Gabriel Yared has been hired to score the upcoming romantic drama By the Sea. The film marks the third directorial feature of Angelina Jolie who also stars in the movie alongside Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Niels Arestrup, Melvil Poupaud and Richard Bohringer. The drama follows an American writer who arrives with his wife a tranquil and picturesque seaside resort in 1970s France with their marriage in apparent crisis. Jolie also wrote the screenplay and is producing the project with Pitt. Chris Brigham, Holly Goline and Michael Vieira are executive producing. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Yared to Score Angelina Jolie’s ‘By the Sea’
Posted: June 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Angelina Jolie, By the Sea, Gabriel Yared
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‘Preservation’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexis & Sam, Preservation, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the horror thriller Preservation. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexis & Sam (We’ll Never Have Paris, Lila & Eve). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 1, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio samples are embedded after the jump. Preservation is written and directed by Christopher Denham and stars Wrenn Schmidt, Pablo Schreiber, Aaron Staton and Cody Saintgnue. The movie follows two brothers and a brainy anesthesiologist who head out on a hunting trip in a nature preserve when the brothers are ensnared by unseen hunters. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore to Headline Cordoba International Film Music Festival
Posted: June 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Bear McCreary, Cordoba International Film Music Festival, Howard Shore
The International Film Music Festival of the Province of Córdoba has announced the lineup for their 11th edition, which will take place from July 19 to 26, 2015 in Córdoba, Spain. Academy Award winner Howard Shore will be the special guest of the festival, which will feature two nights of composer’s music, including a concert featuring Shore’s score from The Lord of the Rings trilogy and a career retrospective featuring music from the composer’s long-standing collaborations with directors Martin Scorsese (Hugo, The Aviator, The Departed) and David Cronenberg (The Fly, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises). In addition, Emmy Award-winner Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Marvel’s Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Da Vinci’s Demons) will receive the third annual Elmer Bernstein Award. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Strangerland’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Keefus Ciancia, score, Soundtrack, Strangerland
Iris Records & Mister Green Music will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Strangerland. The album features the film’s original music composed by Keefus Ciancia (The Motel Life, Diana, As Above, So Below, Nashville). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Strangerland is directed by Kim Farrant and stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Lisa Flanagan, Meyne Wyatt and Maddison Brown. The movie centers on a couple’s relationship, which is pushed to the brink when their two teenage kids disappear into the remote Australian desert. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Trishna’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Winterbottom, score, Shigeru Umebayashi, Soundtrack, Trishna
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2011 drama Trishna. The album features the film’s original music composed by Shigeru Umebayashi (House of Flying Daggers, In the Mood for Love, 2046). Check back on this page for the soundtrack pre-order link. Trishna is directed by Michael Winterbottom and stars Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed.The movie based on the novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy follows the tragic relationship between the son of a property developer and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Indian Summers’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Indian Summers, PBS, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Warbeck
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for PBS’ and Channel 4’s mini-series Indian Summers. The album features selections from the 10-parter’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Quills, Billy Elliot, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin). The soundtrack will be released overseas on July 29, 2015 and in the U.S. on August 21. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Indian Summers is created and written by Paul Rutman, directed by Anand Tucker and stars Julie Walters, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jemima West, Nikesh Patel, Roshan Seth, Lillete Dubey, Alexander Cobb, Craig Parkinson, Fiona Glascott, Amber Rose Revah, Aysha Kala, Olivia Grant and Edward Hogg. The series tells the story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Minions’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heitor Pereira, Minions, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the animated feature Minions have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed and produced by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, The Smurfs, If I Stay, Beverly Hills Chihuahua). Also included are the songs from the movie, including The Turtles’ Happy Together, The Kinks’ You Really Got Me, The Who’s My Generation, Donovan’s Mellow Yellow and The Spencer Davis Group’s I’m a Man. The soundtrack will be released on July 10, 2015 by Back Lot Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Minions is directed by Pierre Coffin & Kyle Balda and features the voice talent of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan and Geoffrey Rush. Read the rest of this entry »
Disney Channel’s ‘Tangled’ TV Series to Feature Music by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater and Kevin Kliesch
Posted: June 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Disney Channel, Glenn Slater, Kevin Kliesch, Tangled
Disney announced today that composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater will be composing new songs for the upcoming animated series Tangled based on the 2010 hit movie of the same title. Kevin Kliesch is set to compose the original score for the show, which will feature the voices of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi who are reprising their roles of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. The series is set between the feature film and the 2012 short film Tangled Ever After and unfolds as Rapunzel acquaints herself with her parents, her kingdom and the people of Corona. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dope’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dope, Pharrell Williams, Soundtrack
Columbia Records has announced a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama Dope. The soundtrack is curated by Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Pharrell Williams who wrote and produced the original songs performed by the three main characters of the movie and their band Awreeoh. Also included are rap and hip-hop classics by artists including Digital Underground, Naughty By Nature, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Public Enemy & more. The soundtrack will be released on June 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. Dope is written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa and stars Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise, A$AP Rocky, Blake Anderson, Keith Stanfield, Chanel Iman, Quincy Brown and Zoë Kravitz. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Doyle to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: June 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Patrick Doyle, World Soundtrack Awards
Patrick Doyle has been selected as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the closing-night gala of the 15th World Soundtrack Awards at the Ghent Film Fest on October 24, 2015. The composer is known for his various collaborations on films directed by Kenneth Branagh, including Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Thor, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and this year’s Cinderella. He received two Academy Award nominations for his music for Branagh’s Hamlet and Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility. His other film scoring credits include Pixar’s Brave, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Nanny McPhee, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Alfonso Cuaron’s Great Expectations, Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, Mike Newell’s Donnie Brasco and Brian DePalma’s Carlito’s Way. Read the rest of this entry »
