Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for Angelina Jolie’s drama By the Sea. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, 1408) who previously scored Jolie’s In the Land of Blood and Honey. Also included are the songs featured in the movie by artists including Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Dutronc, Jane Birkin, Chantal Goya & more. The soundtrack will be released on November 13, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. By the Sea is written and directed by Jolie who also stars in the film alongside Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup and Richard Bohringer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘By the Sea’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angelina Jolie, By the Sea, Gabriel Yared, score, Soundtrack
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 2, 2015)
Posted: October 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Addicted to Fresno, Daniel Lopatin, Freeheld, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, He Named Me Malala, Hell and Back, Johnny Marr, Klaus Badelt, Nathan Matthew David, Partisan, Robert Zemeckis, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, Shanghai, The Martian, The Walk, Thomas Newman
Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action adventure The Martian directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Kristen Wiig, Mackenzie Davis and Donald Glover. The film’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (Kingdom of Heaven, The Chronicles of Narnia). Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details. The label has also released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie and will release a deluxe 2-CD soundtrack featuring both songs and score in November. Visit our previous article for more information. Also check out interviews with Gregson-Williams about his work on the project on Soundworks Collection, Film Music Magazine, Den of Geek, HeyUGuys and GoSeeTalk.
Opening in around 350 IMAX theaters before expanding nationwide on October 9 is the drama The Walk directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon and James Badge Dale. Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away, Captain America: The First Avenger) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Wurman to Score Amazon’s ‘Patriot’
Posted: October 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Wurman, Amazon Studios, Patriot, Steve Conrad
Alex Wurman has been hired to score the upcoming Amazon Studios pilot Patriot. The show is created by Steve Conrad (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Weather Man, The Pursuit of Happyness) and stars Michael Dorman, Terry O’Quinn, Michael Chernus, Kathleen Munroe, Aliette Opheim and Kurtwood Smith. The political thriller series follows the complicated life of an intelligence officer whose latest assignment is to prevent Iran from going nuclear. Conrad is also directing the pilot episode and is executive producing the project with Gil Bellows (Temple Grandin), Glen Ficara & John Requa (Crazy Stupid Love, I Love You Phillip Morris) and Charlie Gogolak (Focus). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jim Copperthwaite, Michel Legrand, score, Soundtrack, Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jim Copperthwaite. Also included is the score for the 1971 film Le Mans composed by Michel Legrand. The soundtrack will be released on November 6, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans directed by Gabriel Clarke & John McKenna tells the behind-the-scenes story of the making of Steve McQueen’s passion project film about the Le Mans 24-hour car race. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Big Stone Gap’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Big Stone Gap, John Leventhal, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Big Stone Gap. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Leventhal, as well as the songs from the movie by artists including Ralph Stanley, Michael Trigiani, If Birds Could Fly, as well as a track recorded for the film by Rosanne Cash. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 9, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Big Stone Gap is written and directed by Adriana Trigiani and stars Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, John Benjamin Hickey, Jane Krakowski, Anthony LaPaglia and Jenna Elfman. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Witch Hunter’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breck Eisner, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jablonsky, The Last Witch Hunter
The details of the soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure The Last Witch Hunter have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Steve Jablonsky (Transformers series, Ender’s Game, Battleship, Pain & Gain, Desperate Housewives, The Island). The soundtrack will be released on October 23, 2015 by Milan Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to three tracks from the score after the jump. The Last Witch Hunter is directed by Breck Eisner (Sahara, The Crazies) and stars Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Julie Engelbrecht and Michael Caine. The movie follows the last remaining witch hunter who partners with his natural enemy, a female witch, to stop the covens of New York City from unleashing a plague on humanity. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Kilian to Score ABC’s ‘Wicked City’
Posted: October 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Lady Bloodfight, Mark Kilian, Wicked City
Mark Kilian has been hired to score the upcoming ABC drama Wicked City. The show is created by Steven Baigelman (Get on Up, Feeling Minnesota) and stars Ed Westwick, Erika Christensen, Jeremy Sisto, Taissa Farmiga, Gabriel Luna, Karolina Wydra, Evan Ross, Anne Winters and Jaime Ray Newman. The series follows a unique case set in a noteworthy era of L.A. history, starting with a murder case from 1982 centered on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian’ to Be Released
Posted: October 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Ridley Scott, Soundtrack, The Martian
In addition to the previously announced score album, Columbia Records will release a second soundtrack album for the sci-fi action adventure The Martian. The album features the songs featured in the film by artists including Donna Summer, Vicki Sue Robinson, David Bowie, Abba, Gloria Gaynor, Thelma Houston, The O’Jays and The Hues Corporation. Also included is a suite from the movie’s original score composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek series). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 2, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical release will be coming out on November 6. Click here to pre-order the CD. Click here to pre-order the 2-CD set. 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
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 »
‘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 »
