Because Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Little Prince. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Inception) and Richard Harvey (Luther). Also included are three original songs performed by French singer/songwriter Camille. The soundtrack will be released overseas on July 24, 2015. Visit the French Amazon store to listen to audio clips. No word yet on a domestic release date. The Little Prince is directed by Mark Osborne and features the voices of James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Bridges, Benicio Del Toro, Marion Cotillard, Albert Brooks, Mackenzie Foy and Paul Giamatti. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Little Prince’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey, score, Soundtrack, The Little Prince
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Wendy & Lisa to Return for NBC’s ‘Heroes Reborn’
Posted: July 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heroes Reborn, Lisa Coleman, NBC, Tim Kring, Wendy & Lisa, Wendy Melvoin
Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman are returning to provide the original music for the NBC event series Heroes Reborn. The show is created by Tim Kring and stars Zachary Levi, Judith Shekoni, Masi Oka, Jack Coleman, Henry Zebrowski, Robbie Kay, Ryan Guzman, Greg Grunberg, Gatlin Green, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Rya Kihlstedt, Kiki Sukezane and Danika Yarosh. The 13-episode series continues the story from the NBC hit series Heroes, which ran from 2006 to 2010 and follows the heroes who have gone into hiding after they are blamed for a terrorist attack in Texas. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nate Heller, Soundtrack, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Rhino Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama The Diary of a Teenage Girl. The album features the songs from the movie by Nico, T. Rex, Rose Garden, Heart, The Stooges, Dwight Twilley Band, Frankie Miller & more. Also included are two tracks from the film’s composer Nate Heller. The soundtrack will receive a vinyl release on August 7, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The album will also be available as a digital release, which can be pre-ordered here. The Diary of a Teenage Girl is written and directed by Marielle Heller and stars Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni and Kristen Wiig. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans to Score ‘The Blunderer’
Posted: June 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, The Blunderer
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans are scoring the upcoming psychological thriller The Blunderer. The film is directed by Andy Goddard (Downton Abbey, Torchwood) and stars Patrick Wilson, Jessica Biel, Haley Bennett and Toby Jones. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Strangers on a Train) is set in 1960s New York and follows a successful architect whose with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with a clever killer and an over-ambitious detective. Susan Boyd wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Newman Scoring Davis Guggenheim’s ‘He Named Me Malala’
Posted: June 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Davis Guggenheim, He Named Me Malala, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman is composing the music for the upcoming documentary He Named Me Malala. The film is directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman) and tells the story of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The movie also examines how Malala, her father, Zia, and her family are now committed to fighting for education for all girls. Guggenheim is also producing the project with Walter Parkes & Laurie MacDonald (Men in Black, The Ring, Catch Me If You Can, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fighting Shadows’ from ‘Terminator Genisys’ Released
Posted: June 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Big Sean, Jane Zhang, Terminator: Genisys
Def Jam Recordings has released the original song Fighting Shadows from the sci-fi action movie Terminator Genisys. The song is performed by Jane Zhang feat. Big Sean and plays over the film’s end credits. The track is now available to download on Amazon. A soundtrack album for the movie feat. the original score by Lorne Balfe is now also available. Terminator Genisys is directed by Alan Taylor and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke, Matt Smith, Byung-Hun Lee and JK Simmons. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams to Score Netflix’s ‘The Ridiculous 6’
Posted: June 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Ridiculous 6
Rupert Gregson-Williams has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix original movie The Ridiculous 6. The film is directed by Frank Coraci (Click, The Waterboy, The Wedding Singer) and stars Adam Sandler, Taylor Lautner, Nick Nolte, Will Forte, Rob Schneider, Blake Shelton, Whitney Cummings, Steve Buscemi, Luke Wilson, Steve Zahn, Danny Trejo, Chris Parnell, Lavell Crawford, Dan Aykroyd, Nick Swardson, Terry Crews, Jon Lovitz and Vanilla Ice. No plot details have been announced yet, but the movie is said to be a comedic take on westerns. Read the rest of this entry »
Sean Callery to Score Fox’s ‘Minority Report’
Posted: June 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Minority Report, Sean Callery
Sean Callery is set to score the upcoming Fox drama Minority Report. The show is based on Steven Spielberg’s 2002 feature starring Tom Cruise of the same title and stars Stark Sands, Meagan Good, Wilmer Valderrama, Daniel London, Laura Regan, Li Jun Li and Zhane Hall. The series follows the unlikely partnership between a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by her past, as they race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 28, 2015)
Posted: June 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Ben Decter, CBS, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Extant, Humans, Jeff Russo, Jeremy Zuckerman, MTV, Scream
Premiering tonight is the new AMC original series Humans created by Jonathan Brackley & Sam Vincent based on the Swedish TV series Real Humans and starring Gemma Chan, Katherine Parkinson, Tom Goodman-Hill, William Hurt, Will Tudor, Rebecca Front and Colin Morgan. The show’s original music is composed by Cristobal Tapia De Veer (Utopia). Humans is set in a parallel present in London where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a Synth – a highly developed, artificially intelligent servant eerily similar to its living counterpart. The drama will air every Sunday night on AMC. For updates on the series, visit the official show website.
Premiering on Tuesday, June 30 is the MTV original series Scream executive produced by Wes Craven and starring Bella Thorne, Willa Fitzgerald, Amy Forsyth, John Karna, Carlson Young, Amadeus Serafini, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Amadeus Serafini, Connor Weil, Tracy Middendorf and Jason Wiles. Jeremy Zuckerman (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Legend of Korra) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series based on Craven’s hit movie franchise. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pixels’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Columbus, Henry Jackman, Pixels, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the sci-fi action comedy Pixels have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Big Hero 6, Wreck-It-Ralph). The soundtrack will be released on July 24, 2015 by Varese Sarabande and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Pixels is directed by Chris Columbus and stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad and Brian Cox. The movie follows a former arcade gaming champ who is tasked with saving Earth from an invasion of aliens portrayed as giant versions of classic videogame characters, such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. Read the rest of this entry »
