Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for the French drama Diary of a Chambermaid (Journal d’une femme de chamber). The album features the film’s original music composed by Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Crimson Rivers, The Chorus). The movie is directed by Benoît Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen) and stars Léa Seydoux and Vincent Lindon. The drama based on the novel by Octave Mirbeau about a scheming servant who works for a wealthy couple in France during the late 19th century premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and will be released in France on April 1. Cohen Media Group has picked up domestic distribution rights. Quartet’s soundtrack also includes Coulais’ music for Jacquot’s drama 3 Hearts starring Benoît Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Diary of a Chambermaid’ and ‘3 Hearts’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 3 Hearts, Benoit Jacquot, Bruno Coulais, Diary of a Chambermaid, score, Soundtrack
Jeff Russo to Score Spike TV’s ‘Tut’
Posted: March 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Russo, Spike TV, Tut
Jeff Russo has been tapped to score the upcoming Spike TV original miniseries Tut. The limited series is directed by David Von Ancken (Seraphim Falls, Californication) and stars Avan Jogia, Ben Kingsley, Alexander Siddig, Nonso Anozi, Iddo Goldberg, Peter Gadiot, Sibylla Deen and Kylie Bunbury. The 6-parter tells the story of Tutankhamun, aka King Tut, the youngest Pharaoh to rule Ancient Egypt, whose famous golden sarcophagus has become one of the symbols of the ancient civilization. Joel S. Rice and Michael Prupas (The Pillars of the Earth, Being Human, The Kennedys) are executive producing the project for Muse Entertainment, alongside Michael Vickerman (Warriors of Virtue), Bradley Bredeweg, Peter Paige & Greg Gugliotta (The Fosters), Jeremy Elice and Angela Mancuso. Read the rest of this entry »
Atli Örvarsson to Score ‘The Perfect Guy’
Posted: March 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, David M. Rosenthal, The Perfect Guy
Atli Örvarsson has been hired to score the upcoming thriller The Perfect Guy. The film is directed by David M. Rosenthal and stars Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, Charles S. Dutton, Rutina Wesley and Kathryn Morris. The movie follows a woman who meets an IT expert who appears to be the perfect guy, but soon discovers a violent side of him. Tommy Oliver, Darryl Taja, Nicole Rocklin (Middle of Nowhere) and Wendy Rhoads (The Haunting in Connecticut) are producing the Screen Gems production. Tyger Williams (Menace II Society) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Far from Men’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Far from Men, Loin des hommes, Nick Cave, score, Soundtrack, Warren Ellis
Goliath Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the French drama Far from Men (Loin des hommes). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Proposition, Lawless). The soundtrack will be released on May 19, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Far from Men is written and directed by David Oelhoffen and stars Viggo Mortensen and Reda Kateb. The movie is loosely based on the short story The Guest by Albert Camus and follows a French teacher in a small Algerian village in 1957 during Algeria’s war of independence from France who is ordered to take a dissident to the authorities to turn him in, but the two men unexpectedly bond. Read the rest of this entry »
John Barry’s ‘The Dove’ Score Released
Posted: March 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Inherit the Wind, John Barry, Laurence Rosenthal, score, Soundtrack, The Dove, The Return of a Man Called Horse
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack CD release for the 1974 drama The Dove directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Joseph Bottoms, Deborah Raffin and Gregory Peck . The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dance With Wolves, Out of Africa, Goldfinger) who previously scored Jarrott’s Mary, Queen Of Scots. Included is the content of the original 1974 soundtrack LP, including the original song written by the composer, performed by Lyn Paul and with lyrics by Don Black, as well as several previously unreleased tracks. To check out the full details of the soundtrack for the Paramount Pictures production, visit Intrada’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Boychoir’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Boychoir, Brian Byrne, Francois Girard, Soundtrack
Reprise Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Boychoir. The album features the choral music from th film performed by the American Boychoir. Also included are three tracks from the movie’s original score written by Golden Globe-nominated composer Brian Byrne (Albert Nobbs), as well as the original song The Mysteries Of Your Gift performed by Josh Groban, which is also available to download as a single here. To download the full soundtrack, which will be available on March 31, visit Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Boychoir is directed by François Girard and stars Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Josh Lucas, Kevin McHale, Eddie Izzard, Debra Winger and Garrett Wareing. The movie follows an orphaned 12-year-old boy who is sent to a prestigious music school where he struggles to join an elite group of world-class singers and clashes with the school’s demanding choir master. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lost River’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Johnny Jewel, Lost River, Ryan Gosling, score, Soundtrack
Italians Do It Better has released a soundtrack album for Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River. The album features the film’s original music composed by Johnny Jewel (Bronson, Those Who Kill). Also included is the movie’s love theme by Jewel’s band Chromatics, as well as tracks by Glass Candy, Larry Clinton, Desire, Sunset Four & more. The soundtrack is now available on iTunes. Listen to the full album after the jump. Lost River is written and directed by Gosling and stars Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith, Eva Mendes and Ben Mendelsohn. The movie is set against the surreal dreamscape of a vanishing city and follows a single mother who is swept into a macabre and dark fantasy underworld while her teenage son discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. Read the rest of this entry »
Clint Mansell Scoring Ben Wheatley’s ‘High-Rise’
Posted: March 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Wheatley, Clint Mansell, High-Rise
Clint Mansell is composing the music for the upcoming thriller High-Rise. The film is directed by Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, Kill List, Down Terrace) and stars Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, James Purefoy, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, Reece Shearsmith, Peter Ferdinando and Dan Renton Skinner. The movie is based on J.G. Ballard’s 1975 novel of the same title and follows a young doctor who becomes embroiled in a sinister world in a new residential tower built in 1970s Britain, at the site of what will soon become the world’s financial hub. Amy Jump (Kill List, A Field in England) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sausage Party’ to Feature Music by Alan Menken
Posted: March 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Sausage Party
Alan Menken is writing original songs for the upcoming animated comedy Sausage Party. The film is directed by Greg Tiernan & Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted) and features the voices of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Edward Norton, James Franco, Nick Kroll, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, Salma Hayek and Paul Rudd. The movie follows a hero sausage and his friends who fall out of a shopping cart and embark on a journey through the supermarket to get back to their aisles before the Fourth of July sale. Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (This Is the End, The Interview) have written the screenplay with Kyle Hunter & Ariel Shaffir. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 29, 2015)
Posted: March 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Chris Alan Lee, Fox, Jeff Beal, Justin Warfield, Killing Jesus, Lyle Workman, National Geographic Channel, Olympus, Rich Walters, Sin City Saints, Syfy, The Dovekeepers, Trevor Morris, TV Land, Weird Loners, Yahoo, Younger
Premiering tonight is the National Geographic Channel original movie Killing Jesus directed by Christopher Menaul and stars Kelsey Grammer, Stephen Moyer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, John Rhys Davies, Rufus Sewell, Eoin Macken, Aneurin Barnard, Vernon Dobtcheff, Tamsin Egerton and John Lynch. The film’s original music is composed by Emmy Award winner Trevor Morris (The Tudors, The Borgias, Vikings, Immortals, Olympus Has Fallen). The 3-hour TV event is based on the best-selling book by Bill O’Reilly and chronicles the life of Jesus of Nazareth through the retelling of the political, social and historical conflicts during the Roman Empire. For more information about the film, visit National Geographic’s official website.
Premiering on Tuesday, March 31 is the CBS mini-series The Dovekeepers directed by Yves Simoneau, produced by Roma Downey & Mark Burnett and starring Cote de Pablo, Rachel Brosnahan & Kathryn Prescott, Diego Boneta and Sam Neill. Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Rome, Appaloosa, Monk, Ugly Betty) has composed the project’s original music. Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally on April 7. Check back on this page for the full album details and visit our previous news article for more information about the two-parter, which will air on Tuesday and Wednesday night on CBS. Read the rest of this entry »
