The details of the two soundtrack albums for the second season of NBC’s Hannibal have been revealed. The albums feature selections from the original score of the show composed by Brian Reitzell (30 Days of Night, Boss, Stranger Than Fiction, Friday Night Lights). Both albums will be released digitally on September 2, 2014. The Season 2 – Volume 1 soundtrack is available for pre-order on Amazon and click here to pre-order the Season 2 – Volume 2 soundtrack. Audio clips from both albums are available after the jump. As previously reported, the label has just released the first two soundtracks for the show today. Hannibal created by Bryan Fuller and based on the characters by Thomas Harris stars Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen and Laurence Fishburne. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hannibal’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brian Reitzell, Hannibal, NBC, score, Soundtrack
‘My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cliff Martinez, My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Cliff Martinez (Traffic, Spring Breakers, Solaris) who composed the score for Winding Refn’s last two features Drive and Only God Forgives. Also included is the track Disconnected by Julian Winding. No domestic release date has been announced yet, but the soundtrack is already available in a couple of international territories. Visit the German iTunes store to listen to audio clips. My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn is directed by Liv Corfixen and follows the Danish filmmaker on the set of Only God Forgives starring Ryan Gosling in Thailand. The documentary opened in Denmark last month. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Warbeck to Score ‘The Forger’
Posted: August 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Stephen Warbeck, The Forger
Stephen Warbeck has been hired to score the upcoming thriller The Forger. The film is directed by Philip Martin (Wallander) and stars John Travolta, Christopher Plummer, Tye Sheridan, Jennifer Ehle, Anson Mount, Abigail Spencer and Marcus Thomas. The movie follows a second-generation petty thief who arranges to buy his way out of prison to spend time with his ailing son and reteams with his father to carry out one last big job for the syndicate. Richard D’Ovidio (The Call, Exit Wounds) has written the screenplay. Al Corley & Bart Rosenblatt (You Kill Me, Drowning Mona) are producing the project for Coce Entertainment, alongsid Lisa Wilson & Myles Nestel (Laggies) for Solution Entertainment Group and Rob Carliner (Crazy Heart, The Apostle). Read the rest of this entry »
Georges Delerue’s ‘Her Alibi’ Score Released
Posted: August 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Beresford, Bruce Broughton, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Georges Delerue, Her Alibi, Herbert Don Woods, John Cacavas, score, Soundtrack, Stu Phillips
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1989 romantic comedy Her Alibi directed by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy) and starring Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova and James Farentino. The album features the film’s complete original score composed and conducted by Georges Delerue (Platoon, Steel Magnolias, Twins), including music deleted from the picture, as well as the composer’s own original source music. To check out the full album details and listen to audio clips from the soundtrack for the Warner Bros. Pictures production, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
John Ottman, Michael Price, Peter Golub & Bruce Broughton to Attend Transatlantyk Festival Poznań
Posted: August 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Bruce Broughton, John Ottman, Michael Price, Peter Golub, Transatlantyk Festival Poznan
Composers John Ottman (The Usual Suspects, X-Men: Days of Future Past), Michael Price (Sherlock, Horrid Henry: The Movie), Peter Golub (Frozen Rivers, The Great Debaters) and Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Young Sherlock Holmes, Tombstone) will be attending the 4th Annual Transatlantyk Festival Poznań. The international film and music festival will begin on August 8, 2014 in Poznan, Poland and will showcase film and music from all around the world, presenting both legendary and new artists’ work. The participating composers will sit on the jury of the international composition competition held at the Festival, and Broughton will lead master classes and meetings with the authors moderated by film music journalist Tim Burden. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler’s ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Score to Be Released
Posted: August 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Tyler, Jonathan Liebesman, score, Soundtrack, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Atlantic Records and Paramount Pictures will release a score album for the action adventure Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Tyler (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious, Thor: The Dark World). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 5, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. As previously reported, Atlantic Records has released the end credits song Shell Shocked, which features the composer’s main theme, as a single. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is directed by Jonathan Liebesman who previously collaborated with Tyler on Battle: Los Angeles and Darkness Falls, produced by Michael Bay and stars Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, as well as the voices of Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard and Pete Ploszek. The movie will be released nationwide on August 8, 2014 by Paramount Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman to Return for ‘Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass’
Posted: August 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass, Danny Elfman
Walt Disney Pictures has confirmed today that Danny Elfman will be returning to score the upcoming fantasy adventure sequel Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass. The film is directed by James Bobin (The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted) and stars Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Rhys Ifans, Matt Lucas, Ed Speleer and Sacha Baron Cohen. The movie’s voice cast includes Stephen Fry, Toby Jones, Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Paul Whitehouse and Barbara Windsor. The sequel revisits Lewis Carroll’s stories with an all-new new tale that travels back to Underland – and back in Time. Linda Woolverton (Maleficent, The Lion King) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Knick’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cinemax, Cliff Martinez, score, Soundtrack, Steven Soderbergh, The Knick
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for Steven Soderbergh’s Cinemax original series The Knick. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Cliff Martinez (Drive, Spring Breakers, The Lincoln Lawyer) who has previously worked together with the director on such projects as Traffic, Solaris and Contagion. The soundtrack will be released on August 19, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Knick is directed by Soderbergh and star Clive Owen, Andre Holland, Juliet Rylance, Eve Hewson, Collin Meath and Michael Angarano. The drama follows the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff at the Knickerbocker Hospital in time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release ‘The Maze Runner’ Soundtrack
Posted: August 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Paesano, score, Soundtrack, The Maze Runner
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the film adaptation of The Maze Runner. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Paesano (Dragons: Riders of Berk, Crisis, When The Game Stands Tall). The soundtrack will be released on September 16, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details and audio clips. The Maze Runner is directed by Wes Ball and stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Will Poulter. The sci-fi mystery drama based on the novel by James Dashner and is set in a post-apocalyptic era where a group of teenage boys trapped in an enormous maze seek their freedom. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 3, 2014)
Posted: August 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Bennett Salvay, Cinemax, Cliff Martinez, FX, Outlander, Partners, Starz, The Reach
Premiering tomorrow, August 4, on FX is the new comedy Partners created by Robert L. Boyett & Robert Horn and starring Kelsey Grammer, Martin Lawrence, Telma Hopkins, Rory O’Malley, McKaley Miller, Edi Patterson and Danièle Watts. The show’s original music is composed by Bennett Salvay (Jeepers Creepers, Friday Night Lights, Providence). Partners follows two Chicago lawyers from vastly different backgrounds who unexpectedly meet in court as they each face a personal crisis. The comedy will air every Monday night on FX. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
