Archive for 2014

‘Vampire Academy’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: January 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Universal Music Group will release the official soundtrack album for the film adaptation of the young adult series Vampire Academy. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Katy Perry, Goldfrapp, Naughty Boy, Iggy Azalea and Sky Ferreira, as well as a cover of the Bauhaus song Bella Lugosi is Dead by […]

Seth MacFarlane has announced on Twitter that Alan Silvestri is scoring the upcoming docu-series Cosmos – A Spacetime Odyssey. The show is a successor to the 1980 Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage and will explore how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. […]

‘Girls’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Announced

Posted: January 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Atlantic Records will release a new soundtrack album for the HBO hit comedy Girls. The album entitled Girls Volume 2: All Adventurous Women Do… features new songs by artists including Beck, Lily Allen, Miguel and Jenny Lewis whose track Completely Not Me was featured in this past Sunday’s season premiere. Also included is a track […]

The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 50th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past few years, scoring mixers are being recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Al Clay for Paul Greengrass’ […]

The soundtrack details for the animated feature The Lego Movie have been revealed. The soundtrack features the film’s original score composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street, Hotel Transylvania). Also included is the song Everything Is AWESOME!!! by Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island, which has also been […]

Blake Neely has composed the music for the upcoming documentary The Case Against 8. The film is directed by Ben Cotner & Ryan White (Good Ol’ Freda, Pelada) and centers on the Landmark Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The movie was shot over five years and offers insight […]

The details of the soundtrack album for the fantasy drama Winter’s Tale have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Dark Knight, The Lion King) and Rupert Gregson-Williams (Bee Movie, Hotel Rwanda). Also included is the song Miracle performed by KT Tunstall. The soundtrack […]

Film composers Craig Wedren and Mark Orton have been announced as performers at the annual Snowball, presented by BMI, on January 22, 2014 at the Sundance House in Park City, Utah. The event will also feature performances by Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall and vocalist and folk songwriter Kris Orlowski. The Snowball will begin at 8 […]

James Newton Howard is composing the score for the upcoming thriller Cut Bank. The film is directed by Matt Shakman (Mad Men, Six Feet Under) and stars Liam Hemsworth, John Malkovich, Billy Bob Thornton, Teresa Palmer, Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt and Michael Stuhlbarg. The movie follows a former-athlete-turned-auto-mechanic who dreams of getting out of Cut […]

Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the comedy That Awkward Moment. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Torn (Friday Night Lights, Lars and the Real Girl, The Wackness). Also included are the songs from the movie by artists including Crozet, Night Drive, Black Apples, Strange Talk and Lavender Diamond. […]