The details of the soundtrack album for Brad Bird’s mystery adventure Tomorrowland have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Star Trek, Up, Inside Out, Jurassic World, Lost) who previously scored Bird’s The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 19 and physically on June 2, 2015. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and click here to listen to audio clips. Tomorrowland written by Bird & Damon Lindelof stars George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Judy Greer, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan Michael-Key and Thomas Robinson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tomorrowland’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brad Bird, Michael Giacchino, score, Soundtrack, Tomorrowland
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‘Vikings’ Season 3 Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: History, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Morris, Vikings
Sony Classical will release a new soundtrack album for the History original series Vikings. The album features selections from the original music from the third season of the show composed by Trevor Morris (The Tudors, The Borgias, Immortals, Olympus Has Fallen). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released soundtrack albums for the show’s first and second season. Vikings created by Michael Hirst and starring Travis Fimmel, Jessalyn Gilsig, Gustaf Skarsgard, Clive Standen, Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig, George Blagde and Alyssa Sutherland a tells the story of viking Ragnar Lothbrok who rises to fame by successful raids into England with the support of his family and fellow warriors. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score ‘Sommeren ’92’
Posted: May 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kasper Barfoed, Lorne Balfe, Sommeren '92
Lorne Balfe has signed on to score the upcoming sports drama Sommeren ’92. The film is directed by Kasper Barfoed (The Numbers Station, The Candidate) and stars Ulrich Thomsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Cyron Melville and Allan Hyde. The movie tells the true story of legendary Danish football manager Richard Møller Nielsen who united his unprepared, mismatched team to win against Germany in the 1992 European Championship finals. Meta Louise Foldager (Melancholia, A Royal Affair, Antichrist) and Nina Bisgaard are producing the project alongside Peopie Films’ Kris Thykier (Kick-Ass, The Debt, Woman in Gold). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Unfriended’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, Unfriended
Back Lot Music and Macroscopik Records have released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Unfriended. The album features the songs from and inspired by the film by The 2VO, Scissor Haus and Zzara. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio samples after the jump. Unfriended is directed by Levan Gabriadze, produced by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) and Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity) and stars Shelly Hennig, Moses Jacob Storm, Renee Olstead, Courtney Halverson, Will Peltz, Jacob Wysocki and Heather Sossaman. The movie unfolds over a teenager’s computer screen as she and her friends are stalked by an unseen figure who seeks vengeance for a shaming video that led a vicious bully to kill herself a year earlier. Read the rest of this entry »
David Wingo Scoring David Gordon Green’s ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’
Posted: May 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Gordon Green, David Wingo, Our Brand Is Crisis
David Wingo is reteaming with director David Gordon Green on the upcoming political comedy drama Our Brand Is Crisis. The film stars Sandra Bullock. Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Scoot McNairy, Zoe Kazan, Ann Dowd, Reynaldo Pacheco, Dominic Flores, Louis Arcella, Octavio Gomez Berrios and Joaquim de Almeida. The movie is based on the 2005 documentary of the same title and follows a group of American consultants who accept the challenge of getting an unpopular Bolivian president re-elected. Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Debt, The Men Who Stare at Goats) wrote the screenplay. George Clooney & Grant Heslov (Argo, Good Night, and Good Luck., The Monuments Men) are producing the project through their Smokehouse Pictures production company. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Where Hope Grows’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, Where Hope Grows
sonaBLAST! Records will release a soundtrack album for the inspirational drama Where Hope Grows. The album features the songs from the film by artists such as The Pass, Kyle James Hauser, Kelley McRae, Max Gabriel and The Workers. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 9, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Where Hope Grows is written and directed by Chris Dowling and stars Danica McKellar, Kerr Smith, Brooke Burns, Kristoffer Polaha, William Zabka and McKaley Miller. The movie follows a former a professional baseball player who is sent to an early retirement due to panic attacks and finds himself invigorated by a young man with Down syndrome. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ricki and the Flash’ to Feature Original Song by Jenny Lewis & Johnathan Rice
Posted: May 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Jenny Lewis, Johnathan Rice, Jonathan Demme, Ricki and the Flash
Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice have written the original song Cold One for Jonathan Demme’s comedy drama Ricki and the Flash. The song is performed by Meryl Streep who stars in the film alongside Kevin Kline, Mammie Gummer, Audra McDonald, Sebastian Stan and Rick Springfield. The movie directed by Demme (The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia) and scripted by Diablo Cody (Juno, Young Adult) follows a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom and gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Texas Rising’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, History, John Debney, Texas Rising
Universal Music Group Nashville will release a soundtrack album for the History event series Texas Rising. The album features the show’s original music composed by Oscar nominees John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water) and Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Tombstone, Young Sherlock Holmes). Also included is the original song Take Me To Texas written by Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark, as well as a cover version of the Tom Petty classic I Won’t Back Down performed by Kris Kristofferson and the original piece Igual Que Yo performed by guitarist José Feliciano. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Texas Rising is directed by Roland Joffe (The Mission) and stars Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olivier Martinez, Thomas Jane, Crispin Glover, Rhys Coiro, Jeremy Davies, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Christopher McDonald, Max Thieriot, Chad Michael Murray, Trevor Donovan, Robert Knepper, Jeff Fahey, Rob Morrow and Kris Kristofferson. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daniele Luppi, Eric V. Hachikian, Marco Polo, Netflix, Peter Nashel
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Marco Polo. The album features selection from the show’s original music composed by Peter Nashel (Lie to Me, Bee Season, Life on Mars) and Eric V. Hachikian, as well as the main titles theme by Daniele Luppi (Magic City). The soundtrack is set to be released on May 26, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Marco Polo is created by John Fusco and stars Lorenzo Richelmy, Zhu Zhu, Joan Chen, Benedict Wong, Remy Hii, Olivia Cheng, Claudia Kim, Uli Latukefu, Chin Han and Tom Wu. The show tells the story Marco Polo’s early years in the court of Kublai Khan, the Khagan of the Mongolian Empire and the founder of the Yuan dynasty, which lasted from 1271-1368. Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) to Score Scott Cooper’s ‘Black Mass’
Posted: May 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Mass, Junkie XL, Scott Cooper, Tom Holkenborg
Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL has been tapped to score the upcoming thriller Black Mass. The film is directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Out of the Furnace) and stars Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Rory Cochrane, Sienna Miller and Adam Scott. The movie tells the true story of Whitey Bulger, the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf. Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth (Edge of Tomorrow, Fair Game, Get On Up) wrote the screenplay based on the book by Dick Lehr & Gerard O’Neill. Read the rest of this entry »
