The details of the score album for David Fincher’s 1995 thriller Seven have been revealed. The album features the film’s complete original score composed by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Silence of the Lambs, The Hobbit, Hugo, The Aviator). The soundtrack will be released on September 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Collector’s Edition marks the first official release of the score. TVT Records has previously released two tracks from the composer’s music in addition to the songs from the movie when the film was released in 1995. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Seven’ Score Album Details
Posted: September 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Fincher, Howard Shore, score, Se7en, Seven, Soundtrack
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 2, 2016)
Posted: September 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Dorn, Alexandre Desplat, Chan Kwong Wing, Christopher Drake, Kickboxer: Vengeance, Max Richter, Max Rose, Morgan, Morgan Whirledge, Patrick Watson, Skiptrace, The 9th Life of Louis Drax, The Light Between Oceans, Yoga Hosers
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi thriller Morgan directed by Luke Scott, produced by Ridley Scott and starring Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie, Boyd Holbrook, Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Paul Giamatti. The film’s original music is composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Waltz with Bashir, Disconnect, Testament of Youth). No word on a soundtrack release. Morgan centers around corporate troubleshooter who is summoned to a remote research lab to determine whether or not to terminate a genetically-engineered being. The movie is being released by 20th Century Fox. Visit the official movie website for more information.
Also opening wide is the drama The Light Between Oceans written and directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown and Jack Thompson. Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. The release is distributed overseas by Sony Classical. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Gabriele Muccino’s ‘Summertime’ Released
Posted: September 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gabriele Muccino, Jovanotti, L'Estate Addosso, score, Soundtrack, Summertime
Verve Label Group has released a soundtrack album for Gabriele Muccino’s drama drama Summertime (L’Estate Addosso). The album features the film’s original music written by Italian singer/songwriter Jovanotti (aka Lorenzo Cherubini). Also included are two songs by Jaselli and Ashley Rodriguez. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. A CD version will be released later this month (click here to pre-order). Summertime is witten and directed by Muccino (The Pursuit of Happiness, Seven Pounds) and stars Brando Pacitto, Matilda Lutz, Taylor Frey and Joseph Haro. The movie follows a gay couple living in San Francisco who takes in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Storks’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, score, Soundtrack, Storks
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Storks. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Surf’s Up, Capote, The Ice Storm) and Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk). Also included is the original song Holdin’ Out by The Lumineers. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Storks is directed by Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) & Doug Sweetland (Presto) and features the voice talent of Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Katie Crown, Ty Burrell and Jennifer Aniston. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Snowden’ Score Album Announced
Posted: September 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Peters, Oliver Stone, score, Snowden, Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon will release a second soundtrack album for Oliver Stone’s biographical drama Snowden. The album features the film’s orchestral score composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, World Trade Center, The Incredible Hulk). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 16, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s music by Armstrong and Adam Peters. Snowden starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage chronicles Edward Snowden’s time in Russia hoping to get asylum while the United States was demanding his extradition. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Night Of’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Jeff Russo, score, Soundtrack, The Night Of
The details of the soundtrack album for the HBO original series The Night Of have been revealed. The album features the show’s original music composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Power, Time After Time, CSI: Cyber, American Gothic). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 2 (click here to download the album) and physically within the next couple of weeks. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The Night Of created by Richard Price & Steven Zaillian is based on Peter Moffat’s British TV series Criminal Justice and stars John Turturro, Riz Ahmed, Michael Kenneth Williams, Bill Camp and Payman Maadi. The 8-parter follows an ambulance-chasing New York City attorney who gets in over his head when he takes on the case of a Pakistani man accused of murdering a girl on the Upper West Side. Read the rest of this entry »
‘When the Bough Breaks’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Frizzell, score, Soundtrack, When the Bough Breaks
Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller When the Bough Breaks. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Dante’s Peak, Office Space, The Following, Gods and Generals). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 2 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. When the Bough Breaks is directed by Jon Cassar and stars Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco, Michael K. Williams, Theo Rossi and Jaz Sinclair. The movie follows a professional couple that is unable to conceive a child and decides to hire a young blue collar woman as a surrogate, before she develops a psychotic fixation on the husband. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans to Score Charlie McDowell’s ‘The Discovery’
Posted: September 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, The Discovery
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans are reteaming with director Charlie McDowell on the upcoming sci-fi drama The Discovery. The film stars Rooney Mara, Robert Redford, Jason Segel, Jesse Plemons, Riley Keough and Ron Canada. The movie is set one year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified and follows the scientist responsible for the discovery and a woman haunted by a tragic past who Will falls in love with his son. McDowell has also written the screenplay with Justin Lader. Endgame Entertainment’s James Stern (Looper, I’m Not There) is producing the project with Alex Orlovsky (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ira Newborn, John Hughes, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the first soundtrack release for the 1986 comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off directed by John Hughes and starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck and Mia Sara. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ira Newborn (The Naked Gun, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck), as well as the songs from the movie by The Flowerpot Men, Blue Room, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Yello, The Dream Academy and Wayne Newton. Also included as bonus tracks are source cues and alternate score cues. The soundtrack, which is limited to 5000 copies, will be available to pre-order on September 13 on the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Behind the Music of Netflix’s ‘Luke Cage’
Posted: August 31, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Luke Cage, Marvel, Netflix
Netflix has published a video featurette on the music for Marvel’s upcoming series Luke Cage. The video features interviews with composers Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, executive producer Cheo Hodari Coker, actor Mike Colter, as well as A$AP Ferg and Method Man who talk about how each episode is shaped by its score and musical influence. Luke Cage starring Colter, Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sônia Braga follows Cage as he becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City after a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin. Read the rest of this entry »
