WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the action adventure The Legend of Tarzan. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Hotel Rwanda, Click). Also included are the original songs Opar by Zoe Mthiyane and Better Love by Hozier. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Legend of Tarzan is directed by David Yates (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) and stars Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent and Christoph Waltz. The movie follows the title characters years after he left the jungle and is invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Legend of Tarzan’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Yates, Rupert Gregson-Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Legend of Tarzan
‘Central Intelligence’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Central Intelligence, Ludwig Göransson, score, Soundtrack, Theodore Shapiro
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy Central Intelligence. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodore Shapiro (Ghostbusters, Spy, The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder) and Ludwig Goransson (Creed, Community, We’re the Millers). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Central Intelligence is directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan, Aaron Paul and Danielle Nicolet. The movie follows a former high school sports star-turned-accountant who is contacted by a classmate who was bullied and humiliated as a teen but is now a CIA contract killer and lures him into a world of espionage. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Suicide Squad’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Ayer, Soundtrack, Suicide Squad
Atlantic Records will release a soundtrack album for the superhero movie Suicide Squad. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Skrillex & Rick Ross, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons, Skylar Grey, twenty one pilots, Grimes, Creedence Clearwater Revival, War, Kehlani, Action Bronson & Dan Auerbach (of The Black Keys) & more. The soundtrack will be released on August 5, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Suicide Squad is directed by David Ayer and stars Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Cara Delevingne, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Karen Fukuhara, Jay Hernandez, Adam Beach and Viola Davis. The movie is based on the DC Comics of the same name and centers on a secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna Scoring Amazon’s ‘The Last Tycoon’
Posted: June 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Billy Ray, Mychael Danna, The Last Tycoon
Mychael Danna has recently scored the pilot for the Amazon Studios original series The Last Tycoon. The show is written and directed by Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games) and stars Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer and Lily Collins. The drama is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last work and follows Hollywood’s Golden Boy, Monroe Stahr as he battles father figure and boss, Pat Brady for the soul of their studio. Ray is also executive producing the TriStar Television production with Ray & Christopher Keyser (Tyrant, Party of Five), Joshua D. Maurer, Alixandre Witlin & David A. Stern (Rosemary’s Baby). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The BFG’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg, The BFG
The full details of the soundtrack album for Steven Spielberg’s fantasy adventure The BFG have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark). The soundtrack will be released on July 1, 2016 by Wal t Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The BFG is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Penelope Wilton, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader. The movie is based on Roald Dahl’s classic nd tells the story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ghostbusters’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ghostbusters, Paul Feig, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Ghostbusters soundtrack have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film by artists including WALK THE MOON, Fall Out Boy ft. Missy Elliott, Elle King, DMX, DeBarge, G-Eazy ft. Jeremih, Mark Ronson, ZAYN, Passion Pit & A$AP Ferg, 5 Seconds of Summer, Pentatonix and Wolf Alice. Also included is Ray Parker Jr.’s original theme song from the 1985 original movie. The soundtrack will be released on June 15 by RCA Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, Sony Classical will release a separate soundtrack featuring composer Theodore Shapiro’s score a week earlier. Ghostbusters is directed by Paul Feig and stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Michael Kenneth Williams, Charles Dance and Chris Hemsworth. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Arctic Heart’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arctic Heart, Le secret des banquises, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Warbeck
A soundtrack album will be released for the French romantic comedy Arctic Heart (Le secret des banquises). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Quills, Billy Elliott, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin). The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Friday, June 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Arctic Heart is written and directed by Marie Madinier and stars Guillaume Canet, Charlotte Le Bon, Anne Le Ny, Patrick D’Assumçao and Damien Chapelle. The comedy follows a timid young grad student who is madly in love with her scientist boss and offers her body to his research. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ice Age: Collision Course’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ice Age: Collision Course, John Debney, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the animated feature Ice Age: Collision Course have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by John Debney (The Jungle Book, Elf, The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, The Emperor’s New Groove). The soundtrack will be released on July 22, 2016 by Varese Sarabande and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Ice Age: Collision Course is directed by Mike Thurmeier and features the voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Simon Pegg, Josh Peck, Wanda Sykes, Keke Palmer, Jennifer Lopez, Adam DeVine, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Max Greenfield, Jessie J, Melissa Rauch, Nick Offerman, Michael Strahan, Stephanie Beatriz and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘All the Way’ to Be Released
Posted: June 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: All the Way, HBO, James Newton Howard, Jay Roach, score, Soundtrack
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original movie All the Way. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (King Kong, The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games, Maleficent, The Fugitive, Signs). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. All the Way is directed by Jay Roach and stars Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo, Bradley Whitford, Stephen Root, Marque Richardson, Aisha Hinds, Todd Weeks, Mo McRae, Spencer Garrett and Frank Langella. The movie is based on Robert Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning play of the same title and follows President Lyndon B. Johnson’s first year in office as he takes the oath in the wake of President Kennedy’s assassination, navigates the escalation of the Vietnam War and balances opposing interests to launch his landmark civil rights bill. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore to Score Mick Jackson’s ‘Denial’
Posted: June 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Denial, Howard Shore, Mick Jackson
Howard Shore has signed on to score the upcoming drama Denial. The film is directed by Mick Jackson (The Bodyguard, L.A. Story) and stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden, Caren Pistorius and Alex Jennings. The movie is based on Deborah E. Lipstadt’s book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier and tells the story of her legal battle for historical truth against David Irving, who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. David Hare (The Hours, The Reader) has written the screenplay. Gary Foster (Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Sleepless in Seattle) is producing the project with Russ Krasnoff (The Soloist, Emperor). Read the rest of this entry »
