IMG Artists and the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency announced a new partnership with Universal Pictures today that will see Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future return to the big screen, accompanied by a live orchestra performing the film’s original score composed by Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away, Captain America: The First Avenger). The events will coincide with the 30th anniversary of the movie starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Llyod and Lea Thompson. Silvestri will compose roughly 15 minutes of new material as part of the performance tour, which will have its world premiere screening and performance in Lucerne, Switzerland, performed by the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra, in May of 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Silvestri to Compose New Music for ‘Back to the Future’ 30th Anniversary Special Presentation
Posted: October 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Back to the Future
‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lorde, Soundtrack, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
The full details of the soundtrack album for the sequel The Hunger Games – Mockingjay – Part 1 have been revealed. The album features the original songs Yellow Flicker Beat by Lorde and This Is Not a Game by The Chemical Brothers, which have previously been released as singles. Also included are other tracks by Lorde who is curating the full soundtrack, as well as songs by Charli XCX, Raury, CHVRCHES, Stromae, Raury, Grace Jones, XOV, Tinashé and Bat for Lashes. The soundtrack will be released on November 17, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by James Newton Howard will also be released. Check back on this page for the full details. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score ‘Suffragette’
Posted: October 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Sarah Gavron, Suffragette
Alexandre Desplat is currently scoring the upcoming historical drama Suffragette. The film is directed by Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) and stars Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Romola Garai, Anne-Marie Duff and Samuel West. The movie takes place during the early days of the women’s suffrage movement in the U.K. and centers around the foot soldiers who were forced underground. Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Shame, The Invisible Woman) has written the screenplay. Faye Ward and Alison Owen (Saving Mr. Banks, Elizabeth, Jane Eyre) are producing the Ruby Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau Scoring ‘Sleeping with Other People’
Posted: October 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, Leslye Headland, Sleeping with Other People
Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau are reteaming with director Leslye Headland on the upcoming comedy Sleeping with Other People. The film written and directed by Headland stars Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Natasha Lyonne, Amanda Peet and Adam Scott. The movie follows a good-natured womanizer and a serial cheater who form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction sets in. Will Ferrell & Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladegga Nights, Step Brothers) are producing the project for Gary Sanchez Productions. Feltenstein and Nau have previously scored Headland’s previous feature Bachelorette. They have also scored films including Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and Casa de mi padre for Gary Sanchez. Sleeping with Other People is expected to premiere in 2015.
‘Ouija’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anton Sanko, Ouija, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller Ouija. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anton Sanko (The Possession, Rabbit Hole, Big Love). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 21, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Ouija is directed by Stiles White and stars Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, Bianca Santos and Ana Coto. The movie produced by Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Andrew Form & Brad Fuller and Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum follows a group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board. Read the rest of this entry »
Lucas Vidal to Score Isabel Coixet’s ‘Nobody Wants the Night’
Posted: October 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Isabel Coixet, Lucas Vidal, Nobody Wants the Night
Lucas Vidal has been hired to score the upcoming drama Nobody Wants the Night. The film is directed by Isabel Coixet (Elegy, The Secret Life of Words, My Life Without Me) and stars Juliette Binoche, Rinko Kikuchi and Gabriel Byrne. The movie follows two women from two different worlds who are struggling to survive in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth in early 1900s Greenland and chronicles their long, tense wait for the same man they love. Miguel Barros (Blackthorn) has written the screenplay. Andrés Santana (Blackthorn) is producing the project with Antonia Nava (The Machinist, Transsiberia) for Aiete-Ariane Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wild’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jean-Marc Vallee, Soundtrack, Wild
Sony Legacy will release a soundtrack album for Jean-Marc Vallee’s drama Wild. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Portishead, The Shangri-Las, Billy Swan, Lucina Williams, Wings, Pat Metheny Group & more. The soundtrack will be released on November 10, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Wild stars Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Gaby Hoffman, Kevin Rankin and Michiel Huisman. The movie based on the best-selling novel by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the screen by Nick Hornby follows a woman who – haunted by memories of her mother and with absolutely no experience – sets out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail all on her own. Read the rest of this entry »
Gustavo Santaolalla’s ‘The Book of Life’ Score to Be Released
Posted: October 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gustavo Santaolalla, score, Soundtrack, The Book of Life
Sony Classical will release a score album for the animated feature The Book of Life. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, Amores Perros, On the Road). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 21, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article within the next couple of days. As previously reported, the label has already released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film, as well as selections from the score. The Book of Life is directed by Jorge Gutierrez, produced by Guillermo del Toro and features the voices of Channing Tatum, Zoë Saldana, Diego Luna, Ice Cube, Christina Applegate, Danny Trejo, Ron Perlman, Cheech Marin, Kate del Castillo and Eugenio Derbez. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ to Feature End Credits Song Performed by Billy Boyd
Posted: October 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Billy Boyd, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Actor Billy Boyd and screenwriters/producers Phillipa Boyens and Fran Walsh have written an original end credits song for Peter Jackson’s upcoming fantasy adventure The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. The track entitled The Last Goodbye is also performed by Boyd who played Peregrin “Pippin” Took in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. As previously reported, WaterTower Music will release the soundtrack album for the film, which features the song, as well as the film’s original score composed by Howard Shore. The soundtrack will be released on December 16, 2014 and the 2CD special edition version is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 19, 2014)
Posted: October 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Big Driver, Constantine, Lifetime, NBC, Stephen King
Premiering on Friday, October 24, is the new NBC drama Constantine based on the DC Comics Hellblazer series, developed by Daniel Cerone& David S. Goyer and starring Matt Ryan, Harold Perrineau and Charles Halford. Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci’s Demons) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series and to watch a video featuring footage of the composer conducting his main theme for the show. Constantine will air Friday nights on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
