Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the action thriller Jason Bourne. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Happy Feet, Shrek, United 93, Kung Fu Panda) who previously scored the first three parts in the series and David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Nice Guys, The Forbidden Kingdom). Also included is a new version of Moby’s Extreme Ways. The soundtrack will be released on July 29, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jason Bourne is directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel and Tommy Lee Jones. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jason Bourne’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jason Bourne, John Powell, Paul Greengrass, score, Soundtrack
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 10, 2016)
Posted: June 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Cork, Anders Niska, Blackway, Brian Tyler, Bruno Coulais, Careful What You Wish For, Diary of a Chambermaid, Ed Kuepper, Genius, John Debney, Jonathan Sadoff, Joseph Bishara, Josh Debney, Klas Wahl, Last Cab to Darwin, Len & Company, Miles Hankins, Now You See Me 2, Puerto Ricans in Paris, Ramin Djawadi, The Conjuring 2, The Newton Brothers, Warcraft
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Warcraft directed by Duncan Jones and starring Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Rob Kazinsky and Daniel Wu. The film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans, Person of Interest). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Legendary Pictures production.
Also opening wide is the action adventure sequel Now You See Me 2 directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman. Brian Tyler (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). Varese Sarbande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details. Also visit YouTube to check out a video featuring Tyler conducting his music at a recent concert in London and also check out SoundWorks Collection for a lengthy audio interview with the composer about his work on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Jake Monaco, Soundtrack
Rhino Records will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. The album features the songs from the film, including a new version of the Absolutely Fabulous theme song This Wheel’s On Fire performed by Kylie Minogue, as well as tracks by Jason Derulo, Paloma Faith and La Roux, Serge Gainsbourg, Nancy Sinatra and Leonard Cohen, as well as live cast recordings from the movie. Also included is a suite from the film’s original score composed by Jake Monaco (Let’s Be Cops, Playing It Cool). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 22, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie is directed by Mandie Fletcher and stars Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks and June Whitfield. Read the rest of this entry »
John Williams to Score Steven Spielberg’s ‘Indiana Jones 5’
Posted: June 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones 5, John Williams, Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg mentioned in an interview with Entertainment Weekly on the red carpet at last night’s AFI Gala in his honor that John Williams will return to score the fifth, currently untitled Indiana Jones movie. Harrison Ford will return in the title role. No plot details or other casting announcements have been made yet. Kathleen Kennedy (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park) and Frank Marshall (Jurassic World, The Bourne Trilogy, The Sixth Sense) will produce the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blackway’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anders Niska, Blackway, Klas Wahl, score, Soundtrack
Spinnup has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Blackway. The album features the film’s original music composed by Klas Wahl & Anders Niska (The Master Plan). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also check out audio samples. Blackway is directed by Daniel Alfredson and stars Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles, Alexander Ludwig, Ray Liotta and Hal Holbrook. The movie is set in the rugged Pacific Northwest and follows a logger still grieving over the loss of his daughter who comes to the aid of a young woman who is being harassed by a local crime lord and helps hunt down her stalker. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Yoga Hosers’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Drake, Kevin Smith, Soundtrack, Yoga Hosers
Rhino Records will release a soundtrack album for Kevin Smith’s horror comedy Yoga Hosers. The album features the songs from the film performed by the movie’s stars Lily-Rose Depp & Harley Quinn Smith, as well such artists as Love Lola Love, The Glam Skanks, Kid Moxie, Terence Trent D’Arby and Cheerleader. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 10 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Yoga Hosers is written and directed by Smith and also stars Justin Long, Austin Butler, Tyler Posey, Adam Brody, Ralph Garman, Tony Hale, Natasha Lyonne and Johnny Depp. The movie follows two 15-year-old yoga enthusiasts who hate their after-school jobs at a Manitoba convenience store and team of with Depp’s manhunter character from Tusk to battle an ancient evil. Read the rest of this entry »
John Williams to Score Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’
Posted: June 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Williams, Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg
John Williams revealed in a recent interview with Variety that he is set to begin work on Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film adaptation of Ready Player One this coming November. The film will star Tye Sheridan, Oliva Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Win Morisaki, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg and T.J Miller. The movie is based on the 2011 novel of the same title by Ernest Cline and follows a group of teenagers on a quest for riches in a futuristic virtual world. Spielberg is also producing the project with Donald De Line (The Italian Job, Green Lantern), Kristie Macosko Krieger (Bridge of Spies) and Dan Farah (Armored). Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score ‘The Lego Batman Movie’
Posted: June 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, The Lego Batman Movie
Lorne Balfe is set to compose the music for the upcoming animated feature The Lego Batman Movie. The film is directed by Chris McKay (Robot Chicken) and features the voices of Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson and Ralph Fiennes. The movie is a spin-off of 2014’s The Lego Movie and follows Batman as he has to drop the lone vigilante thing and work with others in hopes to save Gotham City from Joker’s hostile takeover. Seth Grahame-Smith (Dark Shadows, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Café Society’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Café Society, Soundtrack, Woody Allen
The full details of the soundtrack album for Woody Allen’s romantic comedy Café Society have been revealed. The album features a number of early 20th Century jazz standards newly recorded for the film from Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks including Lady is a Tramp, Jeepers Creepers, Manhattan & more. Also included are classic recordings from Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Ben Selvin. The soundtrack will be released on July 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Café Society is written and directed by Allen and stars Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll and Ken Stott. The movie is set in the 1930s and follows a Bronx-born man to Hollywood, where he falls in love, and back to New York, where he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life. Read the rest of this entry »
Zbigniew Preisner to Score Fernando Trueba’s ‘The Queen of Spain’
Posted: June 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fernando Trueba, Lies We Tell, The Queen of Spain, Zbigniew Preisner
Zbigniew Preisner has signed on to score the upcoming comedy drama The Queen of Spain. The film is written and directed by Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque, Chica & Rita) and stars Penelope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Clive Revill, Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes. The movie is the sequel to the 1998 feature The Girl of Your Dreams (scored by Antoine Duhamel) and centers on movie star Macarena Granada, who flees the glitz and glamour of Hollywood in 1956 to return to her roots in Madrid, where she has signed on to star in an epic Hollywood film. Read the rest of this entry »
