Momentum RLP Records will release a soundtrack album for the OWN docu-series Operation Change. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by William Ross (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Tin Cup, Ladder 49) and Alex Kovacs. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 6, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to audio clips after the jump. Operation Change follows Bill & Tani Austin and Steven Sawalich from the Starkey Hearing Foundation, a global non-profit organization that gives free hearing aids to those in need, as they are joined by celebrities and philanthropists to tackle some of the most challenging issues plaguing our world today. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Operation Change’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Kovacs, Operation Change, score, Soundtrack, William Ross
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Tina Guo & Composers for Charity Album Released
Posted: October 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Tina Guo
Cellist Tina Guo has released the album Tina Guo & Composers for Charity, which features collaborations with a variety of film, TV, and video game composers. The pieces on the album are written by composers including Neal Acree (Diablo III), Penka Kouneva (Primrose Lane), Austin Wintory (Journey), Lorne Balfe (The Penguins of Madagascar), Jeff Rona (Dominion), Bill Brown (CSI: NY), Nuno Malo (The Celestine Prophecy) and Pinar Toprak (The River Murders). The proceeds from the digital album will be donated to the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation to support underfunded music in schools. The album is now available on Loudr.fm and iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Guo was the eatured cello soloist on numerous film scores, including Sherlock Holmes by Hans Zimmer, Iron Man 2 by John Debney, Clash of the Titans by Ramin Djawadi and Olympus Has Fallen by Trevor Morris. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Horns’ Score Album Announced
Posted: October 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Aja, Horns, Rob, Robin Coudert, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a score album for Alexandre Aja’s horror thriller Horns. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob (aka Robin Coudert) who previously scored the Aja-produced Maniac. The soundtrack was released yesterday in the UK and will arrive in the U.S. digitally on October 14. A CD version will be released on November 4 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded below. Horns directed by Aja is based on the best-selling book by Joe Hill and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Minghella, Heather Graham, David Morse, Joe Anderson, Kelli Garner, Kathleen Quinlan and James Remar. The movie follows a small-town guy who, after being blamed for the death of his longtime girlfriend, awakens one morning to find a pair of horns growing from his head. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Driver’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Lorne Balfe, score, Soundtrack, The Driver
14th Street Music has released a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series The Driver. The album features the series’ original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Megamind, The Penguins of Madagascar, Ironclad, The Dilemma, The Frozen Ground, Salinger). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Driver is created by Danny Brocklehurst & Jim Poyser and stars David Morrissey, Claudie Blakeley, Sacha Parkinson, Ian Hart, Colm Meaney, Shaun Dingwall and Lee Ross. The three-part series centers on a taxi driver who blames himself for a family mystery and accepts an offer to start driving for a criminal gang. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos to Score Showtime’s ‘The Affair’
Posted: October 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, Showtime, The Affair
Marcelo Zarvos has been hired to score the upcoming Showtime original series The Affair. The show is created by Hagai Lemi (In Treatment) & Sarah Treem (House of Cards) and stars Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney and Joshua Jackson. The drama explores the emotional and psychological effects of an extramarital affair, told separately from the male and female perspectives and follows young woman waiting tables at a Hamptons diner, who begins an affair with a public school teacher and aspiring novelist. Treem and Levi are also executive producing the project with Eric Overmyer (The Wire) and director Jeffrey Reiner (Friday Night Lights). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Best of Me’ Score Album Announced
Posted: October 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Zigman, score, Soundtrack, The Best of Me
Sony Classical will release a score album for the romantic drama The Best of Me. The album features the film’s original music composed by Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, John Q, The Bridge to Teribithia). The soundtrack will be released on October 14, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. As previously reported, EMI Nashville & Relativity Music will release a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film. The Best of Me is directed by Michael Hoffman and stars James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey, Liana Liberato, Sebastian Arcelus and Gerald McRaney. The movie based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks follows two former high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited after 20 years apart, when they return to their small town for the funeral of the beloved friend. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever, Lifetime, Soundtrack
Caroline Records will release a soundtrack album for the Lifetime original movie Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever. The album features original and traditional Christmas songs performed by such artists as Chris Mann, The Bird and the Bee, KT Tunstall, The Brian Setzer Orchestra and more. The soundtrack will be released on November 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever is directed by Tim Hill (Alvin and the Chipmunks, Hop) and stars Aubrey Plaza as the voice of Grumpy Cat. The movie scored by Paul Leonard-Morgan follows a pet-store cat that forms a unique friendship with a 12-year old girl. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Northmen – A Viking Saga’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marcus Trumpp, Northmen - A Viking Saga, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the action adventure Northmen – A Viking Saga. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcus Trumpp (Mesrine: Killer Instinct & Public Enemy #1, Grizzly, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death). Also included is the song Warriors of the North by Amon Amarth, as well as Monster’s Blood (Gunnar’s Song) performed by actor Darrell D’Silva. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 13, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Northmen is directed by Claudio Fäh and stars Ryan Kwanten, Tom Hopper, Ken Duken, Charlie Murphy, James Norton, Ed Skrein, Anatole Taubman and Johann Hegg. The film follows a gang of predatory Vikings whose escape to Scotland ends in death and destruction. Read the rest of this entry »
Antonio Pinto & Dudu Aram Scoring Tarsem Singh’s ‘Selfless’
Posted: September 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antonio Pinto, Dudu Aram, Selfless, Tarsem Singh
Antonio Pinto and Dudu Aram have been tapped to score the upcoming sci-fi thriller Selfless. The film is directed by Tarsem Singh and stars Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Matthew Goode, Natalie Martinez, Victor Garber and Derek Luke. The movie stars a terminally ill billionaire who buys a chance for eternal life through an experimental underground medical procedure, which transfers his consciousness into the cadaver of a younger man. Alex and David Pastor (Carriers, The Last Days) have written the screenplay. Ram Bergman (Looper, Don Jon, Brick) is producing the project with Endgame Entertainment’s James D. Stern and Peter Schlessel. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathaniel Mechaly to Return for ‘Taken 3’
Posted: September 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathaniel Mechaly, Olivier Megaton, Taken, Taken 3
Nathaniel Mechaly is reteaming with director Olivier Megaton to score the action thriller sequel Taken 3. The film stars Liam Neeson as ex-covert operative Bryan Mills, whose reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered and is framed for the crime. Forest Whitaker, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Dogray Scott, Sam Spruell and Leland Orser are co-starring. Luc Besson (Lucy, The Professional, The Fifth Element) has once again written the screenplay with Robert Mark Kamen and is also producing the EuropaCorp and M6 Films production. Mechaly has previously scored the first two installments in the Taken series and also collaborated with Megaton on the 2011 feature Colombiana starring Zoe Saldana. Read the rest of this entry »
