The full details of the soundtrack album for Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Ottman (The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns, The Fantastic Four) who previously scored Singer’s X2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past and also serves as the editor and co-producer on the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 20, 2016 and physically next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. X-Men: Apocalypse is co-written and directed by Singer and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Josh Helman, Lana Condor and Ben Hardy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Ottman, score, Soundtrack, X-Men, X-Men: Apocalypse
‘Kindergarten Cop 2’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jake Monaco, Kindergarten Cop 2, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy sequel Kindergarten Cop 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jake Monaco (Let’s Be Cops, Playing It Cool, Struck by Lightning). Also included are the songs from the film by Sonny Cleveland, The Merced Blue Notes & The Phantom Blues Band. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Kindergarten Cop 2 is directed by Don Michael Paul and stars Dolph Lundgren, Bill Bellamy, Sarah Strange and Aleks Paunovic. The movie follows an FBI agent who goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to find a missing flash drive from the Federal Witness Protection Program. Read the rest of this entry »
BT to Score ‘The Possibility of Fireflies’
Posted: May 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: BT, Deborah Chow, The Possibility of Fireflies
BT is set to compose the score for the upcoming drama The Possibility of Fireflies. The film is directed by Deborah Chow (The High Cost of Living, Flowers in the Atticus) and stars Courtney Love & Joey King. The movie is based on Dominique Paul’s YA novel of the same title and follows a teen who dreams of becoming a writer and finds herself caught in the alluring undertow of a reckless rock ‘n’ roll freedom when she falls in love with an aspiring singer. Paul is also writing the screenplay. Amy Green is producing the project with Canadian musicians Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida who are also collaborating with BT on the film’s soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ballerina’ to Feature Score by Klaus Badelt & Songs by Chris Braide
Posted: May 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ballerina, Chris Braide, Klaus Badelt
The Weinstein Company has announced that Klaus Badelt is composing the score for the upcoming animated feature Ballerina. Singer/songwriter Chris Braide is writing and producing original songs for the film, which is directed by Eric Summer & Eric Warin and features the voices of Elle Fanning, Maddie Ziegler and Carly Rae Jepsen. The movie is set in 1879 Paris and follows an orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina and moves to Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house. Carole Noble and Laurent Zeitoun (The Intouchables) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard Honored at BMI Film & TV Awards
Posted: May 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: BMI, BMI Film & TV Awards, BMI Icon Award, David Newman, James Newton Howard
Last night, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) held its annual Film & TV Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. James Newton Howard was honored with the organization’s Icon Award, which is bestowed on composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television music. The composer whose credits include such hit films as The Hunger Games series, The Fugitive, Pretty Woman, Maleficent, Blood Diamond, The Dark Knight, Space Jam and My Best Friend’s Wedding was presented the award by the evening’s host, BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross and BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Angry Birds Movie’ Score Album Details
Posted: May 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heitor Pereira, score, Soundtrack, The Angry Birds Movie
Atco Records will release a score album album for the animated feature The Angry Birds Movie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me series, Minions, The Smurfs, Beverly Hills Chihuahua). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2016 and physically on June 3. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Check out several videos featuring the composer’s themes from the score after the jump. As previously reported, Atlantic Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the movie’s songs, as well as score suite. The Angry Birds Movie directed by Fergal Reilly & Clay Kaytis and starring Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage and Keegan-Michael Key will be released nationwide on May 20, 2016 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan the Automator’s ‘What Makes the World Go Round? (Money!)’ from ‘Money Monster’ to Be Released
Posted: May 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan the Automator, Del The Funky Homosapien, Jodie Foster, Money Monster
Madison Gate Records will release the original song What Makes the World Go Round? (Money!) from Jodie Foster’s thriller Money Monster. The track is performed by Dan the Automator feat. Del The Funky Homosapien. The song will be released digitally as a single this Friday, May 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Money Monster starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Giancarlo Esposito and Caitriona Balfe centers on a bombastic television stock huckster whose program and life are taken hostage by an outraged gunman. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Reitzell to Score Starz’s ‘American Gods’
Posted: May 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Gods, Brian Reitzell, Bryan Fuller, David Slade, Starz
Brian Reitzell has signed on to compose the music for the upcoming Starz original series American Gods. The show is created by Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) & Michael Green (Green Lantern) based on Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel and stars Rickey Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, Jonathan Tucker, Crispin Glover, Cloris Leachman, Pablo Schreiber, Peter Stormare, Yetide Badaki, Bruce Langley, Chris Obi and Mousa Kraish. The drama follows a recently released ex-convict named Shadow who meets a mysterious man who calls himself “Wednesday” and who knows more than he first seems to about Shadow’s life and past. Read the rest of this entry »
Steven Spielberg to Present John Williams with AFI’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted: May 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, John Williams, Steven Spielberg
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that Steven Spielberg will present John Williams with the organization’s 44th Life Achievement Award on June 9, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA. As previously reported, this marks the first time in AFI history that the honor will be bestowed upon a composer. It was also announced that the televised special, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Williams, will air on TNT on Wednesday, June 15 (10 p.m. ET/ PT), followed by an encore presentation on sister network Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on Monday, June 12, during a night of programming dedicated to Williams.
Bruno Coulais Scoring ‘Marie Curie’
Posted: May 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruno Coulais, Marie Curie
Bruno Coulais is scoring the upcoming biographical drama Marie Curie. The film is directed by Marie Noelle (The Anarchist’s Wife) and stars Karolina Gruszka in the title role, alongside Charles Berling, André Wilms, Samuel Finzi, Daniel Olbrychski and Sabin Tambrea. The movie tells the life story of Curie, the first-ever woman to win a Nobel Prize for her achievements in physics in 1903 and who later won another Nobel prize in chemistry in 1911. Noelle has also written the screenplay with Andrea Stoll and is producing the project with Ralf Zimmermann and Mikolaj Pokromski. Read the rest of this entry »
