Archive for 2013

Christopher Lennertz has been hired to score the upcoming action comedy Ride Along. The film is directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four, Barbershop) and stars Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Laurence Fishburne, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Callen and Jay Pharoah. The movie centers around a high school security guard and aspiring police officer […]

Pathé Production has released a soundtrack album for the French romantic comedy It Happened in St. Tropez (Des gens qui s’embrassent). The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Quills). Also included are several other songs and classical pieces featured in the movie, including Frank Sinatra’s […]

Premiering on Wednesday, May 1, is the new comedy Family Tools created by Bobby Bowman (Raising Hope, My Name Is Earl) based on the British sitcom White Van Man and starring Kyle Bornheimer, J. K. Simmons, Johnny Pemberton, Edi Gathegi, Leah Remini and Danielle Nicolet. tomandandy (Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Mothman Prophecies) have composed the show’s […]

More details for the soundtrack albums for Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot Man of Steel have been revealed. As previously reported, two different albums featuring the film’s music composed by Hans Zimmer will be released. Both the regular and and deluxe edition are 2-disc sets and feature the 28 minute long track Man of Steel (Hans […]

Herbert Grönemeyer is reteaming with director Anton Corbijn on the upcoming thriller A Most Wanted Man. The film is based on John le Carré’s bestselling 2008 novel of the same title and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Grigory Dobrygin, Derya Alabora, Nina Hoss, Daniel Brühl and Franz Hartwig. The movie […]

Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action comedy Pain & Gain directed by Michael Bay and starring Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Anthony Mackie, Bar Paly, Tony Shalhoub, Rebel Wilson and Ken Jeong. The film’s original score is composed […]

Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the score album for the horror spoof sequel Scary Movie 5. The album features the film’s original score composed by James L. Venable (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Zack and Miri Make a Porno) who previously scored the third and fourth part in the series. The soundtrack […]

Daniel Pemberton has recently recorded his score for Ridley Scott’s upcoming thriller The Counselor. The film starring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Rosie Perez and Dean Norris follows a lawyer who finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking. Novelist Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men, The Road) wrote the […]

Film Music Reporter has received the track list of the soundtrack for the highly anticipated Superman reboot Man of Steel. The music is composed by Hans Zimmer. WaterTower Music will release two different versions on June 11, 2013. The regular edition is now available for pre-order on Amazon and a limited deluxe edition can be pre-ordered […]

Thomas Newman is currently scoring the upcoming drama Saving Mr. Banks. The film is directed by John Lee Hancock and follows Walt Disney’s 14-year effort to persuade Australian author P.L. Travers to sell him the film rights to her book Mary Poppins. Tom Hanks stars as in the lead role as Disney and Emma Thompson […]