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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 23, 2016)

Posted: December 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: A Monster Calls, Alberto Iglesias, Assassin's Creed, Atticus Ross, Danny Bensi, Fernando Velazquez, Jed Kurzel, Joby Talbot, Julieta, Katherine Kluge, Kim Allen Kluge, Passengers, Patriots Day, Saunder Jurriaans, Silence, Sing, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Theodore Shapiro, Thomas Newman, Trent Reznor, Why Him?

Four new movies are opening nationwide this week:

Already playing nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated feature Sing directed by Garth Jennings and starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Seth MacFarlane,Taron Egerton, John C. Reilly, Tori Kelly and Nick Kroll. Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie in different editions. Click here for more information. The film’s original score is composed by Joby Talbot (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Penelope). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Also now playing nationwide is the sci-fi romance Passengers directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Aurora Perrineau and Laurence Fishburne. Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Skyfall) has composed the film’s original score. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the original end credits song Levitate by Imagine Dragons. Click here for more information. Read the rest of this entry »

Varese Sarabande to Release Soundtrack Albums for ‘Gold’ & ‘The Founder’

Posted: December 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Carter Burwell, Daniel Pemberton, Gold, score, Soundtrack, The Founder

Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for Stephen Gaghan’s drama Gold starring Matthew McConaughey, Bryce Dallas Howard, Edgar Ramirez, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell, Bruce Greenwood and Stacy Keach. The film’s music is composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Counselor) who also co-wrote an original song for the movie with Iggy Pop, Gaghan and Brian Burton. The soundtrack will be released in early 2017. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and check back on this page for the full album details. The label will also release the official soundtrack for John Lee Hancock’s drama The Founder starring Michael Keaton, Laura Dern, Nick Offerman & Linda Cardellini. Read the rest of this entry »

‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: December 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Channel 4, score, Soundtrack, Stuart Hancock, We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the animated TV special We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stuart Hancock (Atlantis). The soundtrack is now available digitally overseas. Visit the British Amazon store to listen to audio samples. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is directed by Joanna Harrison (The Snowman and the Snowdog) & Robin Shaw and features the voices of Olivia Colman, Michael Rosen who wrote the best-selling children’s classic book, as well as Pam Ferris and Harry Potter’s Mark Williams. The animated special follows the adventures of five siblings and Rufus the dog who go off in search of bears. Read the rest of this entry »

Harry Escott Scoring ‘Dark River’ and ‘Journeyman’

Posted: December 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Clio Barnard, Dark River, Harry Escott, Journeyman, Paddy Considine

Harry Escott is scoring the upcoming British thriller Dark River. The film is written and directed by Clio Barnard and stars Ruth Wilson, Sean Bean and Mark Stanley. The movie follows a woman who returns to her home village for the first time time in 15 years after the death of her father, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Tracy O’Riordan is producing the Film4, Left Bank Pictures and Moonspun Films production. Escott has previously collaborated with Barnard on her previous two features, The Selfish Giant and The Arbor. Dark River is expected to be released in the UK in 2017. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Empty Chair’ from ‘Jim: The James Foley Story’ to Be Released

Posted: December 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: J. Ralph, Jim: The James Foley Story, Sting

Republic Records will release the original song The Empty Chair from the documentary Jim: The James Foley Story. The track is written by Academy Award nominee J. Ralph (Lucky Number Slevin, The Cove, Chasing Ice) and Sting who also performs the song, which will be released tomorrow as a digital single and is now available to download on Amazon. Jim: The James Foley Story is directed by Brian Oakes and centers on the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was killed by ISIS terrorists in 2014. To learn more about the documentary, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and aired earlier this year on HBO, visit the official movie website.

BET’s ‘Madiba’ to Feature Music by Todor Kobakov

Posted: December 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: BET, Madiba, Todor Kobakov

Todor Kobabkov has been tapped to score the upcoming BET mini-series Madiba. The drama is directed by Kevin Hooks (Prison Break, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) and stars Laurence Fishburne as Nelson Mandela, alongside Orlando Jones, David Harewood, Michael Nyqvist and Terry Pheto. The 3-parter is based on two Mandela autobiographies, Conversations With Myself and Nelson Mandela by Himself and tells the story of a younger Nelson Mandela during the early-60s as he deals with the political unrest engulfing South Africa. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Beal to Score ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’

Posted: December 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: An Inconvenient Sequel, Bonni Cohen, Jeff Beal, Jon Shenk

Jeff Beal is composing the original music for the upcoming documentary An Inconvenient Sequel. The film directed by Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk (The Island President, Audrie & Daisy) is the sequel to the 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth and follows Vice President Al Gore as he continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Richard Berge (The Rape of Europa) and Diane Weyermann (Citizenfour) are producing the project. Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, He Named Me Malala) who helmed the Academy Award-winning original film (scored by Michael Brook) serves as an executive producer on the project. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Bye Bye Man’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: score, Soundtrack, Stacy Title, The Bye Bye Man, The Newton Brothers

Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Bye Bye Man. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime, Hush, Detachment). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 6, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Bye Bye Man is directed by Stacy Title and stars Carrie-Anne Moss, Faye Dunaway, Douglas Smith, Cressida Bonas, Lucien Laviscount and Douglas Jones. The movie follows three Wisconsin college students who move into an old, off-campus house, where they find themselves hunted by a supernatural entity called The Bye Bye Man. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Underworld: Blood Wars’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Michael Wandmacher, score, Soundtrack, Underworld: Blood Wars

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action horror sequel Underworld: Blood Wars. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Wandmacher (My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry, The Goldbergs, Piranha 3D). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Underworld: Blood Wars is directed by Anna Foerster and stars Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Trent Garrett, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James, Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Peter Andersson and Daisy Head. The movie follows Vampire death dealer, Selene as she fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. Read the rest of this entry »

Theodore Shapiro to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Captain Underpants’ & ‘The Polka King’

Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Captain Underpants, David Soren, Jonathan Levine, Maya Forbes, Snatched, The Polka King, Theodore Shapiro

Theodore Shapiro has been tapped to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature Captain Underpants. The film is directed by David Soren (Turbo) and features the voice talent of Ed Helms, Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll, Kristen Schaal and Jordan Peele. The movie is based on the book by Dav Pilkey and centers around two mischievous kids who hypnotize their mean high school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, the kind-hearted and elastic-banded Captain Underpants. Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Neighbors, Storks) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »

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