Nathan Larson is composing the music for the new Showtime original series Happyish. The show is created by Shalom Auslander and stars Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, Bradley Whitford, Sawyer Shipman, Carrie Preston, Molly Price and Andre Royo. The comedy drama follows a couple who face obsolescence in a youth-obsessed culture where people in their 40s are halfway to dead. Auslander is also executive producing the project with Ken Kwapis (He’s Just Not That Into You, Vibes, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) who directed the pilot episode. Larson has previously collaborated with Kwapis on the feature A Walk in the Woods starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte & Emma Thompson, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Broad Green Pictures for a release later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Larson Scoring Showtime’s ‘Happyish’
Posted: April 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Happyish, Ken Kwapis, Nathan Larson, Showtime
‘The Dovekeepers’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CBS, Jeff Beal, score, Soundtrack, The Dovekeepers
The details of the soundtrack album for the CBS mini-series The Dovekeepers have been revealed. The album features the series’ original music written by Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Rome, Carnivale, Ugly Betty). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 7, 2015. A physical release is planned for later this year. The Dovekeepers is directed by Yves Simoneau and stars Cote de Pablo, Rachel Brosnahan & Kathryn Prescott, Diego Boneta and Sam Neill. The 2-parter produced by Roma Downey & Mark Burnett is based on Alice Hoffman’s bestselling novel and centers on a group of extraordinary women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Zombeavers’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Al Kaplan, Jon Kaplan, score, Soundtrack, Zombeavers
La-La Land Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Zombeavers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon and Al Kaplan who also co-wrote the movie’s screenplay with director Jordan Rubin. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. A limited edition CD version will be released on April 21, 2015 and will be available on the label’s official website. Check out audio clips after the jump. Zombeavers starring Cortney Palm, Rachel Melvin, Lexi Atkins, Rex Linn, Hutch Dano, Jake Weary, Peter Gilroy, John Mayer and Bill Burr follows three college girls who go on a carefree vacation and encounter toxic zombie beavers trying to eat them. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Home’ Score Album Details
Posted: April 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Home, Lorne Balfe, score, Soundtrack, Stargate
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s Home. The album features the film’s original score composed by Lorne Balfe (Penguins of Madagascar, Megamind, The Bible). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 14, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Sony Classical is distributing the album overseas. Two tracks from the score are embedded after the jump. Interscope Records has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Coffee, Charli XCX & more. Home directed by Tim Johnson and featuring the voices of Jim Parsons, Steve Martin, Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez is currently playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
Carlo Siliotto to Score ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend’
Posted: April 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carlo Siliotto, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend, Yuen Wo-Ping
Carlo Siliotto has signed on to score the upcoming martial arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend. The film is directed by Yuen Wo-Ping (Tai Chi Master) who has served as the martial arts choreographer on The Matrix trilogy and Kill Bill and stars Michelle Yeoh who is reprising her role as Yu Shu-Lien from the original film, as well as Donnie Yen as Silent Wolf. Harry Shum Jr., Jason Scott Lee, Roger Yuan, Eugenia Yuan and Natasha Liu Bordizzo are co-starring. No plot details have been announced yet, but the movie is said to tell a story of “lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption”. John Fusco (Marco Polo, Young Guns, Hidalgo) has written the screenplay based on the novel Iron Knight, Silver Vase by Wang Dulu. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Robert Gulya, score, Soundtrack, Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the new film adaptation of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Robert Gulya and performed by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released on April 7, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn is written, produced and directed by Jo Kastner and stars Joel Courtney as Tom Sawyer, Jake T. Austin as Huckleberry Finn, Val Kilmer as Mark Twain, Katherine McNamara as Becky Thatcher and Noah Munck as Ben Rogers. The movie based on Twain’s classic novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will be released on DVD next Tuesday, April 7. Read the rest of this entry »
Roque Banos to Score Kevin Reynold’s ‘Risen’
Posted: April 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kevin Reynolds, Risen, Roque Banos
Roque Banos is set to compose the music for the upcoming biblical epic Risen. The film is directed by Kevin Reynolds (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Waterworld, The Count of Monte Cristo) and stars Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth and Cliff Curtis. The movie tells the story of the Resurrection and the weeks that followed, as seen through the eyes of an unbelieving Clavius, a high-ranking Roman Military Tribune. Mickey Liddell (The Grey, Go, Disconnect, Everwood) is producing the LD Entertainment production with Patrick Aiello (As Above, So Below, The Double) and Pete Shilaimon (In Secret). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Miller, Junkie XL, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, score, Soundtrack, Tom Holkenborg
The details of the soundtrack album for George Miller’s post-apocalyptic action movie Mad Max: Fury Road have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL (Divergent, 300: Rise of an Empire, Run All Night). The soundtrack will be released on May 12, 2015 by WaterTower Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Also check a full track from the score after the jump.Mad Max: Fury Road starringTom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nathan Jones, Zoë Kravitz, Riley Keough, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Abbey Lee and Courtney Eaton will be released nationwide on May 15 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna Scoring Atom Egoyan’s ‘Remember’
Posted: April 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atom Egoyan, Mychael Danna, Remember
Mychael Danna is reteaming with director Atom Egoyan on the upcoming thriller Remember. The film starring Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Dean Norris, Bruno Ganz, Jurgen Prochnow, Heinz Lieven and Henry Czerny is described as a “thriller in which the darkest chapter of modern history collides with a contemporary mission of revenge”. Benjamin August has written the screenplay. Ari Lantos (The Right Kind of Wrong, Stage Fright) and Robert Lantos (Eastern Promises, Being Julia, eXistenZ) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
GSPO to Perform Superhero Soundtracks in Concert
Posted: April 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: GSPO
On Saturday, April 18, the Golden State Pops Orchestra (GSPO) will present Superhero Soundtracks. The concert will feature the music from numerous comic book movies, including Marvel’s Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and The Avengers, as well as the themes from Superman, The Dark Knight, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and X-Men. Special guests to appear at the event include Christopher Lennertz who recently scored the first season of Marvel’s Agent Carter TV series, Craig Safan (The Last Starfighter), Jason Livesay who composed additional music for X-Men: Days of Future Past, as well as surprise guests. The event will take place on April 18 at 8:00pm at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, CA. To buy tickets for the concert, visit the orchestra’s official website.
