Headquarters Music will release a soundtrack album for the horror anthology Southbound. The album features the film’s original music written by the composer duo of The Gifted. The soundtrack will be released on February 9, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Southbound is directed by Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner & Patrick Horvath and stars Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Fabianne Therese, Nathalie Love, Hannah Marks, Dana Gould, Mather Zickel, David Yow, Matt Peters and Larry Fessenden. The movie features five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway, including tales about two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Southbound’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Southbound, The Gifted
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 29, 2016)
Posted: January 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Carter Burwell, Fifty Shades of Black, Hans Zimmer, Jane Got a Gun, Jim Dooley, Kung Fu Panda 3, Laurent Eyquem, Lisa Gerrard, Marcello De Francisci, Rabid Dogs, The Finest Hours
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature Kung Fu Panda 3 directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson & Alessandro Carloni and featuring the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, David Cross and J.K. Simmons. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, The Dark Knight) who previously co-scored the first two parts in the series with John Powell. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as songs by The Vamps and Patrick Brasca feat. Jay Chou. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the disaster drama The Finest Hours directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz and Eric Bana. Carter Burwell (Twilight, Fargo, Carol, True Grit) has composed the film’s original music. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the end titles song Haul Away Joe performed by Kodaline. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit Burwell’s official website for more information about the score. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Margeson & Mike Higham Scoring Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’
Posted: January 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Matthew Margeson, Mike Higham, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Tim Burton
Matthew Margeson and Mike Higham are currently scoring the upcoming fantasy adventure Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. The score will be recorded in London within the next few weeks. The movie stars Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Rupert Everett, Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson. The film is based on the Ransom Riggs novel and follows a teenager who finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures out to destroy them. Jane Goldman (X-Men: First Class, Kingsman: The Secret Service) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Galavant’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Alan Menken, Galavant, Glenn Slater, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a new soundtrack album for the ABC musical comedy Galavant. The album features the original songs from the show’s second season written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted, Tangled) featuring lyrics by Glenn Slater and performed by the series’ cast, including guest stars Kylie Minogue, Weird Al Yankovic, Eddie Marsan, Reece Shearsmith & more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the first season. Galavant is created by Dan Fogelman and stars Joshua Sasse, Mallory Jansen, Karen David, Timothy Omundson, Vinnie Jones and Luke Youngblood. The show’s second season premiered this month and the final two episodes will air this coming Sunday. For more information about the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Finest Hours’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, score, Soundtrack, The Finest Hours
Walt Disney Records has announced a soundtrack album for the disaster drama The Finest Hours. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Carter Burwell (Fargo, Carol, Twilight, No Country for Old Men, True Grit, The Rookie). Also included is the original end titles song Haul Away Joe performed by Kodaline. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The Finest Hours is directed by Craig Gillespie and stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz and Eric Bana. The movie tells the true story of the rescue attempt by the Coast Guard in 1952 after pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score ITV’s ‘Marcella’
Posted: January 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Rosenfeldt, ITV, Lorne Balfe, Marcella
Lorne Balfe has signed on to score the upcoming ITV original series Marcella. The show is created by Hans Rosenfeldt (The Bridge) & Nicola Larder and stars Anna Friel, Laura Carmichael, Nicholas Pinnock, Ian Puleston-Davies, Nina Sosanya, Ray Panthaki, Jamie Bamber, Sinead Cusack, Patrick Baladi and Harry Lloyd. The drama is set in contemporary London and follows a detective who returns to the Metropolitan Police’s Murder Squad after a 10-year long career break to start a family. Rosenfeldt and Larder are also executive producing the project with Tony Wood. Charles Martin (New Worlds, Skins), Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man, Broadchurch) and Henrik Georgsson (The Bridge) are directing the 8-part series. Read the rest of this entry »
Lady Gaga, Sam Smith & The Weeknd to Perform at Academy Awards
Posted: January 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, The Weeknd
Academy Awards producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin announced today the first slate of presenters and performers for the 88th Oscars telecast. The list includes Lady Gaga, Sam Smith and The Weeknd who are expected to perform their Oscar-nominated songs at the ceremony. Lady Gaga is nominated alongside Diane Warren for the song Til it Happens to You from the documentary The Hunting Ground, while Smith received a nomination the song Writing’s On the Wall from the James Bond film Spectre, which he co-wrote with Jimmy Napes. Abel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd) is nominated with Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio for the track Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin Scoring ‘This Beautiful Fantastic’
Posted: January 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Simon Aboud, This Beautiful Fantastic
Anne Nikitin is composing the music for the upcoming British romantic drama This Beautiful Fantastic. The film is written and directed by Simon Aboud (Comes a Bright Day) and stars Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock. The movie follows a young woman who dreams of being a children’s author and makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower. Andrea Iervolino & Monika Bacardi (All Roads Lead to Rome) are producing the project with Christine Alderson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Belgica’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Belgica, Soulwax, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the drama Belgica have been revealed. The album features the songs written and produced for the film by the Belgian electronic rock group Soulwax and performed by the fictional bands in the movie. The soundtrack will be released on February 26, 2016. Listen to one track from the release, How Long by The Shitz, after the jump. Belgica is directed by Felix van Groeningen (The Broken Circle Breakdown) and stars Stef Aerts, Tom Vermeir, Charlotte Vandermeersch and Hélène Devos. The movie follows two brothers who start a bar and get swept up in its success in the midst of Belgium’s nightlife scene. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s/Esquire’s ‘Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands’ Announced
Posted: January 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Beowulf, Esquire Network, ITV, Rob Lane, score, Soundtrack
Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the ITV original series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Rob Lane (Merlin, Longford, The Damned United, John Adams). The soundtrack will be released on March 11, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Beowulf is created by James Dormer and stars Kieran Bew, William Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Ed Speleers and David Ajala. The show follows a troubled warrior who experiences love and loss yet shares a deep binding comradery with his fellow kinsmen. Read the rest of this entry »
