The full details of the soundtrack album for Woody Allen’s romantic comedy Café Society have been revealed. The album features a number of early 20th Century jazz standards newly recorded for the film from Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks including Lady is a Tramp, Jeepers Creepers, Manhattan & more. Also included are classic recordings from Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Ben Selvin. The soundtrack will be released on July 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Café Society is written and directed by Allen and stars Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll and Ken Stott. The movie is set in the 1930s and follows a Bronx-born man to Hollywood, where he falls in love, and back to New York, where he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Café Society’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Café Society, Soundtrack, Woody Allen
Zbigniew Preisner to Score Fernando Trueba’s ‘The Queen of Spain’
Posted: June 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fernando Trueba, Lies We Tell, The Queen of Spain, Zbigniew Preisner
Zbigniew Preisner has signed on to score the upcoming comedy drama The Queen of Spain. The film is written and directed by Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque, Chica & Rita) and stars Penelope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Clive Revill, Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes. The movie is the sequel to the 1998 feature The Girl of Your Dreams (scored by Antoine Duhamel) and centers on movie star Macarena Granada, who flees the glitz and glamour of Hollywood in 1956 to return to her roots in Madrid, where she has signed on to star in an epic Hollywood film. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wildlike’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, score, Soundtrack, Wildlike
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the coming-of-age adventure drama Wildlike. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (The Gift, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Last Days in the Desert, The One I Love). Also included are the songs from the movie by Mono and The Wailin’ Jennys. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 24, 2016 and physically a couple of weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album and to listen to audio samples. Wildlike is written and directed by Frank Hall Green and stars Ella Purnell, Bruce Greenwood, Brian Geraghty, Nolan Gerard Funk, Ann Dowd and Diane Farr. The movie follows a teenage girl who runs away from a new home and befriends an older man preparing for a hike through the Alaskan wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »
Christophe Beck to Score Doug Liman’s ‘Mena’
Posted: June 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Beck, Doug Liman, Mena
Christophe Beck is reteaming with director Doug Liman on the upcoming thriller Mena. The film stars Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Lola Kirke, Sarah Wright, Jayma Mays, Benito Martinez, E. Roger Mitchell and Alejandro Edda. The movie follows a TWA pilot recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America in the 1980s who finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations. Gary Spinelli (Stash House) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Buddymoon’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Buddymoon, Gabriel Feenberg, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the buddy comedy Buddymoon. The album features the film’s original score composed by Gabriel Feenberg, as well as the songs from the movie by artists including Vanish Valley, Flula Borg & Dan Farber, Radical Face, Hutch Harris, Busdriver & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 1, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Buddymoon is directed by Alex Simmons and stars Flula Borg, David Giuntoli, Claire Coffee, Brian T. Finney and Jeanne Syquia. The movie follows a former child actor who is dumped by his fiancé days before the wedding and ends up going to his planned honeymoon, a backpacking trip through Oregon’s scenic mountains, with his best friend. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Internet Famous’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Internet Famous, Raney Shockne, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the comedy Internet Famous. The album features the film’s original score composed by Raney Shockne (Anger Management, The To Do List). Also included are the songs from the movie performed by Skyler Felix, and the film’s Shane Dawson and Wendy McColm. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 17, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Internet Famous is directed by Michael Gallagher and also stars Steve Greene, Amanda Cerny, Christian DelGrosso, Richard Ryan, Missi Pyle, John Michael Higgins and Roger Bart. The movie follows the adventures of five fictional Internet personalities as they travel across the country to compete in a talent competition. Read the rest of this entry »
FX’s ‘Atlanta’ to Feature Music by Ludwig Goransson
Posted: June 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atlanta, Donald Glover, FX, Ludwig Göransson
Ludwig Goransson is set to compose the original music for the upcoming FX original series Atlanta. The show is created by Donald Glover who also stars in the show alongside Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Zazie Beetz and Bret E. Benson. The comedy revolves around two cousins on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene whose opposing views on art versus commerce, success and race will make their quest anything but easy. Glover is also executive producing the project with Paul Simms (Girls, Divorce) for FX Prods. and Dianne McGunigle for MGMT Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael & Jeff Danna to Score Ang Lee’s ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’
Posted: June 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ang Lee, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna have been tapped to score the upcoming drama Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. The film is directed by Ang Lee and stars Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, Vin Diesel and Steve Martin. The movie is based on Ben Fountain’s bestselling novel of the same title and follows the 19-year-old private Billy Lynn who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, return home temporarily for a victory tour after surviving an Iraq battle. Jean-Christophe Castelli has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ghostbusters’ Score Album Details
Posted: June 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ghostbusters, Paul Feig, score, Soundtrack, Theodore Shapiro
The full details of the score album for the Ghostbusters reboot have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder, Spy, Trumbo, Marley & Me, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty). The soundtrack will be released on July 8, 2016 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie will be released by RCA Records. Ghostbusters is directed by Paul Feig and stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Charles Dance, Michael Kenneth Williams and Chris Hemsworth. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Puerto Ricans in Paris’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonathan Sadoff, Puerto Ricans in Paris, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Puerto Ricans in Paris. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonathan Sadoff (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Meddler, Beautiful Creatures). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 17, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Puerto Ricans in Paris is directed by Ian Edelman and stars Luis Guzman, Edgar Garcia, Alice Taglioni, Rosie Perez and Rosario Dawson. The movie follows two brothers who happen to be New York City’s two best counterfeit detectives and head to Paris in hopes of cracking a case and collecting a handsome fee. Read the rest of this entry »
