Archive for 2013

George Fenton has been hired to score Disneynature’s upcoming documentary Bears. The film is directed by Alastair Fothergill (Earth, African Cats, Chimpanzee) and Keith Scholey (African Cats) and showcases a year in the life of two mother bears as they impart life lessons to their impressionable young cubs. Set against a majestic Alaskan backdrop teeming […]

‘Drift’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: August 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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World Wide Mind Films has released a soundtrack album for the drama Drift. The album features the songs from the film by artists including The Jezabels, Dennis Coffey fest. Paolo Nutini, Kula Shaker, Chuck Berry and T. Rex. Also included are four tracks from the film’s original score composed by Michael Yezerski (Mental, Storm Surfers […]

The details of the soundtrack album for Francois Ozon’s drama Young & Beautiful (Jeune et jolie) have been revealed. The soundtrack features the film’s original score composed by Philippe Rombi who has previously worked with the director on such films as Swimming Pool, Angel, In the House and Potiche. Also included are the songs featured in the film by Françoise Hardy, M83, […]

Continuing the celebration of their 35th Anniversary, Varèse Sarabande Records presents The Varèse Sarabande Summer Signing to take place on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA. Composers in attendance include Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal (Rome, Monk, Appaloosa) whose Emmy-nominated score for the Netflix original series House of Cards was released […]

John Debney is scoring the upcoming Lifetime/History Channel mini-series Bonnie & Clyde. The four hour series is directed by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Double Jeopardy) and stars Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger in the title roles of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, the 1930s couple whose crime spree enraptured the American public. Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Sarah Hyland, Elizabeth Reaser, Lane Garrison, Austin Hebert and Dale […]

Blackened Recordings will release a soundtrack  album for the upcoming 3D concert film Metallica: Through the Never. The soundtrack features  15 songs recorded live in Edmonton and Vancouver in August of 2012 while the band was filming the performance footage in the movie. The album will be released as a 2-CD set and digitally on September 24, 2013. […]

Trevor Morris to Score NBC’s ‘Dracula’

Posted: July 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Trevor Morris has signed on to score the upcoming NBC drama Dracula. The show is created by Daniel Knauf (Carnivàle) and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Katie McGrath, Thomas Kretschmann and Nonso Anozie. The series is set in 1890s London and follows Dracula as he arrives in Town posing as an […]

Conrad Pope is the composer of the upcoming documentary Tim’s Vermeer. The film is directed by Teller of Penn & Teller fame and follows Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, as he attempts to solve the mystery of how 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring) managed to paint so photo-realistically,150 years before the invention […]

La-La Land Records has announced the details of a new soundtrack release for the Paramount Pictures 1979 action thriller The Warrior directed by Walter Hill and starring Michael Beck, James Remar and Deborah Van Valkenburg. The release features a remastered version of the original A&M album presentation, with songs from Joe Walsh, Arnold McCuller, Johnny Vastano, Genya Ravan, Kenny Vance […]

Paul Englishby has recently recorded his score for the upcoming BBC mini-series The Great Train Robbery. The two-part movie written by Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch, Camelot) centers the most infamous heist in British history, involving the fleecing of the Royal Mail train in 1963 by a team of thieves that made off with millions of dollars. The first part,  A […]