Premiering on Friday, May 8 is the Netflix original series Grace and Frankie and created by Marta Kauffman & Howard J. Morris and starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Brooklyn Decker, Ethan Embry, Baron Vaughn and June Diane Raphael. Michael Skloff (Friends, Dream On, Jessie) and Sam KS are composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the comedy, visit our scoring assignment announcement. The full first season of Grace and Frankie will be available this Friday on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 3, 2015)
Posted: May 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cleveland Abduction, Grace and Frankie, Lifetime, Michael Skloff, Netflix, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Sam KS, Stockholm Pennsylvania, Tony Morales
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Elliot Goldenthal’s ‘Symphony in G-Sharp Minor’ to Be Released
Posted: May 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Elliot Goldenthal, Symphony in G Minor
Zarathustra Music will release an EP featuring Elliot Goldenthal‘s concert work Symphony in G-Sharp Minor. The Academy Award-winning composer whose film scores include Frida, Interview with the Vampire, Heat, Batman Forever, Alien 3 and Public Enemies composed the piece, which was commissioned by the Pacific Symphony and marks his second collaboration with the orchestra following the oratorio Fire Water Paper. The symphony premiered last year at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, CA. The EP featuring the symphony’s two movements Moderato con moto and Rondo agitato will be released on May 12, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes.
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies to Score ‘The Great Getaway’
Posted: May 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Peter Maxwell Davies, The Great Getaway
The Telegraph is reporting that Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is set to compose the score for the upcoming historical drama The Great Getaway. The film is directed by Robbie Moffat and will star Peter Mullan and Brendan Gleeson. The movie tells the story of Bonnie Prince Charles aka Charles Edward Stuart, grandson of deposed James II who flew to the Islas after crushing defeat at Culloden. Muffat is also writing the screenplay and Mairi Sutherland is producing the Palm Tree Universal production. The drama will mark Davies’ first film score since 1971’s The Devils directed by Ken Russell and starring Oliver Reed & Vanessa Redgrave. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie’ to Feature Music by Michael Skloff & Sam KS
Posted: May 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Grace and Frankie, Michael Skloff, Netflix, Sam KS
Michael Skloff and Sam KS have composed the music for the new Netflix original series Grace and Frankie. The show is created by Marta Kauffman (Friends) & Howard J. Morris (According to Jim) and stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Brooklyn Decker, Ethan Embry, Baron Vaughn and June Diane Raphael. The comedy follows two women whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 1, 2015)
Posted: May 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Any Day, Atticus Ross, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Brian Tyler, Cas & Dylan, Claudia Sarne, Danny Elfman, David Robbins, Days of Grace, Elia Cmiral, Far from Men, Far from the Madding Crowd, Julian Wass, Leopold Ross, Michael Brook, Nick Cave, Ride, Shigeru Umebayashi, Warren Ellis, Welcome to Me
The only wide release this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Age of Ultron written and directed by Joss Whedon and starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johannson, Jeremy Renner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany and Cobie Smulders. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Furious 7) and Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine and Philharmonia’s Soundcloud channel for audio interviews with Tyler about his work on the project.
Opening in limited release is the period drama Far from the Madding Crowd directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge and Michael Sheen. Craig Armstrong (Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, Love Actually) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn about the Fox Searchlight release and click here to listen to audio samples from the score. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Remixes Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fifty Shades of Grey, Soundtrack
Republic Records will release a new soundtrack album for the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. The album features remixes of the songs from the best-selling soundtrack by The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding, Sia, Laura Welsh, Jessie Ware, AWOLNATION, Skylar Grey, Vaults by artists including Kaskade, CANVAS, Praia, SOHN, Gazzo, Marian Hill & more. Also included is a remix of Danny Elfman’s score track Ana and Christian by Heavy Mellow. Fifty Shades of Grey Remixed will be released on May 4, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the film’s songs, as well as Elfman’s score. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna to Score Pixar’s ‘Sanjay’s Super Team’
Posted: April 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mychael Danna, Pixar, Sanjay's Super Team
Mychael Danna has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming Pixar animated short Sanjay’s Super Team. The film is directed by animator Sanjay Patel who makes his directorial debut and follows a young Indian boy who is watching cartoons on TV and begins “daydreaming a kind of ancient, Hindu version of “The Avengers,” with the gods appearing like superheroes.” Nicole Paradis Grindle is producing the short, which marks Danna’s first project for Pixar Animation and his second animated film following 2007’s Surf’s Up. Read the rest of this entry »
Back Lot Music to Release ‘Jurassic World’ Soundtrack
Posted: April 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jurassic World, Michael Giacchino, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the action adventure Jurassic World. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, Lost, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Super 8). The soundtrack will be released on June 9, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Jurassic World is directed by Colin Trevorrow and stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, BD Wong and Judy Greer. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman Scoring ‘Goosebumps’
Posted: April 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, Goosebumps, Rob Letterman
Director Rob Letterman confirmed in a recent interview with Collider that Danny Elfman is currently scoring the upcoming Goosebumps. The film directed by Letterman (Monsters vs. Aliens, Gulliver’s Travels) stars Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell, Ryan Lee and Ken Marino. The movie is based on the book series of the same title and follows a teenager who moves to a small town and meets the beautiful girl next door whose mysterious dad is revealed to be R. L. Stine, the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. Darren Lemke (Jack the Giant Slayer, Turbo) and Mike White (School of Rock) wrote the screenplay based on a story by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood, Big Eyes) and Lemke. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Water Diviner’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Hirschfelder, Lisa Gerrard, Ludovico Einaudi, Richard Tognetti, Russell Crowe, Soundtrack, The Water Diviner
A soundtrack album has been released for the historical drama The Water Diviner. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Hirschfelder (Elizabeth, Australia, The Railway Man), as well as additional music by Ludovico Einaudi (The Intouchables, Samba), Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator, Whale Rider) and Richard Tognetti. The soundtrack is now available to download overseas. Click here to listen to audio clips and check back on this page for the domestic release date. The Water Diviner marks the directorial debut of Russell Crowe who also stars in the film alongside Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogan, Cem Yilmaz, Jai Courtney, Ryan Corr, James Fraser, Ben O’Toole and Isabel Lucas. Read the rest of this entry »
