Sacha and Evgueni Galperine are currently scoring the HBO original movie The Wizard of Lies. The film is directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Donnie Brasco, Sleepers) and stars Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer as Bernie and Ruth Madoff. Hank Azaria, Alessandro Nivola, Lily Rabe and Kristen Connolly are co-starring. The movie centers on Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff’s family. John Burnham Schwartz (Reservation Road), Sam Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Levinson have written the script based on the book The Wizard of Lies by Diana Henriques. Levinson is also executive producing the project with De Niro, Jane Rosenthal (Meet the Parents, Analyze This) and Berry Welsh. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Soundtrack
Posted: March 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alice Through the Looking Glass, Danny Elfman, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure Alice Through the Looking Glass. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, A Nightmare Before Christmas) who previously scored 2010’s Alice in Wonderland. The soundtrack will be released on May 27, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Alice Through the Looking Glass is directed by James Bobin and stars Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway, Rhys Ifan, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Trapanese to Score ‘Jadotville’ and ‘Shimmer Lake’
Posted: March 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jadotville, Joseph Trapanese, Netflix, Oren Uziel, Richie Smyth, Shimmer Lake
Joseph Trapanese has signed on to score the upcoming war thriller Jadotville. The film is directed by Richie Smyth and stars Jamie Dornan, Guillaume Canet, Jason O’Mara and Mark Strong. The movie tells the true story of Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan who led a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during in the early 1960s. Kevin Brodbin (Constantine, Mindhunters) has written the screenplay based on a novel by Declan Power. Alan Moloney (The Escapist, Albert Nobbs, Byzantium) is producing the project for Parallel Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Criminal’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ariel Vromen, Brian Tyler, Criminal, Keith Power, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Criminal. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Tyler (Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Now You See Me) and Keith Power (Hawaii Five-0). Also included is the original song Drift and Fall Again performed by Madsonik (Tyler’s electronic artist name) featuring Lola Marsh. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 15, 2016 and physically in May. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Criminal is directed by Ariel Vromen (The Iceman) and stars Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice Eve, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. The movie follows a dangerous criminal who has the memories and skills of a dead CIA agent implanted into his brain in order to track down and stop an international terrorist. Read the rest of this entry »
Atli Orvarsson to Score ‘Ploey – You Never Fly Alone’
Posted: March 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Ploey - You Never Fly Alone
Atli Orvarsson is set to compose the music for the upcoming animated feature Ploey – You Never Fly Alone. The film directed by Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson (Brim) and co-directed by Gunnar Karlsson tells the story of a chick whose family migrates to warmer climates before he has learned to fly. Fridrik Erlingsson (Legends of Valhalla) has written the screenplay. Hilmar Sigurdsson and Haukur Sigurjónsson are producing the project for the Icelandic production company GunHil and Ives Agemans is producing for the Belgian animation studio Cyborn. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hardcore Henry’ Score Album Announced
Posted: March 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dasha Charusha, Hardcore Henry, score, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release a score album for the action thriller Hardcore Henry. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dasha Charusha. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie on the same day. Hardcore Henry is written and directed by Ilya Naishuller and stars Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, Andrey Dementyev, Sveta Ustinova, Tim Roth, as well as Charusha herself. The movie produced by Timur Bekmambetov follows a man who has been brought back from a near-death experience and finds himself embroiled in a race to rescue his kidnapped wife. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pee-wee’s Big Holiday’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Mothersbaugh, Netflix, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie Pee-wee’s Big Holiday have been announced. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Hotel Transylvania, 21/22 Jump Street). The soundtrack will be released digitally within the next few weeks and physically on May 6, 2016 by Varese Sarabande. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Pee-wee’s Big Holiday is directed by John Lee and stars Paul Reubens, Tara Buck, Joe Manganiello, Jessica Pohl, Stephanie Beatriz and Alia Shawkat. The comedy produced by Judd Apatow revolves around a fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger who inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday. Read the rest of this entry »
Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld Scoring ‘Lavender’
Posted: March 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Colin Stetson, Ed Gass-Donnelly, Lavender, Sarah Neufeld
Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld are composing the music for the upcoming psychological thriller Lavender. The film is directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly (The Last Exorcism Part II) and stars Abbie Cornish, Diego Klattenhoff, Dermot Mulroney, Justin Long, Lola Flanery and Sarah Abbot. The movie follows a photographer struggling with severe memory loss who begins to think that she may be responsible for the deaths of family members she never knew she had. Gass-Donnelly has written the screenplay with Colin Frizzell and is also producing the project with Dave Valleau (Reasonable Doubt, The Entitled). Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Powder’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, Powder, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1995 sci-fi drama Powder directed by Victor Salva and starring Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jeff Goldbum and Lance Henriksen. The album features the film’s complete original score composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (Chinatown, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Patton, Planet of the Apes, L.A. Confidential) performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra, including 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. For the full details of the soundtrack for the Hollywood Pictures production and to order the CD, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Darling’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Darling, Giona Ostinelli, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Darling. The album features the film’s original music composed by Giona Ostinelli (Carnage Park, Pod). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 1, 2016 and physically within the following weeks. Darling is written and directed by Mickey Keating and stars Lauren Ashley Carter, Brian Morvant, Sean Young, Larry Fessenden, John Speredakos and Helen Rogers. The movie follows a young woman who slowly goes crazy after taking a job as the caretaker for an ancient New York home. Read the rest of this entry »
