Ennio Morricone will be honored at the Walk of Fame star ceremony on February 26, 2016 in Hollywood. It was announced back in 2014 that the legendary composer will receive a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and given his presence in Los Angeles for the Academy Awards on February 28, Morricone has confirmed to attend the event. […]
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Ennio Morricone Walk of Fame Star Ceremony Set for February 26
Posted: February 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Ennio Morricone, Walk of Fame
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‘High-Rise’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Wheatley, Clint Mansell, High-Rise, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for Ben Wheatley’s sci-fi thriller High-Rise. The album features the film’s original music composed by Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, Noah, Moon, The Wrestler). The soundtrack will be released physically and digitally in Europe on March 18, 2016 and in the U.S. on May 13. High-Rise stars Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, […]
Michael Giacchino to Score Colin Trevorrow’s ‘The Book of Henry’
Posted: February 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Colin Trevorrow, Michael Giacchino, The Book of Henry
Director Colin Trevorrow announced on Twitter that Michael Giacchino will be composing the music for the upcoming drama The Book of Henry. The film stars Naomi Watts, Jacob Tremblay, Jaeden Lieberher, Dean Norris, Lee Pace, Sarah Silverman, Maddie Ziegler and Bobby Moynihan. The movie follows a single mother who raises a genius boy. Gregg Hurwitz has written the […]
Rob Scoring ‘Amityville: The Awakening’
Posted: February 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amityville: The Awakening, Rob
Rob aka Robin Coudert has composed the music for the upcoming horror thriller Amityville: The Awakening. The film is written and directed by Franck Khalfoun (P2) and stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bella Thorne, Cameron Monaghan, Thomas Mann, Jennifer Morrison and Kurtwood Smith. The movie follows a single mother who moves her three children into the haunted house not […]
‘Knight of Cups’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hanan Townshend, Knight of Cups, score, Soundtrack, Terrence Malick
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 […]
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 […]
