Carter Burwell has been named Film Composer of the Year 2016 at the 16th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 43rd Ghent Film Festival. The composer’s output over the last year includes such titles as Anomalisa, Hail Caesar!, Legend, The Family Fang and The Finest Hours. Burwell also received the Public Choice Award for his […]
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Carter Burwell Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Carter Burwell, Jeff Beal, Joe Kraemer, World Soundtrack Awards
‘Jack Reacher: Never Go Back’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Edward Zwick, Henry Jackman, Jack Reacher, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, score, Soundtrack
Paramount Music will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. The album features the film’s original music composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Big Hero 6, X-Men: First Class, Captain Phillips, Wreck-It-Ralph). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 21, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you […]
‘Living in the Age of Airplanes’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Horner, Living in the Age of Airplanes, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the documentary Living in the Age of Airplanes have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, The Amazing Spider-Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 25, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to […]
Nathan Larson Scoring Steven Shainberg’s ‘Rupture’
Posted: October 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathan Larson, Rupture, Saturday Church, Steven Shainberg
Nathan Larson has composed the music for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Rapture. The film is directed by Steven Shainberg (Secretary, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Farbus) and stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Chiklis, Peter Stormare, Lesley Manville, Kerry Bishé and Ari Millen. The movie follows a single mother who tries to break free from a […]
Silva Screen Records to Release ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Soundtrack
Posted: October 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Nocturnal Animals, score, Soundtrack, Tom Ford
Silva Screen Records will release the official soundtrack album for Tom Ford’s romantic thriller Nocturnal Animals. The album features the film’s original music composed by Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, W.E., Penny Dreadful, Escape from Tomorrow). The soundtrack will be released on November 18, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Nocturnal […]
Michael Giacchino’s End Credits Music from ‘Doctor Strange’ Released
Posted: October 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Doctor Strange, Marvel Studios, Michael Giacchino
Marvel Entertainment has published the first full track from the soundtrack for the studio’s Doctor Strange. The end credits track, entitled The Master of the Mystic End Credits composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, Lost, The Incredibles, Jurassic World) can be checked out after the jump. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, […]
Mark Mancina’s ‘The Haunted Mansion’ Score Released
Posted: October 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Mancina, Rob Minkoff, score, Soundtrack, The Haunted Mansion
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the original score for Walt Disney Pictures’ 2003 feature The Haunted Mansion directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason and Jennifer Tilly. The album features the film’s music composed by Mark Mancina (Tarzan, Twister, Speed, Brother Bear, Con Air, Bad Boys, Moana). The 2-CD set includes the complete score, […]
‘Autumn Lights’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angad Aulakh, Autumn Lights, Hjörtur Ingvi Jóhannsson, Hugi Gudmundsson, score, Soundtrack
Last Carnival has released a soundtrack album for the mystery drama Autumn Lights. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hugi Gudmundsson and Hjörtur Ingvi Jóhannsson. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Autumn Lights is written and directed by Angad Aulakh and stars […]
Lorne Balfe to Score Nat Geo’s ‘Genius’
Posted: October 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Genius, Lorne Balfe, National Geographic Channel, Ron Howard
Lorne Balfe has been hired to score the National Geographic Channel’s first scripted series Genius. The show’s first season is based on Walter Isaacson’s book Einstein: His Life and Universe and stars Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein. Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Backdraft) is directing the first episode of the drama, which chronicles how an imaginative, rebellious patent clerk, who couldn’t […]