Chapter 2 will release a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama The Scapegoat (Au bonheur des ogres). The album features the film’s original score composed by Golden Globe-nominated composer Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Up in the Air, Election). Also included are the songs featured in the movie by artists including Ben Howard and C2C. The soundtrack is […]
Archive for October, 2013
‘The Scapegoat’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Au bonheur des ogres, Rolfe Kent, score, Soundtrack, The Scapegoat
Columbia Records to Release ’12 Years a Slave’ Soundtrack
Posted: October 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 12 Years a Slave, Soundtrack, Steve McQueen
Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed period drama 12 Years a Slave. The album features music from and inspired by the film. Among the artists contributing to the soundtrack are John Legend, Alicia Keys and Gary Clark Jr. The full details are expected to be announced within the next couple […]
‘Salem’s Lot’ and ‘Buck Rogers’ Soundtracks Released
Posted: October 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Glen A. Larson, Harry Sukman, Johnny Harris, Les Baxter, Richard LaSalle, Salem's Lot, score, Soundtrack, Stu Phillips
Intrada Records has released the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1979 TV mini-series Salem’s Lot based on the Stephen King vampire novel, directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul, Bonnie Bedelia, James Mason and Lance Kerwin. The 2-CD set features the series’ original score composed and conducted by Harry Sukman (Song Without End). […]
Paul Haslinger Scoring ‘No Good Deed’
Posted: October 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: In the Blood, John Stockwell, No Good Deed, Paul Haslinger
Paul Haslinger is scoring the upcoming thriller No Good Deed. The film is directed by Sam Miller (Luther) and stars Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Henry Simmons, Kate del Castillo and Mark Smith. The movie follows a former district attorney turned stay-at-home mom and her two children who are terrorized and kidnapped after she invites […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 13, 2013)
Posted: October 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Adrian Johnston, BBC America, Burton & Taylor, Dancing on the Edge, Hallmark Channel, John Lunn, Lee Holdrige, Michael Giacchino, Reign, Starz, The CW, Toy Story of Terror, Trevor Morris, When Calls the Heart
Premiering on Thursday, October 17, on ABC is the Halloween special Toy Story of Terror directed by Angus MacLane and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Timothy Dalton, Kristen Schaal and Carl Weathers. Michael Giacchino (Up, Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has composed the music for the short. Walt Disney Records will […]
Tuomas Kantelinen Scoring ‘Hercules: The Legend Begins’
Posted: October 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hercules: The Legend Begins, Renny Harlin, Tuomas Kantelinen
Tuomas Kantelinen is reteaming with director Renny Harlin on the upcoming period action adventure Hercules: The Legend Begins. The film stars Kellan Lutz in the title role, alongside Liam McIntyre, Gaia Weiss, Scott Adkins, Roxanne McKee and Liam Garrigan. The movie tells the love story between the son of Zeus and the mortal princess of Crete, […]
‘Contracted’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Contracted, Kevin Riepl, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album for the upcoming horror thriller Contracted is set to be released next month. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Riepl (Gears of War, the upcoming Cabin Fever: Patient Zero). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 12, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check […]
Laurent Eyquem Scoring ’14 Diaries of the Great War’
Posted: October 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 14 Diaries of the Great War, Laurent Eyquem
Laurent Eyquem is currently scoring the upcoming documentary mini-series 14 Diaries of the Great War. The docudrama tells the story of World War I through the eyes of those who lived through it from opposite sides of the conflict. 14 stories from seven different countries have been selected from more than 1,000 accounts contained in […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 11, 2013)
Posted: October 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Alicia Keys, Captain Phillips, Carl Thiel, CBGB, Escape from Tomorrow, Henry Jackman, Machete Kills, Mark Isham, Martin Davich, Rodbert Rodriguez, Romeo & Juliet, Sweetwater, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the docudrama Captain Phillips directed by Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, United 93) and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, Corey Johnson and Max Martini. The film’s music is composed by Henry […]
‘Sunshine on Leith’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Paul Englishby, Soundtrack, Sunshine on Leith
Neapolitan Music has released a soundtrack album for the film adaptation of the stage musical Sunshine on Leith. The album features the songs from the film by movie’s cast. Also included are selections from the film’s original score composed by Paul Englishby (An Education, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day). The soundtrack is now available […]