Archive for January, 2015

‘The Wedding Ringer’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: January 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy The Wedding Ringer. The album features the songs from the film by artists including The Black Eyed Peas, Boyz II Men, Otis Redding, Todd Rundgren, Hal Jeffrin, Rancid, Rock Magfia, Jeff Ross & more. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where […]

The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 51st Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of 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 Robert Fernandez for American Sniper (feat. music by […]

Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for the film adaptation of the stage musical Into the Woods. The album features the instrumental versions of the songs from the film composed by Stephen Sondheim. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The label has previously […]

Jeff Grace is reteaming with director Ti West on the upcoming western In a Valley of Violence. The film written and directed by West stars John Travolta, Ethan Hawke, Taissa Farmiga, Karen Gillan and James Ransone. The movie is set in the 1890s and follows drifter with nothing to lose who arrives in a small town and seeks […]

‘Outlander’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: January 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the Starz original series Outlander. The album features selections of the original score from the first season of the show written by Emmy Award-winning composer Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., DaVinci’s Demons). Also featured are the songs adapted by McCreary […]

Johann Johannsson has received his first Golden Globe Award for his score for James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything starring Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game), Antonio Sanchez (Birdman), Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Gone Girl) and Hans Zimmer (Interstellar). In the Best Original Song […]

Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series Togetherness  created and executive produced by Mark & Jay Duplass and starring Amanda Peet, Melanie Lynskey, Mark Duplass and Steve Zissis. The show’s original music is composed by Michael Andrews (Neighbors, Bridesmaids, Donnie Darko) who previously scored the Duplass Brothers’ features Cyrus and Jeff Who Lives at Home. The series about two couples who are living […]

Republic Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. The album features the songs from and inspired by the film by artists including Annie Lennox, Beyoncé, The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding, AWOLNATION, Sia, Jessie Ware, Laura Welsh, Skylar Grey & more. Also included are two tracks from […]

Fil Eisler to Score Lifetime’s ‘UnReal’

Posted: January 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Fil Eisler has been tapped to score the upcoming Lifetime original series UnReal. The show is created by Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce) & Sarah Gertrude Shapiro and stars Shiri Appleby, Constance Zimmer, Craig Bierko, Freddie Stroma, Josh Kelly and Nathalie Kelley. The show is based on Shapiro’s short Sequin Raze […]

Opening nationwide today is the action thriller sequel Taken 3 directed by Olivier Megaton, produced by Luc Besson and starring Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Dogray Scott, Sam Spruell and Leland Orser. The film’s original music is composed by Nathaniel Mechaly (Colombiana, Taxi Brooklyn) who previously scored the first two movies in […]