Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for Disney’s family fantasy movie Cinderella. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-nominated composer Patrick Doyle (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Sense and Sensibility). Also included is the original end titles song Strong written by Doyle, Kenneth Branagh & Tommy Danvers and performed by Sonna Rele, as well as two new versions of songs from Disney’s animated classic performed by Lily James and Helena Bonham Carter. The soundtrack will be released on March 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cinderella’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Doyle, score, Soundtrack
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Marcelo Zarvos to Score ‘The Choice’
Posted: February 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, Ross Katz, The Choice
Marcelo Zarvos is reuniting with director Ross Katz on the upcoming romantic drama The Choice. The film based on the novel of the same title by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, Dear John, Message in a Bottle) stars Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Tom Welling, Alexandra Daddario, Maggie Grace and Tom Wilkinson. The movie is set in a small coastal town where a young man ends up pursuing a relationship with his new neighbor, leading to a journey that neither could have foreseen. Bryan Sipe (Demolition) has written the screenplay. Sparks is also producing the project with Theresa Park (The Best of Me, The Longest Ride) and Peter Safran (The Conjuring, Annabelle, Buried). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kumiko the Treasure Hunter, score, Soundtrack, The Octopus Project
Robot High School will release a soundtrack album for the drama Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter. The album features the film’s original music composed by the electro-indie band The Octopus Project. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is directed by David Zellner and stars Rinko Kikuchi. The movie follows a frustrated office lady who becomes obsessed with a mysterious, battered VHS tape of a popular film she’s mistaken for a documentary, fixating on a scene where a suitcase of stolen cash is buried in the desolate, frozen landscape of North Dakota. Read the rest of this entry »
Timothy Williams Scoring Robert Duvall’s ‘Wild Horses’
Posted: February 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Robert Duvall, Timothy Williams, Wild Horses
Timothy Williams is currently scoring the upcoming western Wild Horses. The film is directed by Robert Duvall who also stars in the movie alongside James Franco, Josh Hartnett, Luciana Duvall and Adriana Barraza. The movie centers on the impact on a Texas rancher’s family when the Texas Rangers reopen an investigation into a missing person case. Duvall has also written the screenplay and is producing the project with Michael Mendelsohn (Rage, I Am Michael) of Patriot Pictures and Rob Carline (Crazy Heart, The Apostle, Assassination Tango). Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Jablonsky to Score ‘The Last Witch Hunter’
Posted: February 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Breck Eisner, Steve Jablonsky, The Last Witch Hunter
Steve Jablonsky has been hired to score the upcoming fantasy adventure The Last Witch Hunter. The film is directed by Breck Eisner (Sahara, The Crazies) and stars Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Julia Engelbrecht and Michael Caine. The movie follows the last remaining witch hunter who partners with his natural enemy, a female witch, to stop the covens of New York City from unleashing a plague on humanity. Burk Sharpless & Matt Sazama (Dracula Untold, Gods of Egypt) have written the screenplay based on a pitch by Cory Goodman (Priest). Diesel is also producing the Summit Entertainment production with Mark Canton (300, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Piranha 3D) and Bernie Goldmann (300: Rise of an Empire, Mirror Mirror, Fool’s Gold). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Run All Night’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jaume Collet-Serra, Junkie XL, Run All Night, score, Soundtrack, Tom Holkenborg
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Run All Night. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL (300: Rise of an Empire, Divergent, Mad Max: Fury Road). The soundtrack will be released on March 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for audio clips. Run All Night is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown, Non-Stop) and stars Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ed Harris, Bruce McGill, Genesis Rodriguez, Boyd Holbrook, Holt McCallany and Common. The film follows an aging hitman who is forced to take on his brutal former boss to protect his estranged son and his family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dying of the Light’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dying of the Light, Frederik Wiedmann, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Dying of the Light. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederik Wiedmann (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Beware the Batman, Field of Lost Shoes). The soundtrack will be released as a limited edition CD on February 24, 2015. Dying of the Light is directed by Paul Schrader and stars Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Alexander Karim, Irène Jacob, Adetomiwa Edun, Aymen Hamdouchi, Claudius Peters and Robert G. Slade. The movie centers on a former CIA agent embarking on a global manhunt for his long-standing nemesis, while simultaneously battling an aggressive form of Alzheimer’s Disease. Read the rest of this entry »
Saunder Jurriaans & Danny Bensi to Score ‘The Ticket’
Posted: February 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, The Ticket
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans have been tapped to score the upcoming indie drama The Ticket. The film is directed by Ida Fluk and stars Dan Stevens, Malin Akerman, Kerry Bishe and Oliver Platt. The movie follows a blind man who regains his vision only to be engulfed in selfishness, blinded by his obsession for the superficial. Fluk has also co-written the script with Sharon Mashishi. Oren Moverman (Rampart, The Messenger) is producing the project with Lawrence Inglee for Blackbird Films, alongside Bill Walton & Matt Malek for Rush River Entertainment. Dale Brown, Nick Byasse and Katie Heidy are executive producing. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood Bowl 2015 Season Schedule Announced
Posted: February 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Back to the Future, E.T., Hollywood Bowl, John Williams
The Hollywood Bowl has announced this summer’s season schedule, which includes a number of film music concerts. On September 4/5/6, 2015, the Bowl will host its premiere performance of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial in Concert. The Los Angeles Philharmonic will be performing the film’s entire Academy Award-winning score from Steven Spielberg’s classic film composed by John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Jurassic Park) live-to-picture while the movie is shown in HD on the Bowl’s big screen. The composer will be introducing the concert. Click here to learn more about the concert. On Tuesday, June 30, the Bowl will also host the U.S. premiere of Back to the Future in Concet to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original movie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wolf Totem’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jean-Jacques Annaud, score, Soundtrack, Wolf Totem
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for Jean-Jacques Annaud’s epic adventure drama Wolf Totem. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Aliens) who previously collaborated with the director on such films as The Name of the Rose, Enemy at the Gates and Black Gold. The soundtrack will be released in France on February 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Wolf Totem is based on the autobiographical novel by Jiang Rong and stars Chinese actors Feng Shaofeng and Dou Xiao . The movie follows a student who is sent from Beijing in China to the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia to teach shepherds and learns about the bond that they share with the wolves. Read the rest of this entry »
