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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 20, 2015)

Posted: March 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: Accidental Love, Al Kaplan, Backcountry, Danny Collins, Do You Believe?, Fil Eisler, Frères Lumières, Growing Up & Other Lies, Insurgent, Jimmy LaValle, John Swihart, Jon Kaplan, Joseph Trapanese, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter, Lucas Vidal, Marco Beltrami, Philip Klein, Ryan Adams, Spring, The Gunman, The Octopus Project, Theodore Shapiro, Tracers, Will Musser, Zombeavers

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the second part in the Divergent series, Insurgent directed by Robert Schwentke and starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Naomi Watts and Kate Winslet. Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Earth to Echo) has composed the film’s original score. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by such artists as M83 feat. Haim, Imagine Dragons, Royal Blood, Woodkid feat. Lykke Li, Anna Calvi, SOHN and Zella Day, as well as a score suite. Click here for the full details. The label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring Trapanese’s score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for more information.

Also opening wide is the action thriller The Gunman directed by Pierre Morrel, produced by Joel Silver and starring Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance and Jasmine Trinca. Marco Beltrami (World War Z, The Hurt Locker, Scream, The Wolverine) has composed the film’s original music. Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music next week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film. Also visit the composer’s official website to listen to several tracks from his score. Read the rest of this entry »

Mark Isham Scoring Bob Yari’s ‘Papa’

Posted: March 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Bob Yari, Mark Isham, Papa

Mark Isham is composing the music for the upcoming drama Papa. The film is directed by Bob Yari (producer of The Illusionist, Hostage and The Painted Veil) and stars Giovanni Ribisi, Adrian Sparks, Joely Richardson, James Remar and Minka Kelly. The movie follows an American journalist who travels to Cuba in 1959, on a mission to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway. Denne Bart Petitclerc has written the screenplay based on his own experience. Yari is also producing the project, which marks the first Hollywood production that was shot in Cuba in over 45 years. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Furious 7’ Score Album Details

Posted: March 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Brian Tyler, Fast & Furious, Furious 7, score, Soundtrack

The details of the score album for the action sequel Furious 7 have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Now You See Me) who previously scored The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious and Fast Five. The soundtrack will be released on March 31, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Furious 7 is directed by James Wan and stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Elsa Pataky, Lucas Black, Djimon Hounsou and Kurt Russell. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Andrews Scoring Mark Polish’s ‘Headlock’

Posted: March 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Headlock, Mark Polish, Michael Andrews

Michael Andrews is the composer of the upcoming thriller Headlock. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actor/screenwriter/producer Mark Polish (The Astronaut Farmer, Nortfork) and stars himself, alongside Dianna Agron, Andy Garcia and Justin Bartha. The movie follows a new CIA recruit who is seriously injured during a mission, surviving only on life support, and his wife, a former CIA operative who becomes determined to find out what happened to her husband. Polish has also written the screenplay. Michael Benaroya (Lawless, Margin Call, Kill Your Darlings) is producing the project for Benaroya Pictures, alongside Janet Du Bois (Stay Cool, The Smell of Success). Read the rest of this entry »

‘Grabbers’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: March 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Christian Henson, Grabbers, score, Soundtrack

MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the British horror comedy Grabbers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christian Henson (Severance, The Devil’s Double, Triangle, Sinbad)The soundtrack will be released on March 24, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio samples are embedded after the jump. Grabbers is directed by Jon Wright and stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey, Lalor Roddy, David Pearse and Bronagh Gallagher. The movie is set in a sleepy fishing village off the coast of Ireland and follows two mismatched cops who attempt to protect the islanders from the giant, bloodsucking, tentacled aliens that are out to get them. Read the rest of this entry »

Rolfe Kent Scoring ‘Tibetan Rock Dog’

Posted: March 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Ash Brannon, Rolfe Kent, Tibetan Rock Dog

Rolfe Kent is composing the music for the upcoming animated feature Tibetan Rock Dog. The film is directed by Ash Brannon (Toy Story 2, Surf’a Up) and features the voices of Luke Wilson, Mae Whitman, J.K. Simmons, Eddie Izzard, Matt Dillon, Sam Elliott and Jorge Garcia. The movie follows a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff who discovers a radio and decides to leave home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician. The American/Chinese co-production is produced by Reel FX Creative Studios (Free Birds, The Book of Life) and Mandoo Pictures. The project marks Kent’s second animated film following this year’s French production The Prince and the 108 Demons. 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 Assignments
Tags: John Williams, Steven Spielberg, The BFG

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 »

Thomas Newman to Score Steven Spielberg’s ‘Bridge of Spies’

Posted: March 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: 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 Albums
Tags: 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 Assignments
Tags: 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 »

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