Alberto Iglesias will be reteaming with director Pedro Almodovar on the upcoming Spanish drama Silence (Silencio). The film stars Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez, Daniel Grao, Dario Grandinetti, Rossy de Palma, Inma Cuesta, Nathalie Poza and Pilar Castro. The movie spans 30 years in a woman’s life from a nostalgic 1985 when everything seems much better to 2015, when everything seems beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness. Almodovar is also writing the screenplay and the director’s brother Agustin is producing the project with Ester Garcia (Wild Tales). Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias to Score Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Silence’ (‘Silencio’)
Posted: March 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Pedro Almodovar, Silence, Silencio
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 27, 2015)
Posted: March 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Girl Like Her, Bobby Johnston, Christophe Beck, David Bateman, Get Hard, Home, James Murphy, Johan Söderqvist, Kaspar Winding, Laurent Petitgand, Lorne Balfe, Marfa Girl, Serena, The Riot Club, The Salt of the Earth, While We're Young
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is DreamWorks Animation’s Home directed by Tim Johnson and featuring the voices of Jim Parsons, Steve Martin, Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez. Roc Nation Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Coffee, Kiesza, Charli XCX and Jacob Plant. Check out our previous article for the full album details. The movie’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Penguins of Madagascar, Megamind, The Bible). Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music within the next month. Check back on this page for the full album details and visit YouTube to check out a track from Balfe’s score.
Also opening wide is the comedy Get Hard directed by Etan Cohen and starring Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Alison Brie and Craig T. Nelson. Christophe Beck (Frozen, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover, The Muppets) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced, but three tracks from the composer’s score can be checked out on Beck’s official website. Get Hard follows a rich, soft-handed investment bank manager who is sentenced to a maximum security prison and hires the streetwise guy to teach him how to survive his upcoming prison sentence. To learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Urata to Score ‘Fun House’ aka ‘The Taliban Shuffle’
Posted: March 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fun House, Glenn Ficarra, Indiscretion, John Requa, Nick Urata, The Taliban Shuffle
Nick Urata revealed in a recent interview with Flickreel that he will be reuniting with directors Glenn Ficarra & John Requa on the upcoming comedy Fun House (also known as The Taliban Shuffle). The film stars Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Nicholas Braun, Christopher Abbott, Sheila Vand, Stephen Peacocke, Evan Jonigkeit and Billy Bob Thornton. The movie is based on Kim Barker’s memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan and recounts her years as a journalist in Afghanistan and Pakistan after arriving in the region in 2002. Robert Carlock (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) has written the screenplay. Fey is also producing the project with Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live, Wayne’s World, Three Amigos) and Ian Bryce (Transformers, Saving Private Ryan, Spider-Man). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Monsters: Dark Continent’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Monsters, Monsters: Dark Continent, Neil Davidge, score, Soundtrack
7Hz Productions will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi sequel Monsters: Dark Continent. The album features the film’s original music composed by Neil Davidge (Halo 4, Push, Good People). Also included are the songs from the movie by artists including The Graveltones, The Amazing Snakeheads, When Gravity Falls & more. The soundtrack will be released on May 1, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Monsters: Dark Continent is directed by Tom Green and stars Johnny Harris, Sam Keeley and Joe Dempsie. The movie takes place a couple of years after the original film directed by Gareth Edwards who serves as an executive producer on the project as Infected Zones have spread across the world and US military try to wipe out the monsters. Read the rest of this entry »
Bill Brown to Score Season 2 of Syfy’s ‘Dominion’
Posted: March 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bill Brown, Dominion, Syfy
Bill Brown has been tapped to score the second season of the Syfy original series Dominion. The show is created by Vaun Vilmott and stars Christopher Egan, Tom Wisdom, Roxanne McKee, Alan Dale, Anthony Stewart Head and Luke Allen-Gale. The supernatural action drama based on characters from the 2010 feature Legion directed by Scott Stewart and starring Paul Bettany is set in the year 25 A.E. and takes place during a catastrophic war between an army of angels and mankind that has transformed the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Mac Quayle to Score Fox’s ‘Scream Queens’
Posted: March 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brad Falchuk, Fox, Ian Brennan, Mac Quayle, Ryan Murphy, Scream Queens
Mac Quayle has been hired to score the upcoming Fox series Scream Queens. The show is created by Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan & Brad Falchuk (Glee) and stars Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Oliver Hudson, Keke Palmer, Abigail Breslin, Billie Lourd, Skyler Samuels, Lucien Laviscount, Diego Boneta, Glen Powell and Nasim Pedrad. The horror comedy anthology series’ first season will revolve around a college campus which is rocked by a series of murders. Murphy, Falchuk and Brennan are also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Dante Di Loreto (Glee, The Normal Heart, Temple Grandin). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Belle du Seigneur’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Belle du Seigneur, Gabriel Yared, score, Soundtrack
Caldera Records has announced a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Belle du Seigneur. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1408, Cold Mountain). Also included is an interview with the composer about his work on the project. To learn more about the release, visit the label’s official website. Belle du Seigneur is directed by Glenio Bonder and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Natalie Vodianova and Marianne Faithfull. The movie is based on the novel by Albert Cohen and follows a Jewish diplomat who falls for, and starts an affair with, a married Swiss woman as World War Two kicks off. Read the rest of this entry »
‘In the Flesh’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: BBC, BBC America, Edmund Butt, In the Flesh, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC supernatural zombie apocalypse series In the Flesh. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Edmund Butt (The Dark, Ashes to Ashes, An Adventure in Space and Time). Also included are three songs from the series performed by Keaton Henson. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on April 27 and is now available to pre-order on Amazon. In the Flesh is created by Dominic Mitchell and stars Luke Newberry, Emily Bevan, Harriet Cains, Stephen Thompson, Kenneth Cranham, Kevin Sutton, Steve Cooper, Marie Critchley, Sandra Hugget, Gerard Thompson and Gillian Waugh. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande to Release Score Albums for ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and ‘Orphan Black’
Posted: March 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: BBC America, Brandon Jay, Gwendolyn Sanford, Netflix, Orange Is the New Black, Orphan Black, Scott Doherty, Trevor Yuile
Varese Sarabande will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black created by Jenji Kohan and starring Taylor Schilling. The album will feature the selections from the show’s original score composed by Gwendolyn Sanford, Brandon Jay and Scott Doherty. The soundtrack is set to be released on May 12, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label will also release the first soundtrack album for the BBC America original series Orphan Black created by Graeme Manson & John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslan. The album features the show’s original music composed by Trevor Yuile (Being Erica, King) and will be released on May 19, 2015. Click here to pre-order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Receive Max Steiner Award
Posted: March 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hollywood in Vienna, James Newton Howard, Max Steiner Award
Photo credit: Sally Stevens
It was announced today that James Newton Howard is the recipient of this year’s Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award, which will be presented at the annual Hollywood in Vienna Concert Gala at Vienna Concert Hall on October 16, 2015 The Max Steiner Award honors extraordinary achievements within the genre of film music by the musical capital of Austria, Vienna. Previous recipients of the honor include James Horner, Alan Silvestri, Howard Shore, Randy Newman, Lalo Schifrin and John Barry. Howard has written numerous scores for films such as The Sixth Sense, Signs, King Kong, Maleficent, Pretty Woman, Waterworld, The Prince of Tides, The Village, The Fugitive, Dinosaur, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Hunger Games series. Read the rest of this entry »
