Mark Mothersbaugh has signed on to score the upcoming musical comedy sequel Pitch Perfect 2. The film is directed by actress Elizabeth Banks who makes her feature directorial debut and stars Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp, Adam DeVine and Hailee Steinfeld. The movie follows the Barden Bellas as they take to the world championships of a capella, where a U.S. team has never won before. Kay Cannon (New Cannon) who scripted the original has also written the screenplay for the sequel. Banks also appears in the movie and is producing the project with Paul Brooks (Life As We Know It, New in Town) for Gold Circle Films and Max Handelman (Surrogates) for Brownstone Productions. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh to Score ‘Pitch Perfect 2’
Posted: December 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Mothersbaugh, Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2
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‘Get Santa’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Get Santa, Ilan Eshkeri, score, Soundtrack
Universal Music has released a soundtrack album for the British family comedy Get Santa. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, Still Alice, The Young Victoria). Also included are the songs from the film by artists including The Saturdays, Hudson Taylor, Bing Crosby, N.W.A., Diana Ross, Bobby Helms, The Drifters and more. The soundtrack is now available digitally overseas. Click here to listen to audio clips. Get Santa is written and directed by Christopher Smith, executive produced by Ridley Scott and stars Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Kit Connor, Stephen Graham, Ewen Bremner, Jodie Whittaker and Warwick Davis. The movie follows a 9-year-old boy and his dad who go on a desperate quest to save Christmas after Santa is arrested in London. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Big Eyes’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: December 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Big Eyes, Danny Elfman, score, Soundtrack, Tim Burton
The Weinstein Company has published the score for Tim Burton’s Big Eyes. The music is composed by the director’s regular musical collaborator Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland). Also available to stream is the original song Big Eyes performed by Lana Del Rey and written by herself and Daniel Heath (check out the recently published lyric music video after the jump). Visit Weinstein’s guild website to listen to the soundtrack. Check back on this page for the soundtrack details as they are announced. Big Eyes starring Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston, Jason Schwartzman and Terence Stamp is based on the true story of Walter Keane, who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s whose art, as was later revealed, was actually not created by him at all, but by his wife, Margaret. Read the rest of this entry »
Christophe Beck to Score ‘Terminator: Genisys’
Posted: December 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Taylor, Christophe Beck, Terminator, Terminator: Genisys
Christophe Beck has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Terminator: Genisys. The film is directed by Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World, Game of Thrones) and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, Matt Smith, Lee Byung-hun, Dayo Okeniyi, Courtney B. Vance, Sandrine Holt and J. K. Simmons. The movie is the first part of a planned trilogy. Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island) & Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry, My Bloody Valentine) have written the screenplay. David Ellison & Dana Goldberg (World War Z, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, I Am Legend) are producing the Paramount Pictures and Skydance production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Electricity’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Electricity, John Lunn, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Electricity. The album features the film’s original music written by Emmy Award-winning composer John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The White Queen). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 9, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Electricity is directed by Bryn Higgins and stars Agyness Deyn, Lenora Crichlow, Christian Cooke, Paul Anderson, Tom Georgeson and Alice Lowe. The movie is based on Ray Robinson’s novel of the same title and follows a young woman who leaves her hometown to search for her long-lost brother, all the while experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘The Leftovers’ Released
Posted: December 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Max Richter, score, Soundtrack, The Leftovers
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original series The Leftovers. The album features selections from the original score of the show’s first season composed by Max Richter (Disconnect, Waltz with Bashir, The Congress). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Leftovers is created by Damon Lindelof (Lost) & Tom Perrotta (Little Children, Election) and stars Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler and Ann Dowd. The series takes place in the wake of a global “Rapture” and centers on the people who didn’t make the cut and are left behind in a suburban community. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wolf Totem’ Score Preview
Posted: December 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: James Horner, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Wolf Totem
Mars Films has published the first audio clip from the original score for Jean-Jacques Annaud’s epic drama Wolf Totem. The film’s music is composed by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind). Check out the 45-second audio clip after the jump. Wolf Totem starring Chinese actors Feng Shaofeng and Dou Xiao is based on Jiang Rong’s autobiographical novel of the same title and tells the story of a student who is sent from Beijing in China to the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia to teach shepherds and learns about the bond that they share with the wolves. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Garnet’s Gold’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Garnet's Gold, J. Ralph, score, Soundtrack
Lava Music and Republic Records have released a soundtrack album for the documentary Garnet’s Gold. The album features the film’s original music composed by J. Ralph (Man on Wire, The Cove, Chasing Ice), including the original song Until the End performed by Liza Minnelli and Wynton Marsalis. Listen to the full song after the jump. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Garnet’s Gold is directed by Ed Perkins, produced by Simon Chinn (Searching for Sugar Man, Man on Wire) and tells the story of Garnet Frost, who, twenty years ago, nearly died hiking by Scotland’s Loch Arkaig, surviving by sheer chance. Read the rest of this entry »
Nominations for 42nd Annie Awards Announced
Posted: December 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 42nd Annual Annie Awards. Here are the music-related nominees:
Music in an Animated Feature Production
- Nicole Renaud – Cheatin’ – Plymptoons Studios
- John Powell, Jónsi – How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation
- Danny Elfman – Mr. Peabody & Sherman – DreamWorks Animation
- Bruno Coulais & Kila – Song of the Sea – GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon
- Joe Hisaishi – The Tale of Princess Kaguya – GKIDS/Studio Ghibli
Carlos José Alvarez to Score ‘Daughter of God’
Posted: December 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carlos José Alvarez, Daughter of God
Carlos José Alvarez has been tapped to score the upcoming dramatic thriller Daughter of God. The film is written and directed by Gee Malik Linton and stars Keanu Reeves, Mira Sorvino, Ana de Armas, Christopher McDonald, Big Daddy Kane, Michael Rispoli and Laura Gomez. The movie follows a police detective searching for the truth behind his partner’s death, while a Latina woman is witnessing a miracle. Reeves and Malik Linton are also producing the project with Robin Gurland (Grassroots, casting director of Star Wars: Episode I & II). Cassian Elwes (Lee Daniels’ The Butler) serves as an executive producer. Read the rest of this entry »
