Michael Giacchino was honored with a Saturn Award tonight at the 38th annual Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. The composer won the award in the Best Music category for his score for last year’s Super 8, which also received awards for director J.J. Abrams and actor Joel Courtney […]
Archive for July, 2012
Michael Giacchino Wins Saturn Award for ‘Super 8’
Posted: July 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Michael Giacchino, Saturn Awards, Super 8
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‘A Fantastic Fear of Everything’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Fantastic Fear of Evrything, Michael Price, Soundtrack
Strangefolk Records will be releasing a soundrack album for the British comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything. The album features the films main theme composed by Michael Price (BBC’s Sherlock), dialogue/music clips featuring the movie’s cast, as well as the songs from the film including The Pretty Things’ I See You and Europe’s The Final […]
Javier Navarrete Scoring Neil Jordan’s ‘Byzantium’
Posted: July 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Byzantium, Javier Navarrete, Neil Jordan
Javier Navarrete is the composer of the upcoming supernatural drama Byzantium. The film is directed by Neil Jordan and stars Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton as two female vampires who wreak havoc on an unsuspecting English seaside community. Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller and Caleb Landry Jones are co-starring. Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre, Tamara Drewe) […]
Quincy Jones to Score Lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’
Posted: July 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lee Daniels, Quincy Jones, The Butler
Variety is reporting that Quincy Jones has signed on to score the drama The Butler. The film is directed by Lee Daniels and stars Forest Whitaker as Eugene Allen, a White House employee who served eight First Families over the course of three decades. Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Ami Ameen, Alan Rickman, James Marsden, Jane […]
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘Frankenweenie’ Soundtrack
Posted: July 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Frankenweenie, score, Soundtrack, Tim Burton
Walt Disney Records will be releasing the official soundtrack album for Tim Burton’s upcoming stop-motion animated feature Frankenweenie. The album features the film’s music composed by Danny Elfman. The soundtrack will be released on September 25, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full album details are expected to be announced in […]
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Scoring ‘The Time Being’
Posted: July 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Richard N. Gladstein, The Time Being
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek is scoring the upcoming indie mystery drama The Time Being. The film is written and directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain and stars Wes Bentley, Frank Langella, Ahna O’Reilly, Sarah Paulson and Corey Stoll. The movie follows young artist who accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be […]
‘ParaNorman’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jon Brion, ParaNorman, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Brion (Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Magnolia). The soundtrack will be released on August 14, 2012 by Relativity Music Group and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio […]
Lyle Workman to Score ‘Stand Up Guys’
Posted: July 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fisher Stevens, Lyle Workman, Stand Up Guys
Lyle Workman has announced on Twitter that he will be scoring the upcoming action comedy Stand Up Guys. The film is directed by actor/director Fisher Stevens who received an Academy Award for his documentary The Cove and stars Al Pacino and Christopher Walken as two aging criminals, one of whom has been hired to kill […]
Complete ‘The Shadow’ Soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith Released
Posted: July 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Safan, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The Shadow, Wolfen
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the complete soundtrack for the 1994 superhero film The Shadow directed by Russall Mulcahy and starring Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Ian McKellen and Peter Boyle. The 2-CD release features both the film’s complete original score composed by Jerry Goldsmith, as well as the […]
‘The Bourne Legacy’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: July 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, score, Soundtrack, The Bourne Legacy, Tony Gilroy
Cinema Musica has published audio clips from all tracks on the soundtrack release for Tony Gilroy’s action thriller The Bourne Legacy. The album features the film’s score composed by James Newton Howard who previously collaborated with the director on Michael Clayton and Duplicity. Also included is a new version of Moby’s Extreme Ways, which is […]
