La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere release soundtrack album for the 2003 horror film Willard directed by Glen Morgan and starring Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Elena Harring and Kimberly Patto. The album features the original score from the New Line Cinema production composed and conducted by Shirley Walker (Final Destination, Turbulence). […]
Archive for May, 2013
Shirley Walker’s ‘Willard’ Score Released
Posted: May 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bandolero!, Jerry Goldsmith, John Frankenheimer, score, Shirley Walker, Soundtrack, The Challenge, Willard
Chris Tilton Scoring ‘Human’ Pilot
Posted: May 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Tilton, Fox, Human, J.H. Wyman, J.J. Abrams
Chris Tilton is scoring the pilot for the sci-fi cop buddy cop drama Human. The show is created by J.H. Wyman (The Mexican, Dead Man Down) and stars Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Minka Kelly, Lili Taylor, Mackenzie Crook and Michael Irby. The project is set in the near future when all LAPD officers are partnered […]
Concert Line-Up Announced for International Film Music Festival in Cordoba 2013
Posted: May 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Cordoba, Elmer Bernstein, International Film Music Festival, Marco Beltrami, Peter Bernstein
The full details of three major concerts at this year’s International Film Music Festival in Cordoba have been announced. On June 28, the festival will host its first Elmer Bernstein Award Gala Concert, where Marco Beltrami will be the recipient of the new Elmer Bernstein Award. Peter Bernstein will conduct a tribute to Elmer and […]
Junkie XL Scoring ‘300: Rise of an Empire’
Posted: May 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, Junkie XL, Tom Holkenborg, Zack Snyder
Junkie XL has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming action sequel 300: Rise of an Empire. The film is directed by Noam Murro and stars Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Jack O’Connell and Lena Headey are co-starring. The movie follows the Greek general Themistocles as he battles an invading army of […]
Riz Ortolani to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Ghent Film Festival
Posted: May 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Riz Ortolani, World Soundtrack Awards
Riz Ortolani has been selected as the 13th recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at theĀ the closing-night gala of the World Soundtrack Awards at the Ghent Film Fest on October 19, 2013. The Italian composer is best known for his scores to numerous spaghetti westerns and international films including the 1980 horror film Hannibal HolocaustĀ and […]
iZLER Scoring ‘Reckless’ and ‘Boomerang’ Pilots
Posted: May 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Boomerang, CBS, Dana Stevens, Fox, iZLER, Reckless
iZLER has been tapped to score the CBS drama pilot Reckless. The show is created by Dana Stevens (What About Brian, screenwriter of City of Angels & For the Love of the Game) and stars Anna Wood, Cam Gigandet, Shawn Hatosy, Michael Gladis and Adam Rodrigues. The legal drama is set in Charleston, South Carolina […]
‘Only God Forgives’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cliff Martinez, Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for Nicolas Winding-Refn’s upcoming thriller Only God Forgives have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Cliff Martinez (Traffic, Solaris) who previously scored the director’s last feature Drive. Also included is the song You Are My Dream by the Thai band PROUD, which was used […]
Carter Burwell Scoring ‘August: Osage County’
Posted: May 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: August: Osage County, Carter Burwell, John Wells
Carter Burwell is scoring the upcoming drama August: Osage County. The film is directed by John Wells (The Company Men) and stars Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Margo Martindale, Juliette Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Ewan McGregor, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Misty Upham and Sam Shepard. The movie is based on the Pulitzer Prize- […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 5, 2013)
Posted: May 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hallmark Channel, Lee Holdrige, The Confession
Premiering on Saturday, May 11, is the Hallmark Channel original movie The Confession based on the novel by Beverly Lewis, directed by Michael Landon Jr. and starring Katie Leclerk, Bill Oberst Jr., Adrian Paul, Sherry Stringfield, Sandra Van Natta and Cameron Deane Stewart. Lee Holdridge (Beauty and the Beast, Moonlighting) has composed the film’s original […]
‘The Iceman’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Haim Mazar, score, Soundtrack, The Iceman
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the crime thriller The Iceman. The album features the film’s original score composed by Haim Mazar. Also included is the end titles song No Looking Back by Crash Kings. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 7, 2013. Audio clips will be added to this […]