Paramount Pictures will release a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kick-Ass 2, Skyline, Transformers Prime). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 30, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is directed by Christopher Landon and stars Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joseph Morgan, Sarah Dumont, Robert Koechner, Halston Sage, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Cloris Leachman, Niki Koss and Blake Anderson. The movie follows three scouts who discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Matthew Margeson, score, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Soundtrack
Alan Silvestri to Score Robert Zemeckis’ Untitled World War II Spy Drama
Posted: October 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Silvestri, Robert Zemeckis
Alan Silvestri mentioned in an interview with Nerdist that he is set to reteam with Robert Zemeckis on the director’s upcoming currently untitled World War II spy drama. Brad Pitt and Mario Cotillard are attached to star in the film, which follows an Allied counter-intelligence agent who falls in love with during a dangerous North African mission and is quietly notified that the woman he has married and had a baby with is likely a Nazi spy. Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Locke, Dirty Pretty Things) has written the screenplay. Zemeckis is also producing the Paramount, New Regency and GK Films production with Graham King (The Departed, Hugo, Rango) and Steve Starkey (Cast Away, Matchstick Men). Read the rest of this entry »
Ryuichi Sakamoto to Collaborate with Alva Noto & The National’s Bryce Dessner on ‘The Revenant’
Posted: October 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alva Noto, Bryce Dessner, Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Revenant
Ryuichi Sakamoto has announced on Twitter that he is collaborating with Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner on Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s upcoming dramatic thriller The Revenant. The movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter is based on the novel of the same title 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. Nicolai is a German electronic music artist who previously worked together on several records with Sakamoto. Dessner is best known as a member of the Grammy Award-winning band The Nationals. Read the rest of this entry »
Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carol, Carter Burwell, score, Soundtrack, Todd Haynes
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the drama Carol. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carter Burwell (Fargo, Twilight, True Grit, Being John Malkovich, Mr. Holmes). Also included are the songs from the movie by artists including Billie Holliday, Les Paul, The Clovers, Jo Stafford, Mary Ford & more. The soundtrack will be released on November 20, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Visit Burwell’s official website to listen to audio samples. Carol is directed by Todd Haynes and stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. The movie is based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt and follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. Read the rest of this entry »
Terrence Malick’s ‘Voyage of Time’ to Feature Music by Ennio Morricone
Posted: October 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ennio Morricone, Terrence Malick, Voyage of Time
According to Wild Bunch (via The Playlist), Ennio Morricone is composing original music for Terrence Malick’s upcoming documentary Voyage of Time. The film is described as a “celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse”. Brad Pitt will be narrating a 40-minute version, which is set to be released in IMAX theaters and Cate Blanchett is providing narration for a feature version of the movie. Pitt is also producing the project with Dede Gardner (12 Years a Slave,World War Z), Nicolas Gonda (To the Wonder, Knight of Cups), Sarah Green (Mud, Sarah Green), Grant Hill (The Thin Red Line, V for Vendetta), Bill Pohlad (Into the Wild, Love & Mercy) and Sophokles Tasioulis (Earth, Deep Blue). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kill Your Friends’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kill Your Friends, Soundtrack
Parlaphone Records will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy thriller Kill Your Friends. The album features the songs from and inspired by the film by artists including Blur, Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers, Oasis, The Prodigy, Bastille, Royal Blood, Echo and the Bunnymen, Maxine Ashley & more. The soundtrack will be released overseas on November 6, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. No domestic release date has been announced. Kill Your Friends is directed by Owen Harris and stars Nicholas Hoult, James Corden, Georgia King, Craig Roberts, Tom Riley, Joseph Mawle, Edward Hogg, Ed Skrein, Moritz Bleibtreu and Rosanna Arquette. The movie follows a young record label A&R rep who does anything and everything to get ahead in the shark tank of the Britpop-era music industry. Read the rest of this entry »
Todd Haberman Co-Scoring ‘Hemlock Grove’ Season 3
Posted: October 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hemlock Grove, Netflix, Satanic, The Charnel House, Todd Haberman
Todd Haberman has joined composer Nathan Barr to co-score the third season of the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove. The show based on the novel by Brian McGreevey is executive produced by Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever, The Green Inferno) and stars Famke Janssen, Landon Liboiron, Bill Skarsgard, Madeleine Martin and Camille De Pazzis. In the new season, the town’s grim secrets continue to unravel at an alarming pace as Olivia, Roman, Peter and Shelley are introduced to mysterious new people while facing dangerous and unexpected obstacles. Charles H. Eglee (Dexter, The Shield, Dark Angel) returns as the project’s showrunner. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My All American’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angelo Pizzo, John Paesano, My All American, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the sports drama My All American. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Paesano (The Maze Runner, Daredevil, When the Game Stands Tall). The soundtrack will be released on November 13, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. My All American is written and directed by Angelo Pizzo (Rudy, Hoosiers) and stars Aaron Eckhart, Finn Wittrock, Robin Tunney, Sarah Bolger, Alex MacNicoll and Michael Reilly Burke. The movie tells the true story of 1960s University of Texas football star Freddie Steinmark and his relationship with legendary Texas coach Darrell Royal. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Lane to Score ITV’s ‘Beowulf’
Posted: October 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beowulf, ITV, Rob Lane
Rob Lane has been hired to score the upcoming ITV original series Beowulf. The fantasy drama is created by James Dormer (Strike Back) and stars Kieran Bew in the title role, alongside William Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Ed Speleers and David Ajala. The show tells the story of Beowulf, a troubled warrior who experiences love and loss yet shares a deep binding comradery with his fellow kinsmen. Tim Haines (Primeval, Walking with Dinosaurs) and Katie Newman (Primeval: New World) are executive producing the ITV Studios production with Dormer. Read the rest of this entry »
2015 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: October 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: HMMA, Hollywood Music in Media Awards
The nominations for the 6th Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) in the Visual Media categories were announced today. Check out the nominees in the major categories below after the jump and visit the official HMMA website to buy tickets and for the full list of nominations to be added soon. The awards show will be held at The Fonda Theater in Hollywood on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Education Through Music – Los Angeles (ETMLA). Past HMMA honorees include Smokey Robinson, Glen Campbell, Dave Mason, Christopher Young and John Debney. Read the rest of this entry »
