Archive for the ‘Film Scoring Assignments’ Category

Ryan Shore has composed the score for the concert documentary Mindless Behavior: All Around the World. The film is directed by Steven Goldfried and centers on the hit teen R&B/hip-hop boy band Mindless Behavior. The movie follows the band’s members Roc Royal, Ray Ray, Princeton and Prodigy as they travel across the US on their first major […]

20th Century Fox has announced this week that composer John Powell and Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes are returning to provide the music for the upcoming animated feature sequel Rio 2. The film is directed by Carlos Saldanha who directed the original 2011 film. Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jemaine Clement, will.i.am, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie […]

Alt-J to Score ‘Leave to Remain’

Posted: February 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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The British rock band Alt-J has been tapped to score the coming-of-age drama Leave to Remain. The film is directed by Bruce Goodison (Flight 93: The Flight That Fought Back, Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill) and stars Toby Jones. The movie centers on a young Afghan boy who arrives in London and follows him and a group […]

Mark Kilian is scoring the upcoming comedy Trust Me. The film is written and directed by Clark Gregg and stars himself, alongside Sam Rockwell, Amanda Peet, Paul Sparks, Felicity Huffman, Allison Janney, William H. Macy, Molly Shannon and Saxon Sharbino. The movie follows a loser agent for young actors who stumbles upon a brilliant female […]

Christophe Beck has been hired to score Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming feature Frozen. The film directed by Chris Buck (Tarzan, Surf’s Up) & Jennifer Lee (screenwriter of Wreck-It-Ralph) takes place in a kingdom trapped in eternal winter and follows a young female dreamer who must team up with a daring mountain man, on a journey […]

Nick Laird-Clowes is currently scoring the upcoming romantic comedy About Time. The film is written and directed by Richard Curtis (screenwriter of War Horse, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary) and stars Rachel McAdams, Domhnall Gleeson, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie, Lydia Wilson and Vanessa Kirby. The movie follows a young man who discovers […]

Rachel Portman and Lorne Balfe have composed the score for the documentary Girl Rising. The film is directed by Richard Robbins who previously helmed the Academy Award-nominated doc Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience. The movie tells the stories of several girls from around the globe who fought for their chance to go to school […]

Arturo Sandoval Scoring ‘Middleton’

Posted: February 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Arturo Sandoval is scoring the upcoming indie romantic comedy Middleton. The marks the feature directorial debut of Adam Rodgers and stars Vera Farmiga, Andy Garcia, Taissa Farmiga, Spencer Lofranco, Peter Riegert and Tom Skerritt. The movie centers on a once-in-a-lifetime relationship that develops between two strangers over the course of a single day. Rodgers has […]

Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau have recently completed their score for the upcoming comedic thriller Better Living Through Chemistry. The film is directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier and stars Sam Rockwell as a small-town pharmacist stuck in a loveless marriage starts an affair with a trophy wife, played by Olivia Wilde, who takes […]

Laurent Eyquem to Score ‘Tokarev’

Posted: February 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Laurent Eyquem has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Tokarev. The film will be directed by Spanish filmmaker Paco Cabezas and is set to star Nicolas Cage as a reformed criminal searching for his daughter who has been kidnapped by the Russian mob. Sean Keller and Jim Agnew (Giallo) have written the screenplay […]