Alexandre Desplat has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming drama The Imitation Game. The film is directed by Morten Tyldum (Headhunters) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Matthew Goode and Charles Dance. The movie follows a British mathematician and cryptographer who helped crack the German enigma code during the final years of World War II and was later prosecuted by the British government in the early 1950s for being a homosexual. Graham Moore has written the script based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma. Teddy Schwarzman (All Is Lost) is producing the project with Nora Grossman and Ido Ostrowsky. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Takes Over Scoring Duties on ‘The Imitation Game’
Posted: June 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
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‘Tammy’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Andrews, score, Soundtrack, Tammy
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Tammy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Andrews (Bridesmaids, Neighbors, Bad Teacher, Donnie Darko). Also included are two songs by Possum Creek. The soundtrack will be released on July 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. Tammy is directed by Ben Falcone and stars Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney, Gary Cole, Mark Duplass, Dan Aykroyd, Kathy Bates, Toni Collette and Nat Faxon. The movie follows a woman who after losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother. McCarthy has also co-written the screenplay with Falcone. The comedy will be released nationwide on July 2 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I Origins’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: I Origins, Mike Cahill, Phil Mossman, score, Soundtrack, Will Bates
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for Mike Cahill’s indie sci-fi drama I Origins. The album features the film’s original music composed by Will Bates and Phil Mossman who previously scored the director’s first feature Another Earth as part of Fall On Your Sword. Also included are tracks by Radiohead, The Do and Phaedeon Papadopoulus. The soundtrack will be released on July 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. I Origins is written and directed by Cahill and stars Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Steven Yeun and Archie Panjabi. The movie follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the eye who finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Wolf to Score Noel Coward Biopic
Posted: June 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Noel Coward, Patrick Wolf
Variety is reporting that British singer/songwriter Patrick Wolf is attached to score a currently untitled feature about the early life of Noel Coward. The film is directed by Joe Stephenson and stars Chris Colfer as the English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer who was knighted in 1969. Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are currently in talks to co-star in the movie. Martin Sherman (Mrs Henderson Presents, Bent) has written the screenplay. Stephenson is also producing the B Good Picture Company production with Colin Vaines (Coriolanus, Julia Valentine, Jane Wright, Enfys Dickinson and Dan Pickering. The project marks Wolf’s first scoring assignment. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 15, 2014)
Posted: June 15, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Young, Dominion, Jeff Rona, Nicholas Hooper, PBS, Syfy, The Escape Artist
Premiering tonight in the U.S. is the BBC mini-series The Escape Artist created and written by David Wolstencroft and starring David Tennant, Toby Kebbell, Sophie Okonedo and Ashley Jensen. The drama’s music is composed by Nicholas Hooper (Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince). The two-parter about a talented junior barrister who specializes in spiriting people out of tight legal corners will air as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series tonight and on June 22. To learn more about the series, visit PBS’ official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Case Against 8’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 15, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blake Neely, score, Soundtrack, The Case Against 8
Cow on the Wall Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The Case Against 8. The album features the film’s original music composed by Blake Neely (Arrow, Resurrection, The Mentalist, Life As We Know It). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded below. The Case Against 8 is directed by Ben Cotner & Ryan White and takes an inside look at the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it won the Best Directing Award and was also shown at the SXSW Film Festival where it received the 2014 Audience Award. The movie was released in select theaters earlier this month and will air on June 23 on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
Joel McNeely to Score Disney’s ‘Legend of the NeverBeast’
Posted: June 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joel McNeely, Legend of the NeverBeast, Tinker Bell
Joel McNeely is returning to score the next installment in DisneyToon Studios’ Tinker Bell series, Legend of the NeverBeast. The film is directed by Steve Loter (Kim Possible) and features the voices of Mae Whitman, Angela Bartys, Pamela Adlon, Lucy Liu, Megan Hilty, Raven-Symone and Lucy Hale. The movie follows the animal fairy Fawn who befriends a huge and mysterious creature known as the NeverBeast. McNeely has previously scored the first six movies of the Disney Fairies franchise, including the original Tinker Bell film, as well as Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, Pixie Hollow Games, Secret of the Wings and this year’s The Pirate Fairy. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 13, 2014)
Posted: June 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 22 Jump Street, A Coffee in Berlin, All Cheerleaders Die, Antony Partos, Cherilyn MacNeil, Curtis Heath, Hellion, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Joan Valent, John Powell, Lullaby, Mads Heldtberg, Mark Mothersbaugh, Nima Fakhrara, Patrick Leonard, The Major Minors, The Rover, The Signal, Witching & Bitching
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2 directed by Dean DeBlois and featuring the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller and Kristen Wiig. John Powell (The Bourne Trilogy, Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, Rio) has composed the film’s original music. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as the original song Where No One Goes by Jónsi. For the full album details and audio clips, visit our previous article. Also check out interviews with Powell on Collider, YouTube and Time. Also click here for an interview with the composer at the film’s LA premiere.
Also opening wide is the action comedy sequel 22 Jump Street directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and stars Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube, Peter Stormare, Craig Roberts, Amber Stevens, Jillian Bell and Wyatt Russell. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (The Lego Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs). Casablanca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by Angel Haze feat. Ludacris, Wiz Khalifa, Duck Sauce, Tiësto, Nacey, Shermanology, Blind Scuba Divers, Travis Barker and more. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Internet’s Own Boy’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Dragonetti, score, Soundtrack, The Internet's Own Boy
Tone Tiger will release a soundtrack album for the documentary The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Dragonetti (We Are Legions: The Story of the Activists, Father of the Pride). The soundtrack will be released on June 24, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. The Internet’s Own Boy is directed by Brian Knappenberger and tells the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, the co-founder of Reddit whose work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two year legal battle with the Federal government. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Fesival and will be released in select theaters on VOD on June 27 by Participant Media and FilmBuff. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Morales Scoring Lifetime’s ‘Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs’
Posted: June 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lifetime, Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs, Tony Morales
Tony Morales is composing the score for the upcoming Lifetime original movie Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs. The film is directed by Gabriel Range (Death of a President) and stars Tony Goldwyn, Martin Landau, Molly Parker and Joey King. The movie tells the story of the fundamentalist Mormon leader who spent more than a year on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List for unlawful flight on charges related to his alleged arrangement of illegal marriages involving underage girls. Range also co-wrote the teleplay with Art Monterastelli (The Hunted), Steve Kornacki (Boardwalk Empire), Alyson Evans and Bryce Kass. Craig Zadan & Neil Meron (Hairspray, The Bucket List, Footloose) are executive producing the Sony Pictures Television production with Judith Verno (Lizzie Borden Took An Ax). Read the rest of this entry »
