Joel McNeely is currently recording his orchestral score for Disney’s animated movie The Pirate Fairy. The film marks the fifth installment in the Tinker Bell series and features the voices of Mae Whitman who will reprise her titular role, as well as Christina Hendricks who is lending her voice to a new fairy named Zarina […]
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Joel McNeely Scoring ‘The Pirate Fairy’
Posted: December 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joel McNeely, The Pirate Fairy, Tinker Bell
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Varèse Sarabande to Host Holiday Gala
Posted: December 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Varese Sarabande
Varèse Sarabande Records will host its 35th Anniversary Holiday Gala, celebrating the music from seasonal film favorites on December 21, 2013 at the Warner Grand Theatre at 478 W 6th Street in San Pedro, CA. John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2) will be guest conducting music from his score for Jon […]
Rob Simonsen Scoring Zach Braff’s ‘Wish I Was Here’
Posted: December 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Rob Simonsen, Wish I Was Here, Zach Braff
Rob Simonsen has been tapped to score the upcoming Kickstarter-funded drama Wish I Was Here. The movie marks Zach Braff’s second directorial feature following the indie hit Garden State and stars himself, as well as Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin, Ashley Greene, Jim Parsons and Josh Gad. The film centers on a struggling actor, husband and father who […]
‘Lone Survivor’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Explosions in the Sky, Lone Survivor, Peter Berg, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jablonsky
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for Peter Berg’s action drama Lone Survivor. The album features the film’s original music composed by Explosions in the Sky and Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, Ender’s Game). The post-rock band previously composed music for Berg’s Friday Night Lights and Jablonsky scored last year’s Battleship for the director. The soundtrack […]
Alan Silvestri’s ‘Blown Away’ Score Released
Posted: December 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Blown Away, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for 1994 action thriller Blown Away directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Lloyd Bridges and Forest Whitaker. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (The Avengers, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump). The composer incorporated […]
‘Angelique’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angelique, Nathaniel Mechaly, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the French period drama Angelique. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nathaniel Mechaly (Taken, Colombiana, The Grandmaster) and performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released in France on December 16, 2013. Click here to check out audio clips. No […]
Nathan Johnson Scoring ‘Young Ones’
Posted: December 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jake Paltrow, Nathan Johnson, Young Ones
Nathan Johnson is currently scoring the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Young Ones. The film is written and directed by Jake Paltrow (The Good Night) and stars Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Elle Fanning and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The movie is set in a violent near-future where water has become the most precious resource on the planet and […]
Thomas Newman to Be Honored at Palm Springs Film Festival
Posted: December 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Frederick Loewe Music Award, Palm Springs Film Festival, Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman will be honored with the Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing at the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). The composer will be receiving his award for his music for John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks starring Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks and Colin Farrell. Newman has previously won the award in 2006 following his […]
Deluxe Edition Soundtracks for ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’ and James Cameron’s ‘The Abyss’ Announced
Posted: December 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Brass Target, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, Laurence Rosenthal, Michael Kamen, Runaway, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek: Nemesis, Suspect, The Abyss, Vibes
Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in the CD Club series. Among the titles is a deluxe edition for Star Trek: Nemesis, the tenth feature in the series and the final movie with the Next Generation crew, directed by Stuart Baird and starring Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy and Marina Sirtis. […]
LA, NY and Boston Film Critics Announce Winners of Best Music in Film 2013
Posted: December 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Boston Online FIlm Critics Association, Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Online
A couple of major local critics associations have been announced their winners for this year’s movies. The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis was honored by three organizations for its soundtrack produced by T Bone Burnett. As a side note, the film doesn’t feature an actual score and only one original song, which is why the LA Film […]
