Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that Sam Smith has recorded Writing’s On The Wall, the theme song to the 24th James Bond film Spectre. The singer/songwriter has co-written the song with Jimmy Napes. The track will be released to download and stream on September 25, 2015 by […]
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Sam Smith to Perform ‘Spectre’ Title Song ‘Writing’s On the Wall’
Posted: September 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: James Bond, Sam Mendes, Sam Smith, Spectre
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 4, 2015)
Posted: September 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Walk in the Woods, Alexandre Azaria, Before We Go, Break Point, Chloe & Theo, Chris Westlake, Dragon Blade, Henry Lai, Nathan Larson, Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, The Newton Brothers, The Transporter Refueled, Tim Anderson, Will Bates
Two new movies are opening nationwide this week: Opening in most theaters is the action reboot The Transporter Refueled directed by Camille Delamarre and starring Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Loan Shabanon, Gabriella Wright, Radivoje Bukvić, Anatole Taubman, Wenxia Yu and Tatiana Pajković. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Azaria (Lockout, Love and Other […]
‘Scream Queens’ Title Song ‘You Belong to Me’ Revealed
Posted: September 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Fox, Heather Heywood, Mac Quayle, Scream Queens
Ryan Murphy has published an extended version of the main titles sequence for the new Fox series Scream Queens. The opening titles feature the original song You Belong to Me, which was co-written by the show’s composer Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, American Horror Story: Freak Show & Hotel), singer Heather Heywood and executive producer Alexis Woodall. Heywood is also performing the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 28, 2015)
Posted: August 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Reason, Buck Sanders, H. Scott Salinas, Heather McIntosh, Keegan DeWitt, Kim Planert, Marco Beltrami, Matthew Simpson, Mikkel Hess, No Escape, Paul Mills, Queen of Earth, Segal, War Room, We Are Your Friends, When Animals Dream, Z for Zachariah, Zipper
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week: Already in theaters since Wednesday is the action thriller No Escape directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, I, Robot, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma, Hellboy) and Buck Sanders (Warm Bodies, The Hurt Locker). Lakeshore Records has released […]
‘He Named Me Malala’ to Feature Original Song by Alica Keys
Posted: August 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alicia Keys, Davis Guggenheim, He Named Me Malala
Alica Keys has recorded an original song for Davis Guggenheim’s upcoming documentary He Named Me Malala. The song is entitled Story to Tell and is performed by the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and produced by Rick Rubin. The track will be included on the official soundtrack album for the film, which also features the movie’s original […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 21, 2015)
Posted: August 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: American Ultra, Dan Romer, David Newman, Dhani Harrison, Digging for Fire, Edward Shearmur, Grandma, Hitman: Agent 47, Joel P. West, Learning to Drive, Marcelo Zarvos, Marco Beltrami, Paul Hicks, Pinar Toprak, She's Funny That Way, Sinister 2, Some Kind of Beautiful, Stephen Endelman, The Curse of Downers Grove, tomandandy
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action thriller Hitman: Agent 47 directed by Aleksander Bach and starring Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds and Thomas Kretschmann. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (World War Z, The Wolverine, Scream, The Hurt Locker). La-La […]
Amy Dunning Named Head of Music at Lionsgate
Posted: August 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amy Dunning, Lionsgate
Amy Dunning has been named head of music of Lionsgate’s motion picture group. She will oversee all creative and production aspects of music for Lionsgate’s film scores, songs and soundtracks. Among the projects she is currently working on are the studios’ upcoming features Allegiant: Part 1, Gods Of Egypt, Now You See Me: The Second Act, John Wick 2, La La Land Power Rangers, The […]
World Soundtrack Awards 2015 Nominations Announced
Posted: August 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2015 World Soundtrack Awards to be presented in three categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Saturday, October […]
Shakira to Record Original Song for Disney’s ‘Zootopia’
Posted: August 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Shakira, Zootopia
Disney announced at the studios’ D23 expo event that Shakira is recording an original song for the Disney Animation Studios’ feature Zootopia. The song is entitled Try Everthing and will be featured in the movie directed by Byron Howard (Tangled) and Rich Moore (Wreck-it Ralph). Shakira will also be among the film’s voice cast, which also includes Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin. […]
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez to Write Songs for Disney’s ‘Gigantic’
Posted: August 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gigantic, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
It was announced today at Disney’s D23 fan expo that Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez will be writing original music for Disney Toon Studios’ upcoming feature Gigantic. The film will be directed by Nathan Greno (Tangled) and produced by Dorothy McKim (Meet the Robinson). The movie is based on the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale is set in Spain during […]
