The British electronic music group Hybrid is currently scoring the upcoming thriller Take Down. The film is directed by Jim Gillespie (I Know What You Did Last Summer, Eye See You) and stars Ed Westwick, Jeremy Sumpter, Phoebe Tonkin and Dominic Sherwood. The movie focuses on the wayward sons and daughters of international billionaires, who have been sent by their frustrated parents to a boot camp on a remote island, when they are taken hostage and held for a billion dollar ransom by a group of sophisticated kidnappers. Alexander Ignon (Ransom) has written the screenplay. Sarah Ryan Black (Restoration, 100 Feet) and Ed Elbert (Anna and the King, Martian Child) are producing the Pinewood Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Take Down’ to Feature Music by Hybrid
Posted: January 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hybrid, Jim Gillespie, Take Down
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‘GirlHouse’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Girlhouse, score, Soundtrack, tomandandy
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the horror thriller GirlHouse. The album features the film’s original score composed by tomandandy (The Mothman Prophecies, The Strangers, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Arlington Road, The Rules of Attraction). Also included is an original track by Slaine who stars in the film, as well as songs by Todd Michael Schultz, Com Truise and Jesse Rhodes. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 10, 2015 and physically on March 10. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. GirlHouse is directed by Trevor Matthews, written by Nick Gordon and stars Ali Cobrin, Adam DiMarco and Slaine. The movie follows beautiful young co-ed girl who moves into a house that streams content to an X-rated website. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker to Score Gavin Hood’s ‘Eye in the Sky’
Posted: January 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eye in the Sky, Gavin Hood, Mark Kilian, Paul Hepker
Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker are reteaming with director Gavin Hood (Ender’s Game, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) on the ucpoming thriller Eye in the Sky. The film stars Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Iain Glen, Phoebe Fox and Carl Beukes. The movie follows a London-based military intelligence officer who is remotely commanding a top secret drone operation that aims to capture a group of terrorists in Nairobi. Guy Hibbard (Five Minutes of Heaven) has written the screenplay. Actor Colin Firth is producing the project with Ged Doherty and David Lancaster (Nightcrawler, Whiplash). Read the rest of this entry »
Tim McGraw to Perform for Glen Campbell at the Oscars
Posted: January 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Glen Campbell, Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, Tim McGraw
Academy Awards show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and actor Tim McGraw will perform the Oscar-nominated song I’m Not Gonna Miss You for Glen Campbell at the 87th Oscars ceremony on February 22. The song written by Campbell and Julian Raymond for the documentary feature Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me is one of the five nominated songs in the Best Original Song category, alongside Everything Is Awesome from The Lego Movie, Glory from Selma, Grateful from Beyond the Lights and Lost Stars from Begin Again. The 87th Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.
‘Sons of Liberty’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe, score, Sons of Liberty, Soundtrack
A&E Television Networks will release a soundtrack album for the History event mini-series Sons of Liberty. The album features the show’s title theme composed by Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King) and Lorne Balfe (Penguins of Madagascar, Megamind), as well as the score composed by Balfe. The soundtrack is now available to stream on Spotify and a digital release is expected soon. Sons of Liberty is directed by Kari Skogland and stars Ben Barnes, Rafe Spall, Michael Raymond-James, Henry Thomas, Ryan Eggold, Dean Norris, Marton Csokas, Emily Berrington and Jason O’Mara. The three-parter follows John Adams, Sam Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Joseph Warren as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Interview’ and ‘This Is the End’ Score Album Released
Posted: January 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Evan Goldberg, Henry Jackman, score, Seth Rogen, Soundtrack, The Interview, This Is the End
The details of La-La Land Records’ and Madison Gate Records’ soundtrack release featuring the scores for Seth Rogen’s & Evan Goldberg’s comedies The Interview and This Is the End have been revealed. The albums feature the films’ original music composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6, Wreck-It-Ralph). The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes. A limited soundtrack edition CD will be released next month and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Interview starring James Franco, Seth Rogen, Lizzy Caplan and Randall Park follows a TV talk show host and producer who land an interview with Korean dictator Kim Jong-un as an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. The movie is now available on VOD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Enter the Dangerous Mind’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Enter the Dangerous Mind, Reza Safinia, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Enter the Dangerous Mind. The album features the film’s original score composed by Reza Safinia (Filly Brown, Mercy), as well as the original songs Broken Soul and In My Head by Safinia feat. Nothing But Thieves. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Enter the Dangerous Mind is directed by Youssef Delara & Victor Teran and stars Jake Hoffman, Nikki Reed, Thomas Dekker, Jason Priestly, Scott Bakula and Gina Rodriguez. The movie set in the underground world of dubstep DJ premiered under the title Snap at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival and will be released in select theaters and on VOD on February 6 by Variance Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Barr to Score WE tv’s ‘South of Hell’
Posted: January 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eli Roth, Jason Blum, Nathan Barr, South of Hell, WE tv
Nathan Barr has been tapped to score the upcoming WE tv original series South of Hell. The show stars Mena Suvari, Zachary Booth, Bill Irwin, Drew Moerlein, Lamman Rucker and Paulina Singer. The supernatural thriller is set in Savannah, GA and follows a demon hunter whose power stems from within. Eli Roth who previously collaborated with Barr on such projects as Hostel, Cabin Fever and Hemlock Grove directed the pilot episode. He is also executive producing the series with Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Whiplash), James Manos, Jr. (Dexter, The Shield), Gerard Bocaccio, Stewart Till and Gene Stein are executive producing the Sonar Entertainment and Blumhouse Television production. Read the rest of this entry »
Rita Ora to Perform ‘Grateful’ from ‘Beyond the Lights’ at Oscars
Posted: January 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Beyond the Lights, Rita Ora
Oscar show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that singer, songwriter and actress Rita Ora will perform the Oscar-nominated song Grateful at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 22. The song written by Diane Warren for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s film Beyond the Lights starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw & Nate Parker is one of the five nominated songs in the Best Original Song category. This marks Warren’s seventh Oscar nomination. She was previously nominated for such movies as Armageddon, Up Close & Personal, Pearl Harbor, Con Air and Music of the Heart. The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.
‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, The Second Best Marigold Hotel, Thomas Newman
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-nominated composer Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Skyfall) who previously scored the original 2012 movie. The soundtrack will be released on March 3, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is directed by John Madden, written by Ol Parker and stars Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Diana Hardcastle, David Strathairn and Richard Gere. Read the rest of this entry »
