DreamWorks Pictures announced today that John Williams will be reteaming with Steven Spielberg on the director’s upcoming family drama The BFG. The movie starring Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill is based on the book by Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox) and tells the story of a young orphan girl […]
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John Williams to Reteam with Steven Spielberg on ‘The BFG’
Posted: March 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Williams, Steven Spielberg, The BFG
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Thomas Newman to Score Steven Spielberg’s ‘Bridge of Spies’
Posted: March 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bridge of Spies, Steven Spielberg, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman has been hired to score the upcoming spy thriller Bridge of Spies. The film is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Scott Shepherd, Amy Ryan, Sebastian Koch and Alan Alda. The movie follows a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the […]
‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: March 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Armstrong, Far from the Madding Crowd, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Vinterberg
Audio samples from the soundtrack album for the period drama Far from the Madding Crowd have been published. The album features the film’s original music composed by Craig Armstrong (Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk). Listen to the audio clips after the jump and check out our previous article […]
Mac Quayle Scoring USA’s ‘Mr. Robot’
Posted: March 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mac Quayle, Mr. Robot, USA
Mac Quayle is scoring the upcoming USA original series Mr. Robot. The show is created by Sam Esmail (Comet) and stars Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallstrom and Carly Chaikin. The thriller follows a young programmer, who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and as a vigilante hacker by night and finds himself at a crossroads […]
Joseph Trapanese Scoring F. Gary Gray’s ‘Straight Outta Compton’
Posted: March 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: F. Gary Gray, Joseph Trapanese, Straight Outta Compton
Joseph Trapanese mentioned in an interview with MTV that he is currently scoring the upcoming biographical drama Straight Outta Compton. The film is directed by F. Gary Gray and stars O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, Aldis Hodge as MC Ren and Neil Brown, Jr. as […]
‘Insurgent’ Score Album Released
Posted: March 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Divergent, Insurgent, Joseph Trapanese, score, Soundtrack
Interscope Records has released a score album for the second part in the Divergent series, Insurgent. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, The Raid, Earth to Echo). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. As previously reported, the label […]
Jerry Goldsmith’s Complete ‘Warlock’ Score Released
Posted: March 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elmer Bernstein, Going Ape!, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, Warlock
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1989 horror movie Warlock directed by Steven Miner and starring Julian Sands, Lori Singer and Richard E. Grant. The album features the complete and fully restored original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Chinatown, Planet of […]
Jimmy LaValle’s ‘Spring’ Score to Be Released
Posted: March 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jimmy LaValle, score, Soundtrack, Spring
Eastern Glow Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi horror romance Spring. The album features the film’s original score composed by The Album Leaf’s Jimmy LaValle. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 24, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Spring is directed by Justin Benson & […]
Alan Menken to Score Disney’s Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Posted: March 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast, Bill Condon, Tim Rice
Walt Disney Pictures has announced today that Alan Menken will be providing the score for the upcoming live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. The film will also feature new original songs co-written by the composer and Sir Tim Rice, as well as new recordings of the songs from the 1991 animated classic that Menken penned with Howard Ashman. […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 15, 2015)
Posted: March 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bloodline, E!, Edward Rogers, Josh Kramon, Netflix, Rob Thomas, Siddhartha Khosla, The CW, The Royals, Tony Morales
Premiering tonight is E!’s first scripted series The Royals created by Mark Schwahn (One Tree Hill) and starring Elizabeth Hurley, William Moseley, Merritt Patterson, Alexandra Park, Jake Maskall, Tom Austen, Oliver Milburn Sophie Colquhoun and Vincent Regan. The show’s original music is composed by Siddhartha Khosla. The Royals follows a modern-day monarch and head of […]
