Singer/songwriter Sia has recorded an end titles song for Pixar’s upcoming animated feature Finding Dory. The track, entitled Unforgettable, is a cover of the song written in 1951 by Irving Gordon and most famously performed by Nat King Cole. The track will be featured on the soundtrack album, which also includes Thomas Newman’s original score for the film, which will be released on June 17 and is available for pre-order here. Check out a video of Sia performing the song on today’s Ellen Show after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Finding Dory’ to Feature Song by Sia
Posted: May 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Stanton, Finding Dory, Pixar, Sia
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‘Genius’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Cork, Genius, Michael Grandage, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Genius. The album features the film’s original music composed by Adam Cork (London Road). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 10, 2016 and physically on June 24. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Genius is directed by Michael Grandage and stars Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Guy Pearce and Dominic West. The movie written by John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator) based on the biography Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg centers on the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between the world-renowned book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and the larger-than-life literary giant Thomas Wolfe. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mr. Robot’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Mac Quayle, Mr. Robot, Sam Esmail, score, Soundtrack, USA
The details of the first soundtrack albums for the USA hit series Mr. Robot have been revealed. The albums feature the original music from the show’s first season composed by Mac Quayle (American Crime Story, American Horror Story, Scream Queens). The Season 1 Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 soundtracks will be released digitally on June 3, 2016 and physically a few weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the Vol. 1 album and click here to pre-order the Vol. 2 soundtrack. Mr. Robot is created by Sam Esmail and stars Rami Malek, Christian Slate, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallstrom and Carly Chaikin. The drama follows a young programmer who finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the firm he is paid to protect. Read the rest of this entry »
Rachel Portman Scoring Lone Scherfig’s ‘Their Finest Hour and a Half’
Posted: May 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lone Scherfig, Rachel Portman, Their Finest Hour and a Half
Rachel Portman has recently recorded her score for the upcoming screwball comedy Their Finest Hour and a Half. The film is directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education, Italian for Beginners) and stars Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy, Sam Claflin, Jack Huston and Claudia Jessie. The movie is based on the novel by Lissa Evans and follows a British movie crew trying to make a patriotic film to boost morale after the Blitz during World War II, only for a battle of the sexes to ensue. Gaby Chiappe has written the screenplay. Amanda Posey (Brooklyn, Fever Pitch) & Stephen Woolley (Interview with the Vampire, Carol, The Crying Game) are producing the BBC Films and HanWay production. Read the rest of this entry »
The Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha to Score Lifetime’s ‘Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?’
Posted: May 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Iha, Lifetime, Mother May I Sleep with Danger?
Original Smashing Pumpkins member James Iha has signed on to score the upcoming Lifetime original movie Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?. The film is a remake of the 1996 cult TV movie of the same title starring Tori Spelling & Ivan Sergei who also star in the new version alongside James Franco, Leila George, Emily Meade and Nick Eversman. The movie is said to focus on a vampire-infused, same-sex love story. Amber Coney has written the screenplay based on a story by Franco who is executive producing the Sony Pictures Television and Rabbit Bandini production with Vince Jolivette (Palo Alto, Spring Breakers, The Adderall Diaries), Diane Sokolow and Rachel Verno. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Team Spirit’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Barratier, L'Outsider, Philippe Rombi, score, Soundtrack, Team Spirit
Music Box Records has announced a soundtrack album for the French drama Team Spirit (L’Outsider). The album features the film’s original music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Philippe Rombi (Swimming Pool, Joyeux Noel, In the House, War of the Buttons). The soundtrack will be released on June 17, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album and to check out audio samples. Team Spirit is directed by Christophe Barratier (The Chorus) and stars Arthur Dupont, François-Xavier Demaison and Sabrina Ouazani. The movie tells the story of French trader Jérôme Kerviel who was convicted in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss for breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank’s computers. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Syfy’s ‘The Expanse’ Announced
Posted: May 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Clinton Shorter, score, Soundtrack, Syfy, The Expanse
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Syfy original series The Expanse. The album features the show’s original music composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband, Pompeii, Code Black, 2 Guns). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 20 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Expanse is created by Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby based on the New York Times-bestselling series of novels of the same title and stars Thomas Jane, Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashlo, Florence Faivre, Jay Hernandez, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham and Paulo Costanzo. The series is set 200 years in the future, after mankind has colonized the solar system and follows a detective and a rogue ship’s captain who come together for what starts as the case of a missing woman and evolves into a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Free State of Jones’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Free State of Jones, Gary Ross, Nicholas Britell, score, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release the official soundtrack album for the historical drama Free State of Jones. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicholas Britell (The Big Short, A Tale of Love and Darkness). Also included is the original song I’m Crying by Lucinda Williams. The soundtrack will be released on June 24, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Free State of Jones is directed by Gary Ross (The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit, Pleasantville) and stars Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali and Keri Russell. The movie is set during the Civil War and tells the true story of defiant Southern farmer Newt Knight and his armed rebellion against the Confederacy. Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias to Score Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’
Posted: May 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Terry Gilliam, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
It was announced today that Alberto Iglesias is set to compose the music for Terry Gilliam’s upcoming film adaptation of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The film starring Adam Driver, Michael Palin and Olga Kurylenko follows a jaded young advertising executive who returns to the Spanish village where he made a film based on Cervantes’ masterpiece years earlier and meets a villager who believes himself to be Don Quixote as he gets swept up in a fantastic extravaganza complete with damsels in distress, knights and giants. Gilliam (Brazil, The Fisher King, The Brothers Grimm) has also co-written the screenplay with Tony Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Tideland). Paolo Branco (Cosmopolis) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Welcome to Happiness’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Oliver Thompson, score, Soundtrack, Welcome to Happiness
Second Hand Records has released a soundtrack album for the fantasy comedy drama Welcome to Happiness. The album features the film’s original score composed by the movie’s director Oliver Thompson. Also included are the songs from the film performed by Peter Leclair, Emily Rose and Fryman Canyon. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Welcome to Happiness is written and directed by Thompson and stars Kyle Gallner, Olivia Thiriby, Nick Offerman, Keegan-Michael Key, Molly C. Quinn, Brendan Sexton III, Josh Brener, Paget Brewster, Frances Conroy and Bess Rous. The movie follows a children’s author who rents a strange apartment with a magical door in the closet that allows those who go through it to erase mistakes from their past. Read the rest of this entry »
