Trent Reznor has announced on Twitter that he is reuniting with composer Atticus Ross to score David Fincher’s upcoming thriller Gone Girl. The film is based on the bestselling novel by Gillian Flynn and stars Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit and Carrie Coon. The movie follows a woman who disappears on the day of her […]
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to Score David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’
Posted: January 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atticus Ross, David Fincher, Gone Girl, Trent Reznor
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James Newton Howard’s ‘Falling Down’ Score Released
Posted: January 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Falling Down, James Newton Howard, Joel Schumacher, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack album for the 1993 thriller Falling Down directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall and Barbara Hershey. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, The Fugitive). Marty Paich conducted the orchestra. […]
Carter Burwell to Score Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’
Posted: January 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carol, Carter Burwell, Todd Haynes
Carter Burwell is attached to score the upcoming drama Carol. The film is directed by Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, I’m Not There) and is set to star Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. The movie based on the novella by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley) is set in 1950s New York and follows a 20-something […]
Kronos Quartet to Perform on Clint Mansell’s ‘Noah’ Score
Posted: January 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Clint Mansell, Darren Aronofsky, Kronos Quartet, Noah
Director Darren Aronofsky announced on Twitter that the Grammy Award-winning string quartet Kronos Quartet is reuniting with composer Clint Mansell to perform on his score for the upcoming biblical epic Noah. They have previously collaborated on the 2006 feature The Fountain, as well as on the director’s second movie Requiem for a Dream. Noah stars Russell Crowe in the title role as the man chosen […]
‘Tarzan’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Newman, Tarzan
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Tarzan. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee David Newman (Anastasia, Ice Age, Serenity) who previously scored the animated movie Animals United for the filmmakers. Also included is the song Loud Like Love by the British rock band Placebo. The soundtrack will be released overseas […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 19, 2014)
Posted: January 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Johnston, Bear McCreary, Black Sails, Discovery Channel, Klondike, Lifetime, Lizzie Borden Took an Ax, Starz, Tree Adams
Premiering on Saturday, January 25, is the Starz original series Black Sails created by Jon Steinberg & Robert Levine and starring Toby Stephens, Luke Arnold, Zach McGowan, Toby Schmitz, Hannah New, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Clara Paget, Tom Hopper and Mark Ryan. The show’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica) […]
Adrian Johnston Scoring ‘Klondike’ Miniseries
Posted: January 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Johnston, Discovery Channel, Klondike
Adrian Johnston has composed the music for Discovery Channel’s miniseries Klondike. The six-parter is directed by Simon Cellan Jones and stars Richard Madden, Sam Shepard, Abbie Cornish, Ian Hart, Johnny Simmons, Conor Leslie, Tim Roth, Augustus Prew, Marton Csokas and Tim Blake Nelson. The series is based on Charlotte Gray’s novel Gold Diggers: Striking It […]
Eric Neveux Scoring ‘Two Men in Town’
Posted: January 18, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eric Neveux, Rachid Bouchareb, Two Men in Town
Eric Neveux has composed the score for the upcoming drama Two Men in Town. The film is directed by Rachid Bouchareb (Days of Glory) and stars Forest Whitaker, Harvey Keitel, Ellen Burstyn, Brenda Blethyn and Luis Guzman. The movie is based on a novel by and follows an ex-convict who gets a second chance, but […]
‘Stalingrad’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 18, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angelo Badalamenti, score, Soundtrack, Stalingrad
MovieScore Media and Kronos Records will release a soundtrack album for the Russian epic World War II drama Stalingrad. The album features the film’s original score composed by Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on January 28, 2014. Visit Kronos Records’ official website to listen […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 17, 2014)
Posted: January 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Big Bad Wolves, Brian H. Kim, Christopher Lennertz, David C. Williams, Devil's Due, Eric V. Hachikian, Frank Ilfman, Freezer, G.B.F., Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Jamesy Boy, Jermaine Stegall, Life as a King, Patrick Doyle, Paul Intson, Ride Along, Summer in February, The Nut Job
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action comedy Ride Along directed by Tim Story and starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Callen and Laurence Fishburne. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Revolution, Horrible Bosses, Identity […]
