DreamWorks Pictures announced today that John Williams will be reteaming with Steven Spielberg on the director’s upcoming family drama The BFG. The movie starring Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill is based on the book by Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox) and tells the story of a young orphan girl and the mysterious friendly Giant who introduces her to Giant Country. Melissa Mathison (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Kundun) has adapted the material for the screen. Spielberg is also producing the project with Frank Marshall (The Bourne Series, The Sixth Sense, Poltergeist) and Sam Mercer (Signs, Unbreakable). Read the rest of this entry »
John Williams to Reteam with Steven Spielberg on ‘The BFG’
Posted: March 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Williams, Steven Spielberg, The BFG
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Thomas Newman to Score Steven Spielberg’s ‘Bridge of Spies’
Posted: March 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bridge of Spies, Steven Spielberg, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman has been hired to score the upcoming spy thriller Bridge of Spies. The film is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Scott Shepherd, Amy Ryan, Sebastian Koch and Alan Alda. The movie follows a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. Matt Charman (Suite Francaise) and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men, Fargo, The Big Lebowkski) have written the screenplay. Spielberg is also producing the DreamWorks and Fox 2000 production with Marc Platt (Drive, Into the Woods, Legally Blonde) and Kristie Macosko Krieger. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: March 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Armstrong, Far from the Madding Crowd, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Vinterberg
Audio samples from the soundtrack album for the period drama Far from the Madding Crowd have been published. The album features the film’s original music composed by Craig Armstrong (Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk). Listen to the audio clips after the jump and check out our previous article for the full details of the album, which will be released on April 28, 2015 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Far from the Madding Crowd directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge and Michael Sheen will be released on May 1 by Fox Searchlight. Read the rest of this entry »
Mac Quayle Scoring USA’s ‘Mr. Robot’
Posted: March 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mac Quayle, Mr. Robot, USA
Mac Quayle is scoring the upcoming USA original series Mr. Robot. The show is created by Sam Esmail (Comet) and stars Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallstrom and Carly Chaikin. The thriller follows a young programmer, who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and as a vigilante hacker by night and finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the firm he is paid to protect. Esmail is also producing the Universal Cable production with Steve Golin (True Detective, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Babel) and Chad Hamilton (Comet). Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Trapanese Scoring F. Gary Gray’s ‘Straight Outta Compton’
Posted: March 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: F. Gary Gray, Joseph Trapanese, Straight Outta Compton
Joseph Trapanese mentioned in an interview with MTV that he is currently scoring the upcoming biographical drama Straight Outta Compton. The film is directed by F. Gary Gray and stars O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, Aldis Hodge as MC Ren and Neil Brown, Jr. as DJ Yella. Paul Giamatti is co-starring as N.W.A.’s manager Jerry Heller. The movie is set in the mid-1980s and chronicles how five young men channeled their experiences growing up in Compton into brutally honest music and form the hip hop group N.W.A. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre are also producing the project with Matt Alvarez (Ride Along, Are We There Yet?) and Tomica Woods-Wright. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Insurgent’ Score Album Released
Posted: March 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Divergent, Insurgent, Joseph Trapanese, score, Soundtrack
Interscope Records has released a score album for the second part in the Divergent series, Insurgent. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, The Raid, Earth to Echo). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. As previously reported, the label has also released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the film, including a suite from the score and the M83 feat. Haim’s Holes in the Sky, which the composer produced. Insurgent is directed by Robert Schwentke and stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Maggie Q, Naomi Watts and Kate Winslet. Read the rest of this entry »
Jerry Goldsmith’s Complete ‘Warlock’ Score Released
Posted: March 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elmer Bernstein, Going Ape!, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, Warlock
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1989 horror movie Warlock directed by Steven Miner and starring Julian Sands, Lori Singer and Richard E. Grant. The album features the complete and fully restored original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Chinatown, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Motion Picture), including several previously unreleased tracks. For the full album details and to order the CD, visit Intrada’s online store, where you can also listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Jimmy LaValle’s ‘Spring’ Score to Be Released
Posted: March 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jimmy LaValle, score, Soundtrack, Spring
Eastern Glow Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi horror romance Spring. The album features the film’s original score composed by The Album Leaf’s Jimmy LaValle. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 24, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Spring is directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead and stars Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker and Francesco Carnelutti. The movie follows a troubled American backpacker in Italy whose romance with a local girl turns into an unexpected nightmare when her dark, primordial secret threatens to destroy their newfound happiness. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Menken to Score Disney’s Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Posted: March 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast, Bill Condon, Tim Rice
Walt Disney Pictures has announced today that Alan Menken will be providing the score for the upcoming live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. The film will also feature new original songs co-written by the composer and Sir Tim Rice, as well as new recordings of the songs from the 1991 animated classic that Menken penned with Howard Ashman. The live action version will be directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Kinsey, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) and is set to star Emma Watson and Dan Stevens in the title roles. Luke Evans will portray Gaston, Emma Thompson will star as Mrs. Potts and Kevin Kline as Belle’s father, Maurice. Josh Gad has been cast to play Lefou. Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) is writing the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 15, 2015)
Posted: March 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bloodline, E!, Edward Rogers, Josh Kramon, Netflix, Rob Thomas, Siddhartha Khosla, The CW, The Royals, Tony Morales
Premiering tonight is E!’s first scripted series The Royals created by Mark Schwahn (One Tree Hill) and starring Elizabeth Hurley, William Moseley, Merritt Patterson, Alexandra Park, Jake Maskall, Tom Austen, Oliver Milburn Sophie Colquhoun and Vincent Regan. The show’s original music is composed by Siddhartha Khosla. The Royals follows a modern-day monarch and head of a fictional British royal family living in the public eye. The drama will air every Sunday night on E!. To learn more about the series, which has already been renewed for a second season, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
