Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the action thriller Bullet to the Head. The album features the film’s score composed by Steve Mazzaro and produced by Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack will be released on digitally on January 29, 2013 and physically on February 19. The CD is now available for […]
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‘Bullet to the Head’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bullet to the Head, Hans Zimmer, score, Soundtrack, Steve Mazzaro, Walter Hill
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Norah Jones to Perform ‘Ted’ Title Song at Oscars
Posted: January 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Norah Jones, Ted
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced today that Norah Jones will perform the Oscar-nominated song Everybody Needs a Best Friend from Universal Pictures’ hit comedy Ted at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony. The song written by the film’s composer Walter Murphy and writer/director & Oscar host Seth MacFarlane is nominated […]
‘Sound City’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave Grohl, Sound City, Soundtrack
Roswell Records will release the official soundtrack album for Dave Grohl’s documentary Sound City. As announced last month, the album features 24 original songs, each one composed and recorded exclusively for the film in Grohl and his Foo Fighters’ 606 Studios. The new tracks are written and performed by artists including Paul McCartney, Grohl’s former […]
James Levine Scoring NBC’s ‘Do No Harm’
Posted: January 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Do No Harm, James Levine, NBC
James S. Levine is scoring the new NBC drama Do No Harm. The series created by David Schulner and stars Steven Pasquale as a highly respected neurosurgeon who iswrestling with his dangerous alter-ego that threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and professional life. Alana De La Garza, Michael Esper, Ruta Gedmintas, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phylicia Rashad, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 25, 2012)
Posted: January 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Brian Tyler, David Buckley, Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters, John Dies at the End, Knife Fight, Movie 43, Parker, Sister Bliss
Three new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the fantasy action adventure Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters directed by Tommy Wirkola and starring Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen and Peter Stormare. The film’s music is composed by Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, The Eagle, The Fourth Kind). […]
David Sardy to Score Louis Leterrier’s ‘Now You See Me’
Posted: January 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Sardy, Louis Leterrier, Now You See Me
David Sardy has been hired to score the upcoming heist thriller Now You See Me. The movie is directed by Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk, Clash of the Titans) and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Melanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Common. The film follows a group of […]
T-Bone Burnett Reuniting with the Coen Brothers on ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
Posted: January 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel Coen, T Bone Burnett
T-Bone Burnett has reunited with Ethan and Joel Coen on their upcoming music-themed drama Inside Llewyn Davis. The movie based on the memoir of folk singer Dave Van Ronk, a friend of Bob Dylan’s and other famous musicians, stars Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Garrett Hedlund, F. Murray Abraham and John Goodman. The movie […]
James Horner to Receive Max Steiner Award
Posted: January 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Hollywood in Vienna, James Horner, Max Steiner Award
James Horner has been chosen as the recipient of this year’s Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award, which will be presented at the annual Hollywood in Vienna Concert at Vienna Concert Hall on October 4, 2013. The Max Steiner Award honors extraordinary achievements within the genre of film music by the musical capital of Austria, […]
