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 […]
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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
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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: […]
‘The Innocents’ (‘Agnus Dei’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Agnus Dei, Anne Fontaine, Gregoire Hetzel, score, Soundtrack, The Innocents
Bayard Musique has released a soundtrack album for the French/Polish drama The Innocents (Agnus Dei). The album features the film’s original music composed by Grégoire Hetzel (Incendies, The Blue Room, The Tree). Also included is other music featured in the movie, such as Max Richter’s On the Nature of Daylight & more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, […]
Guy Gross to Score Stephan Elliott’s ‘Flammable Children’
Posted: February 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Flammable Children, Guy Gross, Stephan Elliott
Guy Gross is set to reteam with director Stephan Elliott on the upcoming comedy Flammable Children. Guy Pearce and Radha Mitchell are attached to star in the movie, which is written and directed by Elliott. The film is set in an Australian beach suburb in the mid-1970s and follows a 14-year old boy who tries to find […]
‘The Leftovers’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Max Richter, score, Soundtrack, The Leftovers
WaterTower Music will release a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series The Leftovers. The album features selections from original music of the show’s second season composed by Max Richter (Waltz with Bashir, Disconnect, Testament of Youth, The Congress). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 19, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label […]
