A soundtrack album has been released for the Spanish horror comedy Witching & Bitching. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joan Valent (As Luck Would Have It). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Witching & Bitching is directed by Alex de la Iglesia (The Oxford Murders) and stars Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Carmen Maura and Pepón Nieto. The movie follows a group of flesh-eating witches who meet their match when a group of hapless thieves stumble upon a mysterious mansion. The comedy premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival as the closing night film at Midnight Madness and was picked up by IFC Midnight for a domestic release in select theaters and on VOD this Friday, June 13. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Witching & Bitching’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joan Valent, score, Soundtrack, Witching & Bitching
‘Yellowbird’ to Feature Music by Stephen Warbeck
Posted: June 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Stephen Warbeck, Yellowbird
Stephen Warbeck is composing the music for the upcoming animated feature Yellowbird. The film is directed by Christian De Vita and features the voice talent of Seth Green, Dakota Fanning, Danny Glover, Jim Rash, Elliott Gould and Christine Baranski. The movie follows an orphan young bird who has never left the nest and is given the responsibility by the elder of the flock to lead a whole family of birds on migration to Africa. Antoine Barraud, Guilhem Lesaffre and Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked!) have written the screenplay. TeamTO and Haut et Court are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Willis to Score Disney’s ‘The Lion Guard’
Posted: June 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Willis, Disney Channel, The Lion Guard
Christopher Willis has been tapped to score Disney Television Animation’s upcoming movie and series The Lion Guard. The projects are developed by Ford Riley (Special Agent Oso) and will continue the story introduced 20 years ago in the studio’s animated classic The Lion King. The movie and show will center on the second-born cub of Simba and Nala as he assumes the role of leader of the Lion Guard, a group of the bravest and brightest tasked with preserving the Pride Lands. Riley also serves as an executive producer and Howy Parkins (Jake and the Never Land Pirates) is the director. Willis has previously scored Disney’s Mickey Mouse Shorts, for which he received his first Annie Award earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore Scoring Jon Stewart’s ‘Rosewater’
Posted: June 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Howard Shore, Jon Stewart, Rosewater
Howard Shore has composed the music for the upcoming drama Rosewater. The film marks the directorial debut of The Daily Show host Jon Stewart and stars Gael Garcia Bernal, leading an international cast. The movie is based on the memoir Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity and Survival and tells the true story of Canadian-Iranian BBC journalist Maziar Bahari who spent four months in an Iranian prison being blindly interrogated by a man who smelled of rosewater. Stewart has also written the screenplay and is also producing the OddLot Entertainment production with Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men, Moneyball, The Social Network) and Gigi Pritzker (Drive, Ender’s Game). Read the rest of this entry »
Complete ‘Deep Rising’ Score by Jerry Goldsmith to Be Released
Posted: June 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deep Rising, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Sommer
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the complete score for the 1998 the horror thriller Deep Rising directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi and Djimon Hounsou. Paraphrasing composer. The film’s music is composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (Planet of the Apes, Patton, The Omen, Alien, Star Trek: The Motion Picture) who would later on score the director’s hit adventure movie The Mummy. The album features around 30 minutes of previously unreleased music from the film, as well as an unused opening sequence as originally scored by composer. To listen to audio clips and to pre-order the CD, visit the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Benson Taylor to Score ‘London Fields’
Posted: June 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benson Taylor, London Fields
Benson Taylor has announced on Twitter that he is composing the score for the upcoming crime thriller London Fields. The film is directed by Matthew Cullen and stars Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton, Jim Sturgess, Theo James and Jaimie Alexander. Johnny Depp will appear in a cameo role. The movie is based on the novel by Martin Amis (Saturn 3) and follows a promiscuous psychic who meets her fate as foretold by her visions by going to a seedy London pub. Amis has written the screenplay with Roberta Hanley (Veronika Decides to Die). Chris Hanley (Spring Breakers, American Psycho) is producing the project for Muse Productions, alongside Jordan Gertner for Hero Entertainment and Geyer Kosinski (Bad News Bears, Fargo, School for Scoundrels) for Media Talent Group. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Begin Again’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Begin Again, Gregg Alexander, John Carney, Soundtrack
Adam Levine’s label 222 Records has announced a partnership with Interscope Records to release the official soundtrack album for the comedy drama Begin Again. The album features the songs from the film co-written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley, Nick Southwood, Rick Nowels, John Carney and Glen Hansard and performed by the film’s cast. The soundtrack will be released on July 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Begin Again written and directed by John Carney (Once) stars Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, Hailee Steinfeld, James Corden, Ceelo Green and Catherine Keener. The movie follows a songwriter who comes to the States with her singer boyfriend, only to catch him philandering with a record company executive. The dramedy produced by Anthony Bregman, Tobin Armbrust and Judd Apatow premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in select theaters on June 27, 2014 by the Weinstein Company. Read the rest of this entry »
Julian Wass to Score ‘The Overnight’
Posted: June 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Julian Wass, Mark Duplass, The Overnight
Julian Wass is attached to score the upcoming indie comedy The Overnight. The film is directed by Patrick Brice (Creep) and stars Taylor Schilling, Adam Scott, Jason Schwartzman and Judith Godreche. No plot details have been announced yet. Mark Duplass (Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Cyrus) is producing the project for the Duplass Brothers Productions, alongside Naomi & Adam Scott for Gettin’ Rad Productions. Wass has previously scored the Duplass-directed comedy The Do-Deca-Pentathlon, as well as the Duplass-produced The Freebie. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 8, 2014)
Posted: June 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC Family, Chasing Life, Murder in the First, Stephen Endelman, The Hat, TNT
Premiering on Tuesday, June 10, is the new ABC Family drama Chasing Life starring Italia Ricci, Mary Page Keller, Haley Ramm and Richard Brancatisano. The show’s original music is composed by Stephen Endelman (Home of the Brave, Rob the Mob, Flirting With Disaster). To learn more about the series, which follows an aspiring journalist who is trying to work her way up the ladder at a Boston newspaper and finds out from her uncle that she has cancer, check out our previous news article. Chasing Life will air every Tuesday night on ABC Family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 4 Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Game of Thrones, HBO, Ramin Djwadi, score, Soundtrack
The details of the fourth soundtrack album for HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones have been revealed. The soundtrack features selections from the original score of the show’s fourth season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans). Also included is the cover version of the song The Rains of Castamere by the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, which was previously released as a single. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 10, 2014 and physically on July 1 by WaterTower Music. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The final episodes of the fourth season of Game of Thrones currently air Sunday nights on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
