‘Uncle John’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: September 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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uncle-johnLakeshore 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-spiesHollywood 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 »

disorderParlophone 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 »

the-affairVarese 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 »

revenantRyuichi Sakamoto is scoring the upcoming thriller The Revenant. The film is directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (BirdmanAmores PerrosBabel21 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 »

the-good-dinosaurWalt 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 PiMoneyballCapoteSurf’s Up) and Jeff Danna (The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusThe Boondock SaintsFracture). 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 »

harry-escottHarry 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 »

emperorAbel Korzeniowski has signed on to score the upcoming historical action adventure Emperor. The film is directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another DayThe EdgeNextAlong 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 »

the-lady-in-the-vanSony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the British drama The Lady in the Van. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Hitch, Anna and the King). Also included are the classical pieces featured in the movie by Frederic Chopin and Franz Schubert. The soundtrack will be released overseas on November 6, 2015 and in the U.S. on December 11. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The Lady in the Van is directed by Nicholas Hytner and stars Maggie Smith, Dominic Cooper, James Corden and Jim Broadbent. The movie follows a man who befriends a transient woman living in her car who parks in his driveway. Read the rest of this entry »

Anne Dudley Scoring ‘Away’

Posted: September 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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anne-dudleyAnne Dudley is composing the music for the upcoming British drama Away. The film is directed by David Blair (Best Laid Plans) and stars Timothy Spall and Juno Temple. The movie is set in the North English seaside town of Blackpool and follows a widower who saves an orphan on the run from a drug dealer, sparking an unlikely friendship. Roger Hadfield has written the screenplay. Terry Stone (Saving Santa) is producing the project for Gateway Films, alongside Radio Film’s Richard Turner and Mike Knowles. Read the rest of this entry »