Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1999 action adventure The Mummy directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Arnold Vosloo. The album features the expanded original music from the Universal Pictures production composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Planet of the Apes, Patton, Basic Instinct), including over half an hour of previously unreleased music, plus alternate tracks. Click here to order the 2-CD set and to check out the full album details. The label has also announced an expanded soundtrack for Sommers’ 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns featuring the film’s original music composed by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Marvel’s The Avengers), including around 40 minutes of unreleased score, as well as alternate tracks. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘The Mummy’ & ‘The Mummy Returns’ Soundtrack Albums Announced
Posted: July 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Sommers, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns
Danny Elfman to Score ‘The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle’
Posted: July 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, Stephen Gaghan, The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle
Danny Elfman has been hired to score the upcoming fantasy adventure The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle. The film is directed by Stephen Gaghan (Syriana, Gold) and stars Robert Downey Jr., Jim Broadbent, Antonio Banderas and Michael Sheen. The project’s voice cast includes Selena Gomez, Tom Holland, Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Rami Malek, Octavia Spencer, Kumail Nanjiani, Craig Robinson, John Cena, Marion Cotillard, Carmen Ejogo and Frances de la Tour. The movie is based on the character from Hugh Lofting’s 1920s series of children’s books about a Victorian-era physician who opts to treat animals instead of humans because he’s able to speak with them. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Animal Crackers’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Animal Crackers, Bear McCreary, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Animal Crackers. The album features the original songs from the movie by Howard Jones and Toad the Wet Sprocket, as well as tracks by Queen, Huey Lewis & the News, Michael Bublé, Katie Herzig, Fleur East & more. Also included are three tracks from the film’s original score composed by Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander). The composer also produced two original songs performed by Ian McKellen and written by John Adair and Jeff ‘Swampy’ Marsh, Dan Povenmire, Robert Hughes, Danny Jacob & Scott Christian Sava. Visit Amazon to purchase the soundtrack. A separate album featuring the composer’s score is also in the works. Read the rest of this entry »
Frederik Wiedmann Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Dragon Prince’
Posted: July 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Frederik Wiedmann, Netflix, Tales from the Hood 2, The Death of Superman, The Dragon Prince, The Scorpion King: Book of Souls
Frederik Wiedmann is scoring the upcoming Netflix animated series The Dragon Prince. The show is created by Aaron Ehasz (Avatar: The Last Airbender) and follows two human princes who forge an unlikely bond with the elfin assassin sent to kill them, embarking on an epic quest to bring peace to their warring lands. Ehasz is also executive producing the project with director Justin Richmond (Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception), Gigi Pritzker (Drive, Ender’s Game, Genius) and Giancarlo Volpe who previously served as a producer on the Wiedmann-scored Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 15, 2018)
Posted: July 15, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Dorn, Amazon, Crackle, Dan Romer, Duck Duck Goose, HBO, James Schafer, Mark Isham, Netflix, Office Uprising, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, The CW, The Outpost, Tim Jones, Zoe
Premiering tomorrow, July 16, is the HBO documentary Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind directed by Marina Zenovich about the extraordinary life and career of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians. The film’s original music is composed by Adam Dorn (Kickboxer: Vengeance & Retaliation, Nobodies). The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is premiering on HBO following a limited theatrical release this past weekend. Visit the official movie website for more information.
Premiering on Thursday, July 19, is the horror comedy Office Uprising directed by Lin Oeding and starring Brenton Thwaites, Jane Levy, Karan Soni, Zachary Levi and Alan Ritchson. Tim Jones (Chuck, Human Target, Cult) has composed the film’s original music. The movie tells the the story of an underachiever working at a major weapons manufacturing firm who finds that his co-workers have been “weaponized” by a new energy drink designed for the military. The comedy is premiering in the U.S. exclusively on Crackle. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ruin Me’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Holly Amber Church, Preston DeFrancis, Ruin Me, score, Soundtrack
Screamworks Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Ruin Me. The album features the film’s original music composed by Holly Amber Church (The Devil’s Dolls). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Ruin Me is co-written and directed by Preston DeFrancis and stars Marcienne Dwyer, Matt Dellapina, Chris Hill, Eva Hamilton, John Odom, Cameron Gordon and Sam Ashdown. The movie follows six strangers who sign up for a slasher movie re-enactment in which they are dropped into the woods and pursued by knife wielding assassins. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Crackle’s ‘In the Cloud’ Released
Posted: July 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Crackle, In the Cloud, Jay Auborn, John Matthias, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the Crackle original movie In the Cloud. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Matthias & Jay Auborn. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. In the Cloud is directed Robert Scott Wildes and stars Nora Arnezeder, Gabriel Byrne, Justin Chatwin, Tomiwa Edun and Laura Fraser. The sci-fi thriller follows two estranged tech geniuses who reunite after the death of their mentor to devise a VR technology to extract a terrorist’s memories. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 13, 2018)
Posted: July 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Anna Meredith, Danny Bensi, Danny Elfman, Don't Worry He Won't Get Far on Foot, Eighth Grade, Gauguin, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Jeff Beal, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mia Todd Dot, Saunder Jurriaans, Shock and Awe, Siberia, Skyscraper, Steve Jablonsky, Warren Ellis
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade and Steve Buscemi. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie). Selections of the composer’s score are available on a soundtrack compilation featuring the composer’s music from all three movies in the series (click here for the full details). Madison Gate Records has released the original song It’s Party Time written by David Foster & Michael Bublé and performed by Joe Jonas (click here for more information). Also available are digital singles feat. Tiësto’s DJ music from the movie, as well as the song I See Love by Jonas Blue feat. Joe Jonas.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Skyscraper directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller, Pablo Schreiber, Hannah Quinlivan, Byron Mann and Noah Taylor. Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, The Island, Ender’s Game, Deepwater Horizon) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and an original song by Jamie M Commons. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher McQuarrie, Lorne Balfe, Mission Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Mission: Impossible – Fallout have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Home, Terminator Genisys, The Crown, Genius, Pacific Rim Uprising). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. A CD version will be released later this month by La-La Land Records and is available for pre-order here. Mission: Impossible – Fallout is directed by Christopher McQuarrie and stars Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Cavill, Michelle Monaghan, Alec Baldwin, Vanessa Kirby, Sian Brooke, Angela Bassett and Sean Harris. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for YouTube Red’s ‘Impulse’ Announced
Posted: July 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wynn, Deru, Impulse, score, Soundtrack, YouTube Red
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the YouTube Red original series Impulse. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by DERU (aka Benjamin Wynn) (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Legend of Korra, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 20, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Impulse is based on the third novel in the Jumper series by Steven Gould and stars Maddie Hasson, Missi Pyle, Sarah Desjardins, Enuka Okuma, Craig Arnold and David James Elliott. The show executive produced by Doug Liman tells the story of a rebellious 16-year-old girl who discovers she has the extraordinary ability to teleport. Read the rest of this entry »
