Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Rams. The album features the film’s original music composed by Atli Orvarsson (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Vantage Point, Chicago Fire, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones). Also included are the songs featured in the movie by Haukur Morthens, Sigurður Skagfield and Stefán Íslandi. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to come out in early 2016. Rams is directed by Grímur Hákonarson and stars Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Theodór Júlíusson. The movie is Iceland’s candidate for the Best Foreign Film category at the next Academy Awards and follows two brothers who live on neighboring sheep farms but have not spoken to each other for 40 years and come together when authorities decree that all the sheep in the valley must be destroyed due to a virus. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rams’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Rams, score, Soundtrack
‘Sunset Song’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gast Waltzing, score, Soundtrack, Sunset Song, Terence Davies
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Sunset Song. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gast Waltzing (Hysteria, JCVD, House of Boys). The soundtrack is now available to download overseas. A domestic release is set for May 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Listen to three tracks from the album after the jump. Sunset Song is directed by Terence Davies (The Deep Blue Sea) and stars Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan and Kevin Guthrie. The movie is based on the classic novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon and centers around a farming family struggling to eke out a living in northeast Scotland. The drama premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being released in the UK today. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Netflix’s ‘All Hail King Julien’ to Be Released
Posted: December 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: All Hail King Julien, Dreamworks Animation, Frederik Wiedmann, Netflix, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation Television’s Netflix original series All Hail King Julien. The album features the songs from the series, including the main title theme Who’s Da King by Blaze n Vill, as well as tracks by The DeeKompressors, Melanie Taylor and Linus of Hollywood. Also included are five tracks from the show’s original score composed by Frederik Wiedmann (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Beware the Batman, Miles from Tomorrowland). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. All Hail King Julien stars the characters from DreamWorks Animation’s movie Madagascar and features the voices of Danny Jacobs, Andy Richter, Michael Richardson, Henry Winkler, India de Beaufort and David Krumholtz. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score ‘The Secret Life of Pets’
Posted: December 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Illumination Entertainment, The Secret Life of Pets
Alexandre Desplat has signed on to score the upcoming animated feature The Secret Life of Pets. The film is directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, The Lorax) & Yarrow Cheney and features the voice talent of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks. The movie revolves around the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Chris Meledandri (Despicable Me series, Minions) is producing the Illumination Entertainment production with Janet Healey. Brian Lynch (Minions, Hop, Puss in Boots) and Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio (Despicable Me, Horton Hears a Who!) have written the screenplay. 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
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 »
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 »
