James Seymour Brett is currently scoring the comedy Lay the Favorite. The film is directed by Stephen Frears and stars Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson, Laura Prepon and Vince Vaughn. Recording sessions for the music are scheduled to take place in early January. The movie follows a young woman as she goes […]
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James Seymour Brett to Score Stephen Frears’ ‘Lay the Favorite’
Posted: December 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Batman Live, James Brett, James Seymour Brett, Lay the Favorite, Stephen Frears
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Spike Lee’s ‘Red Hook Summer’ to Feature Music by Bruce Hornsby
Posted: December 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruce Hornsby, Red Hook Summer, Spike Lee
Bruce Hornsby is the composer of the upcoming indie drama Red Hook Summer. The film is written and directed by Spike Lee and stars Clarke Peters (The Wire), Jules Brown, Toni Lysaith, Nate Parker, James Ransone and Thomas Jefferson Byrd. The movie centers on a boy from Atlanta who lands at the Red Hook housing […]
New ‘Frantic’ Soundtrack Edition Announced
Posted: December 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ennio Morricone, Frantic, Roman Polanski, score, Soundtrack
Film Score Monthly has announced a new soundtrack edition for the 1988 thriller Frantic. Ennio Morricone has written the music for the Roman Polanski-directed movie. The album includes a newly remastered presentation of the original soundtrack album released in 1988 by Elektra Records, which has been out of print for years and features a lot […]
Palm Springs Film Festival to Honor Howard Shore
Posted: December 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Frederick Loewe Music Award, Howard Shore, Hugo, Palm Springs Film Festival
Howard Shore will be honored with the Frederick Loewe Music Award at the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. The composer will be receiving the award for his work on Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, for which he already received a Golden Globe, as well as a Broadcast Film Critics Association Movie Award nomination. Shore has previously […]
Watertower Music to Release ‘Rock of Ages’ Soundtrack
Posted: December 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Anders, Adam Shankman, Matt Sullivan, Peer Astrom, Rock of Ages, Soundtrack
Watertower Music has announced that they will release the soundtrack album for the upcoming movie musical Rock of Ages. (UPDATE April 2012: Pre-order the soundtrack on Amazon). The film is an adaptation of the 2006 Broadway musical by Chris D’Arienzo built around classic rock hits from the 1980s and features music by artists including Def […]
Marco Beltrami to Score ‘World War Z’
Posted: December 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Good Day to Die Hard, Alex Proyas, John Moore, Marc Forster, Marco Beltrami, Paradise Lost, World War Z
Marco Beltrami has signed on to score the post-apocalyptic horror thriller World War Z. The movie is directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball, Quantum of Solace) and stars Brad Pitt as a U.N. employee who scours the world, interviewing survivors of a Zombie apocalypse. Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Bryan Cranston and David […]
Bruno Coulais’ ‘La Clé Des Champs’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Coulais, La cle des champs, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album for the French family movie La clé des champs has recently been released. The album features the original music from the movie written by Academy Award-nominated composer Bruno Coulais (Coralime, The Chorus). The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon and the CD version is set to be released on January 17, […]
Notable Omissions among the Academy Awards’ Original Score Finalists
Posted: December 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 50/50, Academy Awards, Cliff Martinez, Conrad Pope, Drive, Marco Beltrami, Michael Giacchino, My Week with Marilyn, Soul Surfer
As announced last Thursday, 97 movies are eligible for nominations in the Original Score category for the 84th Academy Awards. Not included were a couple of scores that have been considered possible contenders. The two most notable omissions from the Academy’s finalists list are Drive and My Week with Marilyn, which both were disqualified for […]
‘The Flowers of War’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jin líng shí san chai, Joshua Bell, Qigang Chen, score, Soundtrack, The Flowers of War, Yimou Zhang
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the historical drama The Flowers of War (Jin líng shí san chai). The album includes the original music from the movie composed by Qigang Chen. The score features violinist Joshua Bell as a soloist. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon. No word yet on a […]
