Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Terrence Malick’s drama Knight of Cups. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend who previously collaborated with the director on the features To the Wonder, The Tree of Life and The Better Angels. Also included are classical compositions by Arvo Part and Edvard Grieg & other music […]
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‘Knight of Cups’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hanan Townshend, Knight of Cups, score, Soundtrack, Terrence Malick
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Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Ricky Gervais’ ‘Special Correspondents’
Posted: February 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, Ricky Gervais, Special Correspondents
Dickon Hinchliffe has composed the music for the Netflix original movie Special Correspondents. The film is written and directed by Ricky Gervais (The Office, The Invention of Lying) who also stars in the movie alongside Eric Bana,Vera Farmiga, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin Pollak, America Ferrera, Raúl Castillo and Benjamin Bratt. The comedy is based on the 2009 French film […]
‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ to Feature Original Song by Pink
Posted: February 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Pink
A new TV spot for Disney’s Alice Through the Looking Glass that premiered during the Grammy Awards telecast revealed that Pink will record an original song for the sequel. The pop singer also contributed a cover version of the Jefferson Airplane classic White Rabbit, which can be previewed in the video embedded after the jump. The title […]
Expanded ‘The Rescuers Down Under’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, score, Soundtrack, The Rescuers Down Under
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for Walt Disney Pictures’ 1990 animated feature The Rescuers Down Under directed by Mike Gabriel & Hendel Butoy and featuring the voices of Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, George C. Scott, John Candy and Adam Ryen. The album features the film’s expanded original score composed and conducted by […]
Antonio Sanchez wins Grammy Award for ‘Birdman’
Posted: February 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Antonio Sanchez, Birdman, Grammy Awards
Antonio Sanchez has won the Grammy Award for his music for Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Birdman in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. The other nominated composers in the category included Hans Zimmer (Interstellar), Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything), Justin Hurwitz (Whiplash) and Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game). The jazz drummer/composer accepted his award in person. In the Best Song Written For Motion […]
Christopher Lennertz Scoring ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2’
Posted: February 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Kirk Jones, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Sausage Party
Christopher Lennertz is composing the score for the upcoming romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. The movie is directed by Kirk Jones (Nanny McPhee, Everybody’s Fine, Waking Ned Devine) and stars Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Ian Gomez, Alex Wolff, Elena Kampouris, John Stamos, Rita Wilson and Joey Faton. The sequel follows as Toula and […]
Jeff Beal to Conduct ‘Blackfish’ Score Live-to-Picture Performance
Posted: February 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Blackfish, Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Jeff Beal
Hollywood Chamber Orchestra music directors Noah Gladstone and Mark Robertson today announced that Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Carnivale, Appaloosa, Pollock) will conduct the world premiere of his score to the 2013 documentary Blackfish, live-to-picture, on Friday, July 1, 2016, at the Montalbán Theater in Hollywood. The movie, which centers on […]
Stephen Malkmus Scoring Netflix’s ‘Flaked’
Posted: February 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Flaked, Netflix, Stephen Malkmus
Will Arnett has announced on Twitter that former Pavement lead singer and guitarist Stephen Malkmus is scoring the upcoming Netflix series Flaked. The show is created by Mark Chappell (The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret) and Arnett who also stars in the comedy with David Sullivan, Ruth Kearney and George Basil. The series follows a celebrated long-time resident of the […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 14, 2016)
Posted: February 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 11.22.63, Alex Heffes, HBO, Hulu, J.J. Abrams, Love, Lyle Workman, Netflix, Vinyl
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series Vinyl created by Terence Winter, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and starring Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Juno Temple, Ato Essandoh, J. C. MacKenzie, P. J. Byrne, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Paul Ben-Victor. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the show’s first season […]
Ennio Morricone Wins BAFTA Award for ‘The Hateful Eight’
Posted: February 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA Awards, Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone has received his sixth BAFTA Award for his score for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight in the Original Music category. Morricone previously won the BAFTA Award for Days of Heaven, Once Upon a Time in America, The Mission, The Untouchables and Cinema Paradiso. He was nominated alongside Thomas Newman (Bridge of Spies), Johann Johannsson (Sicario), Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto (The Revenant) and John Williams (Star Wars: […]
