Archive for the ‘Film Music News’ Category

Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Jim Sheridan’s horror thriller Dream House starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts features an original score by composer John Debney. Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack CD including Debney’s score on October 11. The album is also already available to download on iTunes. […]

Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the the family movie Dolphin Tale directed by Charles Martin Smith and starring Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr., Kris Kristofferson and Nathan Gamble. The film’s score is written by Mark Isham. Varese Sarabande will be releasing the soundtrack […]

Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action thriller Drive directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman and Oscar Isaacs. The film’s score is written by Cliff Martinez. A soundtrack featuring the composer’s score, […]

The Emmy Awards in the music categories have been given out last night at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Here are the winners: Outstandig Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score): Mildred Pierce – Part Five – Music by Carter Burwell Outstandig Music Composition for a Series […]

Four new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the thriller Contagion directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Ehle, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Cranston and John Hawkes. The film’s music is composed by Cliff Martinez. A soundtrack album featuring the score […]

The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the five nominees for the Discovery of the Year Award, via which the World Soundtrack Academy rewards up-and-coming talent from the previous year. The nominees are: Alex Heffes – The First Grader, The Rite The Chemical Brothers – Hanna iZLER – Hamill, Natural Selection Henry Jackman – Gulliver’s Travels, […]

Some new details about the music for Jean-Jacques Annaud’s upcoming adventure movie Black Gold have surfaced today. As reported a few months ago, James Horner has written the score for the film. The music was recorded last month at Abbey Road Studios in London. The National is reporting that Quatari singer Fahad Al Kubaisi worked […]

Three new movies are opening wide this Labor Day weekend: Opening in almost 3000 theaters is the horror thriller Shark Night 3D directed by David R. Ellis and starring Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Katharine McPhee, Donal Logue, Chris Carmack, Alyssa Diaz and Joel David Moore. The movie’s score is written by Graeme Revell. A soundtrack […]

Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark directed by Troy Nixey, produced by Guillermo Del Toro and starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison. The film’s music is composed by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders. A soundtrack […]

Four new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in almost 3000 theaters is the horror comedy Fright Night directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Please, David Tennant and Toni Collette. The film’s music is composed by Ramin Djawadi. A soundtrack CD will be released on August 30, 2011 by […]