Shigeru Umebayashi has composed the music for the martial arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny. The composer of such films as House of Flying Daggers, The Grandmaster and In the Mood for Love collaborated with Lang Lang who performs piano solos on the score. The pianist was previously featured soloist on such movies as The Painted Veil, My Week with Marilyn and this year’s Kung Fu Panda 3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny is directed by Yuen Wo-Ping (Tai Chi Master) and stars Michelle Yeoh who returns as Yu Shu-Lien, as well as Donnie Yen, Harry Shum, Jr., Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Jason Scott Lee, Eugenia Yuan and Roger Yuan. Read the rest of this entry »
Shigeru Umebayashi Scoring ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny’
Posted: February 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, Lang Lang, Shigeru Umebayashi
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‘Triple 9’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, Bobby Krlic, Claudia Sarne, Leopold Ross, score, Soundtrack, Triple 9
BFD Records will release a soundtrack album for John Hillcoat’s thriller Triple 9. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Claudia Sarne & Leopold Ross (The Book of Eli, Broken City) and Bobby Krlic. Also included is a remix of Cypress Hills’ Pigs by Ross. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 26, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Triple 9 is directed by Hillcoat (Lawless, The Proposition) and stars Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Woody Harrelson and Kate Winslet. The movie follows a gang of criminals and corrupt cops who plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull of their biggest heist yet across town. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for PBS’ ‘Mercy Street’ to Be Released
Posted: February 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Buckley, Mercy Street, PBS, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the PBS mini-series Mercy Street. The album features the show’s original music composed by David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Town, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Brothers Grimsby). The soundtrack will be released tomorrow, February 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Mercy Street is created by Lisa Q. Wolfinger & David Zabel and stars Josh Radnor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Gary Cole, Peter Gerety, Norbert Leo Butz, AnnaSophia Robb and Cherry Jones. The 6-parter centers on the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War – New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Exposed’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carlos José Alvarez, Exposed, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Exposed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carlos José Alvarez (Deadline). Janet Dacal is performing the vocal solos on the score. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 26, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Exposed is written and directed by Gee Malik Linton and stars Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Christopher McDonald, Big Daddy Kane and Mira Sorvino. The movie follows a police detective searching for the truth behind his partner’s death, while a Latina woman is witnessing a miracle. Read the rest of this entry »
John Paesano Scoring ‘Brain on Fire’
Posted: February 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brain on Fire, Gerard Barrett, John Paesano
John Paesano has recently composed the music for the upcoming drama Brain on Fire. The film is directed by Gerard Barrett (Glassland) and stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Thomas Mann, Tyler Perry, Jenny Slate, Richard Armitage and Carrie-Anne Moss. The movie is based on Susannah Cahalan’s Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness and follows a rising journalist at the New York Post who falls victim to an inexplicable illness that has her hearing voices, hallucinating, battling bouts of paranoia and lashing out during violent episodes before a last-minute intervention gives her the chance to rebuild her life. Read the rest of this entry »
HBO’s ‘Vice Principals’ to Feature Music by Joey Stephens
Posted: February 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny McBride, HBO, Jody Hill, Joey Stephens, Vice Principals
Joey Stephens is reuniting with Jody Hill & Danny McBride and will compose the music for the upcoming HBO original series Vice Principals. The show is created by Hill and McBride who also stars in the comedy alongside Walter Goggins, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Georgia King, Busy Philipps, Shea Whigham and Sheaun McKinney. The series, which has been ordered for two seasons with 18 episodes, tells the story of a high school and the people who almost run it, the vice principals. McBride and Hill are also executive producing the project with Stephanie Laing and David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, All the Real Girls, George Washington) who also directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
Reza Safinia Scoring ‘The Trust’
Posted: February 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Reza Safinia, The Big Bounce, The Trust
Reza Safinia is composing the music for the upcoming dramatic comedy The Trust. The film is directed by Ben & Alex Brewer and stars Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Jerry Lewis and Sky Ferreira. The movie revolves around two corrupt cops of the Las Vegas Police Department who discover a high bail receipt in connection to a drug bust and set in motion a plan to find the source of the money. Ben Brewer has also written the screenplay with Adam Hirsch. Molly Hassell (Edmond, Jackie & Ryan, Vamps) and Braxton Pope (The Canyons, Shrink) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 7, 2016)
Posted: February 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Lux, HBO, Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma, Lifetime, Manson's Lost Girls, Ricardo Donoso
Premiering tomorrow, February 8, is the HBO documentary Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma directed by Greg Barker based on the book United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists. The film’s original score is composed by electronic musician and percussionist Ricardo Donoso. Homegrown is produced by Barker, John Battsek & Julie Goldman and offers an insider’s account from the perspectives of those who helped construct America’s counter-terrorism machine, as well as those who are its targets. Visit the official HBO website to learn more about the documentary. Read the rest of this entry »
Ray Colcord (1949 – 2016)
Posted: February 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ray Colcord
Ray Colcord has passed away at age 66 in Los Angeles, CA. The composer has been scoring numerous movies and TV shows over the last three decades. He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1991 for his main titles theme for NBC’s Singer & Sons. Colcord also composed the music for all seasons of Disney/ABC’s Dinosaurs and Boy Meets World and the CBS drama Promised Land. His other scoring credits include the classic Simpsons episode Dead Putting Society, episodes of The Facts of Life and Melissa & Joey and movies such as Heartwood, The King’s Guard and Wish Upon A Star. His last credit was the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World, which he has been scoring since 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino Wins Annie Award for ‘Inside Out’
Posted: February 6, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Christopher Willis, Inside Out, Michael Giacchino
Composer Michael Giacchino was honored with an Annie Award in the Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production category for the music from Pixar’s hit movie Inside Out. The composer accepted his award in person at the awards ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The other contenders in the category were Carter Burwell for Anomalisa, Kevin Riepl for Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem, Ruben Feffer, Gustavo Kurlat, GEM Grupo Experimental de Música & Emicida for Boy and the World and Mychael & Jeff Danna for Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur. Giacchino has previously won three Annie Awards for Pixar’s The Incredibles, Ratatouille, as well as the Disney TV special Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice. Read the rest of this entry »
