Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for William H. Macy’s indie drama Rudderless. The album features the songs from the film performed by actors Billy Crudup, Selena Gomez and the Rudderless band (consisting of Crudup, Yelchin and indie rocker Ben Kweller) and written by Simon Steadman & Charlton Pettus and Ben Limpic. Also included are three tracks from the film’s original score composed by Eef Barzelay. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2014 and physically on October 28. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and check out audio clips after the jump. Rudderless marks the directorial debut of actor William H. Macy and stars Crudup, Yelchin, Gomez, alongside Felicity Huffman and Laurence Fishburne. The movie follows a man who has his life torn apart when he loses his son. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner Scoring Jean-Jacques Annaud’s ‘Wolf Totem’
Posted: September 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Horner, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Wolf Totem
James Horner is currently scoring the upcoming adventure drama Wolf Totem. The project marks the fourth collaboration between the composer and director Jean-Jacques Annaud. They have previously worked together on the features The Name of the Rose, Enemy at the Gates and Black Gold. Wolf Totem starring Chinese actors Feng Shaofeng and Dou Xiao is based on the autobiographical novel by Jiang Rong and tells the story of a student who is sent from Beijing in China to the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia to teach shepherds and learns about the bond that they share with the wolves. Annaud has written the screenplay with John Collee (Happy Feet, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World). Bill Kong (Crouching Dragon, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers) and Xavier Castano are producing the Chinese/French co-production. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Tod Williams’ ‘Cell’
Posted: September 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adult Beginners, Cell, Marcelo Zarvos, Tod Williams
Marcelo Zarvos is reuniting with director Tod Williams on the upcoming horror thriller Cell. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Stephen King and stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach. The film follows a New England artist who is struggling to reunite with his son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns humans into mindless vicious animals. Adam Alleca (The Last House on the Left) has written the screenplay. Michael Benaroya (Lawless, Margin Call), Brian Witten (Chernobyl Diaries), Richard Saperstein & Shana Kay (Devil’s Knot, Silent Night) are producing the Benaroya Pictures production. Zarvos has previously scored Williams’ 2004 drama The Door in the Floor. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Frozen Fever’ to Feature New Song by Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Posted: September 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Frozen, Frozen Fever, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
Walt Disney Animation Studios announced last night that Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez are writing a new song for the upcoming animated short Frozen Fever. The film is directed by Jennifer Lee (Wreck-It-Ralph) and Chris Buck (Tarzan) who also helmed last year’s hit movie and takes place on Anna’s birthday, for which Elsa and Kristoff are determined to give her the best celebration ever. Peter Del Vecho (Frozen, The Princess and the Frog, Winnie the Pooh) is producing the project. Lopez and Anderson-Lopez have written all songs for 2013’s feature version and received their first Academy Award for the song Let It Go. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kite’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kite, Paul Hepker, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action movie Kite. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Hepker (Tsotsi, Deadliest Catch). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Kite is directed by Ralph Ziman and stars India Eisley, Samuel L. Jackson and Callan McAuliffe. The movie is based on the Japanese anime series by Yasuomi Umetsu and follows a schoolgirl assassin hunting down the human traffickers she believes are responsible for her parents’ death. Anchor Bay Entertainment has picked up domestic distribution rights and will release the film in select theaters and on VOD on October 10. Read the rest of this entry »
‘To Be Takei’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Hearst, score, Soundtrack, To Be Takei
Urban Geek Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary To Be Takei. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Hearst. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 9, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. To Be Takei is directed by Jennifer M. Kroot and centers on actor, activist and pop culture icon George Takei. The movie features interviews with Star Trek‘s William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig, as well as journalist Dan Savage and radio host Howard Stern. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released last month in select theaters and on VOD by Starz Digital Media. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Field of Lost Shoes’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Field of Lost Shoes, Frederik Wiedmann, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album for the Civil War drama Field of Lost Shoes. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederik Wiedmann (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, The Damned, Beware the Batman). The soundtrack will be released physically on September 9, 2014 and digitally on September 16. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Check out audio clips below. Field of Lost Shoes is directed by Sean McNamara and stars David Arquette, Tom Skerritt and Jason Isaacs. The movie follows a group of teenage cadets, sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute, who must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Whiplash’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damien Chazelle, Justin Hurwitz, score, Soundtrack, Tim Simonec, Whiplash
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the indie drama Whiplash. The album features the original jazz songs written for the film by Grammy nominee Tim Simonec, as well as the movie’s original underscore composed by Justin Hurwitz. Also included are number of classic jazz standards by artists including Stan Getz, Duke Ellington and more, as well as snippets of dialog from the movie. The soundtrack will be released on October 7, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Whiplash is written and directed by Damien Chazelle and stars Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser, Austin Stowell, Nate Lang, Max Kasch and Damon Gupton. The movie follows an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for a theatrical release on October 10. Read the rest of this entry »
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring ‘Still Alice’
Posted: September 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ilan Eshkeri, Richard Glatzer, Still Alice, Wash Westmoreland
Ilan Eshkeri has recently composed the music for the upcoming indie drama Still Alice. The film is written and directed by Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland (The Last of Robin Hood, Quinceanera) and stars Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth and Hunter Parrish. The movie is based on a novel by Lisa Genova and follows a successful Columbia University professor who struggles to maintain her mind and self after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. Lex Lutzus (Age of Heroes), James Brown and Pamela Koffler (One Hour Photo, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) are producing the project. Still Alice is set to premiere later this month at the Toronto International Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, Bear McCreary, score, Soundtrack
Sparks & Shadows has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie. The album features the film’s original music written by Emmy Award-winning composer Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, DaVinci’s Demons, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), as well as two remixes and two original songs by Young Beautiful in a Hurry written by the band’s Brendan McCreary. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie directed by James Rolfe & Kevin Finn is based on the web series of the same title. The Kickstarter-funded film centers around the mass burial of over 1 million copies of the proclaimed “worst video game of all time”, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600. The movie premieres today on VOD. Read the rest of this entry »
