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 »
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring ‘Still Alice’
Posted: September 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ilan Eshkeri, Richard Glatzer, Still Alice, Wash Westmoreland
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‘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 »
Expanded ‘Gorky Park’ Score by James Horner Released
Posted: September 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gorky Park, James Horner, Michael Apted, Michel Legrand, score, Soundtrack, The Other Side of Midnight
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1983 crime thriller Gorky Park directed by Michael Apted (The World Is Not Enough, Nell, Gorillas in the Mist) based on the Martin Cruz Smith novel and starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy and Joanna Pacula. The album features the film’s expanded score composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart). Als included are a a number of alternate cues and a source cue written by the Academy Award-winning composer for the MGM production. To check out the full album details and to order the CD, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
Lifetime’s ‘Deliverance Creek’ to Feature Music by Jim Dooley
Posted: September 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deliverance Creek, Jim Dooley, Lifetime, Nicholas Sparks
Jim Dooley has recently scored the Lifetime original movie Deliverance Creek. The drama marks the television debut of author Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, Dear John, Message in a Bottle) and stars Lauren Ambrose, Wes Ramsey, Yaani King, Caitlin Custer, Christopher Backus, Riley Smith, Katherine Willis and Christopher Baker. The film directed by Jon Amiel (Entrapment, Copycoat, The Core) takes place at the end of the Civil War and centers on a mother of three who attempts to defend her family’s land by any means necessary. Melissa Carter (Little Black Book) has written the script script and is also executive producing the project with Sparks and Theresa Park (The Best of Me). Read the rest of this entry »
Philippe Rombi to Score ‘Asterix: The Land of the Gods’
Posted: September 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Asterix, Asterix: The Land of the Gods, Francois Ozon, Philippe Rombi, The New Girlfriend
Philippe Rombi has been hired to score the upcoming 3D animated feature Asterix: The Land of the Gods (Astérix: Le domaine des dieux). The movie is directed by Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy and features the voices of Roger Carel, Lorant Deutsch, Alain Chabat, Laurent Lafitte, Géraldine Nakache, Elie Semoun, Florence Foresti and Astier himself in the original French version. No word yet on the voice cast of the English language version. The film is based on the 7th Asterix book, entitled The Mansion of the Gods written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo, and follows the exploits of a village of ancient Gauls as they resist Roman occupation. The SND, M6 Studio and Mikros Images production marks the first Asterix feature to be released in 3D. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Armstrong Scoring Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’
Posted: August 31, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Armstrong, Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Vinterberg
Craig Armstrong has composed the original music for the upcoming drama Far from the Madding Crowd. The film is directed by Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt, Dear Wendy, It’s All About Love) and stars Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, and Juno Temple. The movie is based on the 1874 novel of the same title by Thomas Hardy and tells the story of an independent and headstrong woman who attracts three very different suitors: a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and a prosperous and mature bachelor. David Nicholls (One Day, Starter for 10, Mike Newell’s Great Expectations) has written the screenplay. Allon Reich (28 Weeks Later, Never Let Me Go) and Andrew Macdonald (Trainspotting, The Beach, 28 Days Later…) are producing the project for DNA Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 31, 2014)
Posted: August 31, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Chad Benton, History, Houdini, John Debney, Lifetime, Really, Red Oaks, Shawn Pierce, Stoll Vaughan, The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story
Premiering tomorrow night is the History original mini-series Houdini directed by Uli Edel and starring Adrien Brody and Kristen Connolly. John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2, Bruce Almighty) has composed the original music for the series about magician Harry Houdini. Lakeshore Records has released two soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s score (and additional music by Sebastian Arocha) digitally earlier this week. CD versions are set to be released on September 30. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full details of both albums and to listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Boxtrolls’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dario Marianelli, LAIKA, score, Soundtrack, The Boxtrolls
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for LAIKA Studios’ animated feature The Boxtrolls. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, V for Vendetta). The soundtrack will be released on September 23, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for audio clips. The Boxtrolls is directed by Anthony Stacchi & Graham Annable and features the voices of Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Jared Harris, Toni Collette, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan and Simon Pegg. The movie follows a group of monsters who live underneath thestreets of Cheesebridge, who crawl out of the sewers at night to steal what the townspeople hold most dear: their children and their cheeses. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 29, 2014)
Posted: August 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: As Above So Below, Cantinflas, David Mackenzie, Francois-Eudes Chanfrault, Frederik Wiedmann, Jamie Marks Is Dead, Johann Johannsson, Keefus Ciancia, Last Weekend, Life of Crime, Marco Beltrami, Max Richter, Nick Urata, Roque Banos, Starred Up, Stephen Barton, The Congress, The Damned, The Last of Robin Hood, The Newton Brothers, The Notebook, The November Man, Tony Doogan
Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Already in theaters since Wednesday is the action thriller The November Man directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Eliza Taylor, Caterina Scorsone, Bill Smitrovich and Will Patton. Marco Beltrami (World War Z, Scream, The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma) has composed the film’s original music. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week. A CD version will be released on September 9. Check out our previous article for the full album details and visit Beltrami’s official website to listen to a couple of full tracks from his score.
Opening nationwide today is the horror thriller As Above, So Below directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, Francois Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar, Cosme Castro and Hamidreza Javdan. The film’s original music is composed by Keefus Ciancia (Nashville, Saving Grace, Diana, The Motel Life). No word on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the movie, which follows a team of explorers that ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris and uncovers a dark secret, check out our scoring assignment article. Read the rest of this entry »
Max Richter to Score ‘Testament of Youth’
Posted: August 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Kent, Max Richter, Testament of Youth
Max Richter has signed on to score the upcoming historical drama Testament of Youth. The film is directed by James Kent (The Thirteenth Tale) and stars Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington, Dominic West, Emily Watson, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Joanna Scanlan, Hayley Atwell, Jonathan Bailey and Alexandra Roach. The movie is based on the autobiography of Vera Brittain and tells the story of the British writer and pacifist who postponed her studies at Oxford University during World War I to serve as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse in London, France and Malta. Juliette Towhidi (Calendar Girls) has written the screenplay. David Heyman (Harry Potter series, Gravity, I Am Legend) and Rosie Alison are producing the Heyday Films and BBC Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
