Three movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters this week is Dreamworks Animation’s Puss in Boots directed by Chris Miller and featuring the voice talent of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis and Billy Bob Thornton. The film’s music is composed by Henry Jackman. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 28, 2011)
Posted: October 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anonymous, Christopher Young, Craig Armstrong, Dustin O'Halloran, Harald Kloser, Henry Jackman, In Time, John Debney, Like Crazy, Puss in Boots, score, Soundtrack, The Double, The Rum Diary, Thomas Wander
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‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: October 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Harold & Kumar, score, Soundtrack, William Ross
Watertower Music has announced the details for the soundtrack album of the comedy A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas. The album features songs from the movie performed by RZA & Da’vone Mc Donald, Bing Crosby, Augie Rios, Johnny Mathis, CJ Webbe and Neil Patrick Harris who also stars in the film . Also included […]
Nathaniel Mechaly to Score ‘The Transporter’ TV series
Posted: October 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cinemax, HBO, Luc Besson, Nathaniel Mechaly, The Transporter
Nathaniel Mechaly has signed on to score the upcoming TV adaptation of Luc Besson’s action franchise The Transporter. The show centers on professional transporter Frank Martin, who opertates in a seedy underworld of dangerous criminals and desperate players. Chris Vance (Prison Break stars in the title role that was played by Jason Statham in the […]
Carter Burwell’s ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -Part 1’ Score Coming in December
Posted: October 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breaking Dawn, Carter Burwell, score, Soundtrack, The Twilight Saga
Atlantic Records will be releasing a score album for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -Part 1. The music is composed by Carter Burwell who previously scored the first installment in the series directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The soundtrack will be released on December 13, 2011 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Check back for the […]
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Happy Feet Two’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Happy Feet Two, Janelle Monae, John Powell, Pink, score, Soundtrack
Watertower Music will be releasing the soundtrack for the animated feature Happy Feet Two. The album features the original score by composer John Powell who is also involved in the film’s songs performed by the movie’s voice cast including Pink, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria and Benjamin Flores. In addition, a new version of the hit […]
Ed Shearmur to Score ‘Have a Little Faith’
Posted: October 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ed Shearmur, Edward Shearmur, Have a Little Faith, Jon Avnet
Edward Shearmur is scoring the upcoming TV drama Have a Little Faith. The movie directed by Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes, Up Close & Personal) is based on the best-selling book by Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven) and stars Laurence Fishburne as a Detroit teacher who overcame a […]
‘Anonymous’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 25, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anonymous, Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Wander
Madison Gate Records has released the official soundtrack album for Roland Emmerich’s period thriller Anonymous. The album features the original score by composers Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander. The album is available as an on demand CD-R on Amazon, as well as digitally on iTunes. Anonymous stars Rhys Ifans, Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Jamie Campbell […]
Gabriel Yared and Cyrille Aufort to Score ‘A Royal Affair’
Posted: October 25, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Royal Affair, Cyrille Aufort, Gabriel Yared, Nicolaj Arcel
Gabriel Yared and Cyrille Aufort are co-scoring the historical drama A Royal Affair. The film directed by Nicolaj Arcel (King’s Game, screenwriter of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) centers on the affair between Chr. VII’s German physician, Johan Struensee, and the English born queen of Denmark, Caroline Mathilda in the early 1770’s. The movie […]
Max Richter’s ‘Perfect Sense’ Score Released
Posted: October 25, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Max Richter, Perfect Sense, score, Soundtrack, The Congress
Metropolis Movie Music has released a soundtrack album for the romantic thriller Perfect Sense. The album features the original score from the movoe composed by Max Richter. At the moment, the album is available ezclusively on the British iTunes. No word yet on a domestic release. Perfect Sense is directed by David Mackenzie (Yong Adam) […]
Nicholas Hooper to Score ‘Chimpanzee’
Posted: October 24, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chimpanzee, Disneynature, Nicholas Hooper, Stella Days
Nicholas Hooper is currently scoring the Disneynature documentary Chimpanzee. The movie is directed by Alastair Fothergrill (The Blue Planet, Deep Blue) and Mark Linfield (Earth) and centers on a family of chimps living in the Ivory Coast and Ugandan rain forests. Hooper who is best known for his scores for Harry Potter and the Order […]
