It was announced today that Grammy Award-nominated rapper/songwriter Nas is producing the soundtrack for the upcoming indie drama The Land. The film is written and directed by Steven Caple Jr. and stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Moises Arias, Rafi Gavron, Ezri Walker, Erykah Badu and Michael K. Williams. The movie follows four teenage boys from Cleveland, Ohio, pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding and who get caught in the web of the local queenpin. Lizzie Friedman Greg Little & Karen Lauder (The Stanford Prison Experiment, Ride), Tyler Davidson (Take Shelter, The Kings of Summer), Blake Pickens and Stephen Love are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Nas to Produce Soundtrack for ‘The Land’
Posted: December 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Nas, The Land
0
Varese Sarabande to Release ‘Person of Interest’ Seasons 3 & 4 Soundtrack
Posted: December 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CBS, Person of Interest, Ramin Djawadi, Remember Mychael Danna, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a new soundtrack album for the CBS drama Person of Interest. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third and fourth season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans, The Strain). The soundtrack will be released on January 29, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s score for the series from the first and second season. Check back on this page for the full album details. Person of Interest created by Jonathan Nolan and starring Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Sarah Shahi & Amy Acker will return for a fifth season next year. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch Scoring ‘Lights Out’
Posted: December 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, David Sandberg, James Wan, Lights Out
This week, Benjamin Wallfisch is recording his music for the upcoming horror thriller Lights Out at The Bridge Recording Studios in Glendale, CA. The film is directed by David Sandberg and stars Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman and Alexander DiPersia. The movie is based on the director’s short film of the same title and follows a young boy and his estranged sister who are confronted by an evil entity that only appears when the lights are out. Eric Heisserer (Final Destination 5, The Thing) has written the screenplay and is also producing the New Line Cinema production with James Wan (The Conjuring, Furious 7, Insidious) and Lawrence Grey. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Cardoni to Score ‘Smitten!’
Posted: December 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Barry Morrow, Jeff Cardoni, Smitten!
Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy Smitten!. The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Barry Morrow (Rain Man) and stars Darren Criss, Madalina Ghenea and Angela Molina. The movie follows a young American fashion executive who gets kidnapped in Italy and is taken into the alpine mountains by three bumbling members of the mafia. Morrow has also written the screenplay and is producing the project with Julia Rask and David Nichols (Seven Years in Tibet, Caroline in the City). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Revenant’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alva Noto, Bryce Dessner, Ryuichi Sakamoto, score, Soundtrack, The Revenant
The details of the soundtrack album for Alejandro G. Inarritu’s dramatic thriller The Revenant have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music by Academy Award winner Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, Snake Eyes, Little Buddha) and Alva Noto. The National member Bryce Dessner has also contributed additional music. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 25, 2015 and physically (on CD and vinyl) in early 2016 by Milan Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The Revenant starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson & Will Poulter takes place in the 1800s and follows an explorer who is abandoned by his hunting team after a brutal bear attack and must withstand the elements and the wilderness to survive and return to his family. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans to Score Joshua Marston’s ‘Complete Unknown’
Posted: December 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Complete Unknown, Danny Bensi, Joshua Marston, Saunder Jurriaans
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans have been tapped to score the upcoming drama Complete Unknown. The film is directed by Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace, The Forgiveness of Blood) and stars Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates and Danny Glover. The movie marks the director’s first English-language feature and follows a woman introduced at a dinner party hosted by a man who increasingly believes he knows the guest by a different name and different biography. Marston has also written the screenplay with Julian Sheppard. Read the rest of this entry »
Nominations for 43rd Annie Awards Announced
Posted: December 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 43rd Annual Annie Awards. Here are the music-related nominees:
Music in an Animated Feature Production
- Carter Burwell – Anomalisa – Paramount Pictures
- Kevin Riepl – Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem – Warner Bros. Animation
- Ruben Feffer, Gustavo Kurlat, GEM Grupo Experimental de Música & Emicida – Boy and the World – Filme de Papel
- Michael Giacchino – Inside Out – Pixar Animation Studios
- Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna – The Good Dinosaur – Pixar Animation Studios
‘American Hero’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: American Hero, Lorne Balfe, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the superhero dramedy American Hero. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Terminator Genisys, Home, Penguins of Madagascar, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldier of Benghazi, The Bible). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2015 and physically in early 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album and to check out audio samples. American Hero is written and directed by Nick Love and stars Stephen Dorff and Eddie Griffin. The movie follows a superpowered man who has spent years suppressing his gifts with booze, drugs and women vows to set his life straight after surviving a brush with death by fighting crime and cleaning up the streets of New Orleans. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rabid Dogs’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Enragés, Laurent Eyquem, Rabid Dogs, score, Soundtrack
Music Box Records will release a soundtrack album for the French crime thriller Rabid Dogs (Enragés). The album features the film’s original music composed by Laurent Eyquem (Copperhead, Winnie Mandela, Momentum, Rage). The soundtrack is now available for pre-order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Rabid Dogs is directed by Eric Hannezo (Les Infidèles) and stars Lambert Wilson, Guillaume Gouix, Virginie Ledoyen and Laurent Lucas. The movie is a remake of the Italian cult film of the same title from 1974 directed by Mario Brava and takes place after a bank job goes badly wrong and three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Soundtrack
Posted: December 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Hans Zimmer, Kung Fu Panda 3, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s feature Kung Fu Panda 3. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Prince of Egypt, Inception, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean) who previously co-scored the first two installments in the series with John Powell. The soundtrack will be released on January 22, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Kung Fu Panda 3 is directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson & Alessandro Carloni and features the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson and J.K. Simmons. Read the rest of this entry »
