Paul Haslinger is composing the score for the upcoming CW drama The Messengers. The show is created by Eoghan O’Donnell and stars Shantel VanSanten, Jon Fletcher, Sofia Black-D’Elia, JD Pardo, Joel Courtney, Anna Diop and Diogo Morgado. The series takes place after a mysterious object crashes down to earth and follows a group of seemingly unconnected strangers who die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have been deemed responsible for preventing the impending Apocalypse. Trey Callaway (Revolution, CSI: NY) and Basil Iwanyk (The Town, Clash of the Titans, John Wick) are producing the CBS Television Studios, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Thunder Road Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
The CW’s ‘The Messengers’ to Feature Music by Paul Haslinger
Posted: February 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Paul Haslinger, The CW, The Messengers
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Owen Pallett Scoring Anton Corbijn’s ‘Life’
Posted: February 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anton Corbijn, Life, Owen Pallett
Owen Pallett is composing the music for the upcoming drama Life. The film is directed by Anton Corbijn (Control) and stars Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Joel Edgerton and Ben Kingsley. The movie is inspired by the true story of a friendship that developed between Magnum photographer Dennis Stock and actor James Dean when Stock was commissioned to photograph the actor for LIFE magazine in 1955. Luke Davies (Candy, Reclaim) has written the screenplay. Christina Piovesan (The Whistleblower, Amreeka), Benito Mueller, Wolfgang Mueller, Iain Canning & Emile Sherman (he King’s Speech, Shame) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 1, 2015)
Posted: February 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Allegiance, Ben Frost, Craig Wedren, Fortitude, Fresh Off the Boat, H. Scott Salinas, Pivot
Premiering on Wednesday February 4, 2015 is the ABC comedy Fresh Off the Boat created by Eddie Huang, executive produced by Jake Kasdan and starring Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler and Ian Chen. The show’s original music is composed by Craig Wedren (The School of Rock, Role Models, Wet Hot American Summer). Fresh Off the Boat is set in the 90s and follows a 12 year old, hip-hop loving boy who just moved to suburban Orlando from DC’s Chinatown with his parents to pursue the American Dream. The series will air Wednesday nights on ABC. For updates on the comedy, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
John Powell & Jónsi Win Annie Award for ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
Posted: January 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Christopher Willis, Disney Mickey Mouse, How to Train Your Dragon 2, John Powell, Jónsi
Composer John Powell and singer/ songwriter Jónsi were honored with an Annie Award in the Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production category for the music from DreamWorks Animation’s hit animated film How to Train Your Dragon 2. Producer Bonnie Arnold accepted their award at the ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles. The other contenders in the category were Danny Elfman for Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Nicole Renald for Cheatin’, Bruno Coulais & Kila for Song of the Sea
and Joe Hisaishi for The Tale of Princess Kaguya
. Powell has previously won four Annie Awards for the original How to Train Your Dragon film, as well as the features Kung Fu Panda and Shrek and the short Kung Fu Panda: Secret of the Furious Five. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Away & Back’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Away & Back, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Hall of Fame, score, Soundtrack, William Ross
Momentum RLP Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie Away & Back. The album features the film’s original music composed by William Ross (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Tales of Despereaux, Tin Cup, Ladder 49). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Visit the label’s official website for more information about the release and to listen to audio clips. Away & Back is directed by Jeff Bleckner and stars Jason Lee, Minka Kelly and Maggie Elizabeth Jones. The film is set on the Peterson Farm where a 10-year old girl and her dad discover a family of swans and follows a no-nonsense ornithologist who rushes in to “save” the majestic birds. Read the rest of this entry »
Scott Glasgow to Score ‘The Curse of Sleeping Beauty’
Posted: January 31, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Pearry Teo, Scott Glasgow, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
Director Pearry Teo announced on Twitter that Scott Glasgow is set to score the upcoming fantasy thriller The Curse of Sleeping Beauty. The film is written and directed by Teo and stars India Eisley, Zack Ward, Ethan Peck, Bruce Davison and Natalie Hall. The movie is based on the classic Brother Grimm fairy tale and follows a man who inherits an ancestral mansion that has been in his family for generations, only to learn that he has also inherited an ancient curse stemming back to the Crusades. He teams with an ambitious local realtor and paranormal cleric to unravel the mystery of the house, while struggling to awaken a beautiful woman, held captive in a terrifying netherworld seen previously in his dreams. Teo is also producing the project with Bleiberg Entertainment’s Ehud Bleiberg (The Iceman, McCanick, The Band’s Visit). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dark Places’ to Feature Music by BT
Posted: January 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: BT, Dark Places, Gilles Paquet-Brenner
BT announced on Twitter that he has composed music for the upcoming mystery thriller Dark Places. The movie is written and directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Sarah’s Key) and stars Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Corey Stoll, Tye Sheridan Drea DeMatteo, Andrea Roth and Sterling Jerins. The film is based on a novel by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) and follows a woman who survived the massacre of her family as a young girl and testified against her brother and is confronted by a secret society obsessed with solving notorious crimes 25 years later. Cathy Schulman (Crash, The Illusionist), Matthew Rhodes (Southland Tales, Passengers), Matt Jackson (End of Watch, Snitch), Stephane Marsil (Adventures of Arsene Lupin), Beth Kono & AJ Dix (The Butterfly Effect, Sleepwalking) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 30, 2015)
Posted: January 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amine Bouhaf, Black or White, Dario Marianelli, Joel McNeely, John Frizzell, Project Almanac, Terence Blanchard, The Loft, Timbuktu, Tinker Bell and the Neverbeast, Wild Card
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the found footage adventure Project Almanac directed by Dean Israelite, produced by Michael Bay and starring Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Allen Evangelista, Ginny Gardner and Ginny Gardner. The movie doesn’t feature an original score, but several songs by artists including Imagine Dragons who also appear in the film. No soundtrack album has been announced. Project Almanac follows a brilliant high school student and his friends who uncover blueprints for a mysterious device with limitless potential, inadvertently putting lives in danger. To learn more about the Paramount Pictures release, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is the drama Black or White written and directed by Mike Binder and starring Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Jillian Estell, Bill Burr, Jennifer Ehle, André Holland, Gillian Jacobs and Anthony Mackie. The film’s original music is composed by Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, Inside Man, The 25th Hour, Red Tails). Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music last week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Yellowbird’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Stephen Warbeck, Yellowbird
22D Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Yellowbird (Gus: Petit oiseau, grand voyage). The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Quills, Billy Elliott, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin). Also included are songs by 20syl, Gogol Bordello and Mathilda Homer. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 22, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Yellowbird is directed by Christian De Vita and features the voices of Seth Green, Dakota Fanning, Danny Glover, Jim Rash, Elliott Gould and Christine Baranski. The movie follows an orphan young bird who has never left the nest and is given the responsibility by the elder of the flock to lead a whole family of birds on migration to Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
Kickstarter Launch for ‘SCORE: A Film Music Documentary’ Announced
Posted: January 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Score: A Film Music Documentary
Epicleff Media has announced the Kickstarter launch to raise funds to finish SCORE: A Film Music Documentary, a film that will feature A-list composers such as Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland), Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Departed), John Debney (Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2), Marco Beltrami (Scream, World War Z), Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Hangover) Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300), as well as insight from others in Hollywood including film critic Leonard Maltin and director/producer/actor Garry Marshall. The Kickstarter campaign will be launched on February 15, 2015 and funds raised will go toward final production costs for the documentary that will guide viewers through the creative processes of some of the world’s greatest composers/musicians. Read the rest of this entry »
