Hans Zimmer will be honored with a a special Lifetime Award at the Zurich Film Festival. The Academy Award-winning composer will receive the award on October 1, 2014 during a public event at the Tonhalle Zurich. The event will also feature the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich performing the works of the Golden Eye for ‘Best International Film Music 2014’ finalists, as well as excerpts from some of Hans Zimmer’s most legendary scores, including those for The Lion King and Gladiator. Zimmer whose other scores include The Dark Knight, Inception, Driving Miss Daisy, The Last Samurai, Pirates of the Caribbean, and most recently, Man of Steel, Rush and 12 Years a Slave, has a personal connection to Switzerland, having attended private school there in his teens. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to Be Honored at Zurich Film Festival
Posted: July 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hans Zimmer, Zurich Film Festival
Jesse Novak to Score Netflix’s ‘BoJack Horseman’
Posted: June 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BoJack Horseman, Jesse Novak, Netflix
Jesse Novak has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman. The show is created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and features the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie and Aaron Paul. The animated comedy centers around whiskey-drinking humanoid horse and former TV star BoJack who deals with his personal crises with a human sidekick and a feline agent and ex-lover. Bob-Waksberg is also executive producing the project with Arnett, Paul, Steven A. Cohen (Jack & Bobby, Commander-in-Chief) and Noel Bright. The first season of BoJack Horseman is set to premiere on August 22, 2014 on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Scoring ‘Far from Men’
Posted: June 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Far from Men, Loin des hommes, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis are composing the music for the upcoming French drama Far from Men (Loin des hommes). The film is written and directed by David Oelhoffen and stars Viggo Mortensen and Reda Kateb. The movie is inspired by the short story The Host from French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus’ book Exile and the Kingdom and follows a French teacher in a small Algerian village in 1957 during Algeria’s war of independence from France. Marc du Pontavice & Matthew Gledhill (War of the Buttons) are producing the project for One World Films. Cave & Ellis have previously scored such films as The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Proposition, Lawless and West of Memphis. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Lyke Wake Dirge’ by Andrew Bird & Matt Berninger from AMC’s ‘Turn’ to Be Released
Posted: June 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Andrew Bird, Matt Berninger, Turn
Mercury Records will release the original song A Lyke Wake Dirge from the AMC original series Turn. The track is written by Andrew Bird and Matt Berninger and was featured in the first season finale that premiered earlier this month. Bird has previously composed songs for such films as The Muppets and also scored the indie dramedy Norman. Berninger is best known as the frontman of The National. A Lyke Wake Dirge will be released as a single on July 8, 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. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 29, 2014)
Posted: June 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC Family, Bert Selen, CBS, Disney Channel, Fil Eisler, Girl Meets World, HBO, Max Richter, Mystery Girls, Ray Colcord, Reckless, The Leftovers
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series The Leftovers created by Damon Lindelof (Lost) and Tom Perrotta (Little Children) and starring Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler and Ann Dowd. The show’s original music is composed by Max Richter (Waltz with Bashir, Disconnect, The Lunchbox). To learn more about the drama, which takes place in the wake of a global “Rapture” and follows the people who didn’t make the cut, check out our scoring assignment article. The Leftovers will air every Sunday night on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Open Windows’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jorge Magaz, Open WIndows, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for the thriller Open Windows. Open Windows The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Jorge Magaz. To listen to audio clips and to pre-order the CD, visit the label’s official website. To download the album, visit Amazon. Audio clips are embedded below. Open Windows is directed by Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes) and stars Elijah Wood, Sasha Grey, Neil Maskell and Adam Quintero. The movie follows a man who wins an online contest to have dinner with the hottest actress on earth. When she cancels, he gets a call from a guy named Chord who offers to make it up to him by giving him the tools to spy on her from his computer for the rest of the night. The thriller premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was picked up Cinedigm for a domestic release later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mary Poppins’ Legacy Collection Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mary Poppins, Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a new soundtrack album for the classic Mary Poppins as the label’s second release in the Legacy Collection series. The 3-disc set includes the songs and score from the film composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, as well as behind-the scenes recordings and new recordings of The Lost Chords. Also included are excerpts from the P.L. Travers story meetings with Don DaGradi and the Sherman brothers, plus the Hollywood Spotlight Microphone 1965 post-premiere interviews and a 1989 interview with the Sherman brothers.The release coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the movie and will be available on August 26, 2014. The pre-order link will be added to this page soon. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 27, 2014)
Posted: June 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lockington, Begin Again, Craig Wedren, Gregg Alexander, Ibrahim Maalouf, John Dragonetti, Marco Beltrami, Matt Novack, Postman Pat: The Movie, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Siddharth, Snowpiercer, Steve Jablonsky, The Internet's Own Boy, They Came Together, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Yves Saint Laurent
Only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend:
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action adventure Transformers: Age of Extinction directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver and TJ Miller. The film’s original music is composed by Steve Jablonsky (Ender’s Game, Battleship) who previously scored Bay’s last five features, including the previous three Transformers movies. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is expected to be announced soon. Imagine Dragons have written the original song Battle Cry for the film, which is now available to download as a single here. Also visit YouTube for a video interview with Jablonsky about his work on the film visit Hitfix for another interview with the composer. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website.
Opening in Los Angeles and New York before expanding nationwide is the musical comedy drama Begin Again written and directed by John Carney and starring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, Hailee Steinfeld, James Corden, Ceelo Green and Catherine Keener. 222 Records in partnership with Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film written by Gregg Alexander, who also provided the film’s original score, as well as Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley, Nick Southwood, Rick Nowels, John Carney and Glen Hansard and performed by the film’s cast. For the full album details and to learn more about the film, check out our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman to Score ‘The Best of Me’
Posted: June 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, Michael Hoffman, The Best of Me
Aaron Zigman has signed on to score the upcoming romantic drama The Best of Me. The film is directed by Michael Hoffman and stars James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey, Liana Liberato, Sebastian Arcelus and Gerald McRaney. The movie is based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks and follows a pair of former high school sweethearts who reunite after many years when they both return to their small North Carolina hometown. Hoffman has also written the screenplay with J. Mills Goodloe (Pride) and Will Fetters (The Lucky One, Remember Me). Sparks is also producing the project with Ryan Kavanaugh (The Fighter, Dear John, Limitless), Theresa Park, Denise DiNovi (Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Crazy, Stupid, Love) and Alison Greenspan (Monte Carlo, Ramona and Beezus). Zigman has previously scored the Sparks adaptation The Notebook. Read the rest of this entry »
Frank Ilfman Wins Saturn Award for ‘Big Bad Wolves’
Posted: June 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Big Bad Wolves, Frank Ilfman, Saturn Awards
Frank Ilfman was honored with a Saturn Award last night at the 40th annual Saturn Awards in Burbank, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. The composer won the prize in the Best Music category for his score for the Israeli thriller Big Bad Wolves, which was also recognized in the Best International Film category, and accepted his award in person. The other nominated composers were Danny Elfman (Oz the Great and Powerful), John Williams (The Book Thief), Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Now You See Me) and Howard Shore (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug). Ilfman’s score for the thriller, which was released in the U.S. earlier this year by Magnolia Pictures, is available on MovieScore Media and Kronos Records. For the full list of Saturn Award winners, click here.
