Archive for February, 2015

Kurt Farquhar is composing the score for the upcoming ABC Family drama Stitchers. The show is created by Jeffrey A. Schechter (Overruled!) and stars Emma Ishta, Kyle Harris, Ritesh Rajan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Allison Scagliotti. The procedural series follows a young woman recruited into a covert government agency to be ‘stitched’ into the minds of […]

Two new movies are opening nationwide this week: Expected to top the weekend box office is the caper comedy Focus written and directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa and starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro and Gerald McRaney. The film’s original music is composed by Nick Urata (Paddington, Ruby Sparks) who previously scored the director’s I Love […]

‘Run All Night’ Soundtrack Preview

Posted: February 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Audio samples for the soundtrack album of the crime thriller Run All Night have been published. Junkie XL aka Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road, 300: Rise of an Empire, Divergent) has composed the film’s original music. Listen to the audio clips after the jump and visit our previous news article for the full details of the album, which will be released digitally on […]

Edward Shearmur has been hired to score the upcoming BBC mini-series The Outcast. The two-parter is directed by Iain Softley and stars George Mackay, Greg Wise, Hattie Morahan and Jessica Brown Findlay. The drama is based on the bestselling novel by Sadie Jones who also scripted the TV adaptation and follows a young boy who struggles to […]

Back Lot Music will release a score album for the action sequel Furious 7. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Now You See Me, Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles) who previously scored the third, fourth and fifth installment of the series The soundtrack will be released on March 31, 2015 […]

‘Suite Francaise’ Soundtrack Preview

Posted: February 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Sony Classical has published audio clips from the soundtrack album for the period drama Suite Francaise. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rael Jones who recorded his orchestral score at Abbey Road Studios. Check out samples from all tracks on the soundtrack after the jump. For the full details of the album, […]

John Ottman has officially signed on to score X-Men: Apocalypse. The film is directed by Bryan Singer and star Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassebender, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters and Rose Byrne who return in their roles from X-Men: First Class and Days of Future Past. They are joined by new cast members Sophie Turner […]

Alexandre Desplat is currently scoring the upcoming French drama Don’t Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (Une histoire de fou). The film is directed by Robert Guédiguian (The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Marius and Jeannette) and stars Simon Abkarian, Ariane Ascaride, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Serge Avédikian and Syrus Shahidi. The movie follows a young man from Marseilles of Armenian origin […]

‘Wild Canaries’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: February 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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A soundtrack album has been released for the indie comedy Wild Canaries. The album feature the film’s original music composed by Michael Montes (Whipped, Ping Pong Summer). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Wild Canaries is written and directed by Lawrence Michael Levine and stars himself, alongside […]

Mark Isham is reteaming with director Gavin O’Connor to score the upcoming action thriller The Accountant. The film stars Ben Affleck, Anna Kenrick, J.K Simmons, Jon Bernthal, John Lithgow and Jeffrey Tambor. The movie centers on a mild-mannered accountant and math genius who moonlights as a lethal assassin. Bill Dubuque (The Judge) has written the Black List-honored […]