Nathan Whitehead is set score the upcoming horror thriller The Purge 3. The film is written and directed by James DeMonaco who previously helmed the first two installments in the series and stars Frank Grillo, Betty Gabriel, Edwin Hodge, Kyle Secor, Joseph Julian Soria, Liza Colón-Zayas, Mykelti Williamson and Elizabeth Mitchell. No plot details have been revealed yet. Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Gift is producing the project with Sebastien Lemercier (White Bird in a Blizzard), alongside Michael Bay & Andrew Form (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Last Ship) and Brad Fuller for their Platinum Dunes production company. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Whitehead to Return for ‘The Purge 3’
Posted: November 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James DeMonaco, Jason Blum, Nathan Whitehead, The Purge, The Purge 3
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‘Downton Abbey’ Ultimate Collection Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Downton Abbey, John Lunn, PBS, score, Soundtrack
Decca Classics will release a new soundtrack album for the hit drama Downton Abbey. The album features music all six seasons of the show written by Emmy Award-winning composer John Lunn (The Last Kingdom, Grantchester, The White Queen). The Ultimate Collection will be released as a 2-CD set on December 4, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Downton Abbey is created by Julian Fellowes and stars Samantha Bond, Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Tom Cullen, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Siobhan Finneran, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Thomas Howes and Lily James. The period drama aired over the last five years in the UK on ITV and in the U.S. on PBS. Read the rest of this entry »
Fil Eisler to Score ‘How to Be Single’
Posted: November 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fil Eisler, How to Be Single
Fil Eisler has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy How to Be Single. The film is directed by Christian Ditter (Love, Rosie, French for Beginners) and stars Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Damon Wayans, Jr., Alison Brie, Anders Holm, Nicholas Braun, Jake Lacy, Jason Mantzoukas and Leslie Mann. The movie centers on a woman living in New York and searching for love. Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein (The Vow, He’s Just Not That Into You, Never Been Kissed) and Dana Fox (Couples Retreat, What Happens in Vegas) have written the screenplay based on the book by Liz Tucillo (Sex & the City). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Our Last Tango’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gerd Baumann, Luis Borda, Our Last Tango, Sexteto Mayor, Soundtrack, Wim Wenders
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Our Last Tango. The album features the film’s original music by Luis Borda, Sexteto Mayor and Gerd Baumann. The soundtrack will be released on November 27, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Our Last Tango is directed by German Kral, executive produced by Wim Wenders and chronicles the seven-decade career of Argentine tango legends Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves. In the movie, the duo recounts their passionate, chaotic relationship to a group of young tango dancers and choreographers from Buenos Aires, who transform moments of their lives into dance performances. Read the rest of this entry »
‘In the Heart of the Sea’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: In the Heart of the Sea, Ron Howard, Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for Ron Howard’s action adventure drama In the Heart of the Sea. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (The Machinist, Evil Dead, Sexy Beast, Oldboy) who recorded his score with the London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London. The soundtrack will be released on December 4, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. In the Heart of the Sea stars Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Jordi Mollá, Ben Whishaw and Brendan Gleeson. The movie is based on a novel by Nathaniel Philbrick and follows a whaling ship that is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Straight Outta Compton’ Score Album Details
Posted: November 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: F. Gary Gray, Joseph Trapanese, score, Soundtrack, Straight Outta Compton
Universal Music Enterprises will release a score album for F. Gary Gray’s drama Straight Outta Compton. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Joseph Trapanese (Insurgent, Oblivion, TRON: Uprising, Earth to Echo) and produced by the composer and Bryan Lawson. The soundtrack will be released on January 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film will also be released on the same day. Straight Outta Compton starring O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, Neil Brown, Jr. as DJ Yella, Aldis Hodge as MC Ren and Paul Giamatti as N.W.A.’s manager Jerry Heller chronicles the rise of the hip hop group N.W.A. Read the rest of this entry »
Richard Gibbs to Score RZA’s ‘Coco’
Posted: November 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Coco, Richard Gibbs, RZA
Richard Gibbs has signed on to score the upcoming music drama Coco. The film is directed by RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists) and stars Azealia Banks, Common, Jill Scott, Lucien Laviscount, Lorraine Toussaint and Hana Mae. The movie follows an aspiring hip-hop artist who struggles to pursue her music and returns to school, where she discovers the vivid world of slam poetry and finds her true voice and an unlikely love. Nicole Asher has written the screenplay. Paul Hall (Higher Learning, For Colored Girls, Addicted, Pride) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Straight Outta Compton’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: November 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: F. Gary Gray, N.W.A., Soundtrack, Straight Outta Compton
Universal Music Enterprises will release a soundtrack album for the hit biographical drama Straight Outta Compton. The album features classic tracks from gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, as well as tracks by funk and soul legends Parliament, Funkadelic, Steve Arrington’s Hall of Fame and Roy Ayers Ubiquity. The soundtrack will be released digitally, on CD, and as a 2-LP vinyl set. To pre-order the CD, which is set for release on January 8, 2016, visit Amazon and click here to order the vinyl release. Straight Outta Compton is directed by F. Gary Gray and stars O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, Aldis Hodge as MC Ren, Neil Brown, Jr. as DJ Yella and Paul Giamatti as N.W.A.’s manager Jerry Heller. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jaws’ 2-CD Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jaws, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws and starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw. The album features the film’s Academy Award-winning original music composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark). The 2-CD set features the complete score, including previously unreleased music and alternate cues on the first disc, as well as the content of the original 1975 soundtrack album and a number of source cues on the second disc. To pre-order the CD and to check out the full album details, visit Intrada’s online store, where you can also listen to audio samples.
Jeff Grace to Score SundanceTV’s ‘Hap and Leonard’
Posted: November 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hap and Leonard, Jeff Grace, Jim Mickle, Nick Damici, SundanceTV
Jeff Grace has been tapped to score the upcoming SundanceTV original series Hap and Leonard. The show is created by Jim Mickle & Nick Damici and stars James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams and Christina Hendricks. The drama is set in 1980s East Texas and centers on Hap Collins, a white working-class ex-con, and Leonard Pine, an openly gay, black Vietnam vet with anger issues. Mickle and Damici are also executive producing the Sundance Studios production with Nick Shumaker (Another Earth) and Jeremy Platt (The Violent Kind). Grace has previously collaborated with Mickle on his last three features, Stake Land, We Are What We Are and Cold in July. Read the rest of this entry »
