Premiering tonight in the U.S. is the second part of the Worricker trilogy, Turks & Caicos directed by David Hare and starring Bill Nighy as MI5 spy Johnny Worricker, alongside Christopher Walken, Winona Ryder, Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes. The film’s original music is composed by Paul Englishby (An Englishby, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) who previously scored Hare’s Page Eight. The composer also scored the final part in the trilogy, Salting the Battlefield. Turks & Caicos premieres tonight as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series and Salting the Battlefield will air next Sunday, November 15. Visit the official PBS website to learn more about the movies. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 9, 2014)
Posted: November 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dominik Scherrer, Hallmark Channel, HBO, James Gelfand, Jeff Beal, Northpole, Paul Englishby, PBS, Salting the Battlefield, Starz, The Missing, The Newsroom, Turks & Caicos, Worricker
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‘Rosewater’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Howard Shore, Jon Stewart, Rosewater, score, Soundtrack
Howe Records will release a soundtrack album for Jon Stewart’s drama Rosewater. The album features the film’s original music composed by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Aviator, The Silence of the Lambs). Also included are tracks by Leonard Cohen, as well as Persian musicians Mahdyar Aghajani and 25 Band. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to be released on December 9 and can be pre-ordered here. Check out audio samples after the jump. Rosewater marks Stewart’s screenwriting and directing debut and stars Gael García Bernal. The movie is based on the New York Times best-selling memoir Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival by BBC journalist Maziar Bahari and tells the story of Bahari’s imprisonment in Tehran in 2009 and his interrogation at the hands of a man he knew only as Rosewater. Read the rest of this entry »
Mica Levi Wins European Film Award for ‘Under the Skin’
Posted: November 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: European Film Awards, Mica Levi, Under the Skin
Mica Levi has been named European Composer 2014 by the European Film Academy for her score to Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin starring Scarlett Johansson. For the second time in the history of the awards, a winner in the music category (as well as 5 other categories) has been announced before the awards ceremony following a decision of the Academy Board to draw more attention to the awards recipients in these categories. Levi who is best known as a singer/songwriter for her band Micachu & The Shapes has made her film scoring debut on the film. Previous composers that were honored with the award include Alberto Iglesias, Alexandre Desplat, Ennio Morricone, Ludovic Bource and Bruno Coulais. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Song of the Sea’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Coulais, Kila, Nolwenn Leroy, score, Song of the Sea, Soundtrack, Tomm Moore
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Song of the Sea. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus) who previously scored the director’s Academy Award-nominated feature The Secret of Kells. The composer collaborated with Kila on the score. Also featured are the songs from the movie by Nolwenn Leroy. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 9, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Song of the Sea is directed by Tomm Moore and features the voices of Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Liam Hourican, Colm Ó’Snodaigh, Lucy O’Connell, Kevin Swierszcz, David Rawle and Lisa Hannigan. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 7, 2014)
Posted: November 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Merry Friggin' Christmas, Anton Sanko, Big Hero 6, Elsa & Fred, Hanan Townshend, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Interstellar, Jessabelle, Johann Johannsson, Jorge Magaz, Ludwig Göransson, Luis Bacalov, Mr. Pip, Open WIndows, The Better Angels, The Theory of Everything
Two new movies are opening this weekend:
Already playing in select theaters since this past Wednesday and opening nationwide today is the sci-fi drama Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Gladiator). WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music in two different editions on November 18. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. Also visit Huffington Post, Crave Online, Hitfix and Film Music Society for interviews with Zimmer about his work on the project.
Also opening wide is Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature Big Hero 6 directed by Don Hall & Chris Williams and featuring the voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, T.J. Miller, Jaime Chung, Damon Wayans, Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, James Cromwell, Maya Rudolph Daniel Henney and Alan Tudyk. Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class) has composed the film’s original music. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Immortals by Fall Out Boy. Click here for the full album details. Also visit YouTube for a video from the music recording sessions and click here for a video interview with Jackman. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Supernatural’ Musical Episode ‘Fan Fiction’ to Feature Songs by Christopher Lennertz & Jay Gruska
Posted: November 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Galavant, Jay Gruska, Supernatural, The CW
Christopher Lennertz and Jay Gruska have composed the original songs for the 200th episode of The CW hit series Supernatural. The special musical episode entitled Fan Fiction follows Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) as they investigate the disappearance of a high school teacher and are stunned to discover that the school is putting on a musical based on their lives. One of the show’s writers Robert Thompson wrote the lyrics to accompany the composers’ music. Original songs include The Boys Investigate, Supernatural, A Single Man Tear, The Road So Far, I’ll Just Wait Here Then, and an a cappella version of Carry on My Wayward Son. Lennertz and Gruska have been scoring the series since the first season. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers to Score ‘The Runner’
Posted: November 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Pacific Standard Time, The Newton Brothers, The Runner, Vendetta
The Newton Brothers have been hired to score the upcoming political drama The Runner. The film marks the directorial debut of Austin Stark and stars Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda, Bryan Batt and Wendell Pierce. The movie takes place in the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill and follows a idealistic but flawed congressman who is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. Stark has also written the screenplay. Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann & Chris Papavasiliou (Happythankyoumoreplease) and Erika Hampson (Mall) are producing the project for Paper Street Films, alongside Glenn Williamson (The Omen, Sunshine Cleaning, Push) for Back Lot Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: November 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Howard Shore, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Audio clips of the soundtrack album for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies have been published online. The film’s music is composed by Howard Shore who previously scored the first two movies in the series, as well as The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Visit the British Amazon store to listen to audio clips. The website also confirms the running time of each track and the extended versions of the tracks featured on the deluxe edition. Both versions of the soundtrack will be released domestically on December 16 by WaterTower Music and are available for pre-order on Amazon (standard edition) and here (deluxe edition). The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Orlando Bloom, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt and Hugo Weaving will be released on December 17, 2014 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Lisa Gerrard & Marcello De Francisci to Score Gavin O’Connor’s ‘Jane Got a Gun’
Posted: November 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gavin O'Connor, Jane Got a Gun, Lisa Gerrard, Marcello De Francisci
Lisa Gerrard and Marcello De Francisci have been tapped to score the upcoming western Jane Got a Gun. The film is directed by Gavin O’Connor and stars Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Boyd Holbrook and Noah Emmerich. The movie follows a woman who asks an ex for help to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him. Portman is also producing the project for her Handsomecharlie Films company, alongside Scott Steindorff (The Lincoln Lawyer, The Human Stain), Aleen Keshishian, Terry Dougas, Scott LaStaiti and Regency Boies. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for NBC’s ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ to Be Released
Posted: November 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz, NBC, Rosemary's Baby, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the NBC mini-series Rosemary’s Baby. The album features the two-parter’s original music composed by Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz who previously collaborated with the project’s director Agnieszka Holland on In Darkness and HBO’s Burning Bush. Also included are two songs performed by Mary Komasa. The soundtrack will be released on November 10, 2014. Click here to listen to audio clips. Rosemary’s Baby is based on the best-selling novel by Ira Levin and stars Zoe Saldana, Patrick J. Adams, Jason Isaacs and Carole Bouquet. The mini-series follows a young married couple who escapes New York and moves into a Paris apartment with a haunted past and an immeasurable price. Read the rest of this entry »
