Fil Eisler to Score ‘How to Be Single’

Posted: November 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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how-to-be-singleFil Eisler has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy How to Be Single. The film is directed by Christian Ditter (Love, RosieFrench 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 YouNever 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-tangoSony 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-seaWaterTower 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 MachinistEvil DeadSexy BeastOldboy) 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-comptonUniversal 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 (InsurgentOblivion, TRON: UprisingEarth 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 Assignments
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richard-gibbsRichard 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-comptonUniversal 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 Albums
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jawsIntrada 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.

hap-and-leonardJeff 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 LandWe Are What We Are and Cold in JulyRead the rest of this entry »

london-townBryan Senti has signed on to score the upcoming drama London Town. The film is directed by Derrick Borte (The Joneses, H8RZ) and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as The Clash frontman Joe Strummer, alongside Daniel Huttlestone, Dougray Scott and Natascha McElhone. The movie is set in 1978 and centers on a teenager who ventures into central London from its bleak outskirts and is introduced to the Clash by his estranged mother. Kirsten Sheridan (August Rush, In America), Sonya Gildea and Matthew Brown (The Man Who Knew Infinity) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Full of Grace’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: November 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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full-of-graceA soundtrack album will be released for the biblical epic Full of Grace. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sean Johnson. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 1, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Full of Grace is directed by Andrew Hyatt (The Last LightThe Frozen) and stars Noam Jenkins, Bahia Haifi and Kelsey Chow. The movie tells the story of the New Testament from the perspective of Mary of Nazareth, mother of Jesus Christ. Read the rest of this entry »