Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album for Mike Binder’s drama Black or White. The album features the film’s original music composed by Golden Globe-nominated Terence Blanchard (The 25th Hour, Inside Man, Malcolm X). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Black or White written and directed by Binder (The Upside of Anger, Reign Over Me) stars Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Jillian Estell, Bill Burr, Jennifer Ehle, André Holland, Gillian Jacobs and Anthony Mackie. The movie centers on an attorney trying to raise his biracial granddaughter after the deaths of his wife and daughter and his battle with the child’s paternal grandmother. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Black or White’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black or White, Mike Binder, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard
‘Red Army’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Beck, Leo Birenberg, Red Army, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Red Army. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Leo Birenberg. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Red Army is directed by Gabe Polsky and centers on the Soviet Union and the most successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team. Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story portrays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. The movie executive produced by Jerry Weintraub & Werner Herzog premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released in select theaters this Friday, January 23. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Wim Wenders’ ‘Every Thing Will Be Fine’
Posted: January 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Every Thing Will Be Fine, Wim Wenders
Alexandre Desplat is composing the score for the upcoming drama Every Thing Will Be Fine. The film is directed by Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Buena Vista Social Club, Wings of Desire) and stars James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Robert Naylor. The movie, which was shot in 3D, centers on a writer who accidentally causes the death of a child and follows him through the next twelve years, searching for the footprints of the accident on his life, as well as on the life of the child’s mother. Bjørn-Olaf Johannessen has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Words and Pictures’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Paul Grabowsky, score, Soundtrack, Words and Pictures
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Words and Pictures. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Grabowsky who previously collaborated with the movie’s director on Last Orders, It Runs in the Family and Empire Falls. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 27, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Words and Pictures stars Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Keegan Connor Tracy, Amy Brenneman, Bruce Davison, Valerie Tian, Navid Negahban and Christian Scheider. The movie centers on a writer whose talent has dried up and his relationship with an artist struggling to paint as her body betrays her. 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
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 »
‘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 »