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 »
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘The Leftovers’ Released
Posted: December 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Max Richter, score, Soundtrack, The Leftovers
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‘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 »
Expanded ‘Predator 2’ and ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: December 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Fedora, For Whom the Bells Toll, Francis Ford Coppola, Miklós Rózsa, Peggy Sue Got Married, Predator 2, score, Soundtrack, Victor Young
Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in its CD club series. The releases include an expanded soundtrack for the 1990 sci-fi action horror sequel Predator 2 directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Danny Glover, Kevin Peter Hall, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, María Conchita Alonso and Bill Paxton. The 2-CD deluxe edition features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away), including previously unreleased music. The composer previously composed the score for the first part in the series, which Varese Sarabande released for the first time in 2003. To check out the details of the album, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. The soundtrack will also be available to order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 30, 2014)
Posted: November 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Adrian Johnston, BRAVO, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Hallmark Channel, How Murray Saved Christmas, Jerome Leroy, Lifetime, Matthew Llewellyn, Michael Giacchino, NBC, One Child, One Christmas Eve, Peter Pan Live!, Robert Duncan, Sundance TV, Toy Story That Time Forgot, Walter Murphy, William Ross, Wishin' and Hopin'
Premiering tonight is the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie One Christmas Eve directed by Jay Russell and starring Anne Heche. The film’s original music is composed by William Ross (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Tale of Desperaux) who previously scored Russell’s Ladder 49, My Dog Skip and Tuck Everlasting and Jerome Leroy. Momentum RLP Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the television movie, which premiered tonight on the Hallmark Channel.
Premiering on Tuesday, December 2, is the Disney/Pixar holiday special Toy Story That Time Forgot directed by Steve Purcell and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Kristen Schaal, Kevin McKidd, Wallace Shawn, Timothy Dalton, Don Rickles and Joan Cusack. Michael Giacchino (Star Trek, Lost, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) who previously scored last year’s Toy Story of Terror, as well as Pixar’s The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up and Cars 2 has composed the special’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. Toy Story That Time Forgot will premiere on Tuesday on ABC. To learn more about the Pixar production, visit ABC’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring Aardman Animations’ ‘Shaun the Sheep’
Posted: November 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aardman Animations, Ilan Eshkeri, Shaun the Sheep
Ilan Eshkeri has recently recorded his score for the upcoming animated feature Shaun the Sheep. The film written and directed by Mark Burton (screenwriter of Madagascar and Gnomeo & Juliet) & Richard Starzak is based on the television series of the same title featuring the sheep character from the Wallace & Gromit short A Close Shave. The movie follows Shaun and his flock into the big city as they try to rescue their farmer, who was forced by Shaun’s mischief to leave the farm. Julie Lockhart (The Pirates! Band of Misfits) and Paul Kewley are producing the project. Aardman Animations’ Peter Lord, Nick Park & David Sproxton (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit) serve as executive producers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘One Christmas Eve’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jay Russell, Jerome Leroy, One Christmas Eve, score, Soundtrack, William Ross
Momentum RLP Records has released a soundtrack album for the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie One Christmas Eve. The album features the film’s original music composed by William Ross (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas) and Jerome Leroy. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. One Christmas Eve is directed by Jay Russell who previously collaborated with Ross on such features as My Dog Skip, Ladder 49 and Tuck Everlasting. The movie stars Anne Heche as a recently-divorced mom who wants her two kids’ first Christmas without their father to be perfect. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Unbroken’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Angelina Jolie, score, Soundtrack, Unbroken
The full details of the soundtrack album for Angelina Jolie’s drama Unbroken have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Imitation Game). Also included is the original song Miracles performed by Coldplay. The soundtrack will be released on December 15, 2014 by Parlophone Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Unbroken starring Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund and Finn Wittrock tells the story Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in World War II – only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Read the rest of this entry »
