Nathan Whitehead is reteaming with director James DeMonaco on the upcoming thriller sequel The Purge 2. The film stars Frank Grillo, Michael K. Williams, Zach Gilford, Carmen Ejogo and Kiele Sanchez. No plot details have been revealed yet, but the movie is reportedly taking place in a similar setting to the original, where, once a […]
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Nathan Whitehead to Return for ‘The Purge 2’
Posted: January 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathan Whitehead, Only God Knows, The Purge, The Purge 2, The Remaining
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‘After the Dark’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: After the Dark, Glen Phillips, Jonathan Davis, Nicholas O'Toole, score, Soundtrack, The Philosophers
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller After the Dark (aka The Philosophers). The album features the film’s original score composed by Nicholas O’Toole and Korn frontman Jonathan Davis (Queen of the Damned). Also included is additional music by Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket. The soundtrack will be released […]
Thomas Newman Wins Grammy Award for ‘Skyfall’
Posted: January 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards
Thomas Newman has won the Grammy Award for his music for the latest James Bond film Skyfall in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. The other nominated composers in the category included Alexandre Desplat (Argo, Zero Dark Thirty), Craig Armstrong (The Great Gatsby), Mychael Danna (Life of Pi) and John Williams (Lincoln). Newman […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 26, 2014)
Posted: January 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Fleming, Fox, Ilan Eshkeri, Patric Caird, Rake, Tim Wheeler
Premiering on Wednesday, January 29, on BBC America is the biographical mini-series Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond directed by Mat Whitecross and starring Dominic Cooper in the title role as Ian Fleming, as well as Laura Pulver, Lesley Manville, Rupert Evans, Anna Chancellor, Samuel West, Annabelle Wallis and Camilla Rutherford. Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, […]
‘Welcome to the Jungle’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Karl Preusser, score, Soundtrack, Welcome to the Jungle
MovieScore Media and Kronos Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Welcome to the Jungle. The album features the film’s original music composed by Karl Preusser. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 11, 2014 and physically on February 28 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the […]
Heather McIntosh Scoring ‘The White City’
Posted: January 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heather McIntosh, The White City
Heather McIntosh is composing the score for the upcoming indie drama The White City. The movie is directed by Tanner King Barklow (producer of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Invisible War) & Gil Kofman (Unmade in China) and stars Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett and Bob Morley. The film tells the story of an emotionally charged love […]
‘The Nut Job’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Paul Intson, score, Soundtrack, The Nut Job
A soundtrack album was released for the hit animated feature The Nut Job. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Intson who recorded his score with a 62-piece orchestra and a 13-piece big band. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Nut Job is directed and co-written by Peter Lepeniotis […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 24, 2014)
Posted: January 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bear McCreary, Enemies Closer, Gimme Shelter, I Frankenstein, Johnny Klimek, Knights of Badassdom, Philip Glass, Reinhold Heil, Tony Morales, Visitors
The only movie opening in wide release this weekend is the action thriller I, Frankenstein written and directed by Stuart Beattie and starring Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto and Jai Courtney. The film’s original score is composed by Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, One Hour Photo). Lisa Gerrard has composed additional music. Lakeshore Records has released a […]
Ilan Eshkeri & Tim Wheeler Scoring ‘Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond
Posted: January 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond, Ilan Eshkeri, Mat Whitecross, Tim Wheeler
Ilan Eshkeri and Tim Wheeler have composed the score for the biographical mini-series Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond. The series is directed by Mat Whitecross (Road to Guantanamo) and stars Dominic Cooper as Ian Fleming, alongside Laura Pulver, Lesley Manville, Rupert Evans, Annabelle Wallis, Anna Chancellor, Samuel West and Camilla Rutherford. The four-parter […]
James Horner’s ‘New Work for Four Horns’ to Premiere in London
Posted: January 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: James Horner, London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that a new concert piece composed by Academy Award-winning film composer James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind) will premiere at the Royal Festival Hall in London on March 27, 2015. The composer’s “new work for four horns” will be performed by musicians David Pyatt, John Ryan, James Thatcher and Richard Watkins and will be conducted […]
