The full details of the Walt Disney Records Legacy Collection release for Disney Animation’s 1995 feature Pocahontas have been revealed. The album features the film’s original songs and score, including previously unreleased tracks and demos. Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted, The Little Mermaid) has composed the score and songs and Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt) provided the songs’ lyrics. Menken’s score and the song Listen to the Wind were honored with Academy Award nominations in 1996. The soundtrack release, which coincides with the movie’s 20th anniversary will be released on August 7, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pocahontas’ Legacy Collection Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Pocahontas, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Schwartz
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Johnny Klimek to Score ‘Patient Zero’
Posted: July 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Johnny Klimek, Patient Zero, Stefan Ruzowitzky
Johnny Klimek has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Patient Zero. The film is directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters, Anatomy, Deadfall) and stars Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, John Bradley Agyness Deyn and Stanley Tucci. The movie takes place after an unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies has turned the majority of humankind into highly intelligent, streamlined killers and follows one victim who is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected and leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Advantageous’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Advantageous, score, Soundtrack, Timo Chen
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Good Neighbors Media will release a soundtrack album for the indie sci-fi drama Advantageous. The album features the film’s original music composed by Timo Chen. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 24, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD release is planned for later this year. Check out audio samples after the jump. Advantageous is directed by Jennifer Phang and stars Jacqueline Kim, James Urbaniak, Freya Adams and Ken Jeong. The movie follows a single mother whose aspirations for her daughter drive her to the precipice of a fraught decision. The drama premiered in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Collaborative Vision and is now available on Netflix and iTunes. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Cat’s Eye’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Capricorn One, Cat's Eye, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced an expanded release for the 1985 horror movie Cat’s Eye directed by Lewis Teague, scripted by Stephen King and starring James Woods, Drew Barrymore, Alan King and Robert Hays. The album features the complete original score from the movie composed by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger), including previously unreleased music. To check out the full album details and to listen to audio clips, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Bacon Scoring Rob Reiner’s ‘Being Charlie’
Posted: July 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Being Charlie, Chris Bacon, Rob Reiner
Chris Bacon is currently recording his score for Rob Reiner’s upcoming drama Being Charlie. The movie follows an 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he’s given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. The film stars Nick Robinson, Morgan Saylor, Common, Devon Bostick, Susan Misner, Ricardo Chavira and Cary Elwes. Reiner is also producing the project with Simon Goldberg through their Castle Rock Entertainment company, alongside Johnson Chan and Stephanie Rennie. The director’s son Nick Reiner wrote the screenplay with Matt Elisofon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Irrational Man’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Irrational Man, Soundtrack, Woody Allen
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for Woody Allen’s comedy drama Irrational Man. The album features the music from the movie by artists including Mikey B, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Paul Eakins, Daniel May Jazz Combo, The Jimmy Bruno Trio and David O’Neal, as well as three pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Irrational Man is written and directed by Allen and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Jamie Blackley, Parker Posey and Emma Stone. The movie follows a tormented philosophy professor who finds a will to live when he commits an existential act. Read the rest of this entry »
Van Alexander (1915 – 2015)
Posted: July 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Van Alexander
Variety is reporting that Van Alexander died this afternoon at age 100 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He composed scores for several 1960s sitcoms including Bewtiched, I Dream of Jeannie, Hazel, The Donna Reed Show and Dennis the Menace. Throughout his career, Alexander earned three Emmy Award nominations for his music direction for The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters and The Golddiggers, as well as for his music for 1970s Gene Kelly’s Wonderful World of Girls. His film scoring credits include The Atomic Kid, Baby Face Nelson, Andy Hardy Comes Home, 13 Frightened Girls, Strait-Jacket and Girls Town. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 19, 2015)
Posted: July 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Cano, Chris Ridenhour, Jeff Russo, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, Spike TV, Syfy, Tut
Premiering tonight is the Spike TV event series Tut directed by David Von Ancken and starring Avan Jogia, Ben Kingsley, Alexander Siddig, Nonso Anozi, Iddo Goldberg, Peter Gadiot, Sibylla Deen and Kylie Bunbury. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, The Returned, CSI: Cyber). Tut tells the story of Tutankhamun, aka King Tut, the youngest Pharaoh to rule Ancient Egypt, whose famous golden sarcophagus has become one of the symbols of the ancient civilization. To learn more about the 6-parter, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Score Preview
Posted: July 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Joe Kraemer, Mission Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Composer Joe Kraemer has published the first track from his score for the action thriller Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. Listen to the cue Moroccon Pursuit written by the composer who previously composed the music for director Christopher McQuairre’s features Jack Reacher and The Way of the Gun after the jump. La-La Land Records will release the official soundtrack album for the film, which is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin and Sean Harris. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans to Score ‘Frank & Lola’
Posted: July 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, Frank & Lola, Saunder Jurriaans
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans have been hired to score the upcoming romantic thriller Frank & Lola. The film is written and directed by Matthew Ross and stars Imogen Poots, Michael Shannon, Michael Nyqvist, Justin Long, Rosanna Arquette and Emmanuelle Devos. The movie follows a Las Vegas chef and a promising fashion designer whose love affair is badly derailed when the woman’s past and present demons resurface. Jay Van Hoy & Lars Knudsen (Beginners, Love Is Strange, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) are producing the project with John Baker and Chris Ramirez. Read the rest of this entry »
