WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for David Gordon Green’s political comedy drama Our Brand Is Crisis. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Wingo (Take Shelter, Mud, The Sitter, All the Real Girls). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Our Brand Is Crisis is produced by George Clooney and stars Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy and Zoe Kazan. The movie is based on the 2005 documentary of the same title and follows a group of American consultants who accept the challenge of getting an unpopular Bolivian president re-elected. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Gordon Green, David Wingo, Our Brand Is Crisis, score, Soundtrack
Mac Quayle to Score FX’s ‘American Crime Story’
Posted: October 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Crime Story, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, FX, Mac Quayle, Ryan Murphy
Mac Quayle & Cuba Gooding Jr. (Photo credit: CW3PR)
Mac Quayle has signed on to score the upcoming FX original limited series American Crime Story. The first season of the show, entitled The People v. O.J. Simpson, is based on the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin and follows the O.J. Simpson trial told from the perspective of the lawyers. The drama’s cast includes Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson, John Travolta, David Schwimmer, Courtney B. Vance as defense attorneys Robert Shapiro, Robert Kardashian as Johnnie Cochran, Sarah Paulson as prosecutor Marcia Clark and Bruce Greenwood as Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti. Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood, Big Eyes, The People v. Larry Flynt) have written the scripts. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Basic Instinct’ and ‘Kiss the Girls’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: October 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Basic Instinct, Carter Burwell, Jerry Goldsmith, Kiss the Girls, Mark Isham, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 thriller Basic Instinct starring Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas. The album features the complete score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Planet of the Apes, The Omen, Patton) and recorded with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Also included is the content of the original 1992 soundtrack album, as well as a number of bonus tracks including alternate cues. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details, audio samples and to pre-order the limited edition 2-CD set. Read the rest of this entry »
John Williams to Receive AFI Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted: October 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, John Williams
The American Film Institute Board of Trustees announced today that John Williams will be honored with the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award, America’s highest honor for a career in film. For the first time in AFI history, the award will be bestowed upon a composer. Williams will receive the award at a gala Tribute on June 9, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA. The composer of such films as Star Wars, E.T., Jaws, Schindler’s List and Jurassic Park has received five Academy Awards, as well as 49 nominations and holds the record for the most Oscar nominations of any living person. The AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute special will air on TNT in late June 2016, followed by an encore presentation on its sister network, Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
Matthias Weber to Score ‘Message from the King’
Posted: October 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fabrice Du Welz, Matthias Weber, Message from the King
Matthias Weber has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Message from the King. The film is directed by Fabrice Du Welz (Alleluia) and stars Chadwick Boseman, Luke Evans, Teresa Palmer, Alfred Molina, Tom Felton and Natalie Martinez. The movie follows a man from South Africa who descends into the Los Angeles underworld in an attempt to avenge his sister and rescue her stepson from the immoral world into which he’s been sold. Oliver Butcher & Stephen Cornwell (Unknown) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Amy’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amy, Antonio Pinto, Asif Kapadia, score, Soundtrack
Island Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Amy. The album features the songs from the movie by the film’s subject Amy Winehouse, including live versions of such tracks as Rehab, Valerie, What It Is About Men, We’re Still Friends & more. Also included is the movie’s original score composed by Antonio Pinto (Senna, City of God, Lord of War, McFarland, USA). The soundtrack will be released on October 30, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Amy is directed by Asif Kapadia and chronicles the British singer’s rise to fame before her untimely death at age 27 of alcohol poisoning. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Return for ‘The Huntsman’
Posted: October 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Newton Howard, The Huntsman
James Newton Howard is currently scoring the upcoming fantasy adventure The Huntsman. The film is a prequel/spin-off to the 2012 feature Snow White and the Huntsman and is directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan who served as the visual effect supervisor on Rupert Sanders’ original movie and makes his feature directorial debut with the project. Chris Hemsworth returns to star in the title role and is joined by returning cast members Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin and Nick Frost, as well as new additions Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Colin Morgan, Sheridan Smith, Rob Brydon and Alexandra Roach. No plot details have been announced yet. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Room’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lenny Abrahamson, Room, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Rennicks
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Lenny Abrahamson’s indie drama Room. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen Rennicks who previously collaborated with the director on last year’s Frank. Also included is Brie Larson’s performance of Big Rock Candy Mountain and This Will Destroy You’s The Mighty Rio Grande. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 16, 2015 and physically on November 27. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Room is based on the best-selling novel by Emma Donoghue and stars Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, William H. Macy and Joan Allen. The movie is told from the viewpoint of a 5-year-old boy who is being held captive with his mother in a small room. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bone Tomahawk’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bone Tomahawk, Jeff Herriott, S. Craig Zahler, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the western Bone Tomahawk. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Herriott and the film’s writer/director S. Craig Zahler. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bone Tomahawk is written and directed by Zahler and stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons and Richard Jenkins. The movie follows four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers. The western premiered last week at the Fantastic Fest will be released in select theaters and on VOD on October 23 by RLJ Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Dudley Scoring Paul Verhoeven’s ‘Elle’
Posted: October 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Dudley, Elle, Paul Verhoeven
Anne Dudley is currently recording her score for the upcoming dramatic thriller Elle. The film is directed by Paul Verhoeven and stars Isabelle Huppert. Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling and Anne Consigny. The movie is based on the novel Oh… by Phillippe Dijan and follows a CEO of a gaming software company who is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant. When it appears that her assailant is not finished with her, she decides to stalk him back. David Birke (13 Sins) has written the screenplay. Saïd Ben Saïd (Carnage, Passion, Maps to the Stars) and Michel Merkt are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
