Mychael Danna is composing the music for Pixar Studios’ upcoming animated feature The Good Dinosaur. The film is directed by Peter Sohn and features the voices of Lucas Neff, John Lithgow, Frances McDormand, Neil Patrick Harris, Judy Greer and Bill Hader. The movie is set in a world where dinosaurs have never become extinct and follows a young dinosaur who loses himself after falling into a river, sweeping him far away from his home. Denise Ream (Cars 2) is producing the project and John Lasseter is executive producing. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna Scoring Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’
Posted: May 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mychael Danna, Pixar Studios, The Good Dinosaur
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‘Max’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Boaz Yakin, Max, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Rabin
The full details of the soundtrack album for the family adventure Max have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Trevor Rabin (Remember the Titans, Armageddon, National Treasure, Gone In 60 Seconds, Con Air). The soundtrack will be released on June 23, 2015 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Max is directed by Boaz Yakin and stars Josh Wiggins, Lauren Graham, Thomas Haden Church, Robbie Amell, Luke Kleintank and Jay Hernandez. The MGM production follows a young teen from a family dealing with loss, who finds friendship, comfort and adventure with the heroic military dog of his fallen brother, a United States Marine who served his country on the frontlines of the war in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Lifetime’s ‘The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe’ to Feature Music by David Carbonara
Posted: May 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Carbonara, Lifetime, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
David Carbonara has composed the original music for the Lifetime mini-series The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. The two-parter is directed by Laurie Collyer (Sherrybaby) and stars Kelli Garner, Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Eva Amurri Martino. The four-hour TV event is based on J. Randy Taraborrelli’s New York Times bestseller of the same title and explores Monroe’s complicated relationships with her mother, foster mother and legal guardian, her struggles with mental illness and her ties with the Kennedys. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘The Firm’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave Grusin, score, Sidney Pollack, Soundtrack, The Firm
La-La Land Records has released a new soundtrack album for Paramount Pictures’ 1993 thriller The Firm based on the John Grisham novel, directed by Sidney Pollack and starring Tom Cruise, Ed Harris and Holly Hunter. The album features the film’s expanded and remastered original music composed by Dave Grusin (Three Days of the Condor, The Goonies, Tootsie, Havana) who received an Academy Award nomination for his score, including previously unreleased music and alternates, as well as the content of the original 1993 soundtrack album. To listen to audio samples and for the full album details, visit the La-La Land’s official website, where you can also order the 2CD-set, which is limited to 3000 copies. Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell to Score ‘The Finest Hours’
Posted: May 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Gillespie, score, Soundtrack, The Finest Hours
Carter Burwell has signed on to score the upcoming disaster drama The Finest Hours. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, Million Dollar Arm, Fright Night) and stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Kyle Gallner and Holliday Grainger. The movie is based on a true story revolving around a rescue attempt by the Coast Guard in 1952 after pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard. Oscar nominees Paul Tamsay & Eric Johnson (The Fighter) and Scott Silver (8 Mile) wrote the screenplay based on the book by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ilan Eshkeri, score, Shaun the Sheep, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for Aardman Animations’ Shaun the Sheep Movie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Kick-Ass, Layer Cake, Still Alice, 47 Ronin). Also included is Tim Wheeler’s Feels Like Summer, which has previously been released as a single. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on June 1, 2015 and in the U.S. on August 7. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and click here to listen to audio clips. Shaun the Sheep written and directed by Mark Burton & Richard Starzak is based on the television series of the same title featuring the sheep character from the Wallace & Gromit short A Close Shave. Read the rest of this entry »
Video Highlights From 2015 BMI Film & TV Awards
Posted: May 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, BMI Film & TV Awards, Chris Montan
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has published a number of video clips from the organization’s 2015 BMI Film & TV Awards gala, which was held last week at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check out the acceptance speech of this year’s recipient of the BMI Icon Award, Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen, Godzilla), as well as the speech of President of Walt Disney Music, Chris Montan who was honored with the BMI Classic Contribution Award. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore to Score Thomas McCarthy’s ‘Spotlight’
Posted: May 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Howard Shore, Spotlight, Thomas McCarthy
Howard Shore has been hired to score the upcoming drama Spotlight. The film is directed by Thomas McCarthy (The Visitor, The Station Agent, Win Win) and stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Live Schreiber, Stanley Tucci, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Billy Crudup and Jamey Sheridan. The movie tells the true story of four members of the Boston Globe’s investigative Spotlight team who sacrificed everything to expose the Boston Archdiocese’s systemic cover up of sexual abuse of children by ordained priests. McCarthy also co-wrote the screenplay with Josh Singer (The Fifth Estate, Fringe). Read the rest of this entry »
Composer Jed Kurzel to Direct ‘Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley’
Posted: May 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley, Jed Kurzel, Justin Kurzel
Composer Jed Kurzel is set to make his directorial debut with the upcoming sports comedy drama Ivan Lendl Never Learnt to Volley. The film will star Denis Menochet as a man whose fanatical desire to see his son become a tennis champion comes at any cost. The composer’s brother Justin Kurzel (Macbeth, The Snowtown Murders) is producing the project with Anna McLeish & Sarah Shaw (Partisan, Shopping). Apart from scoring his brother’s features, Jed Kurzel has also composed the music for such films as The Babadook, Son of a Gun and Slow West, which is currently playing in theaters. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton to Score Danny Boyle’s ‘Steve Jobs’
Posted: May 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Danny Boyle, Steve Jobs
The first teaser trailer for the upcoming biographical drama Steve Jobs reveals that Daniel Pemberton has been tapped to score the movie. The film is directed by Danny Boyle and stars Michael Fassbender in the title role, Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh, Seth Rogen as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley. Katherine Waterston, Michael Stuhlbarg, Perla Haney-Jardine, Ripley Sobo, Sarah Snook and Adam Shapiro are co-starring. Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, The West Wing, The Newsroom, A Few Good Men) wrote the screenplay based on Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. Read the rest of this entry »
