La-La Land Records has released a new limited soundtrack edition for Warner Bros. Pictures’ 1994 western Wyatt Earp directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid and Gene Hackman. The 3-CD set features the expanded film score composed by James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games, King Kong) on the first […]
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James Newton Howard’s Expanded ‘Wyatt Earp’ Score Released
Posted: August 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, Lawrence Kasdan, score, Soundtrack, Wyatt Earp
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Raf Keunen Scoring Michael Roskam’s ‘Animal Rescue’
Posted: August 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Animal Rescue, Michael Roskam, Raf Keunen
Raf Keunen is reteaming with director Michael R. Roskam to score the upcoming crime thriller Animal Rescue. The film stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Matthias Schoenaerts, James Gandolfini and John Ortiz. The movie is based on a short story by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Shutter Island) and follows a lonely Boston bartender […]
‘Winnie Mandela’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Diane Warren, Laurent Eyquem, score, Soundtrack, Winnie Mandela
RCA Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Winnie Mandela. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Laurent Eyquem (Copperhead). Also featured is the original end credits song Bleed for Love performed by Jennifer Hudson, written by Diane Warren and orchestrated, arranged and co-produced by Eyquem. The soundtrack […]
‘The Best Man Holiday’ to Feature Music by Stanley Clarke
Posted: August 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Malcolm D. Lee, Stanley Clarke, The Best Man Holiday
Stanley Clarke is reuniting with director Malcolm D. Lee on the upcoming comedy The Best Man Holiday. The film stars Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Melissa De Sousa and Regina Hall who all reprise their roles from the 1999 hit film, which marked Lee’s directorial debut. […]
Jerry Goldsmith’s Complete ‘Poltergeist II: The Other Side’ Score Release Announced
Posted: August 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, Poltergeist, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, score, Soundtrack
Kritzerland has announced the world premiere release of the complete score for the 1986 horor sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side directed by Brian Gibson and starring Craig T. Nelson, Jobeth Williams, Oliver Robins, Heather O’Rourke and Zelda Rubinstein. The music is composed and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 25, 2013)
Posted: August 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Davis, Cracked, Dru Masters, Escape from Polygamy, John Van Tongeren, Lifetime, Nick, PBS, ReelzChannel, Robert Carli, Silk, Swindle
Premiering tonight on PBS as part of Masterpiece Theater is the British drama series Silk created by Peter Moffat and starring Maxine Peake, Rupert Penry-Jones, Neil Stuke, Tom Hughes, Natalie Dormer, Nina Sosanya and John MacMillan. The show’s original music is composed by Dru Masters. Silk follows two barristers on their journey to join the […]
Jeff Cardoni to Score Neil LaBute’s ‘Full Circle’
Posted: August 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, DirectTV, Full Circle, Jeff Cardoni, Neil LaBute, Teach
Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming TV drama Full Circle. The 10 episode series marks the television debut of filmmaker and playwright Neil LaBute (Lakeview Terrace, In the Company of Men, Nurse Betty) and examines the human condition and relationships through a series of conversations between 11 people whose lives, unbeknownst to […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 23, 2013)
Posted: August 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Wingard, Atli Orvarsson, Austin Wintory, Dark Tourist, Gil Talmi, Jasper Justice Lee, Joel P. West, Joseph Bishara, Kyle Mckinnon, Lorne Balfe, Mads Heldtberg, Mike Einziger, Nathaniel Mechaly, Savannah, Scenic Route, Shigeru Umebayashi, Short Term 12, Steven Price, The, The Frozen Ground, The Grandmaster, The Mortal Instruments, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The World's End, You're Next
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week: Already in theaters since this past Wednesday is the fantasy adventure The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones directed by Harald Zwart and starring Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Aidan Turner, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Durand and Jared Harris. Republic Records has released a […]
‘Justin and the Knights of Valour’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ilan Eshkeri, Justin and the Knights of Valour, score, Soundtrack
Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming animated feature Justin and the Knights of Valour. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria). Also included is the original song Heroes performed by Rebecca Ferguson. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on September […]
‘Empire State’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Wittman, Dito Montiel, Empire State, score, Soundtrack
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the heist drama Empire State. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Wittman (Fighting, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, The Son of No One). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 3, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. […]
