La-La Land Records has announced a 2-CD set featuring the original scores for the action comedies 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street. The albums features the original music from the hit films composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums, Hotel Transylvania). The soundtrack is limited to 2000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Both movie are directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and star Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube. 21 Jump Street was released in 2012 and is now available on Blu-ray and DVD from Sony Pictures. 22 Jump Street opened in theaters this summer and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 18, 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh’s Scores for ’21 Jump Street’ and ’22 Jump Street’ Released
Posted: September 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Mark Mothersbaugh, score, Soundtrack
‘Bad Milo!’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bad Milo, score, Soundtrack, Ted Masur
Screamworks Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Bad Milo!. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ted Masur (The Best and the Brightest). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 29, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Bad Milo! is directed by Jacob Vaughan and stars Ken Marino, Gillian Jacobs, Patrick Warburton, Mary Kay Place, Stephen Root and Peter Stormare. The movie follows a man who discovers the root of his unusual stomach pain: a pintsized demon living in his intestine that forces its way out and slaughters the people who have angered him. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The One I Love’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, score, Soundtrack, The One I Love
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama The One I Love. The album features the film’s original music composed by Saunder Jurriaans and Danny Bensi (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Enemy, Magic Magic). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 7, 2014 and physically on November 4. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The One I Love is directed by Charlie McDowell and stars Mark Duplass, Elizabeth Moss and Ted Danson. The movie follows a couple who, at the brink of separation, escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. The dramedy premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released in select theaters and on VOD last month by the Weinstein Company’s Radius label. Read the rest of this entry »
‘St. Vincent’ Score Album Details
Posted: September 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, St. Vincent, Theodore Shapiro
Sony Classical will release a score album for the comedy drama St. Vincent. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Tropic Thunder). The soundtrack will be released on October 21, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The label will also release a separate soundtrack album featuring the song’s from the film. Check back on this page for more information. St. Vincent is written and directed by Theodore Melfi and stars Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Terrence Howard, Chris O’Dowd and Scott Adsit. The movie follows a cranky war veteran who becomes an unlikely mentor to a 12-year-old boy whose parents have divorced. The dramedy premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in select cities on October 10 before expanding nationwide over the following weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
Bill Conti’s ‘A Prayer for the Dying’ Score to Be Released
Posted: September 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Prayer for the Dying, Bill Conti, score, Soundtrack
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 »
