Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama The Hundred-Foot Journey. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Million Dollar Arm). Also included are songs performed by Bollywood music singer Nakash Aziz and mezzo-soprano Solange Merdinian. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 12, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Hundred-Foot Journey is directed by Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules), written by Steven Knight (Locke) and stars Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal, Om Puri and Charlotte Le. The movie follows an Indian family who moves to the south of France and opens an Indian restaurant a hundred feet across the street from a Michelin starred French restaurant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 31, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A.R. Rahman, Lasse Hallstrom, score, Soundtrack, The Hundred-Foot Journey
Nicola Piovani to Score ‘Hungry Hearts’
Posted: July 31, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hungry Hearts, Nicola Piovani, Saverio Costanzo
Nicola Piovani is composing the music for the upcoming drama Hungry Hearts. The film is written and directed by Saverio Costanzo (Private, In Memory of Myself) and stars Adam Driver, Alba Rohrwacher and Roberta Maxwell. The movie follows a young married couple in New York City that engages in a fateful struggle over the life of their newborn child. Mario Gianani (Vincere, Me and You) and Lorenzo Mieli (In Treatment) are producing the project. Costanzo’s last feature The Solitude of Prime Numbers featured a score by Mike Patton. Read the rest of this entry »
BMI to Present Film Music Panel at ‘Don’t Knock the Rock’ 2014
Posted: July 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: BMI, Don't Knock the Rock
This Saturday, BMI will present its annual roundtable chat as part of the Don’t Knock The Rock music documentary festival. Participants include director James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now, Smashed), Allison Anders (Grace In My Heart, Sugartown), music supervisors Tiffany Andrews (Like Crazy, Smashed) and Danny Bramson (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire), composer Miriam Cutler (American Promise, King’s Point), BMI Film/TV Department Vice President Doreen Ringer Ross and director Denny Tedesco (The Wrecking Crew). The panelists will discuss the changing landscape for music rights and new media. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Maps to the Stars’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Cronenberg, Howard Shore, Maps to the Stars, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for David Cronenberg’s drama Maps to the Stars have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silence of the Lambs, Hugo). The soundtrack will be released on September 9, 2014 by Howe Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a single featuring a track from the composer’s score earlier this year. Maps to the Stars stars Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams, Evan Bird and Sarah Gadon and tells the story of an archetypical Hollywood dynasty, including a psychotherapist, who has made a fortune with his self-help manuals. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary to Score BBC America’s ‘Intruders’
Posted: July 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Bear McCreary, Glen Morgan, Intruders
Bear McCreary has been tapped to score the upcoming BBC America original series Intruders. The show is created by Glen Morgan (Final Destination, The X-Files) and stars John Simm, Mira Sorvino, Tory Kittles, James Frain and Millie Brown. The drama is set in the Pacific Northwest and follows a secret society devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others. Morgan is also executive producing the project with Jane Tranter (Criminal Justice) & Julie Gardner (Doctor Who, Torchwood) and Rose Lam (The L Word). Tranter also serves as an executive producer on the McCreary-scored Starz series DaVinci’s Demons. Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project, Exists) and Daniel Stamm (13 Sins) have directed the first episodes of Intruders, which is set to premiere on August 23, 2014 and will air every Saturday on BBC America. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary’s ‘Outlander’ Main Title Theme to Be Released
Posted: July 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Outlander, Starz
Madison Gate Records will release the main titles theme for the new Starz original series Outlander. The track is composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) who is also composing the score for the series and features vocals by Raya Yarbrough. The theme will be released as a single on August 2, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. Listen to the full track and watch the show’s titles sequence after the jump. Outlander is created by Ronald D. Moore based on the best-selling books by Diana Gabaldon and stars Caitrona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies, Graham McTavish, Gary Lewis, Duncan Lacroix, Annette Badland and Stephen Walters. Read the rest of this entry »
‘At Middleton’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arturo Sandoval, At Middleton, score, Soundtrack
Perseverance Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie romantic comedy At Middleton. The album features the film’s original music composed by jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story). The soundtrack will be released on September 9, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. At Middleton is directed by Adam Rodgers and stars Andy Garcia, Vera Farmiga, Taissa Farmiga, Spencer Lofranco, Peter Riegert and Tom Skerritt. The movie follows two strangers who meet on their children’s campus tour at the idyllic Middleton College and form a relationship that develops over the course of a single day. The comedy opened in select theaters earlier this year and is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner to Score ‘Aviation: The Invisible Highway’
Posted: July 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aviation: The Invisible Highway, James Horner
James Horner is scoring the upcoming documentary Aviation: The Invisible Highway. The movie is directed by filmmaker and pilot Brian J. Terwilliger (One Six Right) and tells the story about how the airplane has changed the world and how it affected our society by spreading culture, bringing together family and friends, and creating value for the global economy. Harrison Ford is narrating the documentary, which was filmed in 18 countries across all 7 continents. Horner is a pilot himself and part of a team known as The Horsemen, a trio of aerobatic pilots who fly in tribute to those who flew fighting for their country. The Academy Award-winning composer has previously written the an orchestral piece for the team, which has played at various air shows. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Bates to Score DirecTV’s ‘Kingdom’
Posted: July 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: DirecTV, Kingdom, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates revealed in a recent interview with We Are Movie Geeks that he is scoring the upcoming DirecTV original series Kingdom. The show is created by created by Byron Balasco and stars Frank Grillo, Nick Jonas, Jonathan Tucker, Joanna Going, Matt Lauria, Kiele Sanchez, Cynthia Stevenson, M.C. Gainey and Bryan Callen. The drama takes place in Venice, California and is set against the renegade subculture of mixed martial arts (MMA). Balscao is also executive producing the Endemol Studios production. Directors on the projects include Gary Fleder (Runaway Jury, Kiss the Girls) and Dennie Gordon (What a Girl Wants, New York Minute). Read the rest of this entry »
Susanne Bier’s ‘A Second Chance’ to Feature Music by Johan Söderqvist
Posted: July 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Second Chance, Johan Söderqvist, Susanne Bier
Johan Söderqvist is reteaming with Susanne Bier on the upcoming drama A Second Chance (En chance til). The Danish/Swedish co-production stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen, Maria Bonnevie, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Lykke May Andersen. The film follows a veteran police with a wife and new baby who makes a fateful decision when he is brought back into contact with a pair of junkie parents. Anders Thomas Jensen has written the screenplay and Sisse Graum Jørgensen is producing the Zentropa production. The Academy Award-winning director has previously collaborated with the composer on numerous projects, including In a Better World, Brothers and Love Is All You Need. He also scored Bier’s Serena starring Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Lawrence, which is still awaiting a premiere date.
