Sony Classical will release a deluxe edition soundtrack for the BBC original series Poldark. The album features the show’s original music composed by Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, Black Book, Elle, American History X), including the content of the first soundtrack album for the drama, which was released last year, as well as a new performance of the Poldark theme performed by pianist Lang Lang. Also included are two newly recorded folk songs performed by actress Eleanor Tomlinson that feature in key moments during the series, and a 5-minute suite of the most popular themes from the series. The soundtrack will be released on September 16, 2016. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Poldark’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anne Dudley, BBC, PBS, Poldark, score, Soundtrack
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Johann Johannsson to Score Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel
Posted: August 24, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blade Runner, Denis Villeneuve, Johann Johannsson
Johann Johannsson confirmed in a recent interview on the Icelandic radio station RUV that he will be reteaming with Denis Villeneuve on the upcoming Blade Runner sequel. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Dave Bautista, Ana de Armas, David Dastmalchian, Hiam Abbass, Jared Leto and Robin Wright. Hampton Fancher and Michael Green (Green Lantern) have written the screenplay. Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) who directed the 1982 original film (scored by Vangelis) is producing the project with Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove (The Blind Side, Insomnia, The Book of Eli). Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release ‘The Girl on the Train’ Soundtrack
Posted: August 24, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, score, Soundtrack, Tate Taylor, The Girl on the Train
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller The Girl on the Train. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland, Men in Black, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Nightmare Before Christmas). The soundtrack will be released on October 7, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. The Girl on the Train is directed by Tate Taylor (The Help) and stars Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Edgar Ramirez, Lisa Kudrow and Laura Prepon. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch to Score ‘Rings’
Posted: August 24, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer, Rings
(UPDATE, August 26, 2016: Matthew Margeson is the film’s composer. Paramount Pictures has published an incorrect credits list featuring the information as reported below.)
Benjamin Wallfisch has been tapped to score the upcoming horror thriller Rings. The film is directed by F. Javier Gutierrez (Before the Fall) and stars Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Aimee Teegarden, Bonnie Morgan and Vincent D’Onofrio. The movie is the third part in the Ring franchise and follows a young woman who becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. David Loucka (Dream House), Jacob Estes (Mean Creek) and Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend, I, Robot) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Odd Job’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 24, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mathieu Lamboley, Odd Job, Pascal Chaumeil, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the French comedy Odd Job (Un petit boulot). The album features the film’s original music composed by Mathieu Lamboley (Lolo, I Kissed a Girl). The soundtrack will be released on September 2, 2016. Listen to three tracks from the score after the jump. Odd Job is directed by Pascal Chaumeil (Heartbreaker, A Long Way Down) and stars Romain Duris, Michel Blanc, Alice Belaïdi, Gustave Kervern, Alex Lutz and Charlie Dupont. The movie centers on an unemployed factory worker who takes a job as a hit man to make ends meet. Read the rest of this entry »
H. Scott Salinas & Reza Safinia Scoring George Nolfi’s ‘Birth of the Dragon’
Posted: August 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Birth of the Dragon, George Nolfi, H. Scott Salinas, Reza Safinia, The Ivory Game
H. Scott Salinas and Reza Safinia are composing the music for the upcoming biographical drama Birth of the Dragon. The film is directed by George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) and stars Billy Magnussen, Xia Yu and Philip Wan-Lung Ng. The movie chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man. Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson (Ali, Nixon) have written the screenplay. Michael London (Sideways, The Illusionist, House of Sand and Fog) is producing the project with Janice Williams (Trumbo, Love the Coopers), James H. Pang, Leo Shi Young (Painted Skin), Rivele and Wilkinson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Let’s Be Evil’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Julian Scherle, Let's Be Evil, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the horror thriller Let’s Be Evil. The album features the film’s original music composed by Julian Scherle. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 14, 2016. Let’s Be Evil is directed by Martin Owen and stars Elizabeth Morris, Isabelle Allen, Elliot James Langridge and Kara Tointon. The movie follows three chaperones who are hired to supervise an advanced learning program for gifted children. The thriller premiered at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival and was released in select theaters and on VOD earlier this month by IFC Midnight. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami to Score Angelina Jolie’s ‘First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers’
Posted: August 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Angelina Jolie, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami revealed in a recent interview with Film Score Monthly Online that he is scoring the upcoming Netflix original movie First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. The film directed by Angelina Jolie is based on the non-fiction book by Loung Ung, a Cambodian author and survivor of the Pol Pot regime, and tells the story of her experiences and the horrors she suffered under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rougee. Jolie is also producing the project with Rithy Panh (The Missing Picture). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Streicher, Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom. The album features the film’s original music composed by George Streicher. The soundtrack will be released on September 23, 2016. Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom is directed by Sean Patrick O’Reilly and features the voices of Ron Perlman, Christopher Plummer, Jane Curtin, Doug Bradley, and Kiefer O’Reilly. The movie follows a young Howard Lovecraft who accidentally uses the legendary Necronomicon to open a portal to a strange frozen world filled with horrifying creatures and a great adventure. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Jones Scoring ‘Lady Macbeth’
Posted: August 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Jones, Lady Macbeth
Dan Jones has recently composed the score for the upcoming new film adaptation of Lady Macbeth. The film is directed by William Oldroyd and stars Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie and Christopher Fairbank. The movie is set in 19th Century England and follows a young woman who is trapped in a marriage of convenience whose passionate affair unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate. Alice Birch has written the screenplay based on Nikolai Leskov’s novel and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
