This year’s Sundance Film Festival will feature the composer panel Power of Story: Measure for Measure. The event will be moderated by Chris Douridas (KCRW-FM’s daily music program Morning Becomes Eclectic) and will include such participants as Academy Award-nominated composer Mark Isham who co-scored the indie drama The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete with […]
Archive for 2013
‘Power of Story: Measure for Measure’ Sundance Panel Announced
Posted: January 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Mark Isham, Sundance Film Festival, Terence Blanchard
John Debney to Score ‘Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt’
Posted: January 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Columbus, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, Cyrus Nowrasteh, jOBS, John Debney, The Call
John Debney has been hired to score the drama Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. The film directed and co-written by Cyrus Nowrasteh is based on the bestselling novel by Anne Rice (Interview with the Vampire) about Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to the war-torn […]
‘Identity Thief’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Identity Thief, score, Seth Gordon, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records will release the official soundtrack album for Seth Gordon’s new crime comedy Identity Thief. The album features the film’s score composed by Christopher Lennertz (Hop, Revolution) who previously scored the director’s previous movie Horrible Bosses. The composer reteamed with several musicians from his last score for Gordon, including Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris […]
‘Safe Haven’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deborah Lurie, Lasse Hallstrom, Safe Haven, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group and Republic Records have announced the details of the soundtrack for the romantic thriller Safe Haven. The soundtrack features the original tracks We Both Know written and performed by Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw and The Journey by FM Radio. Also included on the release are songs by Tristan Prettyman and Gareth Dunlop, […]
Kevin Riepl to Score ‘Cabin Fever: Patient Zero’
Posted: January 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cabin Fever, Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, Kaare Andrews, Kevin Riepl
Kevin Riepl has signed on to score Cabin Fever: Patient Zero. The reboot of the horror franchise is directed Kaare Andrews (Altitude) and stars Sean Astin, Brando Eaton, Lydia Hearst, Jillian Murray, Ryan Donowho and Mitch Ryan. The movie follows a bachelor party cruise in the Caribbean that unexpectedly runs ashore on a medical research island, where […]
Expanded ‘Dave’ Score by James Newton Howard Released
Posted: January 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave, James Newton Howard, John Debney, score, Soundtrack, The Relic
La-La Land Records has released a new soundtrack release for the 1993 comedy drama Dave directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver and Frank Langella. The album features the expanded and remastered score from the Warner Bros. Pictures production composed by James Newton Howard (King Kong, The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games), […]
Nick Urata to Score ‘Premature’
Posted: January 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Beers, Nick Urata, Premature
Nick Urata is scoring the upcoming indie teen comedy Premature. The film is directed by Dan Beers and stars John Karna as a teenager who is poised to finally lose his virginity, but when things go wrong, he inexplicably finds himself having to relive the same day over and over again until he gets it […]
‘Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album for the fantasy action adventure Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters. The album features the film’s score composed by Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, The Eagle, The Fourth Kind). Hans Zimmer serves as the film’s executive music producer. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 22, 2013 and […]
Trevor Morris to Score ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
Posted: January 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antoine Fuqua, Olympus Has Fallen, Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Olympus Has Fallen. The film is directed by Antoine Fuqua and stars Gerard Butler as a disgraced Secret Service agent who is called back to duty when the White House is taken over by terrorists. Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan […]
‘Beautiful Creatures’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Beautiful Creatures, score, Soundtrack, thenewno2
The details of the soundtrack album for the fantasy romance Beautiful Creatures have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by the British rock band thenewno2. The soundtrack will be released on February 14, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Beautiful […]