Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure Seventh Son. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (World War Z, Scream, The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma, Live Free or Die Hard). The soundtrack is now available to order as a limited edition on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Seventh Son is directed by Sergei Bodrov and stars Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Olivia Williams, Antje Traue, Djimon Hounsou and Julianne Moore. The movie follows a teen who is the seventh son of a seventh son, and who learns about wizardry from a forbidding spook. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Seventh Son’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marco Beltrami, score, Seventh Son, Soundtrack
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‘The Lovers’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dirk Brosse, Roland Joffé, score, Soundtrack, The Lovers
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for the romantic adventure drama The Lovers. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Dirk Brosse (Paradise’s End). The soundtrack is now available to order on Varese’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Lovers is directed by Roland Joffe and stars Josh Hartnett, Tamsin Egerton, Alice Englert and Claire van der Boom. The movie follows a marine archaeologist who is left brain dead after a dangerous dive to save his wife while exploring an 18th century merchant ship wreckage. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Virunga’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Patrick Jonsson, score, Soundtrack, Virunga
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the Academy Award-nominated documentary Virunga. The album features the film’s original music composed by Patrick Jonsson. The soundtrack is now available as a limited edition of 1000 copies on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to several tracks from the score. The album will also be available as a digital release and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Virunga is directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and follows a team of embattled park rangers as they work to fend off encroaching forces of industry, poaching, corruption and war. The documentary premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and was released in select theates and on Netflix last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Mateo Messina Scoring Hulu’s ‘Casual’ and NBC’s ‘Truth Be Told’ & ‘Superstore’
Posted: September 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Casual, DJ Nash, Hulu, Jason Reitman, Mateo Messina, NBC, Superstore, Truth Be Told
Mateo Messina is composing the music for the new Hulu original series Casual. The show is created by Zander Lehmann and stars Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynn Barr. The series centers on a dysfunctional family with a bachelor brother and his newly divorced sister who coach each other through the world of dating while living under the same roof again and raising a teenager. Jason Reitman has directed the first episodes and is also executive producing the Lionsgate Television production with Lehmann, Helen Estabrook (Whiplash, Men, Women & Children) and Liz Tigelaar. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Captive’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Captive, Soundtrack
Special Markets has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Captive. The album features songs inspired by the film by artists including Big Daddy Weave, Fransceca Battistelli, Everfound, Dara Maclean, Sidewalk Prophets, Blanca, Love & The Outcome, Jason Castro & more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Captive is directed by Jerry Jameson and stars David Oyelowo, Kate Mara, Leonor Varela, Jessica Oyelowo, Mimi Rogers and Michael K. Williams. The movie tells the true story of Brian Nichols who broke out of a courthouse jail in 2005 and shot dead the judge assigned to his case as well as a court reporter, sheriff’s deputy and FBI officer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Murder in Mexico’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Christian Davis, Murder in Mexico, score, Soundtrack
Bad Haircut will release a soundtrack album for the drama Murder in Mexico. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christian Davis (Just Let Go, Christmas Eve). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 25, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Murder in Mexico is directed by Marc Gantt and stars Colin Egglesfield and Leonor Varela. The movie tells the true story of Bruce Beresford-Redman, a producer for the hit reality show Survivor who took his wife Monica and their children on vacation to Mexico in an effort to salvage his crumbling marriage. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 20, 2015)
Posted: September 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Blake Neely, Blindspot, Brent Belke, CBS, Christian Davis, Dominic Lewis, Ed Mitchell, Fox, Gabriel Mann, Heroes Reborn, Life in Pieces, Lifetime, Limitless, Lisa Coleman, Love on the Air, Mac Quayle, Minority Report, Murder in Mexico, NBC, Paul Leonard Morgan, Rob Simonsen, Rosewood, Scream Queens, Sean Callery, Steve Morrell, The Muppets, The Player, Wendy & Lisa, Wendy Melvoin
Premiering on Monday, September 21, is the new NBC drama Blindspot created by Martin Gero, executive produced by Greg Berlanti and starring Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Audrey Esparza, Rob Brown, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ukweli Roach and Ashley Johnson. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (Arrow, The Flash, The Mentalist, Everwood, Brothers & Sisters). To learn more about the series, which will air every Monday night on NBC, visit our previous news article.
Also premiering on Monday is the new Fox drama Minority Report executive produced by Max Borenstein, Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Mark Mylod & Kevin Falls and starring Stark Sands, Meagan Good, Wilmer Valderrama, Daniel London, Laura Regan, Li Jun Li and Zhane Hall. Sean Callery (24, Homeland, Bones, Jessica Jones) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights on Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
Decca Records to Release ‘Spectre’ Soundtrack
Posted: September 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Bond, Sam Mendes, score, Soundtrack, Spectre, Thomas Newman
Decca Records will release the official soundtrack album for the 24th James Bond movie, Spectre. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (American Beauty, Finding Nemo, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Wall-E) who previously scored the last installment in the series, Skyfall. The soundtrack will be released physically on November 13, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A digital version is expected to come out a week or two earlier. Spectre is directed by Sam Mendes and stars Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, David Bautista and Andrew Scott. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Freeheld’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Freeheld, Hans Zimmer, Johnny Marr, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the drama Freeheld. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, The Lion King, Gladiator, Interstellar) and The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 25, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Freeheld is directed by Peter Sollett and stars Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon and Steve Carell. The movie movie tells the story of Laurel Helster, a New Jersey police officer and her girlfriend who both battle to secure Hester’s pension benefits after she’s diagnosed with a terminal illness. The drama premiered this past week at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released on October 2 by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s series The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by The Outfit, including the theme song. Also included are original tracks from the series by Jukebox the Ghost, JD McPherson, Wordsworth and Prince Paul and Ra Ra Riot. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 2, 2015 and physically in December. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show features the voices of Chris Parnell and Max Charles as the title characters. The show based on last year’s feature sees Peabody & Sherman as the hosts of a latenight comedy show broadcast from their swank Manhattan penthouse in front of a live studio audience. Read the rest of this entry »
