Big Machine Records will release a full soundtrack album for the documentary Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me. The album features the songs from the film performed by the Grammy-winning singer and Country Music Hall of Fame member, including the Academy Award-nominated original song I’m Not Gonna Miss You written by Campbell and Julian Raymond. Also included is a track by The Band Perry, who previously paid tribute to Campbell during the 2012 Grammy Awards and an original song by Campbell’s daughter Ashley. The soundtrack will be released on February 17, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released an EP featuring five songs from the film. Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me directed and produced by James Keach (Walk the Line) and produced by Trevor Albert (Groundhog Day) showcases the man and his music throughout Campbell’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Glen Campbell, Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, Soundtrack
Common & John Legend to Perform ‘Glory’ from ‘Selma’ at Oscars
Posted: January 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Common, John Legend, Selma
Academy Awards show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that musical artists Common and John Legend will perform their Oscar-nominated song Glory at the 87th Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, on Sunday, February 22. The song written by John Stephens (a.k.a. John Legend) and Lonnie Lynn (a.k.a. Common) for Ava DuVernay’s Oscar-nominated film Selma starring David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson and Oprah Winfrey is one of the five nominated songs in the Best Original Song category, alongside Everything Is Awesome from The Lego Movie, Grateful from Beyond the Lights, I’m Not Gonna Miss You from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me and Lost Stars from Begin Again. The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
‘Justice League: Throne of Atlantis’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frederik Wiedmann, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for DC Entertainment’s and Warner Bros. Animation’s movie Justice League: Throne of Atlantis. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederik Wiedmann (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Beware the Batman, Son of Batman, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox). La-La Land Records is releasing a limited edition physical version of the soundtrack. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis is directed by Ethan Spaulding and features the voices of Matt Lanter, Sam Witwer, Jason O’Mara, Shemar Moore, Jerry O’Connell, Christopher Gorham, Rosario Dawson, Nathan Fillion, Sean Astin and Harry Lennix. Read the rest of this entry »
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez to Write Original Musical Number for Oscars
Posted: January 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris announced today on Twitter via a video message that Oscar-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez are writing an original multimedia, musical sequence, Moving Pictures, which Harris will perform on at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 22. The duo received their first Oscar in 2014 for the song Let It Go from Disney’s animated hit feature Frozen. The 87th Oscars are produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood. The show will be televised live on the ABC Television Network in the U.S. and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Philip Glass to Co-Score ‘The Fantastic Four’
Posted: January 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Josh Trank, Marco Beltrami, Philip Glass, The Fantastic Four
Director Josh Trank revealed in a recent interview with Collider that Philip Glass is co-scoring the upcoming reboot of The Fantastic Four. The composer will be collaborating with Marco Beltrami who was previously announced to score the film starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey and Tim Blake Nelson. The movie centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways and who must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy. Read the rest of this entry »
T Bone Burnett to Produce ‘Let It Snow’ Soundtrack
Posted: January 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Let It Snow, T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett is set to produce the soundtrack for the upcoming holiday comedy Let It Snow. He will also be serving as the music executive producer of the film, which is directed by Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam, Corrina, Corrina) and stars Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde, Jake Lacy, Alex Borstein and Jon Tenney. The movie follows the exasperated members of an extended family as they attempt to gather for their annual holiday celebration. Steven Rogers (P.S. I Love You) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Adam Levine to Perform ‘Lost Stars’ from ‘Begin Again’ at the Oscars
Posted: January 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Adam Levine, Begin Again
Academy Awards show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that Adam Levine will be performing the original song Lost Stars from Begin Again at this year’s Oscars ceremony on February 22. The song written by New Radicals’ Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois is one of the five nominees in the Best Original Song category. Levine who is best known as the lead singer for the group Maroon 5 also made his feature film acting debut in the film directed by John Carney and also starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
‘Me & Earl and the Dying Girl’ to Feature Music by Brian Eno
Posted: January 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Eno, Me & Earl and the Dying Girl
Brian Eno has composed the music for the upcoming drama Me & Earl and the Dying Girl. The film is directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (American Horror Story, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Glee) and stars Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman, Connie Britton and Molly Shannon. The movie through follows a student who is coasting to senior year of high school as anonymously as possible and is forced by his mother to befriend a classmate with leukemia. Jesse Andrews has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
David Holmes Scoring Oliver Hirschbiegel’s ‘Elser (13 Minutes)’
Posted: January 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Holmes, Elser (13 Minutes), Oliver Hirschbiegel
David Holmes is reuniting with Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, The Experiment, The Invasion) on the upcoming German drama Elser (13 Minutes). The film starring Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, David Zimmerschied and Johann von Bülow tells the story of Georg Elser, a German carpenter who had assembled a bomb and plotted an attack on Hitler in November 1939, shortly after the start of World War II. Oliver Schündler & Boris Ausserer of Lucky Bird are producing the project with Fred Breinersdorfer (Sophie School of Delphi. Holmes has previously co-scored Hirschbiegel’s last feature Diana starring Naomi Watts with Keefus Ciancia. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 25, 2015)
Posted: January 25, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beautiful & Twisted, Hans Zimmer, History, Lifetime, Nathan Whitehead, Sons of Liberty
Premiering tonight is the History original mini-series Sons of Liberty directed by Kari Skogland and starring Ben Barnes, Rafe Spall, Michael Raymond-James, Henry Thomas, Ryan Eggold, Marton Csokas, Emily Berrington, Dean Norris and Jason O’Mara. Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator) has composed the series’ title theme. Sons of Liberty 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. The 3-parter will air tonight, tomorrow and Tuesday on History. To learn more about the project, visit the official series website. Read the rest of this entry »
