Archive for January, 2013

Columbia Records will release the soundtrack for Bombshell, the musical within NBC’s hit show Smash. The album features 22 original songs that make up the Broadway-caliber cast recording of the musical. The songs composed by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on the Bombshell soundtrack span both seasons of Smash. The soundtrack will be released on February 12, 2013 […]

2013 BAFTA Nominations Announced

Posted: January 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2013 Orange British Academy Film Awards. Here are the nominations in the ‘Original Music’ category: Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli Argo – Alexandre Desplat Life of Pi – Mychael Danna Lincoln – John Williams Skyfall – Thomas Newman

‘Storage 24’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: January 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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MovieScoreMedia’s Screamworks Records has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Storage 24. The album features the film’s original score composed by Christian Henson (The Devil’s Double, Severance, Hysteria). The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Storage 24 is directed by Johannes Roberts and stars […]

CAS Nominations Announced

Posted: January 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 49th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. Since last year, scoring mixers are included in the awards. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Jonathan Allen for the movie musical Les Miserables, Shawn Murphy for Steven […]

Intrada Records has announced a soundtrack release of the complete score for Frank Marshall’s 1995 adventure movie Congo based on the novel by Michael Crichton and starring Laura Linney and Dylan Walsh. The album features the film’s score composed by Jerry Goldsmith, including around 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. In addition to Goldsmith’s score, […]

‘Parker’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: January 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the action thriller Parker. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Buckley (The Town, The Forbidden Kingdom). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 22, 2013 and physically on January 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio […]

Jacob Groth is reteaming with director Niels Arden Oplev on the upcoming crime thriller Dead Man Down. The film stars Colin Farrell as a professional killer and the right-hand man to an underground crime lord in New York City who is seduced and blackmailed by a crime victim seeking retribution. Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic […]

The New York Times and Variety are reporting that the Cutting Edge Group and its partner Wood Creek Capital Management have acquired the soundtrack record label Varèse Sarabande. With the purchase of the label, Cutting Edge will extend its portfolio that includes the management of music rights, the representation of composers and upfront investment in […]

WMI Italy will release a soundtrack album for Giuseppe Tornatore’s drama The Best Offer (La migliore offerta). The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone who previously collaborated with the director on such films as Cinema Paradiso and The Legend of 1900. The soundtrack is set to be released digitally […]

‘Chinese Zodiac’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: January 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Roc Music Studios has released a soundtrack album for Jackie Chan’s action film Chinese Zodiac aka CZ12. The album features the film’s score composed by Roc Chen. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. None of co-composer Nathan Wang’s music is featured on the release. Chinese […]