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 »
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
‘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 »
‘Glue’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Glue, score, Soundtrack, Walter Mair
Entertainment One (eOne Music) has released a soundtrack album for the British mini-series Glue. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Walter Mair (Blood Orange, Grand Theft Auto). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Glue is created by Jack Thorne (Skins, The Fades, This Is England)) and directed by Daniel Nettheim, Oliver Blackbur and Cathy Brady. The 8-parter starring Yasmin Paige, Jessie Cave, Callum Turner, Jordan Stevens and Charlotte Spencer is set in the English rural countryside and centers around the friends of 14-year-old boy, Cal Bray, who is found dead. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Warbeck Scoring Maïwenn’s ‘Mon Roi’
Posted: May 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Maïwenn, Mon Roi, Stephen Warbeck
Stephen Warbeck has recently composed the music for the upcoming French romantic drama Mon Roi. The film is directed by Maïwenn and stars Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot and Louis Garell. The movie follows a woman healing from a passionate but self-destructive love story. Maïwenn is directing the film and also co-wrote the screenplay with Etienne Comar (Of Gods and Men, Haute Cuisine). Alain Attal (Tell No One, The Concert, Little White Lies) is producing the project. Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Quills, Billy Elliot) and Maïwenn have previously collaborated on 2011’s Polisse. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Nobody’s Fool’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Henry Jackman, Howard Shore, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Matthew Margeson, Nobody's Fool, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has released a soundtrack album for Paramount Pictures’ 1994 drama Nobody’s Fool directed by Robert Benton and starring Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy and Melanie Griffith. The album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed and conducted by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Aviator, Hugo, The Departed), including previously unreleased music, as well as alternates and unused cues. For the full album details and to order the limited edition CD, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Andrews to Score ‘Daddy’s Home’
Posted: May 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daddy's Home, John Morris, Michael Andrews, Sean Anders
Michael Andrews has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Daddy’s Home. The film is directed by Sean Anders & John Morris (Horrible Bosses 2, That’s My Boy, Sex Drive) and stars Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, Hannibal Buress and Paul Scheer. The movie follows a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father arrives. Brian Burns (Entourage, Blue Bloods) wrote the screenplay with revisions by Anders & Morris, Chris Henchy (The Other Guys, The Campaign) & Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights) and Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder, Get Hard). Read the rest of this entry »
