Premiering tonight on PBS is the documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate Portrait directed by Ken Burns about the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. David Cieri has composed the project’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music is being released today. Visit Amazon to download the album. The docu-series, which features the voices of Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti as Eleanor & Theodore Roosevelt will air for two hours a night on seven consecutive nights on PBS. Visit the official website to learn more about the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 14, 2014)
Posted: September 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Cieri, Fox, Joey Newman, Ludwig Göransson, NBC, PBS, Red Band Society, The Mysteries of Laura, The Roosevelts: An Intimate Portrait
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‘Brush with Danger’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brush with Danger, Garry Schyman, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the martial arts crime thriller Brush with Danger. The album features the film’s original music composed by Garry Schyman (BioShock, Dante’s Inferno video games, The A-Team, Magnum, P.I.). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 19, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Brush with Danger is co-written, directed, produced by Livi Zheng who also stars in the film alongside Ken Zheng, Norman Newkirk and Nikita Brezniko. The movie tells the story of a brother and sister, who forced to flee their home in China, arrive inside a shipping container in Seattle, Washington to start a new life. The thriller will be released in New York on September 19 before expanding to more cities within the following weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dead Within’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clayton Worbeck, Dead Within, Joshua Bradford, score, Soundtrack
Screamworks Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Dead Within. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joshua Bradford and Clayton Worbeck who are best known as members of the industrial rock bands Stayte, Revolting Cocks and Ministry. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Dead Within is directed by Ben Wagner and stars Amy Cale Peterson and Dean Chekvala. The movie follows a man and a woman who survive a deadly outbreak by isolating themselves in a cabin. The psychological thriller is set to be released this fall by Millennium Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 12, 2014)
Posted: September 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: At the Devil's Door, Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?, Béatrice Thiriet, Bird People, Dolphin Tale 2, Elia Cmiral, Heather McIntosh, Honeymoon, Marco Beltrami, Mark Orton, Max Richter, My Old Lady, No Good Deed, Paul Haslinger, Rachel Portman, Ronen Landa, Son Lux, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, The Drop, The Green Prince
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the family movie Dolphin Tale 2 written and directed by Charles Martin Smith and starring Harry Connick, Jr., Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Austin Stowell. The film’s original music is composed by Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, The Manchurian Candidate). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details and a video interview with Portman and click here to listen to audio clips. The movie also features the original song You Got Me performed by Gavin DeGraw and written by Academy Award winner Diane Warren. Visit iTunes to download the track.
Also opening nationwide is the thriller No Good Deed directed by Sam Miller and starring Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo and Henry Simmons. Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire, The Girl Next Door) has composed the film’s original score. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the thriller. Read the rest of this entry »
Heitor Pereira Scoring ‘The Jesuit’
Posted: September 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heitor Pereira, The Jesuit
Heitor Pereira is composing the music for the upcoming crime thriller The Jesuit. The film is directed by Alfonso Pineda Ulloa and stars Jose Maria Yazpik, Tim Roth, Brian Cox, Tommy Flanagan, Neal McDonough, Shannyn Sossamon and Paz Vega. The movie follows an ex-convict who is forced to take matters into his own hands after his wife is killed and his son is kidnapped. Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Affliction) has written the screenplay and also serves as an executive producer. Alex Garcia (Casa de mi Padre, Ceremony), Santiago Garcia Galvan (Under the Same Moon) and Jose Martinez Jr. are producing the BN Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Da Kid to Develop Movie Musical ‘Ziggy’
Posted: September 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Da Kid, Ziggy
British music producer Alex Da Kid is developing the original contemporary music for the upcoming movie musical Ziggy. The film is directed by Diesel Schwarze who previously worked with Baz Luhrmann on Moulin Rouge! and Broadway’s La Boheme. The period movie is set to star Dane DeHaan and Rooney Mara and follows a hunchback escape artist who arrives in New York during the mass-culture boom of the late 1920s and falls in love with the fiance of a powerful media mogul. Lynette Howell and Jamie Patricof (The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine, Half Nelson) are producing the project for their Electric City Entertainment company. Da Kid has produced such hit songs as Eminem’s Love the Way You Lie, Rihanna’s Loud and Imagine Dragons’ Radioactive. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wish I Was Here’ Score Album Released
Posted: September 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, Wish I Was Here, Zach Braff
Miles of Lions Records has released a score album for Zach Braff’s indie dramedy Wish I Was Here. The soundtrack features the film’s original score composed by Rob Simonsen (The Spectacular Now, (500) Days of Summer, The Way Way Back). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon and iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Also watch a video featuring Simonsen performing his theme from the score on the piano below. Columbia Records has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film. Wish I Was Here stars Zach Braff, Kate Hudson, Joey King, Jim Parsons, Ashley Green, Mandy Patinkin and Josh Gad. The Kickstarter-funded film written and directed by Braff follows a thirtysomething man who finds himself at major crossroads, which forces him to examine his life, his career, and his family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tokarev’ (‘Rage’) Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurent Eyquem, Rage, score, Soundtrack, Tokarev
Caldera Records has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the action thriller Tokarev (released in the U.S. under the title Rage). The album features the film’s original music composed by Laurent Eyquem (Copperhead, Winnie Mandela). Also included on the CD is an audio commentary by the composer talking about the concept of his score. To listen to a 5-min cue from the soundtrack and to pre-order the album, visit Screen Archives. Tokarev is directed by Paco Cabezas and stars Nicolas Cage, Rachel Nichols and Danny Glover. The thriller follows a respectable businessman who rounds up his old crew to help him find his kidnapped teenage daughter. The movie was released in select theaters this summer by Image Entertainment and is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Antoine Duhamel (1925 – 2014)
Posted: September 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Antoine Duhamel
Antoine Duhamel has passed away at age 89. The French composer was best known for scoring numerous films for directors Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut. His collaborations with Godard included 1965’s BAFTA-nominated drama Pierrot le Fou starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and 1967’s Weekend. Among the movies he scored for Truffaut were the 1968 Oscar-nominated comedy drama Stolen Kisses and 1969’s Mississippi Mermaid starring Belmondo & Catherine Deneuve. He also worked together with director Bertrand Travier multiple times, including on 1980’s Death Watch starring Romy Schneider & Harvey Keitel and on the 2002 war drama Safe Conduct. His other credits include the Spanish 1992 feature Belle Epoque, which received the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language film category, the 1996 Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated comedy drama Ridicule directed by Patrice Leconte and the 1998 Spanish film The Girl of Your Dreams starring Penelope Cruz. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Borgia’ Season 3 Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Borgia, Eric Neveux, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the third and final season of the historical drama Borgia. The album features selection from the show’s original score composed by Eric Neveux (Intimacy, The Attack, Sitcom) who previously wrote the music for the second season. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Silva Screen Records has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music for Season 2. Borgia is created by Tom Fontana and stars John Doman, Stanley Weber, Mark Ryder, Isolda Dychauk, Diarmuid Noyes, Assumpta Serna and Marta Gastini. The final season of the show about the Borgia family’s rise to power and subsequent domination of the Papal States during the Renaissance airs this fall in Europe and is expected to premiere in the U.S. on Netflix later this year or in early 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
