88th Academy Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: January 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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oscars9 This morning, the nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2015 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. Here are the music-related nominations:

Best Original Score:

  • Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman
  • Carol – Carter Burwell
  • The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
  • Sicario – Johann Johannsson
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‘Rubble Kings’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: January 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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rubble-kingsMass Appeal Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Rubble Kings. The album features the songs inspired by the film by artists including Little Shalimar, eXquire, Cuz Lightyear, Ka, Run the Jewels, Boldy James and Tunde Adebimpe. The soundtrack will be released on January 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Rubble Kings is directed by Shan Nicholson, narrated by John Leguizamo, and chronicles life during the era of gang rule in New York City between 1968 and 1975, and tells the story of how a group of people did the impossible—brokering peace between rival street gangs—and how their actions and efforts impacted New York City. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Woodlawn’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: January 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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woodlawnReunion Records will release a soundtrack album for the sports drama Woodlawn. The album features the film’s original score composed by Paul Mills (War Room, October Baby, Against the Sun). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 15, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Woodlawn is directed by Jon & Andrew Erwin and stars Sean Astin, Nic Bishop, Caleb Castille, Sherri Shepherd, Jon Voight. The movie is set in 1973 and centers around a spiritual awakening that captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team.  Read the rest of this entry »

Charlie Clouser to Score TNT’s ‘Good Behavior’

Posted: January 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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good-behaviorCharlie Clouser has signed on to score the upcoming TNT original series Good Behavior. The show is created by Chad Hodge and author Blake Crouch and stars Michelle Dockery, Juan Diego Botto, Terry Kinney and Lusia Strus. The drama is based on Crouch’s Letty Dobesh novels and follows a thief and a con artist fresh out of prison who overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife and sets out to derail the job, launching her on a collision course with the killer. Hodge and Crouch are also executive producing the project with Marty Adelstein (Prison Break, Hanna) and Becky Clements (Last Man Standing, Aquarius). Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Giuseppe Tornatore’s ‘Correspondence’ Announced

Posted: January 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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correspondenceWarner Music Italy will release a soundtrack album for Giuseppe Tornatore’s drama Correspondence (La Corrispodenza). The album features the film’s original music composed and arranged by Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West, The Hateful Eight, The Mission, Days of Heaven) who previously collaborated with the director on such movies as Cinema Paradiso, Malena and The Legend of 1900. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Correspondence is written and directed by Tornatore and stars Jeremy Irons & Olga Kurylenko. The movie centers on the love affair between a professor and a younger PhD student who takes excessive risks in her paid work as a stuntwoman. Read the rest of this entry »

Radiohead’s Philip Selway to Score ‘Let Me Go’

Posted: January 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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philip-selwayRadiohead drummer Philip Selway is set to make his film scoring debut on the upcoming British drama Let Me Go. The film is written and directed by Polly Steele and stars Juliet Stevenson, Jodhi May, Lucy Boynton, Karin Bertling, Stanley Weber, Eva Magyar, Simona Hughes and Elizabeth Webster. The movie is based on the memoirs of Helga Schneider and centers on four generations of women from the same family who suffer from a trauma created over 70 years ago during the darkest period of World War II. David Broder is producing the project with Lizzie Pickering. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Dad’s Army’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: January 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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dads-armySilva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy Dad’s Army. The album features the film’s original music composed by Charlie Mole (Mr. Selfridge, Othello, An Ideal Husband, The Importance Of Being Earnest). Also included is Bud Flanagan’s Dad’s Army TV theme Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler, as well as Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade. The soundtrack will be released on February 5, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Dad’s Army is directed by Oliver Parker and stars Toby Jones, Michael Gambon, Bill Nighy, Tom Courtenay, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Blake Harrison, Danny Mays, Bill Paterson and Sarah Lancashire. 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 »

‘Band of Robbers’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: January 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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band-of-robbersA soundtrack album for the caper comedy Band of Robbers has been released. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joel P West (Short Term 12, Grandma). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Band of Robbers is written and directed by Aaron & Adam Nee and stars Kyle Gallner, Matthew Gray Gubler, Melissa Benoist, Hannibal Buress, Eric Christian Olsen, Stephen Lang, Daniel Mora, as well as Adam Nee himself. The movie is a modern-day retelling of Mark Twain’s iconic books and imagines the author’s infamous young heroes Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer as grown men in current day. Read the rest of this entry »

’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: January 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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13-hoursParamount Pictures will release a soundtrack album for Michael Bay’s action drama 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Terminator Genisys, Home, Penguins of Madagascar, The Bible). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out a sample from the composer’s score after the jump. 13 Hours stars John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, Domicnic Fumusa, Max Martini, James Badge Dale, Toby Stephens, Matt Letscher, David Denman, David Costabile and David Giuntoli. The movie is based on the book 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi and centers on the six members of a security team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi from an attack of Islamist militants on September 11, 2012 – the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.  Read the rest of this entry »

Harry Gregson-Williams Scoring HBO’s ‘Confirmation’

Posted: January 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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confirmationHarry Gregson-Williams is composing the music for the upcoming HBO original movie Confirmation. The film is directed by Rick Famuyiwa (Dope, The Wood) and stars Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Eric Stonestreet, Jennifer Hudson, Dylan Baker, Erika Christensen, Kimberly Elise, Malcolm Gets, Grace Gummer, Bill Irwin, Zoe Lister-Jones, Peter McRobbie, Treat Williams and Alison Wright. The drama details the 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings and revisits the national debate over race relations and sexual harassment sparked during the hearings when law professor Anita Hill testified about her experiences with Thomas.  Read the rest of this entry »

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