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 »
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
‘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.
‘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
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 »
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 »
