Andrew Hewitt has signed on to score the upcoming thriller Mojave. The film is written and directed by William Monahan (London Boulevard, screenwriter of The Departed & Kingdom of Heaven) and stars Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac, Mark Wahlberg, Louise Bourgoin, Walton Goggins and Fran Kranz. The movie follows a near-suicidal artist who escapes into the desert to take an existential crisis head-on, only to encounter a doppelganger-like antagonist in the form of a brilliant, homicidal drifter. Monahan is also producing the project with William Green (Ali G Inda House) of Atlas Independent. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Hewitt to Score William Monahan’s ‘Mojave’
Posted: July 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Hewitt, Mojave, William Monahan
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Niki Sherrod Promoted to Senior VP, Music, Warner Bros. Pictures
Posted: July 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Niki Sherrod, Warner Bros. Pictures Music
It was announced today that Niki Sherrod has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Music, Warner Bros. Pictures. She has served as Vice President, Music, Warner Bros. Pictures since 2006 and will continue to oversee the selection, production and execution of music for a range of Warner Bros. Pictures and report to Paul Broucek, President, Music. During her tenure at the studio, she has worked on such films as Project X, Gravity, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, and this year’s animated hit film The LEGO Movie. Sherrod is currently overseeing the music for upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures releases including This is Where I Leave You, Heart of the Sea, Get Hard, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Focus.
2014 Emmy Nominations Announced
Posted: July 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards, Emmy Nominations
The nominations for the 66th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories:
Outstandig Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score):
Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey – Standing Up in the Milk Way – Music by Alan Silvestri
Downton Abbey – Episode 8 – Music by John Lunn
Game of Thrones – The Mountain and the Viper – Music by Ramin Djawadi
House of Cards – Chapter 26 – Music by Jeff Beal
True Detective – Form and Void – Music by T Bone Burnett Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’
Posted: July 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric Serra, Luc Besson, Lucy, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for Luc Besson’s sci-fi action thriller Lucy have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eric Serra who regularly works with the director and has scored such features as The Professional, The Fifth Element and La Femme Nikita. Also included is the original song Sister Rust performed by Blur frontman Damon Albarn, as well as tracks by The Crystal Method and Raury. The soundtrack will be released overseas in early Europe. A different soundtrack featuring Serra’s score will be released digitally on July 22, 2014 by Back Lot Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman follows a woman who accidentally is caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. The thriller will be released nationwide on July 25 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hercules’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brett Ratner, Fernando Velazquez, Hercules, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for Brett Ratner’s Hercules. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, Mama, Devil, The Orphanage). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 22, 2014 and physically on August 5. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Hercules stars Dwayne Johnson in the title role as the Greek demigod who has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord. Ian McShane, Rufus Swell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan and John Hurt are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »
Ken Thorne (1924-2014)
Posted: July 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ken Thorne
Ken Thorne has passed away at age 90. The British composer scored numerous features and television movies and shows over a career spanning more than four decades, including the sequels Superman II and Superman III directed by Richard Lester and starring Christopher Reeve. He received an Academy Award for his adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s music for the 1966 film version of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He also was honored with an Emmy Award nomination for the original song For a Love Like You from the 1995 TV drama A Season of Hope. In addition, he was Grammy-nominated alongside John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney for his score for 1965’s Help!. Thorne’s other feature credits include the 1976 comedy The Ritz and the 1967 war comedy How I Won the War starring Michael Crawford & John Lennon, both for Richard Lester, 1968’s Inspector Clouseau starring Alan Arkin, 1985’s The Protector starring Jackie Chan and 1984’s Lassiter starring Tom Selleck. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rich Hill’ Score Album Details
Posted: July 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nathan Halpern, Rich Hill, score, Soundtrack
Copticon Music will release a score album for the documentary Rich Hill. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Halpern (Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Rich Hill is directed by Tracy Droz Tragos & Andrew Droz Palermo and follows the lives of three teenage boys and their families living on the edge of poverty in the town of Rich Hill, Missouri, as they deal with daily challenges of growing up. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, and was picked up by The Orchard for a domestic release on August 1 in select theaters and on August 5 on VOD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Naked Gun’ Trilogy Soundtrack Set Announced
Posted: July 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ira Newborn, score, Soundtrack, The Naked Gun, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, The Naked Gun 33 1/2: The Final Insult
La-La Land Records has announced a 3-CD set of the scores to the comedy trilogy The Naked Gun created by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams & Jerry Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. The album features the original music from The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear and The Naked Gun 33 1/2: The Final Insult composed by Ira Newborn (Ferris’ Bueller’s Day Off, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Sixteen Candles). The soundtrack includes the remastered and expanded score from the first two parts, as well as the world premiere release of Newborn’s music from the third installment. Also featured are the songs from the films, including This Could Be the Start of Something performed by Pia Zadora and Enrico Pallazzo’s rendition of The Star Spangle Banner. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande to Release Soundtrack for Showtime’s ‘Penny Dreadful’
Posted: July 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Penny Dreadful, score, Showtime, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the Showtime original series Penny Dreadful. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Golden Globe nominee Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, W.E., Romeo & Juliet). The soundtrack will be released on August 19, 2014. Check back on this page for the full album details. Penny Dreadful is created by John Logan and stars Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Harry Treadaway, Billie Piper and Danny Sapani. The show is set in Victorian London and weaves together such characters as Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula. The psychological thriller recently ended its first seasn run. Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias to Score Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’
Posted: July 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Events, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Ma ma, Ridley Scott
Alberto Iglesias has been hired to score the upcoming biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings. The film is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Christian Bale, Aaron Paul, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver and John Turturro, Ben Kingsley, Indira Varma, Ben Mendelsohn and Maria Valverde. The movie is based on the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt as led by Moses and related in the Old Testament Book of Exodus. Steve Zaillian (Schindler’s List, Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) has written the screenplay based on a screen story by Bill Collage & Adam Cooper (Accepted). Scott is also producing the project with Peter Chernin (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Oblivion, The Heat), Jenno Topping, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam. Read the rest of this entry »
