Walt Disney Records has revealed the details of the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel original movie Descendants. The album features the songs from the film performed by the movie’s cast members, as as well as the single Believe performed and written by 16 year-old recording artist Shawn Mendes. Also included is a suite from the film’s original score composed by David Lawrence (High School Musical, American Pie). The soundtrack will be released on July 31, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Descendants is directed and executive produced by Kenny Ortega and stars Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart and Sofia Carson as the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains. Read the rest of this entry »
Disney’s ‘Descendants’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Lawrence, Descendants, Disney Channel, Soundtrack
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 12, 2015)
Posted: June 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian Eno, Debug, Evgueni Galperine, Jurassic World, Madame Bovary, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Michael Giacchino, Nico Muhly, Sacha Galperine, The Newton Brothers, Timothy Williams, Vendetta
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the action adventure sequel Jurassic World directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, BD Wong and Judy Greer. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Inside Out, Star Trek, Lost). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to listen to audio clips. Also visit USA Today and NPR for interviews with the composer about his work on the project.
Opening in select cities before expanding nationwide over the next couple of weeks is the indie comedy drama Me and Earl and the Dying Girl directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and starring Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, RJ Cyler, Nick Offerman, Molly Shannon, Jon Bernthal and Connie Britton. Brian Eno has composed the film’s music and Nico Muhly (The Reader, Margaret, Kill Your Darlings) has also provided original music. No word yet on a soundtrack album. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl follows a student who is coasting to senior year of high school as anonymously as possible and is forced by his mother to befriend a classmate with leukemia. The dramedy premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released by Fox Searchlight. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the film. Read the rest of this entry »
Film Music of 1985 Celebrated at ‘Back in Time…1985 LIVE!’ Concert
Posted: June 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Golden State Pops Orchestra, Varese Sarabande
Last night, the film music of 1985 was celebrated at the concert Back in Time…1985 LIVE! at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. The concert was produced by Varese Sarabande and performed by the Golden State Pops Orchestra (GSPO). Special guests included composers David Shire who conducted his score for Return to Oz, Bruce Broughton who conducted his Academy Award-nominated music from Silverado, Cliff Eidelman who conducted George Delerue’s score for Agnes of God, Jeff Beal who conducted a piece from John Corigliano’s music from Revolution and Christopher Lennertz who conducted music from Michael Kamen’s score for Brazil. Read the rest of this entry »
David Buckley to Score ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Prequel ‘Leatherface’
Posted: June 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Buckley, Grimsby, Leatherface
David Buckley has been tapped to score the upcoming horror thriller Leatherface. The film is directed by Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury (Inside) and stars Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, Sam Strike and Julian Kostov. The movie is a prequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and follows a teenage Leatherface as he escapes from a mental hospital with three other inmates, kidnaps a young nurse and takes her on a road trip from hell. Seth M. Sherwood wrote the screenplay. Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman & Carl Mazzocone (Texas Chainsaw 3D) and Les Weldon (The Expendables series, Conan the Barbarian) are producing the Millennium Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wayward Pines’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Charlie Clouser, Fox, score, Soundtrack, Wayward Pines
Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the Fox event series Wayward Pines. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Charlie Clouser (Saw, Numb3rs, Las Vegas, Resident Evil: Extinction). The soundtrack will be released on July 17, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Wayward Pines is executive produced by Chad Hodge & M. Night Shyamalan and stars Matt Dillon, Melissa Leo, Toby Jones, Juliette Lewis, Terrence Howard, Carla Gugino, Reed Diamond and Shannyn Sossamon. Read the rest of this entry »
Charlie Mole Scoring Oliver Parker’s ‘Dad’s Army’
Posted: June 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Charlie Mole, Dad's Army, Oliver Parker
Charlie Mole has recently recorded his score for the upcoming British comedy Dad’s Army. The film is directed by Oliver Parker (Johnny English Returns) and stars Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Toby Jone, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Blake Harrison, Danny Mays, Bill Paterson, Sarah Lancashire, Alison Steadman, Mark Gatiss and Annette Crosbie. The movie based on the British TV series of the same title is set in 1944 as World War II is reaching its climax and follows the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon dealing with a visiting female journalist and a German spy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Toy Story’ Legacy Collection Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Pixar, Randy Newman, score, Soundtrack, Toy Story
The details of the Walt Disney Records Legacy Collection release for Pixar Studios’ 1995 feature Toy Story have been revealed. The album features the film’s complete original score and the movie’s original songs composed by Randy Newman (Monsters, Inc., A Bug’s Life, Cars, Seabiscuit, Avalon). Also featured on a second disc are various piano/vocal demos and instrumental versions of the songs. The 2-CD set will be released on July 10, 2015 to coincide with the film’s 20th anniversary and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Toy Story is directed by John Lasseter and features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger and Annie Potts. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways’ Score Album Announced
Posted: June 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bryan Lee Brown, Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, HBO, score, Soundtrack
Memory Bulldozer Records will release a sore album for the HBO original docu-series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Bryan Lee Brown. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways is directed by Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl and documents the eight-city recording odyssey that produced their latest, and eighth, studio album. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Stephen Frears’ ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’
Posted: June 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Florence Foster Jenkins, Stephen Frears
Alexandre Desplat is set to reteam with director Stephen Frears on the upcoming comedy drama Florence Foster Jenkins. The film stars Meryl Streep in the title role, alongside Hugh Grant as her partner St Clair Bayfield, as well as Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson and Nina Arianda. The movie tells the true story of the legendary New York heiress and socialite who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great opera singer despite having a terrible voice. Nicholas Martin wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Marriage of Reason & Squalor’ to Feature Music by Ilan Eshkeri & Dinos Chapman
Posted: June 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dinos Chapman, Ilan Eshkeri, The Marriage of Reason & Squalor
Ilan Eshkeriand Dinos Chapman have composed the music for the British mini-series The Marriage of Reason & Squalor. The 4-parter is based on the 2008 novel by Jake Chapman who is also directing the project and stars Rhys Ifans, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Michael Fitzgerald and Noma Dumezweni. The series follows a woman whose dashing surgeon fiancé has given her a desert island as a wedding present and travels to the island to wait for him, but meets a reclusive and misshapen author instead. Colin Vaines is producing the project for Morass Productions. Read the rest of this entry »
