Archive for January, 2013

Nima Fakhrara has recently scored the horror film Exists. The film is directed by Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project) and follows a group of twenty-somethings who take a trip to a cabin deep in the wooded wilderness and are hunted by a Bigfoot-like beast. Sanchez has co-written the screenplay with Jamie Nash. Dora Madison Burge, […]

Mychael Danna has received his first Golden Globe Award for his score for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. The composer has also just received an Academy Award nomination for both score and the song Pi’s Lullaby earlier this week. Check out Danna’s acceptance speech after the jump. The other composers nominated in the category were […]

Chris Bacon to Score ‘Bates Motel’

Posted: January 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Chris Bacon has been hired to score A&E Network’s upcoming TV series Bates Motel. The show is a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movie Psycho and chronicles how Norman Bates’ psyche unravels through his teenage years. Freddie Highmore stars as Norman Bates and Vera Farmiga plays his mother Norma. Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz, […]

Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action drama Gangster Squad directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi and Michael Pena. The film’s score is composed by Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, Battleship). WaterTower Music has released […]

‘Justified’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: January 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the FX hit drama Justified. The album features the show’s title song Long Hard Times to Come by Gangstagrass feat. T.O.N.E-z, as well as other songs from the series by artists including Dave Alvin, Beverley Staunton, Lynda Kay, Robert J. Walsh and Ryan Kickland. The soundtrack is […]

John Williams was honored with the Critics’ Choice Movie Award in the Best Score category for his music for Steven Spielberg’s historical drama Lincoln at tonight’s 18th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Alexandre Desplat (Argo, Moonrise Kingdom), Mychael Danna (Life of […]

The details of the soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Stoker have been revealed. The soundtrack features the film’s original score composed by Clint Mansell (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream). Also included is the original song Becomes the Color by Emily Wells, an original piano piece by composed by Philip Glass, as well as […]

Academy Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: January 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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This morning, the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced. Here are the music-related nominations: Best Original Score Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli Argo – Alexandre Desplat Life of Pi – Mychael Danna Lincoln – John Williams Skyfall – Thomas Newman

Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for Allen Hughes’ crime thriller Broken City. The album features the film’s original score composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network), Claudia Sarne and Leopold Ross who previously worked with the director on The Book of Eli and the TV series Touching Evil. The soundtrack will be […]

Ludwig Göransson and Theodore Shapiro are co-scoring the upcoming comedy We’re the Millers. The film is directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and stars Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudekis, Emma Roberts, Ed Helms, Will Poulter and Kathryn Hahn. The movie follows a veteran pot dealer who creates a fake family as part of his plan to move […]