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 »
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
‘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 »
‘Dope’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dope, Pharrell Williams, Soundtrack
Columbia Records has announced a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama Dope. The soundtrack is curated by Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Pharrell Williams who wrote and produced the original songs performed by the three main characters of the movie and their band Awreeoh. Also included are rap and hip-hop classics by artists including Digital Underground, Naughty By Nature, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Public Enemy & more. The soundtrack will be released on June 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. Dope is written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa and stars Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise, A$AP Rocky, Blake Anderson, Keith Stanfield, Chanel Iman, Quincy Brown and Zoë Kravitz. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Doyle to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: June 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Patrick Doyle, World Soundtrack Awards
Patrick Doyle has been selected as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the closing-night gala of the 15th World Soundtrack Awards at the Ghent Film Fest on October 24, 2015. The composer is known for his various collaborations on films directed by Kenneth Branagh, including Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Thor, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and this year’s Cinderella. He received two Academy Award nominations for his music for Branagh’s Hamlet and Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility. His other film scoring credits include Pixar’s Brave, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Nanny McPhee, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Alfonso Cuaron’s Great Expectations, Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, Mike Newell’s Donnie Brasco and Brian DePalma’s Carlito’s Way. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Madame Bovary’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Evgueni Galperine, Madame Bovary, Sacha Galperine, score, Soundtrack
August Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the drama Madame Bovary. The album features the film’s original music composed by Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Family, The Past). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 12, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Madame Bovary is directed by Sophie Barthes and stars Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti, Ezra Miller, Rhys Ifans, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Logan Marshall-Green and Laura Carmichael. The movie is based on Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel of the same title and centers on Emma Bovary who dreams of a finer life than the one she has on her father’s pig farm and soon discovers that marrying Mr. Charles Bovary does not make this possible. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Millennium’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Fox, Mark Snow, Millennium, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Fox series Millennium created by Chris Carter and starring Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher and Terry O’Quinn. The 2-CD set features more selections of the show’s original score composed by Mark Snow (The X-Files, The Lone Gunman, Elementary). The Vol. 2 soundtrack is limited to 2000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio clips. La-La Land Records has also reissued the Vol. 1 soundtrack album, which features the same content as the previously sold-out 2008 release. Read the rest of this entry »
