Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 6, 2015)

Posted: February 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

spongebobOpening in most theaters is the animated feature The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water directed by Paul Tibbitt and featuring the voices of Antonio Banderas, Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence and Douglas Lawrence. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack featuring five songs from the film. Visit Amazon to download the release. The movie’s original score is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf, Bruce Almighty). No word yet on a release of the composer’s music. Visit a recent interview with Debney about his work on the film in Film Music Magazine. For more information about the Paramount Pictures release, visit the official movie website.

jupiter-ascendingAlso opening wide is the sci-fi adventure Jupiter Ascending written and directed by Andy & Lana Wachowski and starring Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and Douglas Booth. Michael Giacchino (Lost, Star Trek, Up, Ratatouille, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) has composed the film’s original score. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Frozen Fever’ to Feature Music by Christophe Beck

Posted: February 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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frozen-feverChristophe Beck is currently recording the score for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming short Frozen Fever. The film is directed by Jennifer Lee (Wreck-It-Ralph) & Chris Buck (Tarzan) who previously collaborated with Beck on 2013’s hit feature. The movie features the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad and takes place on Anna’s birthday, for which Elsa and Kristoff are determined to give her the best celebration ever. Peter Del Vecho (Frozen, The Princess and the Frog) is producing the short. As previously reported, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez have written a new original song for the project. Read the rest of this entry »

Jon Ehrlich Scoring NBC’s ‘The Slap’

Posted: February 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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the-slapJon Ehrlich is composing the music for the upcoming NBC mini-series The Slap. The 8-parter is directed by Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right, Olive Kitteridge) and stars Peter Saarsgard, Thandie Newton, Uma Thurman, Zachary Quinto, Melissa George, Thomas Sadoski and Brian Cox. The drama is based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas and the Australian television series of the same title and centers on a once happy family that suddenly begins to fall apart following a seemingly minor incident in which a man slaps another couple’s misbehaving child. Read the rest of this entry »

‘While We’re Young’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: February 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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while-were-youngMilan Records will release a soundtrack album for Noah Baumbach’s comedy drama While We’re Young. The album features three tracks from the film’s original score composed by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy. Also included are songs by Lionel Richie, Paul McCartney & Wings, David Bowie, Survivor, The Psychodelic Furs and Haim. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on March 19, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. While We’re Young is written and directed by Baumbach and stars Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Amanda Seyfried and Adam Driver. The movie follows a frustrated middle-aged filmmaker and his wife whose career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives. Read the rest of this entry »

Mason Bates Scoring Gus Van Sant’s ‘The Sea of Trees’

Posted: February 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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sea-of-trees.jpgMason Bates has recently recorded his first film score for the upcoming drama The Sea of Trees. The film is directed by Gus Van Sant and stars Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, Naomi Watts and Jordan Gavaris. The movie follows two men on a journey of reflection and survival in the Aokigahara, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan’s Mount Fuji where a reportedly large amount of suicides occur. Chris Sparling (Buried, ATM) has written the screenplay and is also producing the project with Van Sant, Gil Netter (Life of Pi), Ken Kao (Rampart), Kevin Halloran, F. Gary Gray (Law Abiding Citizen, The Italian Job), Brian Dobbins and Allen Fischer. Bates is best known as a composer of symphonic music, which he often combines with harmonies of jazz and electronic music. Read the rest of this entry »

Philip Glass’ ‘A Brief History of Time’ Score to Be Released

Posted: February 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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brief-history-in-timeOrange Mountain Music will release a soundtrack album for Errol Morris’ 1991 documentary A Brief History of Time. The album is the world premiere soundtrack release of the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, The Illusionist, Cassandra’s Dream) who previously collaborated with the director on The Thin Blue Line and later scored his 2003 feature The Fog of War The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. A Brief History of Time is based on Stephen Hawking’s bestselling novel and centers on the pioneering astrophysicist whose affliction by a debilitating motor neuron disease has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs and examines the way the collapse of Hawking’s body has been accompanied by the untrammeled broadening of his imagination. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Cardoni to Score Bob Nelson’s ‘The Confirmation’

Posted: February 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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jeff-cardoniJeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Confirmation. The movie marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Bob Nelson (Nebraska) and stars Clive Owen, Jaeden Lieberher, Maria Bello, Patton Oswalt, Tim Blake Nelson, Robert Forster, Matthew Modine and Stephen Tobolowsky. The film follows an 8-year-old boy and his estranged father who are two days together for the first time in forever, as the boy’s mom and new husband head off to a religious retreat. Nelson has also written the screenplay and is producing the project with Todd Hoffman (Love Stinks, Labor Pains). Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Rewrite’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: February 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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the-rewriteLakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy The Rewrite. The album features the film’s original music by Clyde Lawrence, as well as additional music by Cody Fitzgerald. Also included are songs by Madeline Peyroux, Vince Guaraldi and Stolen Jars. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 10, 2015 Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Rewrite is written and directed by Marc Lawrence (Music & Lyrics, Forces of Nature, Two Weeks Notice) and stars Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, Bella Heathcote, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons and Chris Elliott. Read the rest of this entry »

‘It Follows’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: February 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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it-followsMilan Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller It Follows. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rich Vreeland aka Disasterpeace. The soundtrack is now available digitally overseas and will be released in the U.S. on March 24, 2015. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. It Follows is written and directed by David Robert Mitchell (The Myth of the American Sleepover) and stars Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi and Lili Sepe. The movie follows a teenager who finds herself haunted by nightmarish visions and the inescapable sense that something is after her after a strange sexual encounter. Read the rest of this entry »

Zbigniew Preisner Scoring ‘Angelica’

Posted: February 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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angelicaZbigniew Preisner has composed the music for the upcoming psychological thriller Angelica. The film is written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth, Happy Tears) and stars Jena Malone, Janet McTeer, Ed Stoppard, Tovah Feldshuh and Eliza Holland Madore. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Arthur Phillips is set in 1880 London and follows a young shop girl whose dream marriage to a medical researcher turns into a nightmare after puritanical doctors order the couple to a regime of abstinence and a ghostly force enters their home. Joyce Pierpoline is producing the project for Pierpoline Films along with Richard Lormand. Read the rest of this entry »

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