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 »
Clint Mansell Scoring Ben Wheatley’s ‘High-Rise’
Posted: March 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Wheatley, Clint Mansell, High-Rise
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‘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 »
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
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 »
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 »
