The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out this afternoon at the NOKIA Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. John Lunn has received his second Emmy for his music for Downtown Abbey in the Outstandig Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) category after last year’s win. Mychael Danna won his first Emmy Award for the mini-series World Without End […]
Archive for September, 2013
Mychael Danna, Bear McCreary and John Lunn Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Schlesinger, Bear McCreary, David Javerbaum, Elliot Lawrence, Emmy Awards, John Lunn, Mychael Danna
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 15, 2013)
Posted: September 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Cork, Adrian Johnston, Brian Tyler, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dads, Dan Marocco, Fox, Great Performances, Henry IV, Henry V, PBS, Richard II, Seth MacFarlane, Sleepy Hollow, Stephen Warbeck, The Hollow Crowns, The Ryan Brothers
Premiering tomorrow, September 16, on Fox is the new mystery adventure drama Sleepy Hollow created by Alex Kurtzman & Bob Orci (Star Trek, Transformers), Len Wiseman (Underworld, Live Free or Die Hard) & Phillip Iscove and starring Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, John Cho and Katia Winter. Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast Five, Now You See Me) is […]
Edward Shearmur to Score ‘Before I Go to Sleep’
Posted: September 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Before I Go to Sleep, Edward Shearmur, Rowan Joffe
Edward Shearmur has been hired to score the upcoming mystery thriller Before I Go to Sleep. The film is written and directed by Rowan Joffe (Brighton Rock, screenwriter of The American and 28 Weeks Later) and stars Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong and Anne-Marie Duff. The movie is based on the best-selling novel by […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 13, 2013)
Posted: September 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: And While We Were Here, Blue Caprice, Colin Stetson, Evgueni Galperine, Insidious: Chapter 2, Jayne Mansfield's Car, Joseph Bishara, Mateo Messina, Max Richter, Ming Vauze, Nick Launay, Owen Easterling Hatfield, Plush, Sacha Galperine, Sarah Neufeld, The Family, Wadjda
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the box office is the horror sequel Insidious: Chapter 2 directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Leigh Wannell and Barbara Hershey. The film’s original score is composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Dark Skies). Void Recordings has […]
Heitor Pereira to Score ‘Minions’ Movie
Posted: September 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Despicable Me, Heitor Pereira, Illumination Entertainment, Minions
Heitor Pereira is set to score Universal Pictures’ & Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming animated feature Minions. The film is a spin-off of the hit animated franchise Despicable Me and has been described as an origin story, which establishes that Minions have existed since the beginning of time, in service of history’s most ambitiously evil villains. Sandra […]
‘Muscle Shoals’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Muscle Shoals, Soundtrack
Republic Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Muscle Shoals. The album includes the songs featured in the film by Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alicia Keys, Paul Simon, Etta James, Jimmy Hughes, Percy Sledge, and more. The soundtrack will be released physically and digitally on September 24, 2013 and is now […]
Clint Mansell to Score ‘The Imitation Game’
Posted: September 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clint Mansell, Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Clint Mansell is attached to score the upcoming indie drama The Imitation Game. The film is directed by Morten Tyldum (Headhunters, Buddy) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a British mathematician and cryptographer who helped crack the German enigma code during the final years of World War II, helping the Allies to victory. Keira Knightley, Mark […]
‘Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Simon Russell, Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panters, Soundtrack
30 IPS will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Simon Russell. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 7, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after […]
Nathan Furst Scoring ‘Need for Speed’
Posted: September 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathan Furst, Need for Speed, Scott Waugh
Nathan Furst is currently scoring the upcoming racing action movie Need for Speed. The film directed by Scott Waugh is based on the Electronic Arts video game franchise and follows an underground racecar driver who owns a garage that modifies expensive cars to make them faster for racing and is framed and sent to prison […]
‘Rock the Casbah’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rob, Robin Coudert, Rock the Casbah, score, Soundtrack
Pathé Production has released a soundtrack album for the French/Moroccan drama Rock the Casbah. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (Maniac, Populaire, Alexandre Aja’s upcoming Horns). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Rock the Casbah is written and […]
