frankie Beverly and Celine Dion. The […]

Nat Geo Music has released a soundtrack album for the seven-episode nature documentary mini-series Great Migrations. The album features the original score from the series by composer Anton Sanko (Rabbit Hole, HBO’s Big Love). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Great Migrations narrated […]

‘Transit’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: April 7, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Pale Blue Records has released a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Transit. The album features the film’s original score written by composer Chris Westlake. The soundtrack was released this past Tuesday and is available digitally on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Transit is directed by Antonio Negret and stars Jim Caviezel, […]

Marc Shaiman has scored the upcoming drama The Magic of Belle Isle. The film is directed by Rob Reiner and stars Morgan Freeman as a wheelchair-bound Western novelist who takes a lakeside cabin for the summer in Belle Isle and befriends the family next door – an attractive single mom and her young daughters – […]