Archive for 2015

‘Grandma’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: July 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama Grandma. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joel P West (Short Term 12). Also included are the songs from the movie by The Tree Ring, Angus and Julia Stone and Flood Coats. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 21, […]

Atli Orvarsson to Score ‘Bilal’

Posted: July 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Atli Orvarsson has been hired to score the upcoming animated feature Bilal. The film is directed by Khurram Alavi and features the voice talent of Ian McShane, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Michael Gross. The movie is inspired by the story of the real-life African hero Bilal Ibn Rabah, who, born into slavery in […]

Premiering on Friday, July 31 is the Disney Channel original movie Descendants directed and executive produced by Kenny Ortega and starring Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, Sofia Carson, Mitchell Hope, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Maz Jobrani, Kathy Najimy and Kristin Chenoweth. David Lawrence (American Pie, High School Musical) has composed the film’s original score. Walt […]

The full album details of the soundtrack album for the action sequel Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Joe Kraemer (Jack Reacher, The Way of the Gun, Femmes Fatales). The soundtrack will be released physically on La-La Land Records’ website on July 28, digitally on July 31 and elsewhere on […]

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action comedy Pixels directed by Chris Columbus and starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad and Brian Cox. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Big Hero 6, X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph). Varese Sarabande has released […]

Republic Records will release a soundtrack album for the musical comedy drama Ricki and the Flash. The album features the songs from the film by the fictional band from the film led by Meryl Streep, including the original song Cold One written by Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice. Also included are songs by Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Henry Wolfe […]

Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for Denis Villeneuve’s thriller Sicario. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-nominated composer Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything) who previously collaborated with the director on Prisoners. The soundtrack will be released on September 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. […]

‘Maggie’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: July 24, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for the zombie thriller Maggie. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Wingo (Mud, Take Shelter, All the Real Girls, The Sitter). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Maggie is directed by Henry Hobson and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin and […]

Ilan Eshkeri Scoring ‘Autobahn’

Posted: July 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Ilan Eshkeri is composing the original score for the upcoming thriller Autobahn. The film is directed by Eran Creevy (Welcome to the Punch) and stars Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Hopkins, Felicity Jones and Ben Kingsley. The movie follows a young US couple who are plunged into a game of cat-and-mouse across Germany when they find themselves […]

Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the thriller The Gift. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans (Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The One I Love). The soundtrack will be released on August 7, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can […]