Richard Robbins has passed away at age 71 on Nov. 7 of Parkinson’s disease at his home in Rhinebeck, N.Y. The composer who is best known for scoring most Merchant-Ivory films was born on Dec. 4, 1940, in South Weymouth, Mass.. He received two Academy Award nominations in 1993 and 1994 for Howard’s End and The […]
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Richard Robbins (1940-2012)
Posted: November 12, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Richard Robbins
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Bret McKenzie to Write New Songs for ‘The Muppets 2’
Posted: November 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bret McKenzie, The Muppets, The Muppets 2
Producer Todd Lieberman has revealed in an interview with Collider (via The Playlist) that he will be returning to write new songs for Disney’s upcoming sequel The Muppets 2. McKenzie has written the original songs for last year’s hit reboot of the franchise and ended up winning an Academy Award for the song Man or Muppet. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 2, 2012)
Posted: November 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Late Quartet, Alan Silvestri, Angelo Badalamenti, Chris Bacon, Christophe Beck, David Byrne, David Kitay, Flight, Henry Jackman, High Ground, Howard Drossin, Jack and Diane, Marcelo Zarvos, Mum, Paperman, RZA, The Bay, The Details, The Man with the Iron Fists, This Must Be the Place, tomandandy, Vamps, Will Oldham, Wreck-It-Ralph
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature Wreck-It-Ralph directed by Rich Moore and featuring the voice talent of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch. The film’s score is composed by Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class). Walt Disney Records has […]
Alan Silvestri’s ‘Flight’ Score Available Online
Posted: November 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Flight, Robert Zemeckis
The full score for Robert Zemeckis’ drama Flight has been made available online by Paramount Pictures. The music is written by Academy Award-nominated composer Alan Silvestri who has worked with the director for almost three decades on movies including Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Cast Away and The Polar Express. To listen to the full […]
Video Game Soundtrack Roundup (November 2012)
Posted: November 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Assassin's Creed: Liberation, Assassins Creed III, Epic Mickey, Epick Mickey 2: The Power of Two, Halo 4, Jim Dooley, Lorne Balfe, Neil Davidge, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jablonsky, The Sims 3, The Sims 3: Showtime, Winifred Phillips
A couple of soundtracks for major video game titles have recently been announced: Available now from Ubisoft Music is the soundtrack album for Assassin’s Creed III. The album features the game’s music composed by Lorne Balfe (Megamind, The Dilemma) who previously co-scored last year’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations with Jesper Kyd. The soundtrack is now available […]
‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 31, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Jack Wall, score, Soundtrack, Trent Reznor
Activision will release a soundtrack album for the first-person shooter game Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The album includes the main theme composed by Trent Reznor (The Social Network), as well as more than 2 hours of the game’s score composed by Jack Wall (Mass Effect, Myst III & IV). The soundtrack will be released digitally […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 26, 2012)
Posted: October 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Akira Yamaoka, Chad Fischer, Chasing Mavericks, Christopher Young, Cloud Atlas, Deborah Lurie, Fun Size, Jeff Danna, Johnny Klimek, Orbital, Pusher, Reinhold Heil, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, The Black Tulip, Tom Tykwer
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: One of the most talked about and ambitious film of the season is the epic adventure drama Cloud Atlas directed by Tom Tykwer and Andy & Lana Wachowski and starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Xun Zhou, […]
Alberto Iglesias Named Film Composer of the Year 2012 at World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Alberto Iglesias, Brian Byrne, World Soundtrack Awards
Alberto Iglesias was chosen as Film Composer of the Year 2012 at the World Soundtrack Awards 2012, tonight’s closing event of the 39th Ghent Film Festival. Iglesias also received an award for his score for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in the Best Original Film Score of the Year 2012 category. The composer’s other scores of […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 19, 2012)
Posted: October 19, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alec Puro, Alex Cross, Bruno Coulais, Fall on Your Sword, John Debney, Marco Beltrami, Mon pire cauchemar, My Worst Nightmare, Nobody Walks, Paranormal Activity 4, The First Time, The Sessions
Two new movies are opening in wide release this week: Expected to top the weekend box office is the found footage horror film Paranormal Activity 4 directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, produced by Jason Blum & Oren Peli and starring Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Aiden Lovekamp, Brady Allen, Stephen Dunham, Alexondra Lee and […]
