The details of the soundtrack album for the faith-based drama War Room have been revealed. The album features the music from and inspired by the film by artists including Steven Curtis Chapman, TobyMac, Casting Crowns, Mandisa, John Waller, Vickie Winans, Building 429, as well composer Paul Mills. The soundtrack will be released on August 7, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring Mills’ score. War Room is directed by Alex Kendrick (Fireproof) and stars Priscilla Shirer, Alex Kendrick, T.C. Stallings, Michael Jr., Karen Abercrombie and Alena Pitts. Read the rest of this entry »
‘War Room’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, War Room
Clement Animalsons to Score ‘French Tour’ (‘Tour de France’)
Posted: August 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clement Animalsons, French Tour, Tour de France
Clement Animalsons is set to compose the original score for the upcoming comedy drama French Tour (Tour de France). The film is directed by Rachid Djaidani (Rengaine) and will star Gerard Depardieu alongside a yet-to-be announced popular French rapper. The movie follows a French-Arab rapper who has to lie low and reluctantly accepts to drive his producer‘s dad across France for two weeks. Anne-Dominique Toussaint (Two Friends, Caramel, The Hedgehock) is producing the project for Les Films des Tournelles. Read the rest of this entry »
‘We Are Your Friends’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, We Are Your Friends
Interscope Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama We Are Your Friends. The album features the music from the film by EDM artists including Justice, Tchami, Will Sparks, Dom Dolla, Hayden James, The Magician, Years & Years, AlunaGeorge, Klingande, Seinabo Sey, Gryffin, Deorro, Carnage, Bro Safari and The Americanos. The soundtrack will be released as a standard and deluxe edition on August 21, 2015. We Are Your Friends is directed by Max Joseph and stars Zac Efron, Emily Ratajkowski, Wes Bentley, Shiloh Fernandez, Alex Shaffer, Jonny Weston and Jon Bernthal. The movie is set in the world of electronic music and Hollywood nightlife and follows an aspiring 23-year-old DJ who spends his days scheming with his childhood friends and his nights working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Read the rest of this entry »
Deepa Mehta’s ‘Beeba Boys’ to Feature Music by Mychael Danna, Manjeet Ral & Biggi Hilmars
Posted: August 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bebba Boys, Biggi Hilmars, Deepa Methta, Manjeet Ral, Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna, Manjeet Ral and Biggi Hilmars are composing the music for the upcoming drama Beeba Boys. The film is written and directed by Deepa Mehta (Earth, Fire) and stars Randeep Hooda, Ali Momen, Sarah Allen, Waris Ahluwalia, Gulshan Grover, Balinder Johal, Ali Kazmi, Steve Dhillon, Jag Bal, Gabe Grey and Paul Gross. The movie follows a ruthless Sikh mobster who leads his soldiers into a turf war for control of the Vancouver drugs- and arms-trafficking rackets. David Hamilton (Midnight’s Children) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Staten Island Summer’ Score Album Details
Posted: August 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Swihart, score, Soundtrack, Staten Island Summer
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Staten Island Summer. The album features the film’s original score composed by John Swihart (Napoleon Dynamite, How I Met Your Mother, New in Town). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 21, 2015. Staten Island Summer is directed by Rhys Thomas and stars Graham Phillips, Zack Pearlman, Ashley Greene, Kate Walsh, Jim Gaffigan and Gina Gershon. The movie follows two friends who spend the summer after high school graduation as poolside lifeguard. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gloria’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gloria, Lorne Balfe, score, Sofía Espinosa, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Gloria. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Terminator Genisys, Home, The Penguins of Madagascar), as well as nine classic Gloria Trevi songs performed by Sofía Espinosa, who stars as Gloria in the film. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 21, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Gloria is directed by Christian Keller and stars Sofia Espinosa in the title role, as well as Sergio Andrade, her manager and husband. Read the rest of this entry »
Gast Waltzing Scoring Terence Davies’ ‘Sunset Song’
Posted: August 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gast Waltzing, Sunset Song, Terence Davies
Gast Waltzing is composing the music for the upcoming drama Sunset Song. The film is written and directed by Terence Davies (The Deep Blue Sea, The House of Mirth) and stars Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan and Kevin Guthrie. The movie is based on the classic novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon and follows a farming family struggling to eke out a living in northeast Scotland. Sol Papadopoulos, Roy Boulter, Nicolas Steil are producing the project. Waltzing’s previous film scoring credits include Hysteria starring Maggie Gyllenhaal & Hugh Dancy and JCVD starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Read the rest of this entry »
Complete ‘Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, Desert Fury, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Miklos Rosza, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for Walt Disney Pictures’ 1993 family adventure Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey directed by Duwayne Dunham and starring Robert Hays, Kim Greist, as well as the voices of Michael J. Fox, Don Ameche and Sally Field. The album features the complete original score from the movie composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Young Sherlock Holmes, The Miracle on 42nd Street, Rescuers Down Under), including more than half an hour of previously unreleased music. Check out the label’s official website for the full album details and to check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami to Score Timur Bekmambetov’s ‘Ben-Hur’
Posted: August 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Hur, Marco Beltrami, Timur Bekmambetov
Marco Beltrami has been hired to score the upcoming epic historical drama Ben-Hur. The film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and stars Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur, Morgan Freeman as Ilderim, Toby Kebbell as Messala, Nazanin Boniadi as Esther and Rodrigo Santoro and as Jesus Christ. Sofia Black D’Elia, Ayelet Zurer, Moises Arias and Pilou Asbæk are co-starring. The movie is based on Lew Wallace’s epic novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ and follows a falsely accused nobleman who survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood Records to Release ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Soundtrack
Posted: August 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Bear McCreary, Marvel, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release the first official soundtrack album for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci’s Demons, Outlander). The soundtrack will be released on October 2, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full album details will be posted on this page as they are announced. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen and stars Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Nick Blood, Adrianne Palicki, Luke Mitchell and Henry Simmons. Read the rest of this entry »