Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Nightcrawler. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive, King Kong). The soundtrack will be released on October 28, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the cover art and audio clips. Nightcrawler is written and directed by Dan Gilroy and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton and Riz Ahmed. The movi follows a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nightcrawler’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Gilroy, James Nwton Howard, Nightcrawler, score, Soundtrack
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Soundtrack Album for Fatih Akin’s ‘The Cut’ Announced
Posted: September 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexander Hacke, Fatih Akin, score, Soundtrack, The Cut
Bureau B will release a soundtrack album for Fatih Akin’s historical drama The Cut. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexander Hacke. Also included is an Armenian version of the song Everything To Get You Back by Hindi Zahra. The soundtrack will be released overseas on October 17, 2014. No word yet on a domestic release date. The Cut is co-written and directed by Akin (Head-On, Soul Kitchen) and stars Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram J. Khoury, Hindi Zahra, Kevork Malikyan, Bartu Kucukcaglayan, Trine Dyrholm and Moritz Bleibtreu. The movie follows a man who survives the 1915 Armenian genocide during the First World War, but loses his family, speech and faith. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Disneynature’s ‘Monkey Kingdom’
Posted: September 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disneynature, Harry Gregson-Williams, Monkey Kingdom
Harry Gregson-Williams mentioned in a recent interview with Music Times that he is currently scoring Disneynature’s upcoming documentary Monkey Kingdom. The film is directed by Mark Linfield (Chimpanzee, Earth) and co-directed by Alastair Fothergill (African Cats, Bears, Deep Blue) and spotlights the reality of a newborn monkey and its mother, struggling to survive within the competitive social hierarchy of the Temple Troop, a dynamic group of monkeys who live in ancient ruins found deep in the jungles of South Asia. Linfield and Fothergill are also producing the project. Monkey Kingdom is set to be released on Earth Day, April 17, 2015 by Walt Disney Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorde’s ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’ from ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lorde, Soundtrack, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
Republic Records has released the original song Yellow Flicker Beat performed by Lorde from the soundtrack for the upcoming sequel The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. The song is now available to download as a single on iTunes. Check out the full track after the jump. As reported this summer, Lorde has been selected to curate the soundtrack album for the third part in The Hunger Games series. Check back on this page for more information about the soundtrack. Mockingjay: Part 1 directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson will be released nationwide on November 21, 2014 by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Camp X-Ray’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Camp X-Ray, Jess Stroup, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Camp X-Ray. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jess Stroup. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 14, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to be released on November 11. Audio clips are available below. Camp X-Ray is written and directed by Peter Sattle and stars Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, John Carroll Lynch, Lane Garrison, Joseph Julian Soria and Cory Michael Smith. The movie executive produced by David Gordon Green follows a young woman who joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots but ends up as a rookie guard at Guantanamo Bay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 28, 2014)
Posted: September 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A to Z, ABC, Alec Puro, CBS, Craig Wedren, Fox, Gracepoint, How to Get Away with Murder, Jared Faber, John Frizzell, Ludwig Göransson, Manhattan Love Story, Martin Phipps, Marty Beller, Mearl, NBC, Netflix, Peaky Blinders, Selfie, Stalker, Starz, Survivor's Remorse
Premiering on Tuesday, September 30, on ABC is the new comedy Manhattan Love Story created by Jeff Lowell (John Tucker Must Die) and starring Analeigh Tipton, Jake McDorman, Nicolas Wright, Jade Catta-Preta, Chloe Wepper and Kurt Fuller. The show’s original music is composed by Alec Puro (The Fosters, The Art of Getting By, The First Time). To learn more about the series, which follows a young couple embarking on a new relationship, check out our scoring assignment announcement. Manhattan Love Story will air every Tuesday night on ABC.
Also premiering on Tuesday on ABC is the new comedy Selfie created by Emily Kapnek and starring Karen Gillan, John Cho, Tim Peper, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Allyn Rachel and David Harewood. Jared Faber (Suborgatory, As Told by Ginger) is composing the show’s original music. Selfie follows a self-obsessed twentysomething who is more concerned with “likes” than being liked. The comedy will air every Tuesday night on ABC. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman to Score Justin Chadwick’s ‘Tulip Fever’
Posted: September 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, James Ponsoldt, Justin Chadwick, The End of the Tour, Tulip Fever
Danny Elfman revealed in a recent interview with LIVE105 that he will be composing the music for the upcoming period drama Tulip Fever. The film is directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boyleyn Girl) and stars Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O’Connell, Christoph Waltz, Holliday Grainger, Zach Galifianakis, Judi Dench, Matthew Morrison, Tom Hollander, Cara Delevingne and Cressida Bonas. The movie is set in 17th century Amsterdam and follows a married woman who begins a passionate affair with an artist hired to paint her portrait. Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Empire of the Sun, Brazil) has written the screenplay based on the romance novel by Deborah Moggach. Alison Owen (Saving Mr. Banks, Jane Eyre, Elizabeth) is producing the project for Ruby Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rocks in My Pockets’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kristian Sensini, Rocks in My Pockets, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Rocks in My Pockets. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kristian Sensini. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Rocks in My Pockets is directed by Latvian-born artist and filmmaker Signe Baumane and tells five fantastical tales based on the courageous women in her family and their battles with madness. It was announced last week that the movie will represent Latvia in the race for the foreign language Oscars. The animated feature premiered at the Karlovy Vary Film Fest and was released in select U.S. cities earlier this month by Zeitgeist Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Judge’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, The Judge, Thomas Newman
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the legal drama The Judge. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). The soundtrack will be released on October 7, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Judge is directed by David Dobkin and stars Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton and Vincent D’Onofrio. The movie follows a big city lawyer who returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town’s judge, is suspected of murder. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 26, 2014)
Posted: September 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Christopher Nightingale, Claire van Kampen, Dario Marianelli, Days and Nights, Dionysos, Field of Lost Shoes, Frederik Wiedmann, Good People, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, Matthew de Luca, Neil Davidge, Neil de Luca, Pride, The Boxtrolls, The Equalizer, The Song, The Two Faces of January, Two Night Stand, Vince Emmett
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action thriller The Equalizer directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, David Harbour, Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo. The film’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek series, Man on Fire, Unstoppable) who previously scored the director’s The Replacement Killers. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with Gregson-Williams about his work on the project.
Also opening wide this weekend is the animated feature The Boxtrolls directed by Anthony Stacchi & Graham Annable and featuring the voices of Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Jared Harris, , Tracy Morgan, Toni Collette, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade and Simon Pegg. Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, V for Vendetta, Anna Karenina) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the film, including The Boxtrolls Song written by Eric Idle and performed by Mark Orton and Loch Lomond. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here to listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
