Antonio Pinto has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Amy. The film is directed by Asif Kapadia (The Warrior, Far North, The Return) and chronicles British singer Amy Winehouse’s rise to fame with such hits like Rehab and Valerie before her untimely death at age 27 of alcohol poisoning. The movie features unseen archival footage and […]
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Asif Kapadia’s ‘Amy’ to Feature Music by Antonio Pinto
Posted: April 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amy, Antonio Pinto, Asif Kapadia
Rob Simonsen Scoring Roland Emmerich’s ‘Stonewall’
Posted: April 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Rob Simonsen, Roland Emmerich, Stonewall
Rob Simonsen has composed the music for the upcoming drama Stonewall. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Stargate, 2012, The Patriot) and stars Jeremy Irvine, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman, Jonny Beauchamp, Joey King, Caleb Landry Jones, Karl Glusman, Vlademir Alexis, and Alexandre Nachi. The movie follows a young man in New […]
‘Jerusalem’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerusalem, Michael Brook, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the IMAX documentary Jerusalem. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Brook (Into the Wild, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Fighter, Brooklyn). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 21, 2015 and physically on May 12. Visit Amazon to pre-order the […]
‘The Age of Adaline’ Score Album Announced
Posted: April 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, The Age of Adaline
Lakeshore Records will release a score album for the romantic drama The Age of Adaline. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now, The Way Way Back), including the original song Start Again by Simonsen and Faux Fix, featuring Elena Tonra. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 21, […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 5, 2015)
Posted: April 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A.D., American Odyssey, Daredevil, Debbie Wiseman, Douglas Pipes, Hans Zimmer, If There Be Thorns, John Debney, John Nordstrom, John Paesano, Lifetime, Lorne Balfe, NBC, Netflix, PBS, TBS, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, Tree Adams, Wolf Hall, Your Family or Mine
Premiering tonight is the NBC event series A.D. executive produced by Mark Burnett & Roma Downey and starring Juan Pablo di Pace, Vincent Regan, Greta Scacchi, Aniss Elkohen, Richard Coyle, Babou Ceesay, Chipo Chung, Cesare Taurasi and Adam Levy. Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King) and Lorne Balfe (Home, Penguins of Madagascar) […]
Hans Zimmer to Score Ron Howard’s ‘Inferno’
Posted: April 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Inferno, Ron Howard
Hans Zimmer is officially set to reteam with director Ron Howard on the upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown’s bestselling novel Inferno. Tom Hanks returns to reprise his role as Robert Langdon and is joined by Felicity Jones as Dr. Sienna Brooks, Irrfan Khan as Harry Sims, Omar Sy as Christoph Bruder and Sidse Babett Knudsen as Dr. Elizabeth […]
John Debney’s ‘Pasión Oratorio’ Performed at Mosque Cathedral of Córdoba
Posted: April 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: John Debney, La Pasión Oratorio, The Passion of the Christ
Last month, La Pasión Oratorio, inspired by the Oscar-nominated score for The Passion of the Christ composed by John Debney was performed at the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba in Spain as part of Holy Week. 6,000 people attended the concert, which was conducted by Kevin Kaska and performed by Córdoba Orchestra and Choir Ziryab along with […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 3, 2015)
Posted: April 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 5 to 7, Boychoir, Brian Byrne, Brian Tyler, Cut Bank, Danny Bensi, Effie Gray, Furious 7, Hal Hartley, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Last Knights, Martin Phipps, Martin Tillman, Ned Rifle, Paul Cantelon, Satnam Ramgotra, Saunder Jurriaans, Woman in Gold
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the action sequel Furious 7 directed by James Wan and starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Kurt Russell. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by Wiz Khalifa & […]
Son Lux to Score ‘Paper Towns’
Posted: April 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Paper Towns, Son Lux
Son Lux aka Ryan Lott revealed in an interview with MTV that he is composing the score for the upcoming coming-of-age drama Paper Towns. The movie based on the bestselling novel by John Green (The Fault In Our Stars) is directed by Jake Schreier (Robot & Frank) and stars Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Halston Sage, […]
Nathan Larson Scoring Showtime’s ‘Happyish’
Posted: April 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Happyish, Ken Kwapis, Nathan Larson, Showtime
Nathan Larson is composing the music for the new Showtime original series Happyish. The show is created by Shalom Auslander and stars Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, Bradley Whitford, Sawyer Shipman, Carrie Preston, Molly Price and Andre Royo. The comedy drama follows a couple who face obsolescence in a youth-obsessed culture where people in their 40s are halfway to […]