Rook Films will release a soundtrack album for Ben Wheatley’s horror thriller A Field in England. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jim Williams who previously collaborated with the director on such films as Kill List, Sightseers and Down Terrace. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 24, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. […]
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‘A Field in England’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Field in England, Ben Weathley, Jim Williams, score, Soundtrack
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Cliff Eidelman’s ‘The Meteor Man’ Score Released
Posted: March 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cliff Eidelman, score, Soundtrack, The Meteor Man
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1993 superhero comedy The Meteor Man written and directed by Robert Townsend who also stars in the movie alongside James Earl Jones, Don Cheadle, Robert Guillaume, Maria Gibbs, Bill Cosby and Sinbad. The album features the original music from the MGM production composed and conducted by Cliff Eidelman (Star […]
Henry Jackman to Score Seth Rogen’s & Evan Goldberg’s ‘The Interview’
Posted: March 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Evan Goldberg, Henry Jackman, Seth Rogen, The Interview
Henry Jackman is set to reunite with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on the upcoming comedy The Interview. Rogen is also starring in film alongside James Franco and Lizzy Caplan. The movie centers on a talk show host and his producer who find themselves out of their depths when they participate in a plot to assassinate the North Korean […]
Video Highlights from the 86th Academy Awards
Posted: March 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Karen O, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Pharrell Williams, Robert Lopez, Steven Price, U2
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and ABC have published some of the music-related highlights of the 86th Academy Awards ceremony online. Check out the acceptance speeches of Steven Price who won the Oscar for his music for Gravity and Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Bobby Lopez who won the award for the song Let It […]
Steven Price Wins Oscar for ‘Gravity’
Posted: March 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Gravity, Steven Price
Steven Price has won his first Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his music for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. The composer was also nominated for the first time. The other contenders in the category were John Williams (The Book Thief), Alexandre Desplat (Philomena), William Butler & Owen Pallett (Her) and Thomas Newman (Saving […]
SCL Hosts Reception for Oscar-Nominated Composers & Songwriters
Posted: March 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, John Williams, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Oscar Nominees Reception, Owen Pallett, Robert Lopez, SCL, Steven Price, Thomas Newman, William Butler
Yesterday afternoon, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Academy Award-nominated composers and songwriters in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song category in Beverly Hills. SCL president Ashley Irwin introduced the nominees who briefly spoke to the audience. All six nominated composers in the score category were in attendance, including Alexandre Desplat, nominated for the sixth […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 2, 2014)
Posted: March 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A&E, ABC, Adam Gibbons, Johnny Jewel, Mikael Sandgren, Mixology, Sirens, Those Who Kill, Tree Adams, USA
Premiering on Tuesday, March 4, is the new A&E drama Those Who Kill developed by Glen Morgan based on the Danish television series Den som dræber and starring Chloe Sevigny, James D’Arcy, James Morrison and Omid Abtahi. Chromatic’s and Glass Candy’s Johnny Jewel (Bronson) is composing the show’s original score. Those Who Kill follows a […]
John Paesano Scoring ‘When the Game Stands Tall’
Posted: March 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Paesano, Thomas Carter, When the Game Stands Tall
John Paesano is composing the music for the upcoming sports drama When the Game Stands Tall. The film is directed by Thomas Carter and stars Jim Caviezel, Laura Dern, Michael Chiklis and Alexander Ludwig. The movie follows the high school team of De La Salle and its young coach Bob Ladouceur who turned the perennial loser into a legend by launching a streak of 138 straight victories. Scott […]
‘Need for Speed’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Need for Speed, Soundtrack
Interscope Records will release a soundtrack album for the action movie Need for Speed. The album features the original song Hero by Kid Cudi feat. Skylar Grey, as well as two new songs by Aloe Blacc and a new remix of All Along the Watchtower by Jamie N Commons. The soundtrack will be released on March […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 28, 2014)
Posted: February 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Angelo Badalamenti, Bottled Up, Edward Rogers, Ernest & Celestine, HairBrained, Hans Zimmer, Joe Hisaishi, John Ottman, John Swihart, Lorne Balfe, Mark Kilian, Max Richter, Non-Stop, Odd Thomas, Repentance, Sam Retzer, Son of God, Stalingrad, The Bag Man, The Lunchbox, The Newton Brothers, The Wind RIses, Tim Boland, Tony Morales, Vincent Courtois
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the thriller Non-Stop directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Anson Mount, Michellle Dockery, Scott McNairy, Lupita Nyong’o and Corey Stoll. The film’s original music is composed by John Ottman (X2, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) who previously scored the director’s features Unknown, Orphan and House of Wax. […]
