Patrick Doyle is set to compose the music for the upcoming comedy Whisky Galore. The film is directed by Gillies MacKinnon (A Simple Twist of Faith, Hideous Kinky, Behind the Lines) and stars Eddie Izzard, Gregor Fisher, John Sessions, Fenella Woolgar, Tim Piggott-Smith and Sean Biggerstaff. The movie is based on the novel by Compton MacKenzie and the 1949 film of the same title and centers around thereal-life 1941 shipwreck of the S.S. Politician, which ran aground with a cargo of 264,000 bottles of malt whisky. Peter McDougall has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Doyle to Score ‘Whisky Galore’
Posted: November 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gillies MacKinnon, Patrick Doyle, Whisky Galore
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 29, 2015)
Posted: November 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mateo Messina, NBC, Superstore, The Wiz LIVE!
Premiering tomorrow, November 30, is the new NBC comedy Superstore created by Justin Spitzer and starring America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Mark McKinney, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nichole Bloom and Nico Santos. The show’s original music is composed by Mateo Messina (Juno, Casual, Butter, Truth Be Told, Growing Up Fisher). Superstore revolves around a unique family of employees at a super-sized mega store. The comedy’s first two episodes will air tomorrow and the official series premiere is set for January 4, 2016. Visit the official show website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
Armand Amar to Score ‘The History of Love’
Posted: November 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Armand Amar, Radu Mihaileanu, The History of Love
Armand Amar is reteaming with director Radu Mihaileanu on the upcoming drama The History of Love. The film marks the director’s English-language debut and stars Derek Jacobi, Sophie Nelisse, Gemma Arterton and Elliott Gould. The movie is based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Nicole Krauss and centers around a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother’s loneliness. Mihaileanu is also producing the project with Marc-Antoine Robert and Xavier Rigault (Persepolis, Delicacy). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Keep Watching’ to Feature Music by Tyler Bates
Posted: November 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Gunn, Keep Watching, The Belko Experiment, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates has composed the music for the upcoming horror thriller Keep Watching. The film is directed by Sean Carter and stars Bella Thorne, Ioan Gruffudd, Chandler Riggs, Ioan Gruffudd, Chandler Riggs, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Willig and Leigh Whannell. The movie centers on a family attacked in their home by intruders who play a life-and-death game with mysterious rules. Joseph Dembner has written the screenplay. Nicolas Chartier (The Hurt Locker, Killer Joe) and Craig J. Flores (Charlie Countryman, Fathers & Daughters) are producing the project for Voltage Films, alongside Andrew Rona (Unknown, The Gunman) & Alex Heineman (Non-Stop) for The Picture Company. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Marguerite & Julien’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marguerite & Julien, score, Soundtrack, Yuksek
Rectangle Productions has released a soundtrack album for the French romantic drama Marguerite & Julien. The album features the film’s original music composed by French electronic music producer/DJ Yuksek aka Pierre-Alexandre Busson. Also included are the songs Oh My Love by The Artwoods and Past, Present and Future by The Shangri-Las. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Marguerite & Julien is directed by Valerie Donzelli and stars Anais Demoustier, Jeremie Elkaim, Frederic Pierrot, Aurelia Petit, Raoul Fernandez and Catherine Mouchet. The movie follows two siblings who fall in love with each other and are persecuted by society. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 27, 2015)
Posted: November 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Brooke Blair, Craig Armstrong, Creed, JB Dunckel, Jeff Danna, Killing Them Safely, Ludwig Göransson, Mychael Danna, The Danish Girl, The Good Dinosaur, The Summer of Sangaile, Victor Frankenstein, Will Blair
Three new movies opened nationwide this past Wednesday:
Playing in most theaters is the animated feature The Good Dinosaur directed by Peter Sohn and featuring the voices of Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, Marcus Scribner, A.J. Buckley and Steve Zahn. The film’s original music is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Capote) and Jeff Danna (The Boondock Saints, Silent Hill). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Click here for the full album details. Also visit SoundWorks Collection and Trailer Addict for recent video interviews with the Danna brothers about their work on the project.
Also playing nationwide is the sports drama Creed directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad and Anthony Bellews. Ludwig Goransson (Fruitvale Station, Community, We’re the Millers, 30 Minutes or Less) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details. In addition, Republic Records has released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the film. Also click here for a video featurette about Goransson’s score. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Dances with Wolves’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dances with Wolves, Dimitri Tiomkin, Giant, John Barry, Kevin Costner, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new expanded and remastered soundtrack album for Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning 1990 drama Dances with Wolves starring Costner, Mary McDonnell and Graham Greene. The album features the film’s Academy Award-winning original music composed and conducted by John Barry (Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Body Heat), including previously unreleased music, alternate cues, as well as radio promotional cuts. To release coincides with the 25th Anniversary of the movie and is limited to 5000 copies. For the full details of the 2-CD set, visit the label’s official Facebook page. The soundtrack will be available on La-La Land Records’ website on December 1. Read the rest of this entry »
Michl Britsch Scoring ‘Trash Fire’
Posted: November 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michl Britsch, Richard Bates Jr., Trash Fire
Michl Britsch is composing the score for the upcoming horror comedy Trash Fire. The film is written and directed by Richard Bates Jr. (Excision) and stars Adrian Grenier, Angela Trimbur, Fionnula Flanagan, AnnaLynne McCord, Matthew Gray Gubler, Sally Kirkland, Ray Santiago, Ezra Buzzington and Molly McCool. The movie follows a man who is forced to confront his past when he and his girlfriend end up entangled in a web of lies, deceit and murder. David Lawson Jr. (Spring), Lawrence Mattis (Saint John of Las Vegas, Mr. Right), Matt Smith and Makan Delrahim are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Braveheart’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Braveheart, James Horner, Mel Gibson, score, Soundtrack, The Pagemaster
La-La Land Records has announced a new expanded and remastered soundtrack release for Mel Gibson’s Academy Award-winning 1995 drama Braveheart starring Gibson himself, as well as Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack and Angus Macfadyen. The album coincides with the 20th Anniversary of the movie and features the film’s original music composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) who received an Oscar nomination for his score. The 2-CD set, which is limited to 3000 copies, features previously unreleased music, as well as source music tracks and additional alternate cues. The album will be available to order this coming Tuesday, December 1, on the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: J.J. Abrams, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The track list of the soundtrack album for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has appeared on international Amazon stores. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Williams (Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). The soundtrack will be released on December 18, 2015 by Walt Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is directed by J.J. Abrams and stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Gwendoline Christie, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker. Read the rest of this entry »
