Federation Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Marseille. The album features the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech) and Jean-Pasccal Beintus (United Passions). Also included is the song Ya Sidi by Orange Blossom. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 6, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Marseille is created by Dan Franck and stars Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Magimel, Géraldine Pailhas, Nadia Farès, Gérard Meylan, Nassim Si Ahmed, Antoine Coesens, Nozha Khouadra and Maruschka Detmers. The political drama directed by Florentine-Emilio Siri & Thomas Gilou centers around the city election between the long-time mayor Robert Taro and a younger ambitious candidate. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Marseille’ Announced
Posted: May 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Jean-Pascal Beintus, Marseille, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
James Newton Howard’s ‘Collateral’ Score to Be Released
Posted: May 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Collateral, James Newton Howard, Michael Mann, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the first release of the complete score for the 2004 thriller Collateral directed by Michael Mann and starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games, The Fugitive, King Kong), including tracks not used in the final version of the movies, as well as alternate cues. The previous soundtrack album released by RCA Records only featured four short scores tracks in addition to the songs from the film. To pre-order the CD and to check out the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Hart Scoring Disney’s ‘Pete’s Dragon’
Posted: May 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Hart, David Lowery, Pete's Dragon
Daniel Hart has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming family adventure Pete’s Dragon and is currently recording his score at AIR Studios in London. The film is directed by David Lowery and stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence and Robert Redford. The movie is based on the 1977 classic of the same title and tells the story of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon.. Lowery also co-wrote the screenplay with Toby Halbrooks. Jim Whitaker (The Odd Life of Timothy Green, The Finest Hours) is producing the project. Barrie Osborne (The Lord of the Rings) serves as an executive producer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bloodline’ Main Title Theme ‘The Water Lets You In’ by Book of Fears to Be Released
Posted: May 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bloodline, Book of Fears, Netflix, The Water Lets You In
Madison Gate Records will release the main title theme of the Netflix original series Bloodline. The song, The Water Lets You In, is performed by Book of Fears, and will be released as a digital single on May 13, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the track. Bloodline is created by Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman & Glenn Kessler (Damages) and stars Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini, Sissy Spacek, Norbert Leo Butz, Jamie McShane, Jacinda Barrett and Enrique Murcian. The drama’s first season premiered last spring and a second season is set to premiere on May 27 on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Christian Wibe Scoring Tommy Wirkola’s ‘What Happened to Monday?’
Posted: May 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Wibe, Tommy Wirkola, What Happened to Monday?
Christian Wibe is currently scoring the upcoming sci-fi thriller What Happened to Monday?. The film is directed by Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) and stars Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Robert Wagner, Marwan Kenzari, Christian Rubeck and Pal Sverre Hagen. The movie is set in an overpopulated future where governments have been forced to measures limiting people to one child and follows a group of identical septuplets who must avoid governmental execution and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own. Kerry Williamson (Alex Cross) and Max Botkin have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Jed Kurzel to Score ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Film Adaptation
Posted: May 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Assassin's Creed, Jed Kurzel, Justin Kurzel
Jed Kurzel has signed on to compose the score for the upcoming feature adaptation of the video game series Assassin’s Creed. The film is directed by Justin Kurzel and stars Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Michael K. Williams, Ariane Labed, Jeremy Irons and Brendan Gleeson. The movie centers on Callum Lynch as he explores the memories of his ancestor and gains the skills of a Master Assassin. Frank Marshall (Jurassic World, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sixth Sense) is producing the project with Arnon Milchan (The Revenant, 12 Years a Slave), Jean-Julien Baronnet, Conor McCaughan, Fassbender and Pat Crowley (The Bourne Trilogy). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 1, 2016)
Posted: May 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Fox, Houdini & Doyle, James Jandrisch, Marseille, Netflix
Premiering tomorrow, May 2, is the new Fox drama Houdini & Doyle created by David Hoselton & David Titcher, executive produced by David Shore (House) and starring Stephen Mangan, Michael Weston, Rebecca Liddiard, Tim McInnerny and Adam Nagaitis. The show’s original music is composed by James Jandrisch (Reasonable Doubt). Houdini & Doyle centers around master magician Harry Houdini and writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as they grudgingly join forces with New Scotland Yard to investigate inexplicable crimes with a supernatural slant. The drama will air every Monday night on Fox. Visit the official show website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
Christian Henson Scoring ITV’s ‘Tutankhamun’
Posted: April 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Henson, ITV, Peter Webber, Tutankhamun
Christian Henson has previously recorded his score for the upcoming ITV mini-series Tutankhamun. The drama is directed by Peter Webber (The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Emperor, Hannibal Rising) and stars Max Irons and Sam Neill. The 4-parter tells the story of Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb of one of Ancient Egypt’s forgotten pharaohs, the boy-king Tutankhamun. Guy Burt (Jekyll and Hyde, The Bletchley Circle, The Borgias) has written the scripts for all four parts. Francis Hopkinson (Home Fires,) and Catherine Oldfield (Foyle’s War) are executive producing the ITV Studios production and Simon Lewis (The C Word, The Paradise) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande to Release 2013 Hollywood in Vienna Gala Honoring James Horner
Posted: April 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hollywood in Vienna, James Horner, Max Steiner Award
Varese Sarabande has announced a Blu-ray release of the Hollywood in Vienna 2013 Film Music Gala, which featured late composer James Horner as an honored guest and recipient of the Max Steiner Award. David Newman conducted the ORF Vienna Radio-Symphony Orchestra at the Vienna Konzerthaus. The Blu-ray features the concert gala, including performances of several scores composed by Horner including Titanic, Braveheart, Legends of the Fall and Avatar, as well as songs from The Land Before Time and An American Tail performed by Deborah Cox and Jeremy Schonfeld. Also included is a 75-minute symposium, which was moderated by Varese Sarabande’s Robert Townson at the concert weekend in Vienna. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 29, 2016)
Posted: April 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Beautiful Planet, Carter Burwell, Coby Brown, Dave Porter, Dough, Evan Wise, John Debney, Keanu, Lorne Balfe, Maribeth Solomon, Mark Isham, Micky Erbe, Mother's Day, Nathan Whitehead, Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, Ratchet & Clank, Stephen Rennicks, Steve Jablonsky, Term Life, The Family Fang, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Viva
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the ensemble romantic comedy Mother’s Day directed by Garry Marshall and starring Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts and Jason Sudeikis. The film’s original music is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2) who previously scored Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve and The Princess Diaries movies for the director. No soundtrack album has been announced. To learn more about the movie, which is being released by Open Road Films, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is the comedy Keanu directed by Peter Atencio and starring Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Tiffany Haddish, Method Man, Jason Mitchell, Luis Guzman, Nia Long and Will Forte. Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, Ender’s Game, Desperate Housewives) and Nathan Whitehead (The Purge series, Delirium) have composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack album. For more information about the comedy, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures, check out the official movie website.. Read the rest of this entry »
