Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for Paramount Pictures’ 1993 drama Indecent Proposal directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson. The album features the expanded original score from the movie composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dance With Wolves, Out of Africa, Goldfinger), including over 45 minutes of previously unreleased music and alternate cues. For the full album details and to listen to audio samples, visit Intrada’s official website, where you can also pre-order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian’
Posted: June 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Ridley Scott, The Martian
The first trailer for the upcoming sci-fi adventure The Martian confirms that Harry Gregson-Williams has been tapped to score the film. The movie is directed by Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien, Blade Runner) and stars Matt Damon, Jeff Daniels, Kate Mara, Michael Pena, Kristen Wiig, Jessica Chastain, Sean Bean, Mackenzie Davis, Kate Mara, Donald Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Sebastian Stan. The film is based on Andy Weir’s 2012 e-book publication and follows an astronaut character who is stranded on Mars and must survive in a brutal environment and find a way to notify NASA that he’s still alive. Drew Goddard (Cloverfield, The Cabin in the Woods, Daredevil) has adapted the material for the screen. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Escott to Score BBC’s ‘River’
Posted: June 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Harry Escott, River
Harry Escott is composing the music for the upcoming BBC original series River. The show is written and created by Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Shame, The Invisible Woman) and stars Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker, Adeel Akhtar, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan, Sorcha Cusack and Georgina Rich. The drama follows a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind – a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest. Morgan is also executive producing the project with Jane Featherstone (Broadchurch, Life on Mars), Manda Levin and Lucy Richer (Top of the Lake, The Hour). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 7, 2015)
Posted: June 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Benoit Charest, Benoit Groulx, BRAVO, H. Scott Salinas, John Dragonetti, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Murder in the First, Odd Mom Out, TNT
Premiering tomorrow, June 8, is the Bravo original series Odd Mom Out created by Jill Kargman who also stars in the show alongside Abby Elliott, Andy Buckley, Sean Kleier, KK Glick and Joanna Cassidy. The show’s original music is composed by John Dragonetti (The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists). Odd Mom Out follows a woman who is forced to navigate the wealthy mommy clique that reside in New York’s Upper East Side, which is one of the most prestigious neighborhoods in town. For updates on the comedy, which will air every Monday night on Bravo, visit the official show website.
Also premiering tomorrow is the second season of TNT’s Murder in the First created by Steven Bochco & Eric Lodal and starring Taye Diggs, Kathleen Robertson, A.J. Buckley, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Laila Robins, Mo McRae and Mateus Ward. H. Scott Salinas (The Square, Allegiance, The Assets) is the new composer of the show and follows The Hat who scored the first season of the drama. Season 2 of Murder in the First follows homicide detectives Terry English and Hildy Mulligan working on a new case. To learn more about the show, which will air Monday nights on TNT, visit the official series website. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Bradshaw Scoring ‘The Daughter’
Posted: June 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Bradshaw, The Daughter
Mark Bradshaw has recently composed the music for the drama The Daughter. The film marks the feature directorial debut of theatre director Simon Stone and stars Paul Schneider, Ewen Leslie, Geoffrey Rush, Mirando Otto, Anna Torv, Odessa Young and Sam Neill. The movie follows a man who returns home to discover a long-buried family secret and whose attempts to put things right threaten the lives of those he left years before. Stone also wrote the screenplay. Jan Chapman (The Piano, Holy Smoke) and Nicole O’Donohue are producing the Fate Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 5, 2015)
Posted: June 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, Beyond the Mask, Dawn Patrol, Entourage, Hungry Hearts, Insidious: Chapter 3, Jean-Pascal Beintus, Joe Kraemer, Joseph Bishara, Jurgen Beck, Love & Mercy, Max Richter, Nicola Piovani, Spy, Testament of Youth, Theodore Shapiro, Timothy Williams, United Passions, Wild Horses
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action comedy Spy directed by Jude Law and starring Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Miranda Hart and Jude Law. The film’s original music is composed by Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Who Can You Trust, which he co-wrote with Craig Wedren and is performed Ivy Levan. Click here for the full album details and visit Milan’s Soundcloud channel for a short interview with Shapiro. The label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie. Check out our previous article for more information.
Also opening wide is the horror sequel Insidious: Chapter 3 directed by Leigh Whannell and starring Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Lin Shaye, Steve Coulter, Angus Sampson, Hayley Kiyoko and Ashton Moio, Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Annabelle) who previously scored the first two parts in the series has composed the film’s original music. Void Recordings has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to check out audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Yared to Score Angelina Jolie’s ‘By the Sea’
Posted: June 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Angelina Jolie, By the Sea, Gabriel Yared
Gabriel Yared has been hired to score the upcoming romantic drama By the Sea. The film marks the third directorial feature of Angelina Jolie who also stars in the movie alongside Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Niels Arestrup, Melvil Poupaud and Richard Bohringer. The drama follows an American writer who arrives with his wife a tranquil and picturesque seaside resort in 1970s France with their marriage in apparent crisis. Jolie also wrote the screenplay and is producing the project with Pitt. Chris Brigham, Holly Goline and Michael Vieira are executive producing. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Preservation’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexis & Sam, Preservation, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the horror thriller Preservation. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexis & Sam (We’ll Never Have Paris, Lila & Eve). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 1, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio samples are embedded after the jump. Preservation is written and directed by Christopher Denham and stars Wrenn Schmidt, Pablo Schreiber, Aaron Staton and Cody Saintgnue. The movie follows two brothers and a brainy anesthesiologist who head out on a hunting trip in a nature preserve when the brothers are ensnared by unseen hunters. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore to Headline Cordoba International Film Music Festival
Posted: June 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Bear McCreary, Cordoba International Film Music Festival, Howard Shore
The International Film Music Festival of the Province of Córdoba has announced the lineup for their 11th edition, which will take place from July 19 to 26, 2015 in Córdoba, Spain. Academy Award winner Howard Shore will be the special guest of the festival, which will feature two nights of composer’s music, including a concert featuring Shore’s score from The Lord of the Rings trilogy and a career retrospective featuring music from the composer’s long-standing collaborations with directors Martin Scorsese (Hugo, The Aviator, The Departed) and David Cronenberg (The Fly, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises). In addition, Emmy Award-winner Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Marvel’s Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Da Vinci’s Demons) will receive the third annual Elmer Bernstein Award. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Strangerland’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Keefus Ciancia, score, Soundtrack, Strangerland
Iris Records & Mister Green Music will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Strangerland. The album features the film’s original music composed by Keefus Ciancia (The Motel Life, Diana, As Above, So Below, Nashville). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Strangerland is directed by Kim Farrant and stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Lisa Flanagan, Meyne Wyatt and Maddison Brown. The movie centers on a couple’s relationship, which is pushed to the brink when their two teenage kids disappear into the remote Australian desert. Read the rest of this entry »
