Theodore Shapiro and Ludwig Goransson are reteaming with director Rawson Marshall Thurber on the upcoming action comedy Central Intelligence. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan and Aaron Paul. The movie follows a former high school sports star-turned-accountant who is contacted by a classmate who was bullied and humiliated as a teen but is now a CIA contract killer and lures him into a world of espionage. Thurber has also written the screenplay with Ike Barenholtz & David Stassen (The Mindy Project). Scott Stuber (Role Models, Ted, Safe House) is producing the New Line Cinema production with Michael Fortell (Furious 7, Live Free or Die Hard) and Paul Young & Peter Principato (Married, Jessabelle). Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro & Ludwig Goransson to Score ‘Central Intelligence’
Posted: November 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Central Intelligence, Ludwig Göransson, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Theodore Shapiro
‘The Lion Guard’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Soundtrack, The Lion Guard
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney Television Animation series The Lion Guard. The album features the opening song written and performed by Beau Black, as well as the songs performed by the series’ voice cast. Chris Willis is composing the show’s original score. The soundtrack will be released on January 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Lion Guard developed by Ford Riley continues the story of Disney’s animated classic The Lion King and features the voices of Rob Lowe, Gabrielle Union, James Earl Jones, Max Charles, Atticus Shaffer and Sarah Hyland. The show will centers on the second-born cub of Simba and Nala as he assumes the role of leader of the Lion Guard, a group of the bravest and brightest tasked with preserving the Pride Lands. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Creed’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Creed, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler, Soundtrack
Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album for the boxing drama Creed. The album features the original songs from the film by the movie’s composer Ludwig Goransson, star Tessa Thompson, and hip-hop artists Sam Dew, Vince Staples, and Childish Gambino (Donald Glover), as well as the original track Last Breath by Future, which samples Bill Conti’s Gonna Fly Now from the Rocky series. Also included are tracks by Nas, The Roots feat. John Legend, White Dave, 2Pac & more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring Goransson’s original score from the film has been released by WaterTower Music. Creed directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad and Anthony Bellews will be opening in theaters nationwide on November 25, 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, score, Soundtrack, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Republic Records will release a soundtrack album for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (King Kong, The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive, Maleficent, Signs) who previously scored the first three installments in the series. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will be coming out on December 4 and can be pre-ordered here. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin and Jena Malone. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary Scoring ‘The Forest’
Posted: November 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, David S. Goyer, The Forest
Bear McCreary has composed the music for the upcoming supernatural thriller The Forest. The film is directed by Jason Zada and stars Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Eoin Macken and Yukiyoshi Ozawa. The movie is set in the legendary Aokigahara Forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan and tells the story of a young American woman who goes in search of her twin sister who has mysteriously disappeared. Sarah Cornwell and Nick Antosca have written the screenplay based on a story by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, Man of Steel, Blade). Goyer is also producing the project through his Phantom Four production company, alongside Lava Bear Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hateful Eight’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ennio Morricone, Quentin Tarantino, score, Soundtrack, The Hateful Eight
Decca Records will release the official soundtrack album for Quentin Tarantino’s western The Hateful Eight. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission). Also included are the songs featured in the film, including The White Stripes’ Apple Blossom, David Hess’ Now You’re All Alone, Roy Orbison’s There Won’t Be Many Coming Home, as well as dialogue clips from the movie. The soundtrack will be released on December 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Hateful Eight is written and directed by Tarantino and stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Demian Bichir and Channing Tatum. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Dressmaker’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Hirschfelder, score, Soundtrack, The Dressmaker
A soundtrack album has been released for the period comedy drama The Dressmaker. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-nominated composer David Hirschfelder (Elizabeth, Shine, Australia, The Railway Man). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Dressmaker is co-written and directed by Jocelyn Moorehouse and stars Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Caroline Goodall and Sacha Horler. The comic drama is based on the bestselling novel by Rosalie Ham and follows a dressmaker who returns to her tiny Australian hometown from the chic fashion houses of Paris to put her past to rest — and revolutionize the local women’s couture while she’s at it. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Danish Girl’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, score, Soundtrack, The Danish Girl, Tom Hooper
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the period drama The Danish Girl. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). 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. The Danish Girl is directed by Tom Hooper (The Danish Girl, Les Miserables) and stars Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Amber Heard and Matthias Schoenaerts. The movie tells the true story inspired of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener whose marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. 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
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 »
‘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 »
