The details of the soundtrack album for John Hillcoat’s gangster movie Lawless have been revealed. The album features selections from the film’s original score composed by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis who formed the band The Bootleggers for the project and are collaborating with such artists as Mark Lenegan, Ralph Stanley and Emmylou Harris. Also […]
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‘Lawless’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lawless, Nick Cave, score, Soundtrack, Warren Ellis
Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil Scoring ‘I, Frankenstein’
Posted: August 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cloud Atlas, I Frankenstein, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Stuart Beattie
Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek are currently scoring the action monster movie I, Frankenstein. The film is directed by Stuart Beattie and stars Aaron Eckhart as Frankenstein’s monster Adam, who has survived to present day due to a genetic quirk in his creation and is being pursued by demons wanting to gain the secret of […]
Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring ‘At Any Price’
Posted: July 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: At Any Price, Dickon Hinchliffe, Hit and Miss, Ramin Bahrani
Dickon Hinchliffe is scoring the upcoming indie drama At Any Price. The movie is directed by Ramin Bahrani (Goodbye Solo) and stars Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Clancy Brown, Chelcie Ross, Maika Monroe and Kim Dickens. The film tells the story of a rebellious son whose dreams of becoming a professional race-car driver are […]
Dario Marianelli Scoring Dustin Hoffman’s ‘Quartet’
Posted: July 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dario Marianelli, Dustin Hoffman, Quartet
Dario Marianelli has scored the upcoming comedy Quartet. The film marks the directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman and stars Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon and Pauline Collins. The movie tells the story of a group of retired opera singers who each year stage an opera to raise funds for the home in which they […]
Theodore Shapiro to Score ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’
Posted: July 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Stiller, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Thedore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro has signed on to score the upcoming fantasy comedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The film is directed by Ben Stiller and stars himself, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Patton Oswalt and Kathryn Hahn. The movie is remake of the 1947 movie directed by Danny Kaye and based on the James Thurber short […]
Javier Navarrete Scoring Neil Jordan’s ‘Byzantium’
Posted: July 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Byzantium, Javier Navarrete, Neil Jordan
Javier Navarrete is the composer of the upcoming supernatural drama Byzantium. The film is directed by Neil Jordan and stars Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton as two female vampires who wreak havoc on an unsuspecting English seaside community. Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller and Caleb Landry Jones are co-starring. Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre, Tamara Drewe) […]
Quincy Jones to Score Lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’
Posted: July 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lee Daniels, Quincy Jones, The Butler
Variety is reporting that Quincy Jones has signed on to score the drama The Butler. The film is directed by Lee Daniels and stars Forest Whitaker as Eugene Allen, a White House employee who served eight First Families over the course of three decades. Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Ami Ameen, Alan Rickman, James Marsden, Jane […]
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Scoring ‘The Time Being’
Posted: July 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Richard N. Gladstein, The Time Being
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek is scoring the upcoming indie mystery drama The Time Being. The film is written and directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain and stars Wes Bentley, Frank Langella, Ahna O’Reilly, Sarah Paulson and Corey Stoll. The movie follows young artist who accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be […]
Lyle Workman to Score ‘Stand Up Guys’
Posted: July 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fisher Stevens, Lyle Workman, Stand Up Guys
Lyle Workman has announced on Twitter that he will be scoring the upcoming action comedy Stand Up Guys. The film is directed by actor/director Fisher Stevens who received an Academy Award for his documentary The Cove and stars Al Pacino and Christopher Walken as two aging criminals, one of whom has been hired to kill […]
Lucas Vidal to Score Steve Jobs Biopic
Posted: July 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: jOBS, Lucas Vidal, Steve Jobs
Lucas Vidal has started to work on the music for the upcoming biopic jOBS. The drama stars Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs and covers the iconic Silicon Valley visionary from his early years as an impressionable youth and wayward hippie, through his initial successes and infamous ousting, to his storybook return and ultimate triumphs as […]