Premiering tonight is the new docu-series Years of Living Dangerously executive produced by James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joel Bach & David Gelber and climate expert Daniel Abbasi and featuring appearances by Matt Damon, Harrison Ford, Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, America Ferrera, Michael C. Hall & more. Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall) has composed the main titles […]
Archive for April, 2014
‘The Love Punch’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jean-Michel Bernard, score, Soundtrack, The Love Punch
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy The Love Punch. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jean-Michel Bernard (Be Kind Rewind, The Science of Sleep). The soundtrack will be released on April 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Love Punch is written and directed by Joel […]
Behind the Music of ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
Posted: April 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hans Zimmer, Marc Webb, Pharrell Williams, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Sony Pictures Entertainment has published a video featurette on the music for the superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The video features footage from the score’s recording sessions and interviews with the film’s composer Hans Zimmer, as well as some of his collaborators including Pharrell Williams, Johnny Marr and director Marc Webb. Check out the […]
Asche & Spencer Scoring ‘Fort Bliss’
Posted: April 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Asche & Spencer, Fort Bliss
Asche & Spencer have composed the music for the upcoming indie drama Fort Bliss. The film is written and directed by Claudia Myers (Kettle of Fish) and stars Michelle Monaghan, Ron Livingston, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Freddy Rodriguez. The movie follows a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother who returns home from an extended tour […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 11, 2014)
Posted: April 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Carmen Rizzo, Cuban Fury, Daniel Pemberton, David Hirschfelder, David Wingo, Dickon Hinchliffe, Draft Day, Hateship Loveship, Jeff McIlwain, Joe, John Debney, John Powell, Jozef Van Wissem, Oculus, Only Lovers Left Alive, Perfect Sisters, Rio 2, Sergio Mendes, SQÜRL, The Newton Brothers, The Railway Man
Three new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Rio 2 directed by Carlinhos Brown and featuring the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am, Jemaine Clement, Rodrigo Santoro, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie Mann, Jamie Foxx, Rita Moreno, Bruno Mars and Kristin Chenoweth. The film’s original’s music is […]
Rachel Portman to Score ‘Dolphin Tale 2’
Posted: April 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dolphin Tale, Dolphin Tale 2, Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman has been tapped to score the upcoming family movie sequel Dolphin Tale 2. The film is written and directed by Charles Martin Smith and stars Harry Connick, Jr., Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Kris Kristofferson, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Austin Stowell. The sequel takes place a couple of years after the first movie […]
’13 Sins’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 13 Sins, Michael Wandmacher, score, Soundtrack
ScreamWorks Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller 13 Sins. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Wandmacher (My Bloody Valentine 3D, Drive Angry, The Goldbergs). The soundtrack will be released on April 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. 13 Sins is directed […]
Elliot Goldenthal’s Othello Symphony to Be Released
Posted: April 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Elliot Goldenthal, Othello Symphony, The Stone Cutters
Zarathustra Music will release Academy Award-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal‘s Othello Symphony based on the ballet he composed in 1998. Last year, the composer of such films as Frida, Interview with a Vampire, Heat, Public Enemies and Alien 3 adapted the music into a proper concert piece, which was recorded with the AUKSO Orchestra of Tychy Poland at Alvernia Studios in Krakow. The recording will be […]
‘Godzilla’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Gareth Edwards, Godzilla, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the monster movie Godzilla have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). The soundtrack will be released on May 13, 2014 by WaterTower Music and is now available for […]
Victor Reyes Scoring ‘The Atticus Institute’
Posted: April 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Sparling, The Atticus Institute, Victor Reyes
Victor Reyes has recently composed the score for the supernatural thriller The Atticus Institute. The film written and directed by Chris Sparling (ATM) is set in 1976 and revolves around a parapsychology lab which uncovered the supernatural abilities of Judith Winstead, a patient possessed with dark forces. The movie’s cast includes Rya Kihlstedt, Aaron Craven, William Mapother and Laurent Rubin. Peter Safran […]
