The soundtrack details for the comedy drama People Like Us have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman, as well as two songs by Liz Phair and Michael ‘Nomad’ Ripoll. The soundtrack will be released on June 19, 2012 by Lakeshore Records and is now available […]
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‘People Like Us’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A.R. Rahman, People Like Us, score, Soundtrack
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Stephen Warbeck to Score ‘Henry IV’
Posted: May 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Cork, Adrian Johnston, Henry IV, Henry V, Papadopoulos & Sons, Richard Eyre, Richard II, Stephen Warbeck, Walking the Dogs
Stephen Warbeck is currently recording his score for the upcoming BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play Henry IV. The television production is directed by Richard Eyre (Notes on a Scandal, Iris) and stars Jeremy Irons in the title role, as well as Tom Hiddleston as Prince Hal and Simon Russell Beale as Falstaff. Sam Mendes […]
‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Europe's Most Wanted, Hans Zimmer, Madagascar 3, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for Dreamworks Animation’s Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted have been revealed. The album features several tracks of the film’s original score composed by Hans Zimmer. Also included is an original song perfomed by Peter Asher, Yolanda Be Cool’s Americano, Katy Perry’s Firework, as well as several cover versions performed […]
Remastered ‘Chinatown’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Alien, Amazing Grace and Chuck, Bill Conti, Chinatown, Elmer Bernstein, Eye of the Needle, Jerry Goldsmith, Miklos Rosza, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Karate Kid: Part III
Varese Sarabande Records has announced the latest batch of titles in the Varese CD Club series. Most notably, the label will be relasing a remastered soundtrack edition for Roman Polanski’s classic 1974 thriller Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. The album features the Academy Award-nominated score composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The release is limited […]
Alexandre Desplat Scoring ‘Renoir’
Posted: May 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Argo, Gilles Bourdos, Renoir
Alexandre Desplat has recently scored the French drama Renoir. The film directed by Gilles Bourdos is set in 1915 when the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, at the end of his life, is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy when a young girl miraculously enters his world. The drama stars Michel Bouquet is the title role, […]
Film Music Festival in Krakow to Celebrate Elliot Goldenthal
Posted: May 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Elliot Goldenthal, Johnny Klimek, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Wojciech Kilar
Composer Elliot Goldenthal will be celebrated in concert at the Film Music Festival in Krakow on Saturday, May 26 at the Tinning Plant of ArcelorMittal Poland in Krakow. The concert will be performed by the Polish Orchestra Sinfonietta Cracovia accompanied by Pro Musica Mundi Choir and the boys’ choir Pueri Contores Sancti Nicolai and conducted […]
John Paesano to Score ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ TV Series
Posted: May 12, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Crossmaglen, Dragons, John Paesano
John Paesano has been tapped to score Dreamworks Animation’s upcoming TV series Dragons based on the 2010 hit animated feature How to Train Your Dragon. The show follows the adventures of Hiccup, Toothless, and a community of Viking warriors, as they discover the world of dragons is a lot larger than they thought. It has […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 11, 2012)
Posted: May 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music NewsTags: Bruce Rowland, Christopher Lennertz, Danny Elfman, Dark Shadows, Girl in Progress, The Cup, Tim Burton
The only movie opening wide this weekend is the supernatural comedy Dark Shadows starring Johnny Depp, Chloe Moretz, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bella Heathcoate and Eva Green. The film marks the fourteenth collaboration between the director and composer Danny Elfman. WaterTower Music has released two soundtrack albums, including the original score by the composer. For audio clips and […]
Exclusive Video: Writing and Recording the Music for ‘The Raven’
Posted: May 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: James McTeigue, Lucas Vidal, The Raven
Film Music Reporter presents a behind-the-scenes look at the writing and recording process of Lucas Vidal‘s original music for James McTeigue’s The Raven starring John Cusack, Alice Eve and Brendan Gleeson. The exclusive video takes a look at the creation the composer’s orchestral and electronic score. Also featured is footage from the score’s orchestral recording […]
Mark Isham Scoring ABC’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Pilot
Posted: May 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Beauty and the Beast, Gary Fleder, Mark Isham
Mark Isham has been hired to score the pilot for the ABC drama Beauty and the Beast. The reimagining of the classic fairy tale stars Darius Campbell, F. Murray Abraham, Ruth Bradley, Chris Egan, Karen LeBlanc and Meegan Warner. The show written and executive produced by Jon Steinberg (Jericho, Human Target) is set in a […]
