Lyricist Hal David has passed away today at age 91 in Los Angeles. The songwriter was best known for his collaborations with Burt Bacharach and has written the lyrics for numerous hit songs, including several original songs for film. He received an Academy Award for co-writing the classic song Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head […]
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Hal David (1921-2012)
Posted: September 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hal David
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James Levine Scoring NBC’s ‘The New Normal’
Posted: September 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Levine, NBC, The New Normal
James Levine is the composer of the new NBC comedy The New Normal. The show is created by Ryan Murphy & Ali Adler and stars Justin Bartha, Andrew Rannells, Georgia King, Bebe Wood, NeNe Leakes and Ellen Barkin. The series follows a gay Los Angeles couple and a cash-strapped waitress who becomes a surrogate to […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 31, 2012)
Posted: August 31, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anton Sanko, Brian Byrne, For a Good Time Call..., John Swihart, Joseph Alfuso, Lawless, Little Birds, Nick Cave, Robert Rettberg, The Good Doctor, The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure, The Possession, The Tall Man, Todd Bryanton, Warren Ellis
Three new movies are opening wide this week: Already in theaters since Wednesday is the gangster movie Lawless directed by John Hillcoat, based on the novel The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant and starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowski. The film’s music […]
Chad Fischer Scoring ‘Chasing Mavericks’
Posted: August 31, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 10 Years, Chad Fischer, Chasing Mavericks, Curtis Hanson, Michael Apted
Chad Fischer is scoring the upcoming drama Chasing Mavericks. The film stars Jonny Weston as Jay Moriarty, a world champion surfer from Northern California who made his reputation surfing Mavericks north of Half Moon Bay before dying in a diving accident at age 22. Gerard Butler stars as Frosty Hesson, the local legend who took […]
Academy to Celebrate 50 Years of James Bond Music
Posted: August 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, James Bond
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced an event to pay homage to the memorable title songs and indelible scores of the James Bond films. The Music of Bond: The First 50 Years hosted by music historian and writer Jon Burlingame will feature many of the people who made the music, including […]
New Oscar Rule Guarantees Five Song Nominations
Posted: August 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved a new rule for the 85th Academy Awards in the Best Original Song category, in which there will now be five guaranteed nominees. According to the Academy, “all voting members of the music branch will receive a reminder list of […]
‘Dredd’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dredd, Paul Leonard Morgan, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack release for the new comic book movie adaptation of Dredd have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 3, 2012 and physically on September 10 (overseas only) by Metropolis Movie Music. To download the album […]
Mychael Danna Scoring ‘World Without End’
Posted: August 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Life of Pi, Michael Caton-Jones, Mychael Danna, World Without End
Mychael Danna has composed the score for the upcoming epic mini-series World Without End. The series based on Ken Follett’s best-selling novel is directed by Michael Caton-Jones and stars Cynthia Nixon, Ben Chaplin, Peter Firth, Charlotte Riley, Rupert Evans, Nora von Waldstaetten, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Tom Weston-Jones, Megan Follows and Sarah Gadon. The eight-hour thriller is […]
Scott Starrett to Score FOX’s ‘The Mob Doctor’
Posted: August 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Drop Dead Diva, Fox, Lifetime, Scott Starrett, The Mob Doctor
Scott Starrett has been hired to score the new FOX drama The Mob Doctor. The show created by Josh Berman and Rob Wright stars Jordana Spiro as a doctor torn between the physician’s Hippocratic Oath and her own family’s mob ties. William Forsythe, Jaime Lee Kirchner, James Carpinello, Jesse Lee Soffer and Zach Gilford are […]
NIck Urata Scoring ‘What Maisie Knew’
Posted: August 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nick Urata, What Maisie Knew
Nick Urata has taken over scoring duties on the indie drama What Maisie Knew. The film is directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel (The Deep End, Bee Season) and stars Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard, Steve Coogan, Onata Aprile, Joanna Vanderham, Diana Garcia and Joel Garland. The movie based on a novel by Henry James […]
