Lionsgate announced today that Brian Tyler will be composing the music for the upcoming Power Rangers movie. The film is directed by Dean Israelite (Project Almanac) and stars Dacre Montgomery as Jason the Red Ranger, RJ Cyler as Billy the Blue Ranger, Naomi Scott as Kimberly the Pink Ranger, Becky G as Trini the Yellow Ranger, Ludi Lin as Zack the Black Ranger, and Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa. The movie follows five ordinary high school kids who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove – and the world – is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. John Gatins (Real Steel), Burk Sharpless & Matt Sazama (Dracula Untold), Zack Stentz & Ashley Miller (X-Men: First Class) and Max Landis (Chronicle) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler to Score ‘Power Rangers’
Posted: February 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Tyler, Dean Israelite, Haim Saban, Power Rangers
Paul Weller to Score ‘Jawbone’
Posted: February 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jawbone, Paul Weller
British singer/songwriter Paul Weller is set to compose the music for the upcoming boxing drama Jawbone. The film is directed by Thomas Napper and stars Johnny Harris, Ray Winstone, Michael Smiley and Ian McShane. The movie follows a former youth boxing champion who, after hitting rock bottom, returns to his childhood boxing club and his old team. Harris has also written the screenplay. Mike Elliott (The Devil’s Rejects, 31) is producing the project for Emu Films. Andrew Eaton, Christine Langan and Nichola Martin serve as executive producers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Eye in the Sky’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eye in the Sky, Gavin Hood, Mark Kilian, Paul Hepker, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Gavin Hood’s dramatic thriller Eye in the Sky. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Hepker (Kite) and Mark Kilian (Traitor, Pitch Perfect) who previously co-scored the director’s Oscar-winning Tsotsi and Rendition. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 11, 2016 and physically on April 8. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Eye in the Sky stars Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Iain Glen and Phoebe Fox. The movie follows a London-based military intelligence officer who is remotely commanding a top secret drone operation that aims to capture a group of terrorists in Nairobi. Read the rest of this entry »
Deluxe Soundtrack Albums for ‘Executive Decision’ and ‘Cocoon: The Return’ Announced
Posted: February 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bloodline, Cocoon: The Return, Ennio Morricone, Executive Decision, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in the label’s CD Club series. They include a deluxe edition of the soundtrack for the 1996 action thriller Executive Decision directed by Stuart Baird and starring Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry and John Leguizamo. The album features the expanded score from the film composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Chinatown, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Patton, Planet of the Apes), including previously unreleased music. The CD is limited to 2500 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Journey to Mecca’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Journey to Mecca, Michael Brook, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the IMAX documentary Journey to Mecca. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Brook (Brooklyn, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Into the Wild, The Vow, The Fighter). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 18, 2016 and physically on April 8. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Journey to Mecca is narrated by Ben Kingsley and tells the story of Ibn Battuta, the greatest explorer of the Old World, following his first pilgrimage between 1325 and 1326 from Tangier to Mecca. Bruce Neibar has directed the film. Read the rest of this entry »
Ennio Morricone Wins Oscar for ‘The Hateful Eight’
Posted: February 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Ennio Morricone has received his second Academy Award for his music for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. He previously received an Academy Honorary Award in 2007 for his lifetime achievement and was nominated five times before. The other nominated composers in the Best Original Score category were John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Thomas Newman (Bridge of Spies), Carter Burwell (Carol) and Johann Johannsson (Sicario). All composers except Johannsson were in attendance at the awards ceremony. Read the rest of this entry »
Academy Award-Nominated Composers & Songwriters Celebrated at SCL Reception
Posted: February 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, SCL
Yesterday afternoon, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Oscar-nominated composers and songwriters in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song category, which was held for the second time in a row at Cafe La Boheme in West Hollywood. SCL president Ashley Irwin introduced the nominees who briefly addressed the audience. Four of the five nominated composers in the score category were in attendance, including John Williams, who received his 50th Academy Award nomination for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He thanked the Academy music branch and the other nominees and jokingly singled out Ennio Morricone as an “inspiration to us younger composers.” Morricone, who received his sixth Oscar nomination for his score for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, also briefly spoke to the audience. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 28, 2016)
Posted: February 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Chiller, Hap and Leonard, Jeff Grace, Robert Duncan, Shawn Pierce, Slasher, SundanceTV, The Family, The Real O'Neals, Transcenders
Premiering on Wednesday, March 2, is the SundanceTV original series Hap and Leonard created by Jim Mickle & Nick Damici and stars James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams and Christina Hendricks. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Grace (Night Moves, Meek’s Cutoff, The Innkeepers) who previously scored Mickle’s movies Stake Land, We Are What We Are and Cold in July. To learn more about the drama, which will air Wednesday nights on SundanceTV, visit our scoring assignment announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Chiller’s ‘Slasher’ to Feature Music by Shawn Pierce
Posted: February 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chiller, Shawn Pierce, Slasher
Shawn Pierce is composing the music for Chiller’s first scripted drama Slasher. The show is created by Aaron Martin (Degrassi: The Next Generation) and stars Katie McGrath, Brandon Jay McLaren, Steve Byers, Dean McDermott, Enuka Okuma and Erin Karpluk. The series’ first season follows a woman who returns home to find herself wrapped up in a series of grisly murders that mirror the death of her parents. Christina Jennings & Scott Garvie (Murdoch Mysteries) are executive producing the project with Martin. Craig David Wallace has directed all episodes of the 8-episode season. Read the rest of this entry »
Philippe Rombi Scoring Francois Ozon’s ‘Frantz’
Posted: February 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Barratier, Francois Ozon, Frantz, Philippe Rombi, Team Spirit
This past week, Philippe Rombi has recorded his score for the upcoming French drama Frantz. The film is written and directed by Francois Ozon and stars Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Marie Gruber, Ernst Stötzner, Johann von Bülow and Anton von Lucke. The movie takes place in the aftermath of WWI and revolves around the encounter between a young German woman who grieves the death of her fiancé in France, and a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers. Eric and Nicolas Altmayer (Saint Laurent, Chocolat) are producing the project for Mandarin Cinema. Read the rest of this entry »
