Mercury Records will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Bastille Day. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Heffes (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Last King of Scotland, State of Play, 11.22.63). Also included is the original song The Road Less Travelled performed by Idris Elba & Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 22 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bastille Day is directed by James Watkins (The Woman in Black) and stars Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Kelly Reilly and Jose Garcia. The movie follows a rogue CIA agent who is forced to team with an unsuspecting American con-artist to thwart a terrorist attack on French soil. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bastille Day’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Akex Heffes, Bastille Day, James Watkins, score, Soundtrack
Joby Talbot to Score Garth Jennings’ ‘Sing’
Posted: April 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Garth Jennings, Joby Talbot, Sing
Joby Talbot is reteaming with director Garth Jennings on the upcoming animated feature Sing. The film is written and directed by Jennings and features the voice talent of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Jennifer Saunders and Peter Serafinowicz. The movie follows a koala who recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition. It was previously announced that the animated comedy will also feature more than 85 songs. Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy (Despicable Me, Minions, The Lorax, The Secret Life of Pets) are producing the Illumination Entertainment production. Read the rest of this entry »
Singer/songwriter/composer Prince has passed away at age 57 at his Paisley Park recording studio and home in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Among his film music credits was the 1984 musical Purple Rain, for which he composed the score, which received the Academy Award in the Best Original Song Score category, as well as a Grammy Award. He also contributed several songs to the film, including the track When Doves Cry, which was nominated for a Golden Globe. His other work for film include the soundtrack for Tim Burton’s 1989 feature Batman, for which he wrote numerous songs and received a Grammy nomination for the title Partyman. Read the rest of this entry »
John Powell & David Buckley to Score Paul Greengrass’ ‘Jason Bourne’
Posted: April 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Buckley, Jason Bourne, John Powell, Paul Greengrass
John Powell and David Buckley have been hired to score the upcoming action thriller Jason Bourne. The film is directed by Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips) who previously helmed The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum and stars Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel and Tommy Lee Jones. The movie takes place seven years after The Bourne Ultimatum and follows the title character as he unexpectedly resurfaces at a time when the world is faced with unprecedented instability. Greengrass and editor Christopher Rouse have written the screenplay based on the characters created by Robert Ludlum. Frank Marshall (Jurassic World, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sixth Sense) is producing the project with Jeffrey Weiner, Greengrass, Damon, Gregory Goodman (X-Men: First Class) and Ben Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Marseille’ to Feature Music by Alexandre Desplat
Posted: April 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Florence-Emilio Siri, Marseille, Netflix
Alexandre Desplat has composed the music for the upcoming Netflix original series Marseille. The show 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 8-parter centers around the city election between the long-time mayor Robert Taro and a younger ambitious candidate. Franck is also executive producing the political drama with Florent-Emilio Siri (My Way) who also directed the first four episodes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘We Have to Go Back: Lost’ Concert Announced
Posted: April 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: ABC, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Lost, Michael Giacchino
It was announced today that Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, The Incredibles, Jurassic World, Inside Out, Ratatouille) will conduct the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra, comprised of 44 musicians, in an evening of music and story from the ABC hit TV series, Lost. The event will take place on Friday, September 23, 2016 at Ford Theatres in Los Angeles. The show’s executive producers, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse will host the concert in celebration of the 12th Anniversary of the show’s premiere. For more information and to buy tickets for the event, click here.
‘The Ignorance of Blood’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Federico Jusid, score, Soundtrack, The Ignorance of Blood
Great Temptations will release a soundtrack album for the Spanish thriller The Ignorance of Blood. The album features the film’s original music composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Misconduct, Everybody Has a Plan). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 22 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Ignorance of Blood is directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira and stars Paz Vega, Juan Diego Botto, Ken Appledorn, Dacio Caballero, Alberto San Juan, Ben Temple and Pilar Mayo. The movie is based on the bestselling book series and follows the chief of the Homicide Division in Sevilla who must solve two different cases involving terrorism and the Russian mafia in a short period of time. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Andrews Scoring ‘Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising’
Posted: April 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Andrews, Neighbors, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Nicholas Stoller
Michael Andrews is composing the score for the upcoming comedy sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. The film is directed by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek) and stars Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dave Franco, Ike Barinholtz, Carla Gallo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kiersey Clemons and Beanie Feldstein. The movie follows Mac and Kelly who have a second baby on the way and learn that the new occupants next door are a sorority even more out of control than the frat boys they dealt with in the original movie. Rogen and Stoller have written the screenplay with Evan Goldberg and Andrew Jay Cohen. Rogen & Goldberg (This Is the End, The Interview) are also producing the project with James Weaver (The Night Before). Read the rest of this entry »
‘400 Days’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 400 Days, score, Soundtrack, Wojciech Golczewski
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the sci-fi drama 400 Days. The album features the film’s original music composed by Wojciech Golczewski (Dark Souls, We Are Still Here). 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 samples. 400 Days is directed by Matt Osterman and stars Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Tom Cavanagh, Dane Cook, Ben Feldman and Grant Bowler. The movie follows four astronauts who are sent on a simulated mission to a distant planet to test the psychological effects of deep space travel and whose mental state begins to deteriorate when they lose all communication with the outside world. The drama opened in select theaters and on VOD this past January by XLrator Media and is now available on DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Goransson & Nathan Matthew David Scoring TBS’ ‘Angie Tribeca’ Season 2
Posted: April 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Angie Tribeca, Ludwig Göransson, Nathan Matthew David, TBS
Ludwig Goransson and Nathan Matthew David are the new composers of the TBS original series Angie Tribeca. The composers are scoring the second season of the show created by Steve & Nancy Carell and starring Rashida Jones, Hayes MacArthur, Jere Burns, Deon Cole and Andree Vermeulen. The comedy follows a 10-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department’s elite RHCU (Really Heinous Crimes Unit) and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigators as they solve various crimes. Steve and Nancy Carell are also executive producing the project with Thom Hinkle and Campbell Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
