James Newton Howard is set to reunite with director Dan Gilroy on the upcoming dramatic thriller Inner City. The film is written and directed by Gilriy and will star Denzel Washington as an attorney for a big Los Angeles law firm who discovers some unfavorable things about his late partner and decides to right his wrongs. Jennifer Fox (Michael Clayton, Syriana) is producing the project with Escape Artists’ Todd Black (The Pursuit of Happyness, The Equalizer) and Cross Creek Pictures’ Brian Oliver (Black Swan, Rush, Everest). Howard has previously scored Gilroy’s 2014 directorial debut Nightcrawler. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Score Dan Gilroy’s ‘Inner City’
Posted: November 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Gilroy, Inner City, James Newton Howard
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‘The Space Between Us’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Lockington, score, Soundtrack, The Space Between Us
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi drama The Space Between Us. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, City of Ember). Also included are the songs featured in the movie by Ingrid Michaelson, Crystal Fighters, BØRNS, BANNERS and James Bay. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 27, 2017 (click here to pre-order physically on February 3 (visit Amazon to order). The Space Between Us is directed by Peter Chelsom and stars Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Carla Gugino, BD Wong, Janet Montgomery and Scott Takeda. The movie tells the intergalactic love story about the first human born on Mars who begins an online romance with a girl living in Colorado and hatches a plan to travel across the universe to meet her. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hidden Figures’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hidden Figures, Pharrell Williams, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the drama Hidden Figures have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film by the film’s co-composer and producer Pharrell Williams, as well as Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Lalah Hathaway, Kim Burrell and Janelle Monáe. The soundtrack will be released on December 9, 2016 by Columbia Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A couple of songs, including Surrender, I See a Victory and Runnin’ are already available to download now. Hidden Figures is directed by Theodore Melfi and stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell and Kevin Costner. The movie tells the true story of a group of brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Score Francis Lawrence’s ‘Red Sparrow’ & Disney’s ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’
Posted: November 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Francis Lawrence, James Newton Howard, Lasse Hallstrom, Red Sparrow, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
James Newton Howard revealed during a press tour promoting his upcoming concert series that he will be reteaming with director Francis Lawrence on the spy thriller Red Sparrow. The film starring Jennifer Lawrence & Joel Edgerton is based on the Jason Matthews novel of the same name and is set in modern-day Russia in the intelligence bureaucracy. The movie follows a young woman who is drafted against her will to become a “sparrow,” a trained seductress assigned to operate against a first-tour CIA officer who handles the agency’s most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road) wrote the screenplay based on an earlier script by Eric Warren Singer (American Hustle). Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List, The Night Of) is producing the project with Garrett Basch. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat, Nicholas Britell, Benjamin Wallfisch & Justin Hurwitz to Participate in Film Music Roundtable Discussion
Posted: November 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Benjamin Wallfisch, Justin Hurwitz, Nicholas Britell
A number of film composer will participate in Gold Derby’s first roundtable discussion event focussing on the music and sound of some of this year’s awards contenders in the respective categories. The Meet the Experts panel will be moderated by Tom O’Neill and will take place tomorrow, November 16 at Landmark Theaters in Los Angeles. Participating composers include Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech) who is promoting his work for Illumination Entertainment’s hit animated movie The Secret Life of Pets, Nicholas Britell (The Big Short, Free State of Jones) whose most recent score is for the indie hit drama Moonlight, Benjamin Wallfisch (Lights Out, The Escapist) who co-scored Ted Melfi’s upcoming Hidden Figures with Hans Zimmer & Pharrell Williams and Justin Hurwitz (Whiplash) who scored and wrote the songs for Damien Chazelle’s acclaimed movie musical La La Land. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mine’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrea Bonini, Mine, score, Soundtrack
Great Temptation will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Mine. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrea Bonini. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 18, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Mine is written and directed by Fabio Guaglione & Fabio Resinaro and stars Armie Hammer, Annabelle Wallis and Tom Cullen. The movie produced by Peter Safran (The Conjuring) follows a U.S. soldier who, stranded after a mission goes awry, must battle for survival against his enemies, the unforgiving desert environment, and the creeping psychological toll of his treacherous situation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Allied’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Allied, Robert Zemeckis, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Robert Zemeckis’ romantic thriller Allied have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger). Also included are five swing classics as featured in the movie by Benny Goodman, Louis Primas & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 18, 2016 and physically overseas the following week. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Allied stars Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzy Caplan, Simon McBurney, Daniel Betts, Camille Cottin, August Diehl and Matthew Goode. The movie follows an intelligence officer, who in 1942 North Africa encounters a French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rules Don’t Apply’ Music Trailer Released
Posted: November 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Eddie Arkin, Lorraine Feather, Rules Don't Apply, Warren Beatty
20th Century Fox has released a new trailer for Warren Beatty’s drama Rules Don’t Apply today. The trailer features the film’s original song The Rules Don’t Apply written by Eddie Arkin and Lorraine Feather, and performed in the movie by actress Lily Collins. Check out the song/trailer after the jump. Rules Don’t Apply starring Beatty, Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, Alec Baldwin, Annette Bening, Haley Bennett, Candice Bergen, Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Lily Collins, Martin Sheen, Taissa Farmiga, Ed Harris, Megan Hilty and Oliver Platt will be released nationwide on November 23. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Dick Tracy’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Basil Poledouris, Danny Elfman, Dick Tracy, score, Soundtrack, The Blue Lagoon, Warren Beatty
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Warren Beatty’s 1990 action comedy Dick Tracy based on the 1930s comic strip character and starring Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman and James Caan. The album features the film’s original score composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland, Batman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Men in Black), including over 90 minutes of previously unreleased music. The 2-CD set features the content of the original 1990 score album, as well as additional score cues, including alternates and cues not used in the film. Visit Intrada’s official website for the full album details to listen to audio samples and to order the album. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Bacon to Score Jonathan Levine’s Untitled ‘Mother/Daughter’ Movie
Posted: November 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Bacon, Jonathan Levine, Mother/Daughter, Snatched
Chris Bacon has been hired to score Jonathan Levine’s untitled Mother/Daughter comedy. The film directed by Levine (50/50, Warm Bodies, The Night Before) stars Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Christopher Meloni, Ike Barinholtz, Oscar Jaenada and Wanda Sykes. No plot details have been revealed yet. Katie Dippold (Ghostbusters, The Heat) has written the screenplay with Schumer and Kim Caramele (Inside Amy Schumer). Peter Chernin (Rise/Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Oblivion) and Jenno Topping (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, St. Vincent) are producing the project with Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) and Jessie Henderson (Spy). Read the rest of this entry »
