Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1984 sci-fi classic The Last Starfighter directed by Nick Castle and starring Lance Guest, Dan O’Herlihy, Robert Preston and Catherine Mary Stewart. The album features the complete score from the film composed and conducted by Craig Safan (Cheers, Stand and Deliver, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master), including previously unreleased music. The soundtrack is now available to order on Amazon and on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips and check out the full details of the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Safan’s Expanded ‘The Last Starfighter’ Score Released
Posted: January 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, Craig Safan, score, Soundtrack, The Boy Who Could Fly, The Last Starfighter
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George Fenton Scoring Andy Tennant’s ‘Wild Oats’
Posted: January 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andy Tennant, George Fenton, Wild Oats
George Fenton is reuniting with director Andy Tennant to score the upcoming comedy drama Wild Oats. The film stars Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, Demi Moore, Judd Hirsch, Matt Walsh and Billy Connolly. The movie follows a woman who receives an unexpected windfall check from a computer glitch and goes on the run from the law. Claudia Myers (Fort Bliss) and Gary Kanew have written the screenplay. Blythe Frank (Kettle of Fish) is producing the project for Wild Pictures, alongside Kip Konwiser for the Konwiser Brothers. Fenton and Tennant have previously collaborated on such films as Ever After: A Cinderella Story, Anna and the King, Sweet Home Alabama, Hitch, Fool’s Gold and The Bounty Hunter. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Geoff Zanelli, score, Soundtrack, The Scorpion King, The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the action adventure sequel The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power. The album features the film’s original music composed by Geoff Zanelli (Disturbia, Hitman, Mortdecai, The Odd Life of Timothy Green). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 13, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. La-La Land Records has announced a physical version of the soundtrack to be released later this month. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power is directed by Mike Elliott and stars Victor Webster, Lou Ferrigno, Roy “Big Country” Nelson, Royce Gracie and Don Wilson. The movie takes place after the king of Norvania is assassinated and follows the legendary Scorpion King Mathayus is framed for the crime and must fight off an entire kingdom of soldiers. Read the rest of this entry »
John Lunn to Score BBC America’s ‘The Last Kingdom’
Posted: January 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, BBC America, John Lunn, The Last Kingdom
John Lunn has been tapped to score the upcoming historical drama series The Last Kingdom. The show stars Alexander Dreymon, Rutger Hauer, David Dawson, Emily Cox, Matthew Macfadyen, Ian Hart, Tobias Santelmann, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Peter Gantzler, Joseph Millson, Alexandre Willaume, Rune Temte and Henning Valin Jakobsen. The 8-parter based on Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling novels The Saxon Stories is set during the reign of Alfred the Great, who as King of Wessex fought off a Viking invasion and follows the son of a Saxon nobleman who is orphaned by the Vikings and then kidnapped and raised as one of their own. Stephen Butchard has adapted the material for the small screen. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 4, 2015)
Posted: January 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Agent Carter, Alan Menken, Babylon, Christopher Lennertz, Empire, Fil Eisler, Fox, Galavant, Glenn Slater, Hindsight, Rick Smith, Stephen Endelman, SundanceTV, VH1
Premiering tonight is the musical comedy Galavant created by Dan Fogelman and starring Joshua Sasse, Mallory Jansen, Karen David, Timothy Omundson, Vinnie Jones and Luke Youngblood. The show features original songs written by Alan Menken (Aladdin, The Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid) and Glenn Slater. The series’ underscore is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Ride Along, Revolution, Supernatural). Hollywood Reords has already released three songs from the comedy. Click here to the title song and check our previous news article for the release details of the songs Maybe You’re Not the Worst Thing Ever and She’ll Be Mine and to learn more about the show.
Premiering on Tuesday, January 6, is Marvel Studio’s & ABC’s new series Agent Carter created by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely and starring Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper, Enver Gjokaj and Chad Michael Murray. Christopher Lennertz (Identity Thief, Horrible Bosses, Hop) who previously scored the Marvel One-Shot short film of the same title is composing the show’s original music. For more information about the series, which centers on Peggy Carter (introduced in Captain America: The First Avenger) who works for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve) and goes on secret missions for Howard Stark, check our scoring assignment announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark McKenzie Scoring ‘Max & Me’
Posted: January 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse, Mark McKenzie, Max & Me
Mark McKenzie is composing the score for the upcoming animated feature Max & Me. The film is written by Bruce Morris (Pocahontas, Hercules) and features the voices of David Henrie, Ashley Greene, Neal McDonough and Hector Elizondo. The movie follows a youngster who learns about sacrifice through the true story of Polish priest Maximilian Kolbe and the challenges he faced during the Nazi invasion of Poland in World War II. Pablo Jose Barrara (For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada) & Claudia Nemer are producing the project for Dos Corazones Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Don Davis to Score ‘False Memory Syndrome’
Posted: January 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Don Davis, False Memory Syndrome
Don Davis is set to score the upcoming sci-fi thriller False Memory Syndrome. The film is directed by Fulvio Sestito and stars Peter Stormare, Jordan Hinson, Dee Wallace and Don Stark. The movie takes place during the shoot of a documentary to expose the lies of alien abductees and follows a provocative filmmaker and his crew who encounter a young woman with a dark secret, who leads them to uncover a disturbing truth. Warren Thomas & Marc Porterfield have written the screenplay based on a story by Sestito & Rebecca Berrih. Martine Melloul is producing the project with Berrih. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Danna Scoring ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’
Posted: January 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brett Morgen, Jeff Danna, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Jeff Danna is reteaming with director Brett Morgen on the upcoming documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. The film centers around Kurt Cobain, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of Nirvana, who remains an icon 20 years after his death. The movie follows Cobain’s life and his career with Nirvana through the lens of his home movies, recordings, artwork, photography, and journals. The documentary features interviews with his family and closest confidantes, including Courtney Love and Dave Grohl. Morgen is also producing the project with Danielle Renfrew Behrens (The Queen of Versailles, Groove). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 2, 2015)
Posted: January 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: [REC] 4 Apocalypse, A Most Violent Year, Alex Ebert, Arnau Bataller, Brandon Roberts, Leviathan, Marco Beltrami, Marcus Trumpp, Philip Glass, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death directed by Tom Harper and starring Jeremy Irvine, Helen McCrory, Phoebe Cox and Oaklee Pendergast. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma) who previously scored the first part in the series, as well as Marcus Trumpp and Brandon Roberts. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score earlier this week and a CD version is set to be released next week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the film.
Opening in New York and Los Angeles this week before expanding nationwide later this month is the crime drama A Most Violent Year written and directed by J.C. Chandor and starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo and Albert Brooks. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero’s Alex Ebert who previously scored the director’s All is Lost has composed the film’s original music. Community Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score, as well as the original song America for Me. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine, Music Times, Film School Rejects and Hitfix for interviews with Ebert about his work on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Golub Scoring ‘Songs My Brothers Taught Me’
Posted: January 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chloe Zhao, Peter Golub, Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Peter Golub has been tapped to score the upcoming indie drama Songs My Brothers Taught Me. The film is written and directed by Chloé Zhao and stars John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard, Taysha Fuller, Travis Lone Hill and Eléonore Hendricks. The movie takes place at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and follows a brother and his younger sister, who find themselves on separate paths to rediscovering the meaning of home. Zhao is also producing the project with Forest Withaker & Nina Yang Bongiovi (Fruitvale Station, Repentance), Angela C. Lee and Mollye Asher. Read the rest of this entry »
