Columbia will release a soundtrack album for the animated sequel Despicable Me 3. The album features the original songs and themes from the movie written by Pharrell Williams, including the original track Yellow Light, which will be released tomorrow. Also included are songs by a-ha, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Nena, as well as a suite from the movie’s original score by Heitor Pereira (The Angry Birds Movie, The Smurfs) who previously scored the first two movies and the spin-off Minions. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 23, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will also be released and can be pre-ordered by clicking here. Despicable Me 3 is directed by Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda & Eric Guillon and features the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Nev Scharrel, Steve Coogan, Jenny Slate and Julie Andrews. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Despicable Me 3’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Despicable Me, Despicable Me 3, Heitor Pereira, Pharrell Williams, score, Soundtrack
‘Spoor’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Agnieszka Holland, Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz, score, Soundtrack, Spoor
Air-Edel Records has released a soundtrack album for the Polish drama Spoor. The album features the film’s original music composed by Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz (In Darkness, Rosemary’s Baby mini-series). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Spoor is directed by Agnieszka Holland (The Secret Garden, Washington Square, Europa Europa) and stars Agnieszka Mandat, Wiktor Zborowski, Miroslav Krobot, Jakub Giersal, Patricia Volny and Borys Szyc. The movie follows an elderly woman who lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed and is convinced she knows who the murderer is, but nobody believes her story. Read the rest of this entry »
George Kallis to Score ‘Cliffs of Freedom’
Posted: June 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cliffs of Freedom, George Kallis, The Last Knight, Van Ling
George Kallis has been hired to score the upcoming historical drama Cliffs of Freedom. The film marks the feature directorial debut of visual effects artist Van Ling and stars Christopher Plummer, Tania Raymonde, Patti LuPone, Kevin Corrigan, Jan Uddin, Billy Zane and Raza Jeffrey. The movie centers on the ill-fated romance between a Greek village girl and a conflicted Turkish officer during the dawn of the Greek War for Independence against the Ottoman Empire in 1821. Ling also wrote the screenplay based on a story by Marianne Metropoulos who is producing the project with Casey Cannon. Read the rest of this entry »
Eagles of Death Metal Scoring ‘Super Troopers 2’
Posted: June 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eagles of Death Metal, Jay Chandrasekhar, Super Troopers, Super Troopers 2
The rock band Eagles of Death Metal is currently recording the score for the upcoming comedy sequel Super Troopers 2. The film is directed by Jay Chandrasekhar (The Dukes of Hazzard, Beerfest) who also helmed the 2001 original and also stars in the movie with Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Rob Lowe, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Brian Cox, Tyler Labine, Lynda Carter Will Sasso and Hayes MacArthur. No plot details have been announced yet, Chandrasekhar, Heffernan, Lemme, Soter and Stolhanske also co-wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shimmer Lake’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joseph Trapanese, Oren Uziel, score, Shimmer Lake, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie Shimmer Lake. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Insurgent, Allegiant, Straight Outta Compton, Quantico). The soundtrack will be released digitally on Friday, June 23. Check back on this page for the download link. Shimmer Lake is written and directed by Oren Uziel and stars Benjamin Walker, Rainn Wilson, Rob Corddry, John Michael Higgins, Wyatt Russell, Ron Livingston, and Adam Pally. The crime thriller is told in reverse time and centers around a local sheriff hunting three bank robbery suspects, one of whom is his brother. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Maudie’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aisling Walsh, Maudie, Michael Timmins, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama Maudie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Cowboy Junkies member Michael Timmins (Wilby Wonderful, Niagara, Niagara). Also included is Cowboy Junkies’ Something More Besides You, as well as songs by Lisa Hannigan and Mary Margaret O’Hara. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Maudie is directed by Aisling Walsh and stars Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Zachary Bennett, Gabrielle Rose, Lawrence Barry, Greg Malone, Billy MacLellan, Kari Matchett, Marthe Bernard and David Feehan. The movie charts the unlikely romance between Maud Lewis, a folk artist who blossoms in later life, and the curmudgeonly recluse, Everett. Read the rest of this entry »
Johann Johannsson to Score Panos Cosmatos’ ‘Mandy’
Posted: June 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Johann Johannsson, Mandy, Panos Cosmatos
Johann Johannsson is attached to score the upcoming action thriller Mandy. The film will be directed by Panos Cosmatos (Beyond the Black Rainbow) and is set to star Nicolas Cage. The movie is set in the primal wilderness of 1983 where a broken and haunted man hunts an unhinged religious sect who slaughtered the love of his life. Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller (Cooties, Camino) & Elijah Wood are producing the project for Spectrevision, alongside Nate Bolotin (The Raid 2) for XYZ Films and Adrian Politowski (Erased) for Umedia. The composer has previously scored 2013’s McCanick produced by Noah & Waller. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Amant Double’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amant Double, Francois Ozon, L'amant double, Philippe Rombi, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for Francois Ozon’s thriller Amant Double (L’amant double). The album features the film’s original music composed by Philippe Rombi who previously collaborated with the director on numerous projects including Swimming Pool, Frantz, In the House, Potiche, Young & Beautiful and Angel. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 16, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Amant Double is written and directed by Ozon and stars Jérémie Renier, Marine Vacth and Jacqueline Bisset. The movie follows a fragile young woman who falls in love with her psychoanalyst, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing part of his identity. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Andrews Scoring Netflix’s ‘Friends from College’
Posted: June 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Friends from College, Michael Andrews, Netflix, Nicholas Stoller
Michael Andrews is composing the score for the upcoming Netflix originals series Friends from College. The show is created by Nick Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek) & Francesca Delbanco and stars Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse, Nat Faxon, Fred Savage and Jae Suh Park. The comedy centers on a group of friends who went to Harvard together and are now facing down their forties and experiencing a range of success, or lack thereof, both professionally and domestically. Stoller directed all episodes of the show’s first season and is also executive producing the project with Delbanco. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie’ Score Album Details
Posted: June 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Captain Underpants, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, score, Soundtrack, Theodore Shapiro
Back Lot Music will release a score album for the DreamWorks Animation’s Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. The album features the film’s original score composed by Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Ghostbusters, Tropic Thunder, Spy, Marley & Me). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. As previously reported, Virgin Records has already released a soundtrack featuring three tracks from the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the movie, several of which were co-written, arranged and produced by Shapiro. Captain Underpants is directed by David Soren and features the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll, Thomas Middleditch, Jordan Peele and Kristen Schaal. Read the rest of this entry »
