Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the thriller The Gift. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans (Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The One I Love). The soundtrack will be released on August 7, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Gift is directed by Joel Edgerton who also stars in the film alongside Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall. The movie follows a couple who seek to reinvigorate their relationship with a fresh beginning in a new town, only to be have their life disrupted by an acquaintance from the husband’s past. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Gift’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Bensi, Joel Edgerton, Saunder Jurriaans, score, Soundtrack, The Gift
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Varese Sarabande to Release Dario Marianelli’s ‘Everest’ Soundtrack
Posted: July 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dario Marianelli, Everest, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Everest. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, V for Vendetta). The soundtrack will be released on September 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full albums details. Everest is directed by Baltasar Kormákur and stars Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson and Jake Gyllenhaal. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for FX’s ‘Tyrant’ Released
Posted: July 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: FX, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, score, Soundtrack, Tyrant
20th Century Fox Television Records has released a soundtrack album for the FX original series Tyrant. The album features selections from the film’s Emmy Award-nominated original score composed by Academy Award winner Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote) and Jeff Danna (The Boondock Saints, Silent Hill), including the Emmy-nominated main titles theme. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Tyrant is created by Gideon Raff and stars Adam Rayner, Jennifer Finnigan, Ashraf Barhom, Noah Silver, Moran Atias, Anne Winters, Salim Daw, Justin Kirk, Fares Fares, Jordana Spiro, Mehdi Dehbi and Alice Krige. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Trask to Create ‘The King of Comedy’ Musical
Posted: July 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Stephen Trask, The King of Comedy
Composer Stephen Trask is teaming up with writer Chris D’Arienzo (Rock of Ages) to create a musical based on Martin Scorsese’s 1982 feature The King of Comedy starring Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Tony Randall, Diahnne Abbott and Sandra Bernhard about an aspiring comedian who kidnaps a talk show host in the hopes of forcing his way onto television. New Regency is backing the project, which is being eyed to premiere on Broadway. Trask is best known for composing the music for the stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch and its film version. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mistress America’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Britta Phillips, Dean Wareham, Mistress America, Noah Baumbach, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for Noah Baumbach’s indie comedy Mistress America. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips who previously scored the director’s The Squid and the Whale. Also included are songs by Paul McCartney, Suicide, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and Hot Chocolate. The soundtrack will be released on August 14, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mistress America is co-written by Baumbach & Greta Gerwig who also stars in the film as Lola Kirke, a lonely college freshman in New York who is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Low Down’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Low Down, Ohad Talmor, score, Soundtrack
Cinewax will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Low Down. The album features compositions by the film’s subject, jazz pianist Joe Albany, as well as tracks by Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach and Thelonious Monk. Also included are selections from the film’s original score composed by Ohad Talmor. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 28, 2015 and physically on August 7. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD or Vinyl and check out audio samples after the jump. Low Down is directed by Jeff Preiss and stars John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Lena Headey, Flea, Caleb Landry Jones, Peter Dinklage and Glenn Close. The movie centers on the relationship between a teenage girl and her father, a man torn between his musical ambition, his devotion to his daughter, and his suffocating heroin addiction. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pocahontas’ Legacy Collection Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Pocahontas, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Schwartz
The full details of the Walt Disney Records Legacy Collection release for Disney Animation’s 1995 feature Pocahontas have been revealed. The album features the film’s original songs and score, including previously unreleased tracks and demos. Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted, The Little Mermaid) has composed the score and songs and Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt) provided the songs’ lyrics. Menken’s score and the song Listen to the Wind were honored with Academy Award nominations in 1996. The soundtrack release, which coincides with the movie’s 20th anniversary will be released on August 7, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Johnny Klimek to Score ‘Patient Zero’
Posted: July 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Johnny Klimek, Patient Zero, Stefan Ruzowitzky
Johnny Klimek has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Patient Zero. The film is directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters, Anatomy, Deadfall) and stars Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, John Bradley Agyness Deyn and Stanley Tucci. The movie takes place after an unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies has turned the majority of humankind into highly intelligent, streamlined killers and follows one victim who is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected and leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Advantageous’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Advantageous, score, Soundtrack, Timo Chen
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Good Neighbors Media will release a soundtrack album for the indie sci-fi drama Advantageous. The album features the film’s original music composed by Timo Chen. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 24, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD release is planned for later this year. Check out audio samples after the jump. Advantageous is directed by Jennifer Phang and stars Jacqueline Kim, James Urbaniak, Freya Adams and Ken Jeong. The movie follows a single mother whose aspirations for her daughter drive her to the precipice of a fraught decision. The drama premiered in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Collaborative Vision and is now available on Netflix and iTunes. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Cat’s Eye’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Capricorn One, Cat's Eye, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced an expanded release for the 1985 horror movie Cat’s Eye directed by Lewis Teague, scripted by Stephen King and starring James Woods, Drew Barrymore, Alan King and Robert Hays. The album features the complete original score from the movie composed by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger), including previously unreleased music. To check out the full album details and to listen to audio clips, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
