A soundtrack album for the Amazon Studios series Transparent has been released. The album features the songs from the show by artists including Bob Dylan, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetics, Leonard Cohen, Jim Groce, Deee-Lite, Chaka Khan, The Kills, Neil Young & more. Also includsd are two tracks from the show’s composer Dustin O’Halloran (Like Crazy). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Transparent is created by Jill Soloway (Afternoon Delight, Six Feet Under) and stars Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Judith Light and Jeffrey Tambor. The comedy centers around an LA family with serious boundary issues who have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone’s secrets to spill out. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Amazon’s ‘Transparent’ Released
Posted: December 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon Studios, Dustin O'Halloran, Soundtrack, Transparent
Haim Mazar to Score ‘Criminal’
Posted: December 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ariel Vromen, Criminal, Haim Mazar
Haim Mazar has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller Criminal. The film is directed by Ariel Vromen and stars Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Alice Eve and Gal Gadot. The movie revolves around a dangerous criminal who has the memories and skills of a dead CIA agent implanted into his brain in order to track down and stop an international terrorist. Douglas Cook & David Weisberg (The Rock, Double Jeopardy) have written the screenplay. Chris Bender (The Butterfly Effect, We’re the Millers), J.C. Spink (A History of Violence), Mark Gill (Olympus Has Fallen) and Matt O’Toole (Before I Go to Sleep) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘1864’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 1864, Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the Danish TV series 1864. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, Snowpiercer, 3:10 to Yuma, World War Z). The soundtrack will be released on December 16, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips below. 1864 is created by Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch, I Am Dina) and stars Pilou Asbæk, Jakob Oftebro, Marie Tourell Søderberg, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Søren Malling. The 8-part drama centers on the conflict between Denmark and Prussia, which resulted in more than 5,000 Danish deaths and the loss of one-third of Danish territory. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘A Far Off Place’ Score by James Horner Released
Posted: December 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Far Off Place, Georges Delerue, James Horner, score, Soundtrack, Steel Magnolias
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1993 adventure drama A Far Off Place directed by Mikael Salomon and starring Reese Witherspoon, Jack Thompson and Maximilian Schell. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind), including more than half an hour of previously unreleased music. Also included are two cues that were not used in the final version of the film. To order the soundtrack for the Walt Disney Pictures production and for the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can listen to a couple of the tracks from the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Great Invisible’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Wingo, score, Soundtrack, The Great Invisible
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary The Great Invisible. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Wingo (Take Shelter, Mud, The Sitter, Joe). The soundtrack will be released physically on January 13, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. The Great Invisible is directed by Margaret Brown and tells the story of the modern South – the fishermen, the oilmen, and the survivors – through the lens of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The movie premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival where it was honored with the Grand Jury Price. Read the rest of this entry »
Max Richter to Score ‘Into the Forest’
Posted: December 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Into the Forest, Max Richter, Patricia Rozema
Max Richter has signed on to score the upcoming futuristic drama Into the Forest. The film is directed by Patricia Rozema (Mansfield Park, When Night Is Falling) and stars Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Callum Keith Rennie and Max Minghella. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Jean Hegland is set in the not-too-distant future and follows two sisters who must rely on one another as society crumbles around them and their forest home. Rozema has written the screenplay. Page is also producing the project with Niv Fichman (Enemy, The Red Violin, Blindness) and Aaron L. Gilbert (A Single Shot, Welcome to Me). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Grantchester’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Grantchester, John Lunn, PBS, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the British series Grantchester. The album features the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The White Queen). Also included are songs by Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Gloria Dee. The soundtrack will be released overseas on December 22, 2014 and in the U.S. on January 20, 2015. Visit Amazon to download the album and click here to order the CD. Check out audio clips after the jump. Grantchester is created by Daisy Coulam and stars James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Tessa Peake-Jones, Al Weaver and Pheline Roggan. The show is based on the book series The Grantchester Mysteries by James Runcie and follows a charismatic young clergyman and a down-to-earth cop who team up to fight crime in 1953’s Grantchester. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Warbeck Scoring ‘Indian Summers’
Posted: December 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Channel 4, Indian Summers, PBS, Stephen Warbeck
Stephen Warbeck is composing the music for PBS’ and Channel 4’s upcoming mini-series Indian Summers. The epic drama is created and written by Paul Rutman (Vera) and stars Julie Walters, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jemima West, Nikesh Patel, Roshan Seth, Lillete Dubey, Alexander Cobb, Craig Parkinson, Fiona Glascott, Amber Rose Revah, Aysha Kala, Olivia Grant and Edward Hogg. The 10-parter directed by Anand Tucker (Hilary and Jackie, Shopgirl, Leap Year) tells the story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience. Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn) is executive producing the project with Charlie Pattinson (Shameless, Skins), Elaine Pyke (Strike Back) and Rebecca Eato. Read the rest of this entry »
LA, NY and Boston Film Critics Announce Winners of Best Music in Film 2014
Posted: December 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Boston Online FIlm Critics Association, Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Online
A couple of major local critics associations have been announced their winners for this year’s movies. Jonny Greenwood’s music for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice was honored by both the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the Boston Society of Film Critics, while Mica Levi’s music for Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin was singled out by the LA Film Critics and the Boston Online Film Critics Association. For a full list of winners, click on each group’s name below.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association:
Best Music Score: Inherent Vice – Jonny Greenwood & Under the Skin– Mica Levi (tie)
Best Use of Music: Get On Up – The James Brown Story Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 7, 2014)
Posted: December 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eric V. Hachikian, Joseph LoDuca, Laurent Eyquem, Lifetime, Marco Polo, Netflix, Peter Nashel, The Librarians, The Red Tent, TNT
Premiering tonight is the Lifetime original mini-series The Red Tent directed by Roger Young, executive produced by Paula Weinstein and starring Minnie Driver, Morena Baccarin, Rebecca Ferguson, Iain Glen, Will Tudor and Debra Winger. The series’ original music is composed by Laurent Eyquem (Copperhead, Winnie Mandela, Rage). The two-parter based on the best-selling novel by Anita Diamant tells the story of Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob and will air tonight and tomorrow on Lifetime. For more information about the project, check out our scoring assignment announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
