Capitol Christian Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the music drama The Song. The album features the music from and inspired by the film, including 11 original songs and 3 new recordings from the motion picture. Artists featured on the release include Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn and NEEDTOBREATHE. The soundtrack will be released on September 16, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Song is written and directed by Richard Ramsey and stars Alan Powell of the group Anthem Lights, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas and Ali Faulkner. The movie is a modern-day adaptation of the life and writings of Solomon, as found in the Song of Solomon Ecclesiastes, and follows an aspiring singer-songwriter whose life and marriage suffer when the song he writes for his wife propels him to stardom. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Song’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, The Song
Keefus Ciancia Scoring ‘As Above, So Below’
Posted: August 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: As Above So Below, John Erick Dowdle, Keefus Ciancia
Keefus Ciancia has composed the music for the horror thriller As Above, So Below. The film is co-written and directed by John Erick Dowdle (Quarantine) and stars Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, Francois Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar, Cosme Castro and Hamidreza Javdan. The movie follows a team of explorers that ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris and uncovers a dark secret. Thomas Tull (Godzilla, Pacific Rim, 42) is producing the Legendary Picturs production with Jon Jashni (Shopgirl), Drew Dowdle (Quarantine) and Patrick Aiello (The Double). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Magic in the Moonlight’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Magic in the Moonlight, Soundtrack, Woody Allen
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for Woody Allen’s romantic comedy Magic in the Moonlight. The album features the jazz tracks from the film by artists including Bix Beiderbecke, Conal Fowkes, Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Nat Shilkret, Ute Lemper, Al Bowlly, California Ramblers, Sidney DeParis and more. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Magic in the Moonlight written and directed by Allen stars Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Eileen Atkins, Simon McBurney and Jacki Weaver. The comedy is set in the 1920s on the Riviera and follows a master magician who is trying to expose a psychic medium as a fake. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC’s ‘A to Z’ to Feature Music by Craig Wedren
Posted: August 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A to Z, Craig Wedren, NBC
Craig Wedren has been hired to score the new NBC comedy A to Z. The show is created by Ben Queen (Drive, Cars 2) and stars Ben Feldman, Cristin Milioti, Henry Zebrowski, Lenora Crichlow, Christina Kirk and Hong Chau. Katey Sagal is narrating the series, which follows the relationship between a male employee at an internet dating site and a female no-nonsense lawyer, from meeting to breakup. Queen is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television and Le Train Train production with Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation), Will McCormack (Celeste & Jesse Forever), Bill Callahan (Psych) and Michael Patrick Jann (Reno 911!). A to Z is set to premiere on October 2, 2014 and will air every Thursday night on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Love Is Strange’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ira Sachs, Love Is Strange, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama Love Is Strange. The album features the classical pieces featured in the film composed by Frédéric Chopin, Arnold Schoenberg and Henryk Wieniawski. Also included is Nina Simone’s song That’s Him Over There. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Love Is Strange is directed by Ira Sachs and stars John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Darren Burrows, Charlie Tahan and Cheyenne Jackson. The movie follows a longtime couple who lose their New York home shortly after getting married. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in select theaters this Friday, August 22 by Sony Pictures Classics. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cantinflas’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cantinflas, Roque Banos, Soundtrack
Movic Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Cantinflas. The album features three tracks from the film’s original score composed by Roque Banos (Evil Dead, Oldboy, The Machinist, Sexy Beast). Also included are the songs from the film by artists including Denise Gutiérrez, Aleks Syntek, Mauricio Sánchez, Enrique Bunbury & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 25, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Cantinflas is directed by Sebastian del Amo and stars Oscar Jaenada, Michael Imperioli, Ilse Salas, Luis Gerardo Mendez, Gabriela de la Garza, Adal Ramones and Ana Layevska. The Spanish-language film tells the story of the Mexican comedic actor who is best known for co-starring with David Niven in 1956’s Around the Word in 80 Days. Read the rest of this entry »
Frederik Wiedmann to Score Paul Schrader’s ‘Dying of the Light’
Posted: August 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dying of the Light, Frederik Wiedmann, Paul Schrader
Frederik Wiedmann is composing the music for the upcoming thriller Dying of the Light. The film is written and directed by Paul Schrader and stars Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin and Irene Jacob. The movie follows a former CIA agent embarking on a global manhunt for his long-standing nemesis, while simultaneously battling an aggressive form of Alzheimer’s Disease. Todd Williams, Scott Clayton and Gary Hirsch are producing the Over Under Media and Red Granite Pictures production. Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) and Steve Schwartz (The Road, The Counselor) are executive producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo & Ben Decter to Score ‘CSI: Cyber’
Posted: August 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Decter, CBS, CSI, CSI: Cyber, Jeff Russo
Jeff Russo and Ben Decter have been tapped to score the upcoming CBS drama CSI: Cyber. The show is created by Anthony E. Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn & Ann Donahue (CSI: Miami, CSI: NY) and stars Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, Charley Koontz and Peter MacNicol. The series centers around Special Agent Avery Ryan who heads the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI, a unit at the forefront of solving illegal activities that start in the mind, live online and play out in the real world. The character was introduced earlier this year on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Frank’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frank, Soundtrack, Stephen Rennicks
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Frank. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen Rennicks, as well as the songs performed by the film’s cast. The label has previously released the original song I Love You All performed by The Soronprfbs, which is also included on the soundtrack, as a single. Frank – Music and Songs from the Film will be released overseas on September 15, 2014. No domestic release date has been announced yet. Frank is directed by Lenny Abrahamson and stars Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Scoot McNairy. The movie follows a wannabe musician who joins an avant-garde pop band led by a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head. The comedy premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released in limited release last weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Baytown Outlaws’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 18, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Young, Kostas Christides, score, Soundtrack, The Baytown Outlaws
Intrada Records has announced a soundtrack release for last year’s action comedy The Baytown Outlaws. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, The Shipping News, Sinister, Hellraiser) and Kostas Christides. The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Baytown Outlaws is directed by Barry Battles and stars Eva Longoria, Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Wesley, Daniel Cudmore, Andre Braugher, Clayne Crawford and Travis Fimmel. The movie is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
