Three new movies opened wide this past Wednesday: Opening in most theaters this holiday weekend is Dreamworks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians directed by Peter Ramsey and featuring the voice talent of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law. The film’s music is composed by Alexandre Desplat. Varese Sarabande Records has […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 23, 2012)
Posted: November 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Danny Elfman, De rouille et d'os, Hitchcock, Life of Pi, Mychael Danna, Ramin Djawadi, Red Dawn, Rise of the Guardians, Rust and Bone
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Listen to Danny Elfman’s ‘Promised Land’ Score and Jeremy Sams’ Music from ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’
Posted: November 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Anna Karenina, Danny Elfman, Dario Marianelli, Gus van Sant, Hyde Park on Hudson, Jeremy Sams, Moonrise Kingdom, Promised Land, Roger Neill
Focus Features has published the complete scores of its major awards contenders this season. Among the titles is Gus Van Sant’s drama Promised Land, which features music composed by Danny Elfman. To listen to the score, visit Focus Features’ For Your Consideration website. The film starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook, Scoot […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 16, 2012)
Posted: November 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anna Karenina, Breaking Dawn, Britta Phillips, Carter Burwell, Chasing Ice, Danny Elfman, Dario Marianelli, Dean Wareham, J. Ralph, Price Check, Silver Linings Playbook, The Twilight Saga, Twilight
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the final part in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 directed by Bill Condon and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. The film’s music is composed by Carter Burwell. Summit Entertainment, Chop Shop Records and Atlantic Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the […]
Richard Robbins (1940-2012)
Posted: November 12, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Richard Robbins
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 […]
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, […]
