Fake Diamond Records will release a soundtrack album for the Danish drama Gold Coast. The album features the film’s original music composed by Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, The Straight Story), Lasse Martinussen and Johan Carøe, as well as the title song Remember Me performed by Kwamie Liv. The soundtrack will be released overseas tomorrow, June 18 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Gold Coast is directed by Daniel Dencik and stars Jakob Oftebro and Danica Curcic. The movie centers on the illegal Danish slave trade on Africa’s Gold Coast and is set in the 1830s as Wulff Joseph Wulff arrives in Africa to set up plantations and falls in love with a slave girl despite having a fiancée at home in Denmark. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gold Coast’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angelo Badalamenti, Gold Coast, Johan Carøe, Lasse Martinussen, score, Soundtrack
Nathan Whitehead to Score WE tv’s ‘South of Hell’
Posted: June 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eli Roth, Home, Jason Blum, Nathan Whitehead, South of Hell, The Veil, WE tv
Nathan Whitehead has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming WE tv original series South of Hell. The show is executive produced by Eli Roth (Hostel, Hemlock Grove, Cabin Fever) & Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Whiplash) and stars Mena Suvari, Zachary Booth, Bill Irwin, Drew Moerlein, Lamman Rucker and Paulina Singer. The supernatural thriller is set in Savannah, GA and follows a reluctant exorcist for hire with her very own demon living inside of her. Roth has also directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Music of Patrick Doyle: Solo Piano’ Album Details Announced
Posted: June 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Patrick Doyle, The Music of Patrick Doyle: Solo Piano
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of The Music of Patrick Doyle: Solo Piano album. The release features highlights from the composer’s film scoring career performed by Doyle himself on the piano. Among the scores featured on the album are Disney’s Cinderella, Mike Newell’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Academy Award-nominated music from Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility, Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V, Alfonso Cuaron’s Great Expectations, A Little Princess, Indochine, Nanny McPhee and more. The soundtrack will be released on July 17, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Pixar’s ‘Lava’ Released
Posted: June 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Ford Murphy, Lava, Pixar, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released the music from the Pixar animated short Lava. The single features the original song from the movie composed by the film’s director James Ford Murphy and featuring vocals by Kuana Torres Kahele and Napua Greig. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out an audio sample. Lava tells a story that takes place over millions of years and is inspired by the beauty of tropical islands and the allure of ocean volcanoes. The animated short is being released in front of Pixar’s Inside Out, which opens in theaters nationwide this Friday, July 19.
Expanded ‘Searching for Bobby Fischer’ Score by James Horner Released
Posted: June 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A.I. - Artificial Intelligence, James Horner, John Williams, score, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has released a remastered and expanded soundtrack for Paramount Pictures 1993 drama Searching for Bobby Fischer directed by Steven Zaillian and starring Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne and Joan Allen. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13), including previously unreleased music and a number of alternate cues. The soundtrack is limited to 3000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips and check out the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Heffes to Score ‘Bastille Day’
Posted: June 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Bastille Day, James Watkins
Alex Heffes has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller Bastille Day. The film is directed by James Watkins (The Woman in Black, Eden Lake) and stars Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Kelly Reilly and Jose Garcia. The movie follows a rogue CIA agent who is forced to team with an unsuspecting American con-artist to thwart a terrorist attack on French soil. Andrew Baldwin and John Hodge (Trainspotting, The Beach) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Lera Lynn’s ‘The Only Thing Worth Fighting For’ from HBO’s ‘True Detective’ Released
Posted: June 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Soundtrack, True Detective
Harvest Records has released the original song The Only Thing Worth Fighting For performed by Lera Lynn from the second season of the HBO original series True Detective. Visit Amazon to download the track, which is featured in the Season 2 teaser trailer. A full soundtrack album for the second season of the show will be released soon and is available for pre-order here. Check back on this page for the full album details. The second season of True Detective created by Nic Pizzolatto is directed by Justin Lin and stars Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly, Christopher James Baker, Afemo Omilami, Chris Kerson, James Frain, Lolita Davidovich, W. Early Brown and David Morse. Read the rest of this entry »
‘5 Flights Up’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 5 Flights Up, David Newman, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the comedy drama 5 Flights Up. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Newman (Ice Age, Serenity, The War of the Roses, Anastasia). Also included are three tracks by Max Calo. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio samples are embedded after the jump. 5 Flights Up is directed by Richard Loncraine and stars Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton, Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Preston and Claire van der Boom. The movie follows a long-married couple during an eventful weekend after they are forced to contemplate selling their beloved Brooklyn apartment. Read the rest of this entry »
Eminem to Produce Music for ‘Narc’ TV Series
Posted: June 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eminem, Joe Carn, Joe Carnahan, Narc
Deadline is reporting that Eminem is in talks to serve as the music supervisor and write original songs for the Narc television series. The show is based on Joe Carnahan’s 2002 feature starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric as two Detroit police detectives who are investigating the murder of an undercover cop. Carnahan (The Grey, The A-Team) has written the pilot script for the Detroit-set drama. Eminem is also expected to executive produce the Paramount TV production with Carnahan. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Paper Towns’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Paper Towns, Soundtrack
Atlantic Records will release a soundtrack album for the film adaptation of John Green’s bestselling novel Paper Towns. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Santigold, Vampire Weekend, Grouplove, Twin Shadow, Kindness, Vance Joy, Haim, Sam Bruno, The Mountain Goats & more. Also included is a new mix of Lost It To Trying by the film’s composer Son Lux. The soundtrack will be released on July 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Paper Towns is directed by Jake Schreier and stars Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Halston Sage, Austin Abrams, Jaz Sinclair and Justice Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
