Archive for 2013

Gabriel Yared has composed the music for the upcoming romantic drama A Promise. The film is directed by Patrice Leconte (The Widow of Saint-Pierre, Monsieur Hire) and stars Alan Rickman, Rebecca Hall and Richard Madden. The movie based on Stefan Zweig’s novella Journey into the Past is set in Germany just before WWI and centers […]

‘Continuum’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: July 29, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi series Continuum. The album features selections from the score of the first season of the show composed by Jeff Danna (The Boondock Saints, Fracture, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 6, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Continuum is created […]

Premiering this Thursday, August 1 on Hulu is the new animated series The Awesomes created by Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live) and Mike Shoemaker (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) and featuring the voice talent of Ike Barinholtz, Rachel Dratch, Bill Hader, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Bobby Lee, Taran Killam, Paula Pell and Emily Spivey. The […]

‘Pioneer’ to Feature Music by Air

Posted: July 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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The French electronic music duo Air is currently scoring the upcoming Norwegian conspiracy thriller Pioneer (Pionér). The film is directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg (1997’s original Insomnia, Prozac Nation) and stars Aksel Hennie, Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang, Stephanie Sigman, André Eriksen and Jonathan LaPaglia. The movie is set in the early 80s and centers on the […]

Howe Records will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming drama Jimmy P.. The album features the film’s original score composed by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator) and written for the Dover Quartet with chamber orchestra. The soundtrack will be released on September 10, 2013 and […]

Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announced today at Star Wars Celebration Europe that John Williams will return to score the upcoming sci-fi fantasy sequel Star Wars: Episode VII. J.J. Abrams is directing the film and Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3, Little Miss Sunshine) is writing the screenplay. No plot details have been announced yet, but the […]

Only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the superhero film The Wolverine directed by James Mangold and starring Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushim. The film’s music is composed by Marco Beltrami (World […]

Naïve Records will release a soundtrack album for Claire Denis’ French thriller Bastards (Les salauds). The album features the film’s original music composed by the Tindersticks. The British rock band has previously collaborated with the director on a number of projects. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 3, 2013 and is now available […]

Mychael Danna is currently scoring the upcoming psychological thriller Queen of the Night. The film is directed by Atom Egoyan and stars Ryan Reynolds, Mireille Enos, Bruce Greenwood, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson and Kevin Durand. The movie follows a father of an abducted child who finds a series of clues that convince him that the girl […]

MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the Hallmark Channel original movie Shuffleton’s Barbershop. The album features the film’s original score written by Emmy-nominated composer Lawrence Shragge (Haven, When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 30, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on […]