Quartet Records has announced the world premiere release of the score for the 1987 thriller A Prayer for the Dying directed by Mike Hodges and starring Mickey Rourke, Liam Neeson, Sami Davis, Bob Hoskins and Alan Bates. The album features the complete score from the MGM production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, For Your Eyes Only, The Right Stuff, The Karate Kid). To pre-order the limited edition CD and to check out audio clips, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
Garth Stevenson Scoring ‘Ten Thousand Saints’
Posted: September 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Garth Stevenson, Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman, Ten Thousand Saints
Garth Stevenson is composing the score for the upcoming indie coming of age dramedy Ten Thousand Saints. The film is directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman (American Splendor, The Nanny Diaries, Girl Most Likely) and stars Asa Butterfield, Ethan Hawke, Hailee Steinfeld, Emile Hirsch, Emily Mortimer and Julianne Nicholson. The movie based on a novel by Eleanor Henderson is set in the New York City East Village Punk scene during the 1980s and follows a young man who is sent to live with his estranged father in Manhattan. Anne Carey (Adventureland, The American) and Amy Nauiokas are producing the project for Archer Gray Productions, alongside Trudie Styler (Moon, Filth) and Celine Rattray (Bernie, Black Nativity) for Maven Pictures, and Luca Borghese. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Young Ones’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nathan Johnson, score, Soundtrack, Young Ones
Cut Narrative Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie sci-fi drama Young Ones. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Johnson (Looper, Brick, Don Jon, The Brothers Bloom). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 7, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Young Ones is written and directed by Jake Paltrow and stars Michael Shannon, Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Aimee Mullins and Alex McGregor. The movie follows two neighboring ranchers who betray each other in a future where water has become the most precious resource. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Screen Media Films for a domestic release in select theaters and on VOD on October 17. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gone Girl’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, David Fincher, Gone Girl, score, Soundtrack, Trent Reznor
The details of the soundtrack album for David Fincher’s thriller Gone Girl have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross who previously collaborated with the director on The Social Network and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The soundtrack will be released on September 30, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out a preview track from the score on Nine Inch Nail’s official website. Gone Girl is based on the bestseller of the same title by Gillian Flynn and stars Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Carrie Coon and David Clennon. The movie follows a woman who disappears on the day of her fifth wedding anniversary. The thriller will be released nationwide on October 3, 2014 by 20th Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 21, 2014)
Posted: September 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Black-ish, Brian Kirk, Brian Tyler, CBS, David E. Russo, Forever, Gotham, Graeme Revell, Josh Kramon, Madam Secretary, NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, Tony Morales, Transcenders
Premiering tonight on CBS is the new drama Madam Secretary created by Barbara Hall (Joan of Arcadia) and starring Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Geoffrey Arend, Patina Miller, Erich Bergen, Katherine Herzer and Evan Roe. The show’s original music is composed by the Transcenders (Gossip Girl, Harry’s Law, Our Family Wedding, Joey). For more information about the series, which follows the newly appointed Secretary of State as she balances work and her private life, check out our scoring assignment article. Madam Secretary will air every Sunday night on CBS. Read the rest of this entry »
”71′ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: '71, David Holmes, score, Soundtrack
Touch Sensitive Records will release a soundtrack album for the British thriller ’71. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Analyze That). The soundtrack will be released on October 10, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. ’71 is directed by Yann Demange and stars Jack O’Connell, Paul Anderson, Richard Dormer, Sean Harris, Martin McCann, Charlie Murphy, Sam Reid, Killian Scott, Corey McKinley and David Wilmot. The movie tells the story of a young British soldier who becomes separated from his unit during a riot in Belfast at the height of the Troubles in 1971. The thriller premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and will be released in the UK on October 10, 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Merry Friggin’ Christmas’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Merry Friggin' Christmas, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy A Merry Friggin’ Christmas. The album features new and exclusive music from Ben Kweller and Rufus Wainwright. Also included are songs by The Belle Brigade, Chuck Meade, California Feetwarmers, Aaron Tipton, FM Radio, Ryan Culwell, Alex Rhodes, Spencer Shapeero, Anna Su and John Isaac Watters. The soundtrack will be released on November 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded below. A Merry Friggin’ Christmas is directed by Tristram Shapeero, written by Phil Johnston and stars Robin Williams, Lauren Graham, Joel McHale, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ryan Lee, Candice Bergen and Pierce Gagnon. Read the rest of this entry »
BBC’s ‘The Driver’ to Feature Music by Lorne Balfe
Posted: September 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Lorne Balfe, The Driver
Lorne Balfe has composed the music for the new BBC mini-series The Driver. The drama is created by Danny Brocklehurst and Jim Poyser and stars David Morrissey, Claudie Blakeley, Sacha Parkinson, Ian Hart, Colm Meaney, Shaun Dingwall and Lee Ross. The three-parter follows a taxi driver who blames himself for a family mystery and accepts an offer to start driving for a criminal gang. Jamie Payne (Doctor Who, The White Queen) has directed the mini-series, which is executive produced by Morrissey for Highfield Pictures, Nicola Shindler (Last Tango for Halifax, Happy Valley) for Red Productions and Polly Hill (The Honorable Woman, The White Queen) for BBC One. Check out a sample track from the composer’s score after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Kirk to Score ‘NCIS: New Orleans’
Posted: September 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Kirk, CBS, NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans
Brian Kirk is composing the music for the new CBS drama NCIS: New Orleans. The show is created by Gary Glasberg (NCIS) and stars Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, CCH Pounder and Rob Kerkovich. The drama follows the local field office that investigates criminal cases involving military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence. Glasberg is also executive producing the CBS Television Studios production with Mark Harmon, Jeffrey Lieber (Tuck Everlasting, co-creator of Lost) and James Hayman (Ugly Betty, Joan of Arcadia). Kirk has previously scored over 2000 episodes of the original NCIS show and will continue to score the show, which returns for a twelfth season this fall. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 19, 2014)
Posted: September 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Walk Among the Tombstones, Alec Puro, Asche & Spencer, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Christopher Drake, Dan Mangan, Dave Grusin, Fort Bliss, Garth Stevenson, George Fenton, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Inon Zur, Jesse Zubot, John Paesano, Justin Kauflin, Keep On Keepin' On, Michael Giacchino, Reclaim, Steve Moore, The Guest, The Maze Runner, The Scribbler, The Zero Theorem, This Is Where I Leave You, Tracks, Tusk
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the film adaptation of the YA novel The Maze Runner directed by Wes Ball and starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Aml Ameen and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. The film’s original music is composed by John Paesano (Dragons: Riders of Berk, When the Game Stands Tall, Crisis). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to listen to audio clips. Also visit We Are Movie Geeks to check out an interview with Paesano.
Also opening wide is the is the thriller A Walk Among the Tombstones directed by Scott Frank and starring Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour and Boyd Holbrook. Carlos Rafael Rivera has composed the film’s original music. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Universal Pictures release. Also visit YouTube for a short video featurette about Rivera’s music for the thriller. Read the rest of this entry »
