Prometheus Records and Tadlow Music have announced the world premiere recording of the complete score for the 1981 thriller The Salamander directed by Peter Zinner and starring Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Martin Balsam, Sybil Dannng, Christopher Lee, Eli Wallach and Claudia Cardinale. The music composed by Jerry Goldsmith has been newly recorded in by the […]
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Jerry Goldsmith’s ‘The Salamander’ Score Released
Posted: April 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The Salamander
Jeff Grace to Score ‘Night Moves’ and ‘Cold Comes the Night’
Posted: April 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cold Comes the Night, Jeff Grace, Kelly Reichardt, Night Moves, Tze Chun
Jeff Grace is reuniting with director Kelly Reichardt on the upcoming thriller Night Moves. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard as three radical environmentalists who come together to blow up a hydroelectric dam – the very source and symbol of the resource-devouring industrial culture they despise. Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy) co-wrote […]
‘Mud’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Wingo, Jeff Nichols, Mud, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for Jeff Nichols’ drama Mud. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Wingo (All the Real Girls, The Sitter) who previously collaborated with the director on 2011’s Take Shelter. Also included is music by Jeff McIlwain, the country-punk rock band Lucero and its frontman Ben […]
Reza Safinia to Score ‘Mercy’
Posted: April 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jason Blum, Mercy, Peter Cornwell, Reza Safinia, Snap
Reza Safinia has been hired to score the upcoming fantasy horror film Mercy. The movie directed by Peter Cornwell (The Haunting in Connecticut) is based on the short story Gramma by Stephen King about two young boys who go with their single mother to take care of their grandmother and discover that she’s a witch […]
‘Evil Dead’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Evil Dead, Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack
The full soundtrack details of the soundtrack release for the horror remake Evil Dead have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Roque Banos (The Machinist, Sexy Beast). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 9, 2013 by La-La Land Records. A physical version featuring 25 additional minutes of music […]
‘Mood Indigo’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Étienne Charry, L'ecume des jours, Michel Gondry, Mood Indigo, score, Soundtrack
Mercury Records will release a soundtrack album for Michel Gondry’s fantasy drama Mood Indigo (L’ecume des jours). The album features the film’s original score composed by Étienne Charry. Also included is the original song Mais, Aime La by Loane, a number of jazz standards by Duke Ellington, Shanklin Ray’s Bertha’s Thème from Fritz the Cat, […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 7, 2013)
Posted: April 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Da Vinci's Demons, Lifetime, Stalkers, Starz, Theo Green
Premiering this Friday, April 12, is the historical fantasy series Da Vinci’s Demons created by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) and starring Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Lucrezia Donati, Elliot Cowan, Lorenzo Medici and Lara Pulver. Bear McCreary has composed an orchestral score for the eight-part series, which tells the untold story of […]
Marcus Trumpp Scoring ‘Endangered’
Posted: April 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Hackl, Endangered, Marcus Trumpp, Red Machine
Marcus Trumpp has composed the score for the upcoming action thriller Endangered. The film is directed by David Hackl (Saw V) and stars James Marsden, Piper Perabo, Thomas Jane, Billy Bob Thornton, Scott Glenn, Adam Beach, Michaela McManus and Kelly Curran. The movie, which was originally entitled Red Machine, follows two estranged brothers who reconcile on a camping […]
‘Superman: Unbound’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kevin Kliesch, score, Soundtrack, Superman: Unbound
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the DC Universe animated original movie Superman: Unbound. The album features the film’s original score composed by Kevin Kliesch (Thundercats). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 30, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Superman Unbound […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 5, 2013)
Posted: April 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 6 Souls, Andrew Hewitt, Cliff Martinez, Daniel Bensi, Evil Dead, John Frizzell, John Williams, Jurassic Park 3D, Mateo Messina, Rick Smith, Roque Banos, Saunder Jurriaans, Shane Carruth, Simon Killer, The Brass Teapot, The Company You Keep, The Story of Luke, Trance, Upstream Color
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the horror reboot Evil Dead directed by Fede Alvarez and starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas and Elizabeth Blackmore. The film’s music is written by Spanish composer Roque Banos (The Machinist, Sexy Beast). La-La Land […]