Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1988 Vietnam war drama Distant Thunder from Paramount Pictures directed by Rick Rosenthal and starring John Lithgow and Ralph Maccio. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Ghost, Dead Poets Society). To […]
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Maurice Jarre’s ‘Distant Thunder’ Score to Be Released
Posted: February 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Distant Thunder, Elmer Bernstein, Maurice Jarre, score, Soundtrack
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Alexandre Desplat to Score Angelina Jolie’s ‘Unbroken’
Posted: February 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
Alexandre Desplat has been tapped to score the upcoming World War II drama Unbroken. The film marks the second directorial effort of Angelina Jolie and stars Jack O’Connell, Garrett Hedlund, Domhnall Gleeson, Jai Courtney and Finn Wittrock. The movie is based on the book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hildebrand and […]
Danny Elfman to Attend ‘Alice in Wonderland’ World Premiere Live to Projection Concert
Posted: February 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman, Howard Shore, Michael Giacchino, Tim Burton
The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra has announced that Danny Elfman will be attending a series of concerts this March at the KKL Luzern Concert Hall in Lucerne, Switzerland. On March 21, 2014, the concert Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton will make its premiere in Switzerland. The event, which features the composer’s music for the […]
Steven Price to Score Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’
Posted: February 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ant-Man, Edgar Wright, Marvel Studios, Steven Price
Edgar Wright has announced on Twitter that he will be scoring the director’s upcoming comic book film adaptation of Ant-Man. The film will star Paul Rudd in the title role of Scott Lang/Ant-Man, the superhero who can change size via an invented substance and can communicate with insects. Michael Douglas will be portraying scientist Hank Pym and Michael […]
Steven Price Wins BAFTA Award for ‘Gravity’
Posted: February 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
Steven Price has received his first BAFTA Award for his score for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity starring Sandra Bullock & George Clooney in the Original Music category. Price accepted the award in person at the British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. He was nominated alongside Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave), John […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 16, 2014)
Posted: February 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deetown, Farmed and Dangerous, Gabriel Mann, Hulu, Star-Crossed, The CW
Premiering tomorrow, February 17, is the new drama Star-Crossed created by Meredith Averill and starring Aimee Teegarden, Matt Lanter, Grey Damon, Natalie Hall, Malese Jow, Titus Makin, Jr., Chelsea Gilligan and Greg Finley. Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, Twisted, Rectify, Trophy Wife) is composing the show’s original score. To learn more about the series, which centers on the romance of a human girl and […]
‘Ernest & Celestine’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 15, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ernest & Celestine, score, Soundtrack, Vincent Courtois
Milan Records will release the soundtrack album for the Academy Award-nominated animated feature Ernest & Celestine in the U.S. The album features the film’s original score composed by Vincent Courtois, as well as the songs from the movie. The soundtrack will be released on March 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Ernest […]
Jeff Cardoni to Score HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’
Posted: February 15, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Jeff Cardoni, Silicon Valley
Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming HBO comedy Silicon Valley. The show is created by Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Office Space), John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky (Blades of Glory) and stars T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, Josh Brener, Lindsey Broad, Christopher Evan Welch, Amanda Crew, Angela Trimbur, Zach Woods and Kumail Nanjiani. The […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 14, 2014)
Posted: February 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: About Last Night, Adult World, BC Smith, Christophe Beck, Craig Richey, Date and Switch, Easy Money: Hard to Kill, Endless Love, Eric D. Johnson, Girl on a Bicycle, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, Jimmy P., Jon Ekstrand, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marcus Miller, Pedro Bromfman, RoboCop, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Returned, Winter's Tale
Four new movies are opening nationwide this week: Already in theaters since Wednesday is the sci-fi action movie RoboCop directed by José Padilha and starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish, Jennifer Ehle, Jay Baruchel, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams and Samuel L. Jackson. Pedro Bromfman who previously scored Padilha’s Elite Squad movies has composed the […]
Jeff Beal Scoring Lifetime’s ‘A Day Late and a Dollar Short’
Posted: February 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Day Late and a Dollar Short, House of Cards, Jeff Beal, Lifetime
Jeff Beal has recently composed the score for the upcoming Lifetime original movie A Day Late and a Dollar Short. The film is based on the New York Times bestseller by Terry McMillan (Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back) and stars Whoopi Goldberg as Viola Price, the irascible matriarch who tries to create some order within her family […]
