Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album for Ridley Scott’s sci-fi action adventure The Martian. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven, Man on Fire, Spy Game, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 2, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A 2-CD set featuring the score, as well as the songs from the film will be coming out on November 6 and can be pre-ordered here. The Martian is based on the best-selling novel by Andy Weir and stars Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Mackenzie Davis and Donald Glover. The movie follows an astronaut character who is stranded on Mars and must survive in a brutal environment and find a way to notify NASA that he’s still alive. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Martian’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Ridley Scott, score, Soundtrack, The Martian
‘Steve Jobs’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Danny Boyle, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jobs
The full details of the soundtrack album for Danny Boyle’s biographical drama Steve Jobs have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Pemberton (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Counselor, The Awakening). Also included are the songs featured in the movie by The Libertines, Bob Dylan and The Maccabees. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 9, 2015 and physically on October 23. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and click here to listen to audio samples. Steve Jobs starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Katherine Waterston and Michael Stuhlbarg is written by Aaron Sorkin based on Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Uncle John’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Robl, score, Shawn Sutta, Soundtrack, Uncle John
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie thriller Uncle John. The album features the film’s original music composed by Adam Robl and Shawn Sutta. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 16, 2015. Uncle John is directed by Steven Piet and stars John Ashton, Alex Moffat, Jenny Lyng and Ronnie Gene Blevins. The movie follows the disappearance of Dutch, a small-town bully who has reformed himself into a born again Christian. The thriller premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was released in select theaters and on VOD earlier this month by FilmBuff. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bridge of Spies’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bridge of Spies, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg, Thomas Newman
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for Steven Spielberg’s dramatic spy thriller Bridge of Spies. The album features the film’s original music composed by Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Skyfall, Erin Brockovich). The soundtrack will be released physically on October 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bridge of Spies starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Scott Shepherd, Amy Ryan, Sebastian Koch and Alan Alda tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Disorder’ (‘Maryland’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Disorder, Gesaffelstein, Maryland, score, Soundtrack
Parlophone France has released a soundtrack album for the French thriller Disorder (Maryland). The album features the film’s original music composed by French DJ Gesaffelstein. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Disorder is written and directed by Alice Winocour and stars Matthias Schoenaerts and Diane Kruger. The movie follows a young ex-soldier suffering from PTSD who protects a beautiful woman and her child from a brutal home invasion. Read the rest of this entry »
Showtime’s ‘The Affair’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, score, Showtime, Soundtrack, The Affair
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the Showtime original series The Affair. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Ray Donovan, Enough Said, The Good Shepherd, The Door in the Floor, The Big C). The soundtrack will be released on October 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Affair is created by Hagai Lemi & Sarah Treem and stars Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney and Joshua Jackson. The drama’s first season is now available on DVD and the second season will premiere this Sunday, October 4. Read the rest of this entry »
Ryuichi Sakamoto Scoring Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s ‘The Revenant’
Posted: September 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Revenant
Ryuichi Sakamoto is scoring the upcoming thriller The Revenant. The film is directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman, Amores Perros, Babel, 21 Grams) and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter. The movie is based on the novel by Michael Punke and follows legendary explorer Hugh Glass who is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Mark L. Smith (Vacancy, The Hole) has co-written the screenplay with Inarritu. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Soundtrack
Posted: September 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, Pixar, score, Soundtrack, The Good Dinosaur
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for Pixar Animation Studios’ The Good Dinosaur. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, Surf’s Up) and Jeff Danna (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Boondock Saints, Fracture). The soundtrack will be released on November 13, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album. Read the rest of this entry »
ITV’s ‘The Frankenstein Chronicles’ to Feature Music by Harry Escott & Roger Goula
Posted: September 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry Escott, ITV, Roger Goula, The Frankenstein Chronicles
Harry Escott and Roger Goula are composing the music for ITV’s upcoming drama series The Frankenstein Chronicles. The show is created by Benjamin Ross (RKO 281, The Young Poisoner’s Handbook) & Barry Langford and stars Sean Bean, Anna Maxwell Martin, Charlie Creed-Miles, Ed Stoppard, Elliot Cowan, Hugh O’Conor, Joe Tucker, Kate Dickie, Lalor Roddy, Patrick Fitzsymons and Richie Campbell. The six-part series follows an inspector who investigates a series of crimes in 19th Century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead. Read the rest of this entry »
Abel Korzeniowski to Score Lee Tamahori’s ‘Emperor’
Posted: September 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Emperor, Lee Tamahori
Abel Korzeniowski has signed on to score the upcoming historical action adventure Emperor. The film is directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day, The Edge, Next, Along Came a Spider) and stars Adrien Brody, Sophie Cookson, Paz Vega, Eddie Marsan, Gotz Otto, Bill Skarsgard, Thomas Kretschmann, Oliver Platt and Rutger Hauer. The movie centers on the brilliant strategist Emperor Charles V, trying to hold together a fragmented Empire, in a 16th century world of wealth, debauchery, violent retaliations, sex, manipulation and treason. Read the rest of this entry »
