Sony Classical will release the official score soundtrack album for Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Spy, Tropic Thunder, Trumbo, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty). The soundtrack will be released on July 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Ghostbusters stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Charles Dance, Michael Kenneth Williams and Chris Hemsworth. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release Theodore Shapiro’s ‘Ghostbusters’ Score
Posted: May 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ghostbusters, Paul Feig, score, Soundtrack, Theodore Shapiro
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Expanded ‘Chinatown’& ‘Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: May 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, Chinatown, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1974 thriller Chinatown directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston. The album features the film’s expanded and remastered original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Planet of the Apes, Patton), including previously unreleased music. The release features both a remastered reissue of the original 1974 soundtrack album, as well as the complete score. Goldsmith received an Academy Award nomination for his work on the film. For the full album details and to listen to audio samples, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
Josh Kramon to Score Fox’s ‘Lethal Weapon’ TV Series
Posted: May 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Josh Kramon, Lethal Weapon, Matt Miller
Josh Kramon announced on Twitter that he is composing the music for the upcoming Fox drama Lethal Weapon. The show is created by Matt Miller (Chuck, Human Target) and stars Clayne Crawford, Damon Wayans, Keesha Sharp, Jordana Brewster, Kevin Rahm, Chandler Kinney and Johnathan Fernandez. The show based on Richard Donner & Shane Black’s classic movie franchise starring Mel Gibson & Danny Glover follows the classic cop duo Martin Riggs & Roger Murtaugh as they work a crime-ridden beat in modern-day Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
Channel 4’s ‘National Treasure’ to Feature Music by Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Posted: May 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Channel 4, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, National Treasure, The Girl with All the Gifts
Cristobal Tapia de Veer has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming Channel 4 mini-series National Treasure. The drama is created by Jack Thorne (A Long Way Down, The Black Panthers) and stars Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Andrea Riseborough. The 4-parter one half of a much-loved comedy double act, a national treasure despite Finchley’s career being on the wane. One day his world changes forever when he is accused of raping a woman in the 1970s.. George Ormond and George Faber (Shameless, Skins, The White Queen) are executive producing the project. Marc Munden (The Devil’s Whore, The Crimson Petal and the White) who previously collaborated with the composer on Utopia is directing all four episodes. Read the rest of this entry »
Ennio Morricone to Score ‘A Rose in Winter’
Posted: May 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Rose in Winter, Ennio Morricone, Joshua Sinclair
Keller Edde Studios announced today that Ennio Morricone is attached to compose the score for the upcoming Holocaust drama A Rose in Winter. The film will be written and directed by Joshua Sinclair (screenwriter of Gigolo & Judgment in Berlin). The movie tells the story of German Jewish philosopher Edith Stein, who was killed by Nazis at Auschwitz on August 9, 1942 after fighting for women’s rights and gender equality in Germany, from the perspective of New York Times journalist Michael Rosten. No casting announcements have been made yet. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney to Score ‘League of Gods’
Posted: May 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Debney, League of Gods
John Debney is set to compose the music for the upcoming Chinese action fantasy adventure League of Gods. The film is directed by Koan Xu and stars Jet Li, Fan Bingbing, Louis Koo, Angelababy, Andy On and Xu Qing. The movie is based on the 16th century ancient novel Fengshen Bang and tells the story of King Zhou of Shang who becomes a tyrant due to the wiles of Daji, a vixen spirit who is disguised as one of his concubines. Charles Heung and Tiffany Chen are producing the China Star production. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring ‘From the Land of the Moon’
Posted: May 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Pemberton, From the Land of the Moon, Mal de pierres, Nicole Garcia
Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Counselor) has composed the music for the French/Belgian drama From the Land of the Moon (Mal de piers). The film is directed by Nicole Garcia (The Adversary, Place Vendome) and stars Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemühl, Brigitte Rouan, Victoire Du Bois, Aloïse Sauvage and Daniel Para. The movie is based on the novel by Milena Agu and centers on a woman in post-World War II Europe who’s torn between the man she’s meant to marry and a charming war veteran. Garcia has also written the screenplay with Jacques Fieschi (Yves Saint Laurent). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 15, 2016)
Posted: May 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: All the Way, Amazon, David Schwartz, Doctor Thorne, HBO, Ilan Eshkeri, James Newton Howard, Lady Dynamite, Netflix
Premiering on Friday, May 20 is the Netflix original series Lady Dynamite created by Mitchell Hurwitz & Maria Bamford and stars Bramford, Fred Melamed Dean Cain and Ana Gasteyer, as well as guest stars including Sarah Silverman, Jenny Slate, Mira Sorvino, Patton Oswalt, Jon Cryer, Brandon Routh,Tig Notaro & more. The show’s original music is composed by David Schwartz (Arrested Development, Reaper, Northern Expose). The comedy’s full first season will be available to stream this Friday on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Video Highlights from the 2016 BMI Film/TV Awards
Posted: May 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, BMI Film & TV Awards, David Newman, James Newton Howard
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has published a number of video clips from the organization’s 2016 BMI Film/TV Awards gala, which was held this past Wednesday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check out the acceptance speech of this year’s recipient of the BMI Icon Award, James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive, The Hunger Games, King Kong, Maleficent, Signs, Pretty Woman), as well as the speech of David Newman (Anastasia, Ice Age, Serenity, The War of the Roses, Hoffa) who was honored with the BMI Classic Contribution Award, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Like Crazy’ (‘La pazza gioia’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carlo Virzi, La pazza gioia, Like Crazy, Paolo Virzi, score, Soundtrack
Lotus Production has released a soundtrack album for the Italian comedy drama Like Crazy (La pazza gioia). The album features the film’s original music composed by Carlo Virzi (Human Capital, The First Beautiful Thing, My Name is Tanino). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Like Crazy is directed by Paolo Virzi (Human Capital, Hardboiled Egg) and stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti, Valentina Carnelutti, Tommaso Ragno, Bob Messini, Sergio Albelli, Anna Galiena, Maria Borini and Marco Messeri. The movie follows two patients with psychiatric issues who meet at a community hospital and flee the hospital to embark on a road trip from Tuscany to Rome. Read the rest of this entry »
