Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell revealed in a recent interview with Collider that Joseph LoDuca will be providing the score for the upcoming Starz original series Ash vs. Evil Dead. The show is the follow-up to the classic film franchise The Evil Dead and stars Bruce Campbell who will be reprising his role as Ash, the stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. Lucy Lawless, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo and Jill Marie Jones are c0-starring. Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, Oz: The Great and Powerful) is directing the pilot episode and is also executive producing the project with Rob Tapert (Drag Me to Hell, The Grudge), Campbell and Craig DiGregorio who will also serve as the showrunner of the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph LoDuca to Score Starz’s ‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ TV Series
Posted: April 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Evil Dead, Joseph LoDuca, Sam Raimi, Starz
Trevor Morris to Return for ‘London Has Fallen’
Posted: April 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: London Has Fallen, Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris has been hired to score the upcoming action thriller sequel London Has Fallen. The film is directed by Babak Najafi (Snabba Cash II) and stars Gerard Butler who returns as Secret Service agent Mike Banning, alongside Aaron Eckhart as the U.S. President, Morgan Freeman as Vice President Trumbull, Angela Bassett as Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs and Melissa Leo as Defense Secretary Ruth McMillan. Robert Forster, Sean O’Bryan, Radha Mitchell, Jackie Earle Haley, Alon Aboutboul, Charlotte Riley and Waleed Zuaiter are co-starring. The sequel takes place in London during the funeral of the British Prime Minister who has passed away under mysterious circumstances, when Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Art of Music in Visual Media’ Panel at Newport Beach Film Festival Announced
Posted: April 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Newport Beach Film Festival
On Saturday, April 25, the 16th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival will host The Art of Music in Visual Media panel during the festival’s Seminar Series. The participating composers include Marco Beltrami (Fantastic Four, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine), Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, Watchmen, John Wick, Dawn of the Dead), Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kick-Ass 2, Scouts vs. Zombies), Ryan Shore (Prime, Numb, Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever) and Jason T. Miller (The Odd Couple, ‘Til Death, Out of Practice). Jon Burlingame is moderating the panel, which will feature the composers sharing their insights on what it takes to develop their scores and elevate their stories. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner’s ‘Pas de Deux’ Album Details
Posted: April 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Horner, Pas de Deux
Mercury Classics will release film composer James Horner‘s first concert work in over 30 years, Pas de Deux. The Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra written by the Academy Award-winning composer of such movies as Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, Aliens, A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13 and performed by musicians Mari & Hakon Samuelsen and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra premiered last fall in Liverpool. Also included on the album is Pärt’s Fratres for Violin, String Orchestra & Percussion, Sollima’s Violoncelles, Vibrez! and Einaudi’s Divenire. The album will be released overseas on May 25, 2015 and is now available for pre-order as an import on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Blake Neely Scoring CBS’ ‘Supergirl’
Posted: April 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, CBS, Supergirl
This week, Blake Neely has recorded his score for the pilot of the new CBS drama Supergirl. The show based on the DC Comics property centers on Kara Zor-El ,Superman’s cousin, who escaped from on the planet Krypton and was taken in by a foster family on Earth who taught her to be careful with her extraordinary powers. Melissa Benoist stars in the title role, alongside Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, Mehcad Brooks as Jimmy Olsen, David Harewood as Hank Henshaw and Chyler Leigh as Alexandra “Alex” Danvers. Supergirl Helen Slater and former Superman Dean Cain are guest starring in the pilot. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The D Train’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Dost, score, Soundtrack, The D-Train
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the indie comedy The D Train. The album features the film’s original music composed by fun.’s Andrew Dost who made his feature film scoring debut with the project. Also included are tracks by INXS, The Vapors, Quarterflash, Mr. Mister, and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), as well as the original song A Million Stars performed by Andy McCluskey (OMD), Rob Kroehler (Ladylike), Jack Antonoff (fun.) and Dost himself. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 5, 2015 and physically on May 26. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The D Train is written and directed by Andrew Mogel & Jarrad Paul and stars Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Kyle Bornheimer and Adria Tennor. The movie follows a Middle America high school reunion committee chairman who has to do whatever it takes to get the most popular guy from high school to show up to their 20-year reunion. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘Inside Out’ Soundtrack
Posted: April 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Inside Out, Michael Giacchino, Pixar, score, Soundtrack, Tomorrowland
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for Pixar Animation’s Inside Out. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Giacchino (Star Trek, Lost) who previously scored the studio’s The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up and Cars 2. The soundtrack will be released on June 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. The label will also release the composer’s music for Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland physically on June 2 (click here to pre-order the CD). Inside Out directed by Pete Docter and featuring the voices of Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Mindy Kaling, Lewis Black and Phyllis Smith will be released nationwide on June 19. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch Scoring ‘Harvest’
Posted: April 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, George Mendeluk, Harvest
Benjamin Wallfisch is composing the music for the upcoming epic romance Harvest. The film is directed by George Mendeluk and stars Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper and Terence Stamp. The movie is set in 1930s Ukraine and centers on a man’s fight to save his family and everything he holds dear from complete annihilation as Stalin uses mass starvation and executions to crush resistance to his totalitarian regimen. Mendeluk also co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Bachynsky Hoover based on an original story by Hoover. Mendeluk is also producing the project with Jaye Gazeley and Chad Barager. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Devil’s Hand’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anton Sanko, score, Soundtrack, The Devil's Hand
Screamworks Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Devil’s Hand. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anton Sanko (Rabbit Hole, The Possession, Ouija, Big Love). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio samples are embedded after the jump. The Devil’s Hand is directed by Christian E. Christiansen and stars Alycia Debnam Carey, Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Carpenter, Adelaide Kane, Leah Pipes and Thomas McDonell. The movie centers on a small commune dealing with a prophecy that predicts the coming of the devil’s daughter and a sequence of murders that causes panic to spread through the community. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Little Chaos’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Little Chaos, Peter Gregson, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the period comedy A Little Chaos. The album features the film’s original music composed by cellist Peter Gregson who made his major film scoring debut on the project. (UPDATE, JUNE 2015): The soundtrack will be released in the U.S. on June 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Little Chaos is directed by Alan Rickman who also stars in the film alongside Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory and Jennifer Ehle. The movie follows two rival landscape gardeners who compete to design a fountain at Versailles for Louis XIV. Read the rest of this entry »
