Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the comedy adventure A Walk in the Woods. The album features two score suites composed by Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry, Show Me a Hero, Margin Call, The Skeleton Twins). Also included are previously unreleased tracks from Lurd Huron & Blake Mills, as well as four tracks from Lord Huron’s 2012 debut, Lonesome Dreams and songs by Dwight Yoakum, Great Lake Swimmers and Shovels & Rope. The soundtrack will be released on September 25, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Walk in the Woods is directed by Ken Kwapis and stars Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Nick Offerman, Kristen Schaal, Mary Steenburgen and Emma Thompson. The film follows two old friends who make the improbable decision to hike the 2,200–mile Appalachian Trail. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Walk in the Woods’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Walk in the Woods, Ken Kwapis, Nathan Larson, Soundtrack
‘Umrika’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dustin O'Halloran, score, Soundtrack, Umrika
Splinter Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Umrika. The album features the film’s original music written by Emmy Award-nominated composer Dustin O’Halloran (Transparent, Like Crazy, Breathe In, Equals). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Umrika is written and directed by Prashant Nai and stars Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Smita Tambe, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Tailang and Prateik Babbar. The movie follows a young village boy who discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, and begins to invent letters on his behalf to save their mother from heartbreak. Read the rest of this entry »
Laura Karpman to Score WGN America’s ‘Underground’
Posted: August 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Laura Karpman, Underground, WGN America
Laura Karpman has been tapped to score the upcoming WGN America original series Underground. The show is created and written by Misha Green & Joe Pokaski and stars Christopher Meloni, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge, Jessica de Gouw, Alano Miller, Adina Porter, Amirah Vann, Marc Blucas, Mykelti Williamson, Reed Diamond and Johnny Ray Gill. The drama follows a group of slaves who aim to travel 600 miles to escape from a Georgia plantation. Green and Pokaski are also executive producing the project with Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend), Tory Tunnell & Joby Harold (Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur), as well as Anthony Hemingway (The Wire, Treme) who is also directing the first two episodes. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Kamen’s ‘The Last Boy Scout’ Score Released
Posted: August 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Kamen, score, Soundtrack, The Last Boy Scout, Tony Scott
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere release of the score for Warner Bros. Pictures’ 1991 action thriller The Last Boy Scout directed by Tony Scott, produced by Joel Silver and starring Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans and Danielle Harris. The film’s original music is composed and conducted by Michael Kamen (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, X-Men, The Iron Giant, Brazil) who previously scored the Silver-produced first installments of the Die Hard and Lethal Weapon franchises. The album, which also features a couple of unused, extended and alternate cues, is limited to 3000 copies. For the full soundtrack details and to listen to audio clips, visit the label’s official website, where you can also pre-order the CD.
‘He Named Me Malala’ to Feature Original Song by Alica Keys
Posted: August 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alicia Keys, Davis Guggenheim, He Named Me Malala
Alica Keys has recorded an original song for Davis Guggenheim’s upcoming documentary He Named Me Malala. The song is entitled Story to Tell and is performed by the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and produced by Rick Rubin. The track will be included on the official soundtrack album for the film, which also features the movie’s original score by Thomas Newman and will be released on October 2, 2015 by Sony Classical. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Keys has previously contributed original songs for the features The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and 12 Years a Slave, as well as The Inevitable Defeat of Mister Pete, which she also co-scored. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pay the Ghost’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 24, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joseph LoDuca, Pay the Ghost, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller Pay the Ghost. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph LoDuca (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Evil Dead, Xena: Warrior Princess, Leverage). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 18, 2015 and physically later this year. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Pay the Ghost is directed by Uli Edel and stars Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Veronica Ferres, Jack Fulton and Elizabeth Jeanne le Roux. The movie follows a hard-working NYU English professor bucking for tenure when his 8-year-old son mysteriously vanishes from a Halloween day parade. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicholas Britell to Score Adam McKay’s ‘The Big Short’
Posted: August 24, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam McKay, Nicholas Britell, The Big Short
Nicholas Britell has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Big Short. The film is directed by Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, The Other Guys) and stars Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Melissa Leo, Marisa Tomei, Tracy Letts, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Byron Mann, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong and Finn Wittrock. The movie is based on Michael Lewis’ bestselling non-fiction book of the same title and tells the true story of the genius contrarian investors who, recognizing just how insane the housing bubble had become, figured out how to “short” the market prior to the financial collapse of 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 24, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words, Michael Nyman, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album for the documentary Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words has been announced. The album features the film’s original music written by Golden Globe-nominated composer Michael Nyman (The Piano, Gattaca, The End of the Affair, Ravenous). The soundtrack will be released digitally overseas on August 31, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words is directed by Stig Bjorkman and focuses on actress Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca, Notorious) through exclusive private footage, notes, letters, diaries and interviews with her children and former colleagues. Alicia Vikander provides the voice-over for Bergman in the film, which also features appearances by Isabella Rossellini, Pia Lindstrom, Fiorella Mariani, Sigourney Weaver, Liv Ullmann, Jeanine Basinger & more. Read the rest of this entry »
BBC America’s ‘London Spy’ to Feature Music by David Holmes & Keefus Ciancia
Posted: August 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia, London Spy, Tom Rob Smith
David Holmes and Keefus Ciancia have composed the music for the upcoming BBC America mini-series London Spy. The show is created by author Tom Rob Smith (Child 44) and stars Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling and Edward Holcroft. The five-parter centers around a chance romance between two people from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess. Jakob Verbruggen (The Fall, The Bridge) is directing all five episodes. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 23, 2015)
Posted: August 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, AMC, Brent Belke, Craig Northey, Fear the Walking Dead, Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm, Lifetime, Narcos, Netflix, Paul Haslinger, Pedro Bromfman, PT Walkley, Public Morals, Terence Blanchard, The Unauthorized Full House Story, TNT
Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Fear the Walking Dead starring Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Mercedes Mason. The spin-off of the hit series The Walking Dead features original music composed by Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire, Death Race, The Three Musketeers). To learn more about the show, which is set in Los Angeles and focuses on new characters and story lines, check out our previous news article. The series will air every Sunday night on AMC.
Also premiering tonight is the ABC special Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm, which follows ABC anchor and Mississippi Gulf Coast native, Robin Roberts who returns to the region to explore Hurricane Katrina’s legacy, examine the remarkable recovery, where it has fallen short, and celebrate the indomitable spirit that runs through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Terence Blanchard (Inside Man, The 25th Hour, Malcolm X, Red Tails) who previously scored Spike Lee’s Katrina documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts has composed the special’s original music. To learn more about the project, visit ABC News’ official website. Read the rest of this entry »
