The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra has announced two new concerts of its 2015/2016 season, including a performance of the Academy Award-nominated original score for Pixar’s animated feature Ratatouille performed live to projection. Michael Giacchino who previously worked together with the orchestra on several other events, including a live performances of both his Star Trek scores, has composed the film’s music, for which he received his first Oscar nomination. Two concerts will be held on November 14 & 15 at the KKL Luzern Concert Hall in Lucerne, Switzerland. Click here to order tickets. The KKL Luzern Concert Hall will also host the world premiere performance of a live to projection concert of the music for Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark starring Harrison Ford. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ratatouille’ and ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ Live to Projection Concerts Announced
Posted: March 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 21st Century Symphony Orchestra, John Williams, Michael Giacchino, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rataouille
Soundtrack for Steven Spielberg’s ‘Duel’ Released
Posted: March 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, TV Music AlbumsTags: Billy Goldenberg, Duel, Leonard Rosenman, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg, The Car
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1971 television movie Duel directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Dennis Weaver. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Emmy Award-winning composer Billy Goldenberg (Kojak, Columbo, Rhoda, Helter Skelter), including the full score and several radio source music written by the composer. For the full album details and to listen the audio clips, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Insurgent’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Divergent, Insurgent, Joseph Trapanese, Soundtrack
Interscope Records will release a soundtrack album for the second part in the Divergent series, Insurgent. The album features the songs from the film by artists including M83 feat. Haim, Imagine Dragons, Royal Blood, Woodkid feat. Lykke Li, Anna Calvi, SOHN and Zella Day. Also included is a suite from the movie’s original score composed and conducted by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Earth to Echo). The soundtrack will be released on March 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Insurgent is directed by Robert Schwentke and stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Mekhi Phifer, Daniel Dae Kim, Naomi Watts and Kate Winslet. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Unfinished Business’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Wurman, score, Soundtrack, Unfinished Business
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Unfinished Business. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anchorman, Talladega Nights). Also included are the songs from the movie by Steed Lord, Bob Schneider, Redfoo & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 10, 2015 and physically on April 7. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio samples will be added to this article within the next week. Unfinished Business is directed by Ken Scott and stars Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, Nick Frost and James Marsden. The comedy follows a relentless businessman with his own company who heads to Germany with his only two employees to clinch a make-or-break deal. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the historical drama Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, Dear Wendy, Summer in February). The soundtrack will be released on March 3, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain is directed by Ravi Kumar and stars Martin Sheen, Kal Penn, Mischa Barton, Rajpal Yadav, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Fagun Thakrar. The movie tells an interwoven story of a group of people in India and the U.S. as they face the industrial disaster, which occurred in Bhopal in 1984. Read the rest of this entry »
John Nordstrom Scoring TBS’ ‘Your Family or Mine’
Posted: March 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Nordstrom, TBS, Your Family or Mine
John Nordstrom is composing the score for the upcoming TBS original comedy Your Family or Mine. The show is created by Greg Malins (Ground Floor, How I Met Your Mother, Friends) and stars Kat Foster, Kyle Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, JoBeth Williams, Ed Begley Jr. and Stephanie Hunt. The series based on the Israeli sitcom from Keshet International focuses on a different side of young couple’s family each week. Malins is also executive producing the Sony Pictures Television production with Jamie Tarses (Happy Endings, Franklin & Bash), Rubi Duanias, Yaniv Polishuk, Avi Nir & Ran Telem and Tamira Yarden. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 1, 2015)
Posted: March 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, American Crime, Ben Decter, CBS, CSI: Cyber, Dig, Fox, Jeff Richmond, Jeff Russo, Mark Isham, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mateo Messina, Matteo Zingales, Netflix, Secrets and Lies, The Last Man on Earth, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, USA
Premiering tonight is the new Fox comedy The Last Man on Earth created by and starring Will Forte and executive produced by Chris Miller & Phil Lord and Seth Cohen. Mark Mothersbaugh (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) is composing the show’s original music. The Last Man on Earth is set in the year 2022 and follows a man who searches the entire United States for any signs of other living humans after an unknown event wipes out the entire population of Earth. The series will air every Sunday night on Fox. For updates on the comedy, visit the official show website.
Also premiering tonight is the new ABC drama Secrets and Lies created by Barbie Kligman based on the Australian mini-series created by Stephen Irwin and starring Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland, Natalie Martinez, Dan Fogler, Indiana Evans and Belle Shouse. The show’s original music is composed by Matteo Zingales. Secrets and Lies follows a man who stumbles across the dead body of his neighbor’s young son whilefor a jog, only to find himself accused of being the murderer. The drama will air every Sunday night on ABC. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Kurt Farquhar to Score ABC Family’s ‘Stitchers’
Posted: February 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC Family, Kurt Farquhar, Stitchers
Kurt Farquhar is composing the score for the upcoming ABC Family drama Stitchers. The show is created by Jeffrey A. Schechter (Overruled!) and stars Emma Ishta, Kyle Harris, Ritesh Rajan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Allison Scagliotti. The procedural series follows a young woman recruited into a covert government agency to be ‘stitched’ into the minds of the recently deceased, using their memories to investigate murders and decipher mysteries that otherwise would have gone to the grave. Schechter is also executive producing the project with Jonathan Baruch and Rob Wolken. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 27, 2015)
Posted: February 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: '71, Bear McCreary, David Holmes, Every, Fernando Velazquez, Focus, Howard Shore, Kasper Winding, Maps to the Stars, Michael Montes, Nick Urata, Out of the Dark, Sarah Schachner, The Lazarus Effect, The Salvation, Wild Canaries
Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the caper comedy Focus written and directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa and starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro and Gerald McRaney. The film’s original music is composed by Nick Urata (Paddington, Ruby Sparks) who previously scored the director’s I Love You Phillip Morris and Crazy, Stupid, Love. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by Bruno Hovart, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Sofa Surfers, Iggy & The Stooges, Doris & Kelley, Barbara Lewis & more. For the full album details and to learn more about the film, check out our previous news article.
Also opening wide is the horror thriller The Lazarus Effect directed by David Gelb, produced by Jason Blum and starring Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, Evan Peters, Donald Glover and Sarah Bolger. Sarah Schachner (Assassin’s Creed: Unity) has composed the film’s original music. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring Schachner’s score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Blumhouse production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Run All Night’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: February 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Junkie XL, Run All Night, Tom Holkenborg
Audio samples for the soundtrack album of the crime thriller Run All Night have been published. Junkie XL aka Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road, 300: Rise of an Empire, Divergent) has composed the film’s original music. Listen to the audio clips after the jump and visit our previous news article for the full details of the album, which will be released digitally on March 10, 2015 by WaterTower Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Run All Night is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and stars Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ed Harris, Bruce McGill, Genesis Rodriguez, Boyd Holbrook, Holt McCallany and Common. Read the rest of this entry »
