Varese Sarabande will release a score album for the sports comedy drama Eddie the Eagle directed by Dexter Fletcher, produced by Matthew Vaughn and starring Taron Egerton & Hugh Jackman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kick-Ass 2, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children). The soundtrack will be released physically on March 25, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film and a cut from the composer’s score will be released by Universal Music. Varese Sarabande will also release the official soundtrack album for Alex Proyas’ action adventure Gods of Egypt starring Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Chadwick Boseman, Elodie Young, Courtney Eaton & Brenton Thwaites. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, World War Z, The Wolverine). Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande to Release ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Score Album & ‘Gods of Egypt’ Soundtrack
Posted: February 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eddie the Eagle, Gods of Egypt, Marco Beltrami, Matthew Margeson, score, Soundtrack
Hybrid’s Charlotte Truman to Score ‘Interlude in Prague’
Posted: February 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Charlotte Truman, Hybrid, Interlude in Prague
Charlotte Truman is set to compose the score for the upcoming drama Interlude in Prague. Truman who is known as a member of the Welsh band Hybrid will also serve as the music producer of the film, which will be directed by John Stephenson (Animal Farm) and star James Purefoy, Aneurin Barnard and Samantha Barks. The movie is set in 1787 and follows the story of a few turbulent months in the short life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that influenced the creation of the opera Don Giovanni. Brian Ashby is writing the screenplay. Productive International’s Huw Penallt Jones (Chaos) and Hannah Leader (Lucky Number Slevin) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vulcania’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arnau Bataller, score, Soundtrack, Vulcania
Saimel A Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish sci-fi thriller Vulcania. The album features the film’s original music composed by Arnau Bataller ([REC] 3: Genesis, [REC] 4: Apocalypse, A Perfect Day). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Vulcania is directed by Jose Skaf and stars Miquel Fernandez and Aura Garrido. The movie takes place in the isolated community of Vulcania led by an enigmatic leader where nothing is quite what it seems. Read the rest of this entry »
Randy Edelman Scoring ‘Back in the Day’
Posted: February 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Back in the Day, Randy Edelman
Randy Edelman has been tapped to score the upcoming boxing drama Back in the Day. The film is directed by Paul Borghese and stars William DeMeo, Alec Baldwin, Danny Glover, Mike Tyson, Annabella Sciorra, Shannen Doherty and Michael Madsen. The movie follows a young half-Italian, half-Puerto Rican boxer who lost his parents and is taken under the wing of the mafia in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. DeMeo has written the screenplay and is also producing the project. Edelman’s previous film scoring credits include such titles as Dragonheart, xXx, Gettysburg, Kindergarten Cop, My Cousin Vinny, The Mask, While You Were Sleeping and Ghostbusters 2. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood Bowl 2016 Season Schedule Announced
Posted: February 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Hollywood Bowl, James Horner, John Williams, Michael Giacchino, Star Trek
The Hollywood Bowl has announced this summer’s season schedule, which includes a number of film music concerts. On July 7 & 8, the Bowl will host its premiere performance of the live to projection concert for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. The Los Angeles Philharmonic will be performing the entire score from J.J. Abrams’ 2009 film composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Inside Out, Jurassic World) live-to-picture while the movie is shown in HD on the Bowl’s big screen. David Newman will be conducting the orchestra. Click here to learn more about the concert. On September 2-4, John Williams (Jurassic Park, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark) will return to the Hollywood Bowl for a concert featuring his music performed by the LA Philharmonic. 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
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 »
‘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 »
