The details of the soundtrack album for Disney’s animated sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Mancina (Tarzan, Twister, Bad Boys, Brother Bear) who previously scored last year’s original film. Also included is the original song Still I Fly by Spencer Lee, as well as three songs by Brad Paisley. The soundtrack will be released on July 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Planes: Fire & Rescue is directed by Bobs Gannaway and features the voices of Dane Cook, Julie Bowen, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Danny Mann, Teri Hatcher and Ed Harris. The movie follows Dusty as he is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. The animated feature will be released nationwide on July 18 by Walt Disney Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Planes: Fire & Rescue’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Mancina, Planes, Planes: Fire & Rescue, score, Soundtrack
‘Nicholas on Holiday’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric Neveux, Les vacances du petit Nicolas, Nicholas on Holiday, score, Soundtrack
Fidélité Films will release a soundtrack album for the French family comedy sequel Nicholas on Holiday (Les vacances du petit Nicolas), the sequel to the French box office hit Little Nicholas. The album features the film’s original score composed by Eric Neveux (Intimacy, The Attack, Just Like a Woman). Also included are tracks by The Pussycat Dolls, Mongo Santamaria, Camelia Jordana. Also featured is the theme from the original movie composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Time Machine). The soundtrack will be released on July 7, 2014. To listen to audio clips, visit the French Amazon store. Nicholas on Holiday is directed by Laurent Tirard and stars Valerie Lemericer and Kad Merad. The sequel is based on the third book of Goscinny and Sempé’s classic series and follows Little Nicholas, his parents and Granny as they hit the road heading for the sea and move into the Beau-Rivage Hotel. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Score Album Details
Posted: June 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Josh Boone, Mike Mogis, Nathaniel Walcott, score, Soundtrack, The Fault in Our Stars
The details of the score album for the drama The Fault in Our Stars have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott who previously collaborated with the movie’s director Josh Boone on his last feature Stuck in Love. The soundtrack will be released on July 8, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film. The Fault in Our Stars is based on the bestselling novel by John Green and stars Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff and Willem Dafoe. Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott have recently recorded the film’s original score. The drama was released earlier this month by 20th Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
David Newman’s ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ Score Released
Posted: June 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, David Newman, Goliath and the Barbarians, Les Baxter, Master of the World, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere score album release for the 1989 sci-fi adventure comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure directed by Stephen Herek and starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter & George Carlin. The film’s original music is composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee David Newman (Ice Age, Anastasia, The Flintstones, The Nutty Professor). The composer’s score was previously unreleased while a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film was released when the film opened in 1989. To listen to audio clips and check out the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Legendary’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Legendary, Paul Leonard Morgan, score, Soundtrack
Just Temptation will release a soundtrack album for the 3D action adventure Legendary. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 28, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Legendary is directed by Eric Styles (Relative Values) and stars Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Huang Yi and Lydia Leonard. The movie follows a trophy hunter who clashes with a crypto-zoologist over the hunt for a dragon-like creature in the jungle. The film opened in China last year and will be released in select U.S. theaters next month by Wrekin Hill Entertainment, followed by a release on VOD and DVD on July 29. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney to Score Tom McCarthy’s ‘The Cobbler’
Posted: June 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Debney, The Cobbler, Tom McCarthy
John Debney has been tapped to score the upcoming indie drama The Cobbler. The film is written and directed by Tom McCarthy and stars Adam Sandler, Dan Stevens, Dustin Hoffman, Steve Buscemi, Melonie Diaz, Ellen Barkin and Method Man. The movie follows a fourth generation shoemaker who finds a magical sewing machine in the basement of his father that enables him to experience life as other people when he wears their shoes. McCarthy is also producing the project with Mary Jane Skalski (The Visitor, Mysterious Skin) and Voltage Pictures’ Nicolas Chartier (The Hurt Locker, The Company You Keep). The actor/writer/director has previously collaborated with composers Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (The Visitor), Stephen Trask (The Station Agent) and Lyle Workman (Win Win) on his previous directorial efforts. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Coherence’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Coherence, Kristin Ohrn Dyrud, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the indie sci-fi drama Coherence. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kristin Øhrn Dyrud. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 24, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Coherence is directed by James Ward Byrkit and stars Hugo Armstrong, Nicholas Brendon, Emily Foxler, Elizabeth Gracen, Lorene Scafaria, Lauren Maher, Alex Manugian and Maury Sterling. The movie centers on eight friends at a dinner party who experience a troubling chain of reality bending events on the night of an astrological anomaly. The drama opened last Friday in limited release by Oscilloscope Laboratories and will expand to more cities within the next couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Head Venice Film Festival Jury
Posted: June 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Venice Film Festival
It was announced today that Alexandre Desplat has been named president of the International Jury for the Competition section of the 71st Venice International Film Festival, which will run from August 27 to September 6. It marks the first time that a film composer has been chosen to head the jury, which comprise nine members and decide on the winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film and other awards. Desplat is known for his collaborations with directors Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer), George Clooney (The Monuments Men) among many others. He received six Academy Award nominations for such films as The Queen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, The King’s Speech, Argo and Philomena. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 22, 2014)
Posted: June 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Kovacs, BBC America, Lifetime, Murray Gold, Nathan Whitehead, Nathaniel Mechaly, NBC, Operation Change, Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs, OWN, Steve Jablonsky, Taxi Brooklyn, The Last Ship, The Musketeers, TNT, Tony Morales, William Ross
Premiering tonight on TNT is the action drama The Last Ship created by Hank Steinberg & Steven Kane and starring Eric Dane, Rhona Mitra, Adam Baldwin and Tracy Middendorf. Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, Ender’s Game, Gangster Squad) has composed the main theme and Nathan Whitehead (The Purge) is scoring the show. Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which follows the crew of a lone naval destroyer who must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction. The Last Ship will air every Sunday night on TNT.
Also premiering tonight in the U.S. in the BBC adventure series The Musketeers created by Adrian Hodges (My Week With Marilyn, Primeval) and starring Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Howard Charles, Peter Capaldi, Maimie McCoy, Tamla Kari and Hugo Speer. The show’s original music is composed by Murray Gold (Doctor Who). The Musketeers is set on the streets of 17th century Paris and follows the adventures of Athos, Aramis and Porthos Click here to check out the composer’s theme for the show. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
William Ross and Alex Kovacs Scoring OWN’s ‘Operation Change’
Posted: June 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Kovacs, Operation Change, OWN, William Ross
William Ross and Alex Kovacs are composing the music for the new OWN docu-series Operation Change. The show follows Bill & Tani Austin and their son Steven Sawalich from the Starkey Hearing Foundation, a global non-profit organization that gives free hearing aids to those in need, as they are joined by philanthropists and celebrities to tackle some of the most challenging issues plaguing our world today. The ten-part series features former President Bill Clinton, Sir Elton John, Sir Richard Branson, the Dalai Lama, Donna Karan, and Harry Connick, Jr. among others, each working to benefit a different region and local organization. Read the rest of this entry »
