WaterTower Music will release the third soundtrack album for the HBO hit series Game of Thrones. The album features selections from the score of the show’s third season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Person of Interest). Also featured is Kerry Ingram’s It’s Always Summer Under the Sea and The Hold Steady’s The […]
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‘Game of Thrones’ Season 3 Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Game of Thrones, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
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‘The Hot Flashes’ to Feature Music by Marcelo Zarvos
Posted: June 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, Susan Seidelman, The Face of Love, The Hot Flashes
Marcelo Zarvos has composed the score for the upcoming comedy The Hot Flashes. The film is directed by Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan, She-Devil) and stars Brooke Shields, Wanda Sykes, Virginia Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Camryn Manheim, Mark Povinelli and Eric Roberts. The movie follows an unlikely group of middle-aged women who challenge the high school […]
Hans Zimmer to Score Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’
Posted: June 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
Hans Zimmer has confirmed in a recent interview with Collider that he has started work on Christopher Nolan’s upcoming sci-fi film Interstellar. The movie is based on a script by Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight, Person of Interest) and stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and Michael Caine. No specific plot details have been […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 31, 2013)
Posted: May 31, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: After Earth, Brian Tyler, Dickon Hinchliffe, Halli Cauthery, Harry Gregson-Williams, James Newton Howard, Now You See Me, Ryan Miller, Shadow Dancer, The East, The Kings of Summer
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi adventure After Earth directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith. The film’s music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village) who regularly works with the director. Sony Masterworks has […]
‘Byzantium’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 31, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Byzantium, Javier Navarette, Neil Jordan, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the supernatural drama Byzantium. The album features the film’s score written by Academy Award-nominated composer Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans). The soundtrack will be released on CD in the UK on July 8, 2013. No word yet on a domestic release date. Byzantium […]
Aaron Zigman to Score ‘The Other Woman’
Posted: May 31, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, Baggage Claim, Nick Cassavetes, The Other Woman
Aaron Zigman is reteaming with director Nick Cassavates on the upcoming romantic comedy The Other Woman. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Kate Upton, Taylor Kinney and Nicki Minaj. The movie follows a woman who finds out that she is not her boyfriend’s primary lover and plots with the man’s wife […]
‘Only God Forgives’ Soundtrack to Be Released on Vinyl
Posted: May 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cliff Martinez, Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has revealed the cover art of the Vinyl version of the soundtrack for Nicolas Winding-Refn’s thriller Only God Forgives. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Cliff Martinez (Traffic, Drive, Contagion), as well as the song You Are My Dream by the Thai band PROUD. The 180g LP is limited to […]
Cliff Martinez Accepts BMI’s Richard Kirk Award
Posted: May 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI Film & TV Awards, Cliff Martinez
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has published the acceptance speech of Cliff Martinez, the honoree of the Richard Kirk Award at this year’s BMI Film & TV Awards. The composer of such movies as Traffic, Solaris, Drive, The Lincoln Lawyer, Arbitrage and Sex, Lies & Videotapes received the award on May 15 at the awards ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check […]
Joel McNeely to Score Seth MacFarlane’s ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’
Posted: May 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Million Ways to Die in the West, Joel McNeely, Seth MacFarlane
Joel McNeely has been tapped to score the upcoming western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West. The film is directed by Seth MacFarlane who also stars in the film alongside Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Sarah Silverman, Giovanni Ribisi and Neil Patrick Harris. The movie follows a sheepish farmer who backs […]
‘Fringe’ Season 5 Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Chris Tilton, Fox, Fringe, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the fifth season of the Fox sci-fi mystery series Fringe. The album features selections from final season’s original score composed by Chris Tilton. The soundtrack will be released on June 25, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips […]
