Pedro Bromfman has officially been hired to score the upcoming RoboCop remake. The film is directed by Jose Padhila and stars Joel Kinnaman in the title role as a Detroit police office who’s transformed into RoboCop after he’s murdered while on duty. Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Jay Baruchel, Abbie Cornish, John Paul […]
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Pedro Bromfman to Score ‘RoboCop’ Remake
Posted: January 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jose Padhila, Pedro Bromfman, RoboCop
‘After Tiller’ to Feature Music by Eric D. Johnson and Andy Cabic
Posted: January 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: After Tiller, Andy Cabic, Eric D. Johnson
Eric D. Johnson and Andy Cabic have composed the score for the upcoming documentary After Tiller. The film is directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson and centers on the four remaining doctors in the United States who continue to perform third-trimester abortions after the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas in 2009. The […]
‘Call the Midwife’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Call the Midwife, PBS, Soundtrack
DMG TV will release a soundtrack album for the BBC original series Call the Midwife. The 2-CD set features all the key songs and incidental music from series 1, 2 and the Christmas Special, including classic songs performed by Doris Day, Malcolm Vaughan, Elvis Presley, Perry Como and Andy Williams. The soundtrack will be released […]
Andrew Hewitt to Score ‘The Sea’
Posted: December 31, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Hewitt, John Banville, The Sea
Andrew Hewitt has signed on to score the upcoming drama The Sea. The film is directed by Stephen Brown and stars Ciaran Hinds, Charlotte Rampling, Natascha McElhone, Rufus Sewell, Sinead Cusack, Missy Keating, Matthew Dillon and Padhraig Parkinson. The movie is based on the Man Booker Prize-winning novel by John Banville (Albert Nobbs) who adapted his […]
Hans Zimmer to Score ‘The Bible’ Mini-Series
Posted: December 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, History Channel, Mark Burnett, The Bible
Hans Zimmer is scoring the History Channel’s upcoming mini-series The Bible. The 10-hour/five-part docudrama is created and executive produced by Mark Burnett (The Voice, Survivor) and Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel) and will cover the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, including stories from Noah’s Ark and the Exodus to Daniel in the Lion’s Den […]
‘Promised Land’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Gus van Sant, Promised Land, score, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album for Gus Van Sant’s drama Promised Land. The album features the film’s original score composed by Danny Elfman who previously collaborated with the director on such films as Good Will Hunting, Milk and To Die For. Also included is the original song, Snake Eyes, written and performed by The Milk Carton Kids […]
Ólafur Arnalds Scoring ‘Broadchurch’
Posted: December 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Broadchurch, ITV, Ólafur Arnalds
Ólafur Arnald is composing the score for the upcoming British mini-series Broadchurch. The eight-part series stars David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Vicky McClure, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Will Mellor and Arthur Darvill. The drama is written and created by Chris Chibnall (United, Torchwood) and follows a small British community that comes under scrutiny and suspicio in the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 28, 2012)
Posted: December 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anne Dudley, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Danny Elfman, Herbert Kretzmer, Les Miserables, Marc Shaiman, Nick Cave, Parental Guidance, Promised Land, Warren Ellis, West of Memphis
Three new movies have opened nationwide earlier this week on Christmas Day: Topping the box office on Christmas Day was the movie musical Les Miserables directed by Tom Hooper and starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne, Colm Wilkinson, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen. Universal Republic has […]
Brian Reitzell to Score NBC’s ‘Hannibal’
Posted: December 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Reitzell, Bryan Fuller, David Slade, Hannibal, NBC, The Bling Ring
Brian Reitzell is scoring the upcoming NBC drama Hannibal. The show is based on the characters from Thomas Harris’ classic novels (The Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon) and stars Hugh Dancy as Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter. Laurence Fishburne, Caroline Dhavernas, Eddie Izzard, Gina Torres, Molly Shannon, Gillian Anderson, Ellen Greene […]
Live to Projection Concerts of Michael Giacchino’s ‘Star Trek’ Score Announced
Posted: December 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: 21st Century Symphony Orchestra, J.J. Abrams, Michael Giacchino, Patrick Doyle, Star Trek
The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra has announced a concert featuring the world premiere performance of Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino‘s original score for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek performed live to projection. The orchestra has collaborated with Giacchino and Paramount Pictures to arrange the score from the 2009 hit sci-fi film for a concert version performed […]