Alexandre Desplat has composed the music for the upcoming drama Alone in Berlin. The film is directed by Vincent Perez and stars Brendan Gleeson, Emma Thompson, Daniel Brühl and Mikael Persbrandt. The movie is based on Hans Fallada’s bestselling novel and follows an ordinary couple living in a shabby apartment block in Berlin during World War II. When their child is killed fighting at the front, their loss propels them into an extraordinary act of resistance. Perez has also written the screenplay with Achim von Borries (Good Bye Lenin!, Love in Thoughts) and Bettine von Borries. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Vincent Perez’s ‘Alone in Berlin’
Posted: February 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Alone in Berlin, Vincent Perez
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Mychael Danna’s ‘Devil’s Knot’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: February 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atom Egoyan, Devil's Knot, Mychael Danna, Rise of the Legend, score, Shigeru Umebayashi, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for Atom Egoyan’s 2013 thriller Devil’s Knot. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, The Good Dinosaur, Moneyball, Capote, The Ice Storm). To pre-order the limited edition CD and to check out audio clips, visit the label’s official website. Devil’s Knot is directed by Egoyan and stars Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Amy Ryan, Mireille Enos, Stephen Moyer, Alessandro Nivola and Dane DeHaan. The movie is based on Mara Leveritt’s bestselling book West Memphis Three and tells the true story of three teenagers who were wrongly convicted of murdering three boys in 1993 in West Memphis, Arkansas. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Werner Herzog’s ‘Salt and Fire’ Announced
Posted: February 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ernst Reijseger, Salt and Fire, score, Soundtrack, Werner Herzog
Winter & Winter will release a soundtrack album for Werner Herzog’s upcoming thriller Salt and Fire. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ernst Reijseger who previously collaborated with the filmmaker on such titles as Cave of the Forgotten Dreams, The White Diamond, The White Blue Yonder and My Son, My Son, What Have You Done. The soundtrack will be released overseas on March 18, 2016 and in the U.S. on May 6. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Salt and Fire is written and directed by Herzog and stars Michael Shannon, Gael Garcia Bernal and Veronica Ferres. The movie follows a scientist in South America who clashes with the head of the corporation responsible for an ecological disaster. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Snowtime!’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 31, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eloi Painchaud, Jorane, score, Snowtime, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Snowtime!. The album features the original songs from the movie performed by Celine Dion, Simple Plan, Marie-Mai, Groenland and Walk Off The Earth. Also included is the movie’s original score composed by Eloi Painchaid and Jorane. The soundtrack will be released on February 19, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Snowtime is directed by Jean-Francois Pouliot & Francois Brisson and features the voices of Angela Gallupo, Lucinda Davis, Sonja Ball, Don Shepherd, Jenna Wheeler, Heidi Lynne Weeks, Elisabeth MacRae, Holly Gauthier, Ross Lynch and Sandra Oh. The movie is based on the 1984 live-action film La Guerre des Tuques and follows a group of kids in a small village who set out during winter break to hold a massive snowball fight. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 31, 2016)
Posted: January 31, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Crime Story, Animals, Dan Romer, FX, Grease LIVE!, HBO, J. Ralph, Jim: The James Foley Story, Julian Wass, Mac Quayle, Madoff, Stephen Endelman
Airing tonight is the Fox television event Grease: LIVE! starring Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens, Carlos PenaVega, Keke Palmer, Andrew Call, David Del Rio, Kether Donohue, Jordan Fisher and Boyz II Men. Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the special by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey, as well as two original tracks written by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey and performed by Carly Rae Jepsen and DNCE and an original track written and performed by DNCE. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the project.
Premiering on Tuesday, February 2, is the FX original series American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson written by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, executive produced by Ryan Murphy and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., John Travolta, David Schwimmer, Courtney B. Vance, Robert Kardashian, Sarah Paulson and Bruce Greenwood. The show’s original music is composed by Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, American Horror Story, Scream Queens). Check out our scoring assignment for more information about the drama, which will air every Tuesday night on FX. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Urata Scoring Stephen Gyllenhaal’s ‘So B. It’
Posted: January 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nick Urata, So B. It, Stephen Gyllenhaal
Nick Urata is reteaming with director Stephen Gyllenhaal on the upcoming drama So B. It. The film starring Alfre Woodard, Talitha Bateman, John Heard, Cloris Leachman, Jacinda Barrett, Dash Mihok and Jessica Collins is based on the young adult novel of the same title by Sarah Weeks and follows a 12-year-old girl who decides to take a solo cross-country trip and leave the safety of her home life with her mentally challenged mother and agoraphobic neighbor. Orien Richman is producing the Outside The Box and Branded Pictures Entertainment production with J. Todd Harris (The Kids Are All Right, Bottle Shock).
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‘Southbound’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Southbound, The Gifted
Headquarters Music will release a soundtrack album for the horror anthology Southbound. The album features the film’s original music written by the composer duo of The Gifted. The soundtrack will be released on February 9, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Southbound is directed by Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner & Patrick Horvath and stars Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Fabianne Therese, Nathalie Love, Hannah Marks, Dana Gould, Mather Zickel, David Yow, Matt Peters and Larry Fessenden. The movie features five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway, including tales about two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 29, 2016)
Posted: January 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Carter Burwell, Fifty Shades of Black, Hans Zimmer, Jane Got a Gun, Jim Dooley, Kung Fu Panda 3, Laurent Eyquem, Lisa Gerrard, Marcello De Francisci, Rabid Dogs, The Finest Hours
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature Kung Fu Panda 3 directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson & Alessandro Carloni and featuring the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, David Cross and J.K. Simmons. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, The Dark Knight) who previously co-scored the first two parts in the series with John Powell. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as songs by The Vamps and Patrick Brasca feat. Jay Chou. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the disaster drama The Finest Hours directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz and Eric Bana. Carter Burwell (Twilight, Fargo, Carol, True Grit) has composed the film’s original music. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the end titles song Haul Away Joe performed by Kodaline. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit Burwell’s official website for more information about the score. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Margeson & Mike Higham Scoring Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’
Posted: January 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Matthew Margeson, Mike Higham, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Tim Burton
Matthew Margeson and Mike Higham are currently scoring the upcoming fantasy adventure Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. The score will be recorded in London within the next few weeks. The movie stars Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Rupert Everett, Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson. The film is based on the Ransom Riggs novel and follows a teenager who finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures out to destroy them. Jane Goldman (X-Men: First Class, Kingsman: The Secret Service) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Galavant’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Alan Menken, Galavant, Glenn Slater, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a new soundtrack album for the ABC musical comedy Galavant. The album features the original songs from the show’s second season written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted, Tangled) featuring lyrics by Glenn Slater and performed by the series’ cast, including guest stars Kylie Minogue, Weird Al Yankovic, Eddie Marsan, Reece Shearsmith & more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the first season. Galavant is created by Dan Fogelman and stars Joshua Sasse, Mallory Jansen, Karen David, Timothy Omundson, Vinnie Jones and Luke Youngblood. The show’s second season premiered this month and the final two episodes will air this coming Sunday. For more information about the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
