Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the animated feature Minions. The album features the film’s original music composed by Heitor Pereira (Beverly Hills Chihuahua, The Smurfs, If I Stay) who previously scored both Despicable Me movies, as well as other music from the Illumination Entertainment production. The soundtrack will be released on July 10, 2015 and is […]
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Back Lot Music to Release ‘Minions’ Soundtrack
Posted: May 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heitor Pereira, Minions, score, Soundtrack
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Mychael Danna Scoring Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’
Posted: May 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mychael Danna, Pixar Studios, The Good Dinosaur
Mychael Danna is composing the music for Pixar Studios’ upcoming animated feature The Good Dinosaur. The film is directed by Peter Sohn and features the voices of Lucas Neff, John Lithgow, Frances McDormand, Neil Patrick Harris, Judy Greer and Bill Hader. The movie is set in a world where dinosaurs have never become extinct and follows a young […]
‘Max’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Boaz Yakin, Max, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Rabin
The full details of the soundtrack album for the family adventure Max have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Trevor Rabin (Remember the Titans, Armageddon, National Treasure, Gone In 60 Seconds, Con Air). The soundtrack will be released on June 23, 2015 by Sony Classical and is now available for […]
Lifetime’s ‘The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe’ to Feature Music by David Carbonara
Posted: May 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Carbonara, Lifetime, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
David Carbonara has composed the original music for the Lifetime mini-series The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. The two-parter is directed by Laurie Collyer (Sherrybaby) and stars Kelli Garner, Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Eva Amurri Martino. The four-hour TV event is based on J. Randy Taraborrelli’s New York Times bestseller of the same […]
Expanded ‘The Firm’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave Grusin, score, Sidney Pollack, Soundtrack, The Firm
La-La Land Records has released a new soundtrack album for Paramount Pictures’ 1993 thriller The Firm based on the John Grisham novel, directed by Sidney Pollack and starring Tom Cruise, Ed Harris and Holly Hunter. The album features the film’s expanded and remastered original music composed by Dave Grusin (Three Days of the Condor, The Goonies, Tootsie, […]
Carter Burwell to Score ‘The Finest Hours’
Posted: May 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Gillespie, score, Soundtrack, The Finest Hours
Carter Burwell has signed on to score the upcoming disaster drama The Finest Hours. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, Million Dollar Arm, Fright Night) and stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Kyle Gallner and Holliday Grainger. The movie is based on a true story revolving […]
‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ilan Eshkeri, score, Shaun the Sheep, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for Aardman Animations’ Shaun the Sheep Movie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Kick-Ass, Layer Cake, Still Alice, 47 Ronin). Also included is Tim Wheeler’s Feels Like Summer, which has previously been released as a single. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on June 1, […]
Video Highlights From 2015 BMI Film & TV Awards
Posted: May 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, BMI Film & TV Awards, Chris Montan
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has published a number of video clips from the organization’s 2015 BMI Film & TV Awards gala, which was held last week at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check out the acceptance speech of this year’s recipient of the BMI Icon Award, Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The […]
Howard Shore to Score Thomas McCarthy’s ‘Spotlight’
Posted: May 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Howard Shore, Spotlight, Thomas McCarthy
Howard Shore has been hired to score the upcoming drama Spotlight. The film is directed by Thomas McCarthy (The Visitor, The Station Agent, Win Win) and stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Live Schreiber, Stanley Tucci, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Billy Crudup and Jamey Sheridan. The movie tells the true story of four members of the […]
Composer Jed Kurzel to Direct ‘Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley’
Posted: May 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley, Jed Kurzel, Justin Kurzel
Composer Jed Kurzel is set to make his directorial debut with the upcoming sports comedy drama Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley. The film will star Denis Menochet as a man whose fanatical desire to see his son become a tennis champion comes at any cost. The composer’s brother Justin Kurzel (Macbeth, The Snowtown Murders) is producing the project with Anna McLeish […]
