Intrada Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 1994 thriller The River Wild directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, Kevin Bacon and John C. Reilly. The 2-CD set features the complete score from the Universal Pictures production written and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Patton, The Planet of the Apes, Chinatown, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, L.A. Confidential), including 30 minutes of previously unreleased music, as well as the end credits song The Water Is Wide performed by Cowboy Junkies on the first disc. The second disc features the first-ever release of the unused score composed and conducted by Oscar winner Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Dead Poets Society). For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the album. Read the rest of this entry »
Jerry Goldsmith’s & Maurice Jarre’s Complete ‘The River Wild’ Scores Released
Posted: January 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Shire, Jerry Goldsmith, Maurice Jarre, score, Soundtrack, The Journey Inside, The River Wild
‘The Last Five Years’ Movie Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jason Robert Brown, Richard LaGravenese, Soundtrack, The Last Five Years
Sh-K-Boom Records will release a soundtrack album for the The Last Five Years. The album features the songs from the film written by Jason Robert Brown and performed by Anna Kendrick & Jeremy Jordan. The soundtrack will be released on February 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Last Five Years directed by Richard LaGravenese is based on Jason Robert Brown’s off-Broadway musical centers on the demise of a marriage from the perspectives of the successful writer husband and his struggling actress wife. The musical premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in select theaters on February 13 by TWC-Radius. Read the rest of this entry »
Atticus Ross to Score John Hillcoat’s ‘Triple Nine’
Posted: January 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atticus Ross, John Hillcoat, Triple Nine
Atticus Ross has been hired to score the upcoming crime drama Triple Nine. The film is directed by John Hillcoat and stars Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Teresa Palmer, Gal Gadot, Clifton Collins Jr and Norman Reedus. The movie centers around a gang of criminals and corrupt cops who plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull of their biggest heist yet across town. Matt Rook has written the screenplay. Keith Redmon (The Beaver), Bard Dorros (Fun Size) and Steve Golin (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich) are producing the Worldview Entertainment and Anonymous Content production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Galavant’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Alan Menken, Galavant, Glenn Slater, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a full soundtrack album for ABC’s musical comedy Galavant. The album features the songs from the show written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) and Glenn Slater and performed by the series’ cast. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. A CD version is set to be released on February 17, 2015 and is available for pre-order here. Galavant is created by Dan Fogelman and stars Joshua Sasse, Mallory Jansen, Karen David, Timothy Omundson, Vinnie Jones and Luke Youngblood. The show centers on a dashing hero who is determined to restore his “Happily Ever After” by going after the evil King Richard, who ruined it the moment he stole the love of his life. Read the rest of this entry »
Julian Wass to Score Hannah Fidell’s ‘6 Years’
Posted: January 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 6 Years, Hannah Fidell, Julian Wass
Julian Wass has been tapped to score the upcoming indie drama 6 Years. The film is written and directed by Hannah Fidell (A Teacher) and stars Taissa Farmiga, Ben Rosenfield, Lindsay Burdge, Joshua Leonard, Peter Vack and Jennifer Lafleur. The movie follows a young couple who have been together since high school and who are about to graduate from college when events threaten to tear them apart. Kelly Williams, Jonathan Duffy & Andrew Logan (Hellion) are producing the project. Mark Duplass (Cyrus, Togetherness, Jeff Who Lives at Home) serves as an executive producer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, Soundtrack, Spike Lee
Epic Records has released a soundtrack album for Spike Lee’s Kickstarter-funded thriller Da Sweet Blood of Jesus. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Siedah Garrett, Govales, Jasiel Ace, The IZM, Nou, Illegalize, Bama McGro, Dana Hilliard, Arnold Maivia feat. Trama & more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Da Sweet Blood of Jesus is co-written and directed by Lee and stars Stephen Tyrone Williams, Zaraah Abrahams, Rami Malek, Elvis Nolasco, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Joie Lee, Felicia “Snoop” Pearson and Jeni Perillo. The movie follows an academic who becomes addicted to blood after finding a mysteriously cursed artifact. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ned Rifle’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hal Hartley, Ned Rifle, score, Soundtrack
Possible Films Music will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Ned Rifle. The album features the film’s original music composed by the film’s director Hal Hartley. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 31, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Ned Rifle is written, directed and produced by Hartley and stars Liam Aiken, Aubrey Plaza, Martin Donovan, Parker Posey, Thomas Jay Ryan and James Urbaniak. The movie is the third part in the director’s trilogy that began with Henry Fool and Fay Grim and follows Henry and Fay’s teenage son Ned, who emerges from a witness protection program with a single, fixed purpose: to kill his father for ruining his mother’s life. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 18, 2015)
Posted: January 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Backstrom, Fox, Grantchester, John Lunn, PBS, Sean Callery
Premiering tonight in the U.S. on PBS is the British drama Grantchester created by Daisy Coulam and stars James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Tessa Peake-Jones, Al Weaver and Pheline Roggan. The show’s original music is composed by John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The White Queen). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the show, as well as songs by Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Gloria Dee overseas last month. The album will be released digitally on January 20 stateside. For the full soundtrack details and to find out more about the drama, check out our previous news article, where you can also listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Score Album Details
Posted: January 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Fifty Shades of Grey, score, Soundtrack
Republic Records will release a score album for the film adaptation of E.L. James’ bestselling novel Fifty Shades of Grey. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, Men in Black). The soundtrack will be released on February 17, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The cover art will be added to this article soon. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film and two tracks from Elfman’s score on February 10. Fifty Shades of Grey is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy) and stars Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Ehle, Marcia Gay Harden, Luke Grimes, Max Martini, Dylan Neal, Eloise Mumford, Rita Ora and Victor Rasuk. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Testament of Youth’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 17, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Max Richter, score, Soundtrack, Testament of Youth
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the historical drama Testament of Youth. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Disconnect, Waltz with Bashir, The Congress). The soundtrack was just released digitally overseas and will come out in the U.S. on February 3, 2015. Visit Amazon to listen to audio clips and pre-order the album. Testament of Youth is directed by James Kent and stars Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Dominic West, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan and Miranda Richardson. The movie is based on the autobiography of Vera Brittain and follows the British writer and pacifist as she served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse in London, France and Malta. Read the rest of this entry »
