Jeff Russo and Zoe Keating are composing the music for the upcoming A&E original series The Returned starring Mark Pellegrino, Tandi Wright, India Ennenga, Sophie Lowe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Alejandro, Agnes Bruckner and Sandrine Holt. The show is based on the International Emmy Award-winning French series Les Revenants and focuses on a small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have been long presumed dead suddenly reappear, bringing with them both positive and detrimental consequences. Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) has written the pilot episode and is writing and executive producing the series with Raelle Tucker (True Blood). Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo & Zoe Keating to Score A&E’s ‘The Returned’
Posted: November 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A&E, Jeff Russo, The Returned, Zoe Keating
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‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ TV Series Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kevin Kiner, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The album features selections from the original score from the show’s seasons 1 through 6 composed by Kevin Kiner (Star Wars Rebels, CSI: Miami, Hell on Wheels). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 10, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A vinyl version is set to be released on December 6 and is available for pre-order here. Sony Classical has previously released a soundtrack featuring Kiner’s music from the feature version of the series. Star Wars: The Clone Wars premiered in 2008 and the final season aired earlier this year on Cartoon Network. Read the rest of this entry »
Dave Grusin’s ‘Falling in Love’ Score to Be Released
Posted: November 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave Grusin, Falling in Love, score, Soundtrack
Kritzerland has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1984 romantic drama Falling in Love directed by Ulu Grosbard and starring Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, Jane Kaczmarek, George Martin and Dianne Wiest. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Dave Grusin (The Firm, The Graduate, The Goonies, Three Days of the Condor, Tootsie). The limited edition CD also features several unused and alternate cues, including the composer’s original main title theme, which was not used in the final version of the Paramount Pictures release. To pre-order the album and for the full soundtrack details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.
Hans Zimmer to Collaborate with Junkie XL on ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’
Posted: November 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Hans Zimmer, Junkie XL, Zack Snyder
Hans Zimmer revealed in an interview with Comic Book Resource that he will be collaborating with Junkie XL on Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The composer mentioned that Junkie XL aka Tom Holkenborg will be providing music for the Batman character, while he will take care of Clark Kent/Superman. Zimmer previously scored Snyder’s Man of Steel. Junkie XL composed additional music for Man of Steel and also worked with Snyder on 300: Rise of an Empire. Zimmer had previously expressed hesitation to score another Batman movie when he was first asked about the project given his involvement with Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy. Batman v Superman starring Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons and Holly Hunter is set to be released on March 25, 2016 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Cliff Martinez to Score Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘The Neon Demon’
Posted: November 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cliff Martinez, Nicolas Winding Refn, The Neon Demon
Gaumont and Wild Bunch announced today that Cliff Martinez will reunite with director Nicolas Winding Refn on the upcoming horror thriller The Neon Demon. No plot details have been announced yet, but the film is described as a horror tale with a young female-led cast, which will be revealed later this year. Refn and Mary Laws are writing the screenplay. Lene Borglum (Valhalla Rising, Only God Forgives) is producing the project through Refn’s production company Space Rocket. Also on board are editor Matthew Newman (Bronson, Drive) and Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster, Seven Pounds, A Good Year). Martinez has previously scored Refn’s two previous features Drive and Only God Forgives. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blue Ruin’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blue Ruin, Brooke Blair, score, Soundtrack
Blackest Rainbow Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie thriller Blue Ruin. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brooke Blair and Will Blair. The soundtrack will be released exclusively on vinyl. The full album is available to stream after the jump. Blue Ruin is written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier and stars Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack and Eve Plumb. The movie follows mysterious outsider whose quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 2, 2014)
Posted: November 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Carter Burwell, Daniel Pemberton, Hallmark Channel, HBO, Lawrence Shragge, Olive Kitteridge, The Game, The Nine Lives of Christmas
Premiering tonight is the HBO original mini-series Olive Kitteridge directed by Lisa Cholodenko based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Price-winning novel of the same title and starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Zoe Kazan, Bill Murray, John Gallagher Jr., Jesse Plemons and Brady Corbet. Carter Burwell (Fargo, Twilight, True Grit, Mildred Pierce) who previously scored Cholodenko’s 2010 feature The Kids Are All Right has composed the series’ original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the four-parter, which premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival and which will air tonight and tomorrow, November 3, visit the official HBO website.
‘Eden’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eden, Mia Hansen-Løve, Soundtrack
Hamburger Records will release a soundtrack album for the French drama Eden. The album features the music from the film by artists including Daft Punk, Joe Smooth, Frankie Knuckles, Terry Hunter, MK, Jaydee, Liquid, Jabberwocky, The Orb, Kerri Chandler & more. The soundtrack will be released on November 17, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Eden is directed by Mia Hansen-Løve (Goodbye First Love) and stars Felix De Givry, Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne, Greta Gerwig, Golshifteh Farahani, Laura Smet and Vincent Lacoste. The movie is set in the underground rave scene in the 1990s and follows the rise and fall of Paul, a DJ who pioneered the French touch. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dear White People’ Score EP Announced
Posted: November 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dear White People, Kathryn Bostic, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack EP for the indie comedy Dear White People. The EP features the film’s original score composed by Kathryn Bostic (Middle of Nowhere). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 18, 2014. Audio clips will be added to this article within the next few weeks. The label has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film. Dear White People. The movie is written and directed by Justin Simien and stars Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner, Teyonah Parris, Brandon P. Bell and Dennis Haysbert. The movie centers on a group of African American students as they navigate campus life and racial politics at a predominantly white college. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Howard Shore, Peter Jackson, score, Soundtrack, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The details of the soundtrack albums for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies have been revealed. The albums feature the film’s original music composed by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Silence of the Lambs, Hugo, The Aviator). Also included is the end titles song The Last Goodbye performed by actor Billy Boyd and written by Boyd and screenwriters/producers Phillipa Boyens and Fran Walsh. The soundtrack will be released in two editions: a standard edition, as well as a deluxe edition with additional tracks. Both albums are set to be released on December 16, 2014. Visit Amazon to pre-order the standard edition and click here to order the deluxe edition. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Hugo Weaving and Orlando Bloom will be released on December 17, 2014 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
