Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the drama Moonlight. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicholas Britell (The Big Short, Free State of Jones, A Tale of Love and Darkness). Also included are songs by Goodie Mob, Boris Gardiner, Barbara Lewis and a piece by Mozart as featured in the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 21, 2016 and physically on November 25. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. A vinyl release is also in the works. Moonlight is written and directed by Barry Jenkins and stars Naomie Harris, Andre Holland, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monae, Alex R. Hibbert, Jaden Piner, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes and Jharrel Jerome. The movie tells the story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Living in the Age of Airplanes’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Horner, Living in the Age of Airplanes, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the documentary Living in the Age of Airplanes have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, The Amazing Spider-Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 25, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Living in the Age of Airplanes directed by Brian J. Terwilliger and narrated by Harrison Ford tells the story about how the airplane has changed the world and how it affected our society. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Larson Scoring Steven Shainberg’s ‘Rupture’
Posted: October 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathan Larson, Rupture, Saturday Church, Steven Shainberg
Nathan Larson has composed the music for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Rapture. The film is directed by Steven Shainberg (Secretary, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Farbus) and stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Chiklis, Peter Stormare, Lesley Manville, Kerry Bishé and Ari Millen. The movie follows a single mother who tries to break free from a mysterious organization that has abducted her. Brian Nelson (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night) has written a screenplay based on a story by himself and Shainberg. The director is also producing the project with Andrew Lazar (American Sniper, Space Cowboys, Get Smart), Christina Weiss Lurie, Andrea Iervolino & Monika Bacardi (In Dubious Battle). Read the rest of this entry »
Silva Screen Records to Release ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Soundtrack
Posted: October 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Nocturnal Animals, score, Soundtrack, Tom Ford
Silva Screen Records will release the official soundtrack album for Tom Ford’s romantic thriller Nocturnal Animals. The album features the film’s original music composed by Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, W.E., Penny Dreadful, Escape from Tomorrow). The soundtrack will be released on November 18, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Nocturnal Animals is written and directed by Ford and stars Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Karl Glusman, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney, Andrea Riseborough and Michael Sheen. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino’s End Credits Music from ‘Doctor Strange’ Released
Posted: October 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Doctor Strange, Marvel Studios, Michael Giacchino
Marvel Entertainment has published the first full track from the soundtrack for the studio’s Doctor Strange. The end credits track, entitled The Master of the Mystic End Credits composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, Lost, The Incredibles, Jurassic World) can be checked out after the jump. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 21 and physically next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and check back on this page later this week for the full album details. Doctor Strange directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mads Mikkelsen and Tilda Swinton will be released nationwide on November 4 by Walt Disney Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mancina’s ‘The Haunted Mansion’ Score Released
Posted: October 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Mancina, Rob Minkoff, score, Soundtrack, The Haunted Mansion
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the original score for Walt Disney Pictures’ 2003 feature The Haunted Mansion directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason and Jennifer Tilly. The album features the film’s music composed by Mark Mancina (Tarzan, Twister, Speed, Brother Bear, Con Air, Bad Boys, Moana). The 2-CD set includes the complete score, as well as unused alternates and additional cues. Only one track from the composer’s score has previously been released and was featured on the original 2003 soundtrack album. To listen to audio samples and to check out the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the soundtrack.
‘Autumn Lights’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angad Aulakh, Autumn Lights, Hjörtur Ingvi Jóhannsson, Hugi Gudmundsson, score, Soundtrack
Last Carnival has released a soundtrack album for the mystery drama Autumn Lights. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hugi Gudmundsson and Hjörtur Ingvi Jóhannsson. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Autumn Lights is written and directed by Angad Aulakh and stars Guy Kent, Marta Gastini, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Thora Bjorg Helga, Salome R. Gunnarsdottir, Stefán Hallur Stefánsson and Snorri Engilbertsson. The movie follows an American photographer who becomes entangled in the lives of a mysterious couple after discovering a deserted crime scene in remote Iceland. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score Nat Geo’s ‘Genius’
Posted: October 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Genius, Lorne Balfe, National Geographic Channel, Ron Howard
Lorne Balfe has been hired to score the National Geographic Channel’s first scripted series Genius. The show’s first season is based on Walter Isaacson’s book Einstein: His Life and Universe and stars Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein. Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Backdraft) is directing the first episode of the drama, which chronicles how an imaginative, rebellious patent clerk, who couldn’t get a teaching job or a doctorate, unlocked the mysteries of the atom and the universe. Johnny Flynn co-stars as Einstein in the years before he rose to international attention and acclaim. Noah Pink has adapted Isaacson’s book for the Fox 21 Television production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ouija: Origin of Evil’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mike Flanagan, Ouija, Ouija: Origin of Evil, score, Soundtrack, The Newton Brothers
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Ouija: Origin of Evil. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Life of Crime, Hush, Detachment, The Bye Bye Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 21, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Ouija: Original of Evil is directed by Mike Flanagan and stars Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser, Doug Jones, Parker Mack, Sam Anderson, Kate Siegel, Annalise Basso and Lulu Wilson. The Blumhouse production is a prequel to 2014’s hit film and is set in 1965 Los Angeles as a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their at-home séance scam business. Read the rest of this entry »
Corey Allen Jackson to Score ‘The Brits Are Coming’
Posted: October 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Corey Allen Jackson, James Oakley, The Brits Are Coming
Corey Allen Jackson has signed on to score the upcoming comedy The Brits Are Coming. The film is directed by James Oakley (The Devil You Know) and stars Uma Thurman, Stephen Fry, Tim Roth, Parker Posey, Maggie Q, Alice Eve, Crispin Glover and Sofia Vergara. The movie follows a British con-artist couple who flee to Los Angeles to avoid paying a large debt to a gangster and try to win back the money via a jewel theft operation. Oakley also co-wrote the screenplay with Alex Michaelides. Cassian Elwes (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Elvis & Nixon), JC Chandor (A Most Violent Year, All Is Lost), Robert Ogden Barnum (Margin Call, Miles Ahead) and Dave Hansen (Lovesong) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
