Warner Bros. Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Good Lie. The album features the original song Find a Way by Nico & Vinz, which is already available as a single, as well as tracks by Emmanuel Jal & Nelly Furtado, Melpo Mene, Run River North, Xavier Rudd and Ayub Ogada. Also included are four cues from the film’s original score composed by Martin Leon (Monsieur Lazhar). The soundtrack will be released on September 30, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Good Lie is directed by Philippe Falardeau and stars Reese Witherspoon, Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal and Corey Stoll. The movie follows a young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States and develops an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Good Lie’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Martin Leon, Philippe Falardeau, score, Soundtrack, The Good Lie
Henry Jackman to Return for Marvel’s ‘Captain America 3’
Posted: August 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anthony Russo, Captain America, Captain America 3, Henry Jackman, Joe Russo, Marvel Studios
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo have confirmed in a recent interview with Comicbook.com that Henry Jackman will return to score Marvel Studios’ Captain America 3. Chris Evans is returning to star in the title role as Steve Roger in the currently untitled sequel. Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (The Chronicles of Narnia series, Thor: The Dark World) who penned the previous installment in the series are writing the screenplay. No plot details have been announced yet. Kevin Feige (The Avengers, Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy) is once again producing the project for Marvel. Jackman previously scored this year’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier for the Russo brothers while the first Captain America movie directed by Joe Johnston was scored by Alan Silvestri. Read the rest of this entry »
‘This Is Where I Leave You’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Shawn Levy, Soundtrack, This Is Where I Leave You
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama This Is Where I Leave You. The album features the songs featured in the film by such artists as Alexi Murdoch, Coldplay, INXS, Saint Raymond, Cyndi Lauper, The Psychedelic Furs and Distant Cousins. The soundtrack will be released on September 16, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available below. This Is Where I Leave You is directed by Shawn Levy and stars Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn, Connie Britton, Timothy Olyphant, Dax Shepard and Jane Fonda. The movie follows a dysfunctional family in which the father’s death forces four grown siblings to spend a week together under the same roof for the first time in a decade. The dramedy will be released on September 19 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Turn’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Soundtrack, Turn
Republic Records will release a soundtrack album for the AMC original series Turn. The album features six songs from the show by such artists as Matt Berninger, Jake Bugg, Sarah Blasko, Jonathan Wilson, Gary Lightbody and Andrew Bird. The label has previously released the individual tracks as singles. The soundtrack will be released on September 2, 2014. Turn is created by Craig Silverstein and stars Jamie Bell, Seth Numrich, Daniel Henshall, Heather Lind, Meegan Warner, Kevin R. McNally, Burn Gorman, Angus Macfadyen, JJ Feild and Samuel Roukin. The drama’s first season scored by Marco Beltrami premiered earlier this year on AMC. To learn more about the series, which has been renewed for a second season to air in 2015, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Simonsen to Score ‘Master Cleanse’
Posted: August 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bobby Miller, Master Cleanse, Rob Simonsen
Director Bobby Miller announced on Twitter that Rob Simonsen is scoring the upcoming horror comedy Master Cleanse. The film is written and directed by Miller and stars Johnny Galecki, Anna Friel, Oliver Platt and Anjelica Huston. The movie follows a man who decides to restart his life, joining a spiritual retreat designed to cleanse negative toxins from his body. Jordan Horowitz (The Kids Are All Right, Save the Date) is producing the project for Gilbert Films, alongside Aaron L. Gilbert (A Single Shot, Trust Me) for Bron Studios and Galecki for Alcide Bava Pictures. Master Cleanse is currently in post-production and is expected to premiere in 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Equalizer’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antoine Fuqua, Harry Gregson-Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Equalizer
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the action thriller The Equalizer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Man on Fire, Cowboys & Aliens, Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven). The soundtrack will be released on September 23, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Equalizer is directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen) and stars Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, David Harbour, Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo. The movie based on the hit 80s television show follows a retired covert operative who meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters. The movie will be released nationwide on September 26 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Complete ‘Crash’, ‘Dead Ringers’ & ‘Naked Lunch’ Scores by Howard Shore to Be Released
Posted: August 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Crash, David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers, Howard Shore, Naked Lunch, score, Soundtrack
Howe Records will release three new soundtrack albums for a number of films directed by David Cronenberg featuring music written by the director’s regular composer Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silence of the Lambs). The first release features the complete and remastered score for the 1996 psychological thriller Crash starring James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter and Rosanna Arquette. The soundtrack will be released on October 14, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The second new Collector’s Edition features the complete score for the 1988 drama Dead Ringers starring Jeremy Irons and Geneviève Bujold. Click here to pre-order the CD. The third new release from the composer’s label features the complete and remastered score for the 1991 sci-fi drama Naked Lunch starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm and Roy Scheider. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 24, 2014)
Posted: August 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Dudley, Breathless, PBS
Premiering tonight in the U.S. on PBS as part of Masterpiece Mystery is the British medical drama Breathless co-created and written by Paul Unwin (Shameless) and starring Jack Davenport, Iain Glen, Zoe Boyle Catherine Steadman, Iain Glen, Natasha Little, Oliver Chris, Joanna Page and Shaun Dingwall. The show’s original music is composed by Academy Award winner Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, American History X, Black Box). Breathless follows a group of doctors and nurses in a hospital in 1960s London. The series premiered last fall in the UK on ITV and will air in the US Sunday nights on PBS. Visit the official show website to learn more about the drama.
John Swihart to Score ABC’s ‘Cristela’
Posted: August 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Cristela, Cristela Alonzo, John Swihart
John Swihart has been hired to score the upcoming ABC comedy Cristela. The show is created by Kevin Hench (Last Man Standing) and stand-up comedienne Cristela Alonzo who also stars in the series alongside Carlos Ponce, Terri Hoyos, Andrew Leeds, Sam McMurray. The comedy follows an American Latina law student who hopes to land a prestigious law firm internship as her mother hectors her about getting a real job, her brother-in-law encourages her to move out and her sister runs low on patience. Hench and Alonzo are also executive producing the 20th Century Fox TV and 21 Laps-Adelstein production with Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Real Steel, Date Night), Becky Clements (Last Man Standing) and Marty Adelstein (Hanna, Prison Break). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 22, 2014)
Posted: August 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Are You Here, Cam2Cam, Danny Bensi, David Carbonara, Elia Cmiral, Heitor Pereira, If I Stay, John Paesano, Kareem Roustom, Love Is Strange, May in the Summer, Saunder Jurriaans, The Newton Brothers, The One I Love, The Prince, When the Game Stands Tall
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the teen drama If I Stay directed by R.J. Cutler and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard, Liana Liberato, Aisha Hinds and Stacy Keach. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Beverly Hills Chihahua). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Beck, The Orwells, Sonic Youth, Odessa, Willamette Stone, Ben Howard, Lucius, Tom Odell & more. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. Also visit YouTube for a short video interview with Pereira at the film’s Hollywood premiere earlier this week.
Also opening wide is Robert Rodriguez’s & Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and starring Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Ray Liotta, Josh Brolin, Powers Booth, Rosario Dawson, Stacy Keach and Lady GaGa. Robert Rodriguez has also composed the film’s music with Carl Thiel (Machete Kills, From Dusk Till Dawn). Morada Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the movie’s original score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the sequel. Read the rest of this entry »
