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 »
Mark Bradshaw Scoring ‘The Daughter’
Posted: June 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Bradshaw, The Daughter
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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 »
‘Trishna’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Winterbottom, score, Shigeru Umebayashi, Soundtrack, Trishna
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2011 drama Trishna. The album features the film’s original music composed by Shigeru Umebayashi (House of Flying Daggers, In the Mood for Love, 2046). Check back on this page for the soundtrack pre-order link. Trishna is directed by Michael Winterbottom and stars Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed.The movie based on the novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy follows the tragic relationship between the son of a property developer and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Indian Summers’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Indian Summers, PBS, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Warbeck
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for PBS’ and Channel 4’s mini-series Indian Summers. The album features selections from the 10-parter’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Quills, Billy Elliot, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin). The soundtrack will be released overseas on July 29, 2015 and in the U.S. on August 21. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Indian Summers is created and written by Paul Rutman, directed by Anand Tucker and stars Julie Walters, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jemima West, Nikesh Patel, Roshan Seth, Lillete Dubey, Alexander Cobb, Craig Parkinson, Fiona Glascott, Amber Rose Revah, Aysha Kala, Olivia Grant and Edward Hogg. The series tells the story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Minions’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heitor Pereira, Minions, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the animated feature Minions have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed and produced by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, The Smurfs, If I Stay, Beverly Hills Chihuahua). Also included are the songs from the movie, including The Turtles’ Happy Together, The Kinks’ You Really Got Me, The Who’s My Generation, Donovan’s Mellow Yellow and The Spencer Davis Group’s I’m a Man. The soundtrack will be released on July 10, 2015 by Back Lot Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Minions is directed by Pierre Coffin & Kyle Balda and features the voice talent of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan and Geoffrey Rush. Read the rest of this entry »
Disney Channel’s ‘Tangled’ TV Series to Feature Music by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater and Kevin Kliesch
Posted: June 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Disney Channel, Glenn Slater, Kevin Kliesch, Tangled
Disney announced today that composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater will be composing new songs for the upcoming animated series Tangled based on the 2010 hit movie of the same title. Kevin Kliesch is set to compose the original score for the show, which will feature the voices of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi who are reprising their roles of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. The series is set between the feature film and the 2012 short film Tangled Ever After and unfolds as Rapunzel acquaints herself with her parents, her kingdom and the people of Corona. Read the rest of this entry »
