The first soundtrack album for the DirecTV original series Rogue has been released. The album features selections from the original score of the show’s first season composed by Jeff Toyne (Dirty Girl, Blooded). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes and Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Rogue is created by Matthew Parkhill and stars Thandie Newton, Marton Csokas, Ian Hart, Claudia Ferri, Joshua Sasse, Jonathan Holmes, Sarah Jeffrey, Ian Tracey, Jarod Joseph, Matthew Beard and Martin Donovan. The show’s first season is now available on DVD. Toyne is also scoring the second season of the series, which follows Grace Travis as she has moved to San Francisco with her daughter and works as an FBI handler for a task force investigating corporate espionage. New episodes will premiere on May 28 on DirecTV’s Audience Channel. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rogue’ – Season 1 Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: DirecTV, Jeff Toyne, Rogue, score, Soundtrack
WE tv’s ‘The Divide’ to Feature Music by thenewno2
Posted: May 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Richard LaGravanese, The Divide, thenewno2, WE tv
The alternative rock band thenewno2 has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming WE tv drama The Divide. The show is created by Academy Award-nominated writer Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King, The Bridges of Madison County) and Tony Goldwyn (Conviction, A Walk on the Moon) and stars Marin Ireland, Damon Gupton, Nia Long, Paul Schneider, Joe Anderson and Clarke Peters. The series follows an impassioned caseworker with The Innocence Initiative as she delves into the case of a death row inmate whom she believes was wrongly convicted of a young family’s heinous murder 11 years earlier. LaGravanese and Goldwyn are also executive producing the AMC Studios production with John Tinker (The Practice, Chicago Hope) who also serves as the showrunner on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Julian Wass to Score Helen Hunt’s ‘Ride’
Posted: May 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Helen Hunt, Julian Wass, Ride
Julian Wass has been hired to score the upcoming indie romantic comedy Ride. The film marks the second directorial effort of actress Helen Hunt who also stars in the movie alongside Luke Wilson, Brenton Thwaites, David Zayas, Robert Knepper, Mike White, Richard Kind, Leonor Varela and Elizabeth Jayne. The comedy follows a strong-willed mother who follows her 20-year-old son to Los Angeles after he quits college at NYU to become a surfer. Hunt has also written the screenplay and is producing the project with Lizzie Friedman (And Soon the Darkness), Gregg Little (Sex and Death 101) and Moon Blauner. Hunt’s directorial debut Then She Found Me featured a score by David Mansfield. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Beck, Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music has announced a soundtrack album for the sci-fi action thriller Edge of Tomorrow. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Muppets, The Hangover, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The soundtrack will be released on June 3, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from the score after the jump. Edge of Tomorrow is directed by Doug Liman and stars Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Charlotte Riley, Jonas Armstrong, Kick Gurry, Dragomir Mrsic and Franz Drameh. The movie is set in the near future when an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault and follows an officer who finds himself reliving his last day over and over after being killed. The thriller will be released nationwide on June 6, 2014 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino to Score Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’
Posted: May 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Inside Out, Michael Giacchino, Pete Docter, Pixar
Michael Giacchino confirmed during the pre-concert conversation at the world premiere live-to-projection concert of Star Trek Into Darkness at the KKL Concert Hall in Lucerne, Switzerland this weekend that he will be scoring Pixar’s upcoming animated feature Inside Out. The film is directed by Pete Doctor and features the voice talent of Amy Poehler, Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Mindy Kaling and Phyllis Smith. The movie will be told from the perspective of the emotions inside the mind of an especially imaginative young girl. Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3, Little Miss Sunshine) has written the screenplay. Jonas Rivera (Up) is producing the project. Giacchino has previously collaborated with Docter on the 2009 film Up, for which he received his first Academy Award. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner to Score Gabriele Muccino’s ‘Fathers and Daughters’
Posted: May 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fathers and Daughters, Gabriele Muccino, James Horner
Director Gabriele Muccino has announced that James Horner will be scoring the upcoming drama Fathers and Daughters. The film stars Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Paul, Quvenzhane Wallis, Diane Kruger, Jane Fonda, Octavia Spencer, Bruce Greenwood and Janet McTeer. The movie tells the story of a woman dealing with a crumbling relationship in the present and looking back on the relationship she had with her father, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, 25 years earlier. Brad Desch has written the Black List-honored screenplay. Craig J. Flores & Nicolas Chartier (The Hurt Locker, The Company You Keep) are producing the Voltage Pictures production with Sherryl Clark for Busted Shark Productions. Crowe serves as an executive producer. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 25, 2014)
Posted: May 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cliff Martinez, Crossbones, Fred Coury, HBO, History, Lifetime, Mario Grigorov, Mateo Messina, NBC, Petals on the Wind, Rusty Massive, The Night Shift, The Normal Heart, The World Wars
Premiering tonight is the HBO original movie The Normal Heart directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Mark Ruffalo, Taylor Kitsch, Matt Bomer, Julia Roberts, Jim Parsons, Jonathan Groff, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantello, Denis O’Hare, Stephen Spinella and Corey Stoll. The film’s original music is composed by Cliff Martinez (Traffic, Drive, Solaris, Contagion). The movie is based on a play by Larry Kramer and tells the story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s. To learn more about the drama, visit HBO’s official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Pretty One’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Julian Wass, score, Soundtrack, The Pretty One
A soundtrack release for the indie comedy The Pretty One has been announced. The album features the film’s original music composed by Julian Wass (Hit & Run, Noah’s Ark: Jumping the Broom). The soundtrack will be released on June 3, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Pretty One is written and directed by Jenée LaMarque and starring Zoe Kazan, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston, John Carroll Lynch and Frankie Shaw. The movie follows a young woman who is mistaken for her dead “perfect” identical twin and seizes the chance to masquerade as her sister. The comedy premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and was released in select theaters earlier this year. The movie is also set to be released on DVD on June 3 and is available for pre-order here. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 23, 2014)
Posted: May 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Blended, Cold in July, Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia, Ian Honeyman, Jean-Michel Bernard, Jeff Grace, John Ottman, Mateo Messina, Paul Grabowsky, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, The Love Punch, Words and Pictures, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Two new movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the superhero sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past directed by Bryan Singer and starring Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Peter Dinklage, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. The film’s music is composed by John Ottman (X2, The Usual Suspects, The Fantastic Four) who also serves as the film’s editor. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as two songs from the film. Click here for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine for a recent audio interview with Ottman about his work on the project, as well as Hitfix, Indiewire and ComingSoon.Net for more interviews with the composer.
Also opening wide is the romantic comedy Blended directed by Frank Coraci and starring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Nealon, Terry Crews, Joel McHale, Bella Thorne, Emma Fuhrmann, Jessica Lowe and Dan Patrick. The film’s original score is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Click, Bee Movie, Winter’s Tale, Veep). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by such artists as Terry Crews and Junior Mambazo, Fifth Harmony, The Elected, The Mowgli’s, Ball Park Music and Hot Water. For the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Antonio Pinto to Score Niki Caro’s ‘McFarland’
Posted: May 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antonio Pinto, McFarland, Niki Caro
Antonio Pinto is composing the music for the upcoming sports drama McFarland. The film is directed by Niki Caro and stars Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Morgan Saylor and Carlos Pratts. The movie is set in the 1980s and tells the true story of a high school coach who comes to the predominantly Latino town of McFarland, Calif. and creates a high school track team that becomes a championship-winning dynasty. Mark Ciardi & Gordon Gray (Miracle, The Rookie, Million Dollar Arm) are producing the project for Mayhem Pictures. William Broyles Jr. (Apollo 13, Planet of the Apes, Cast Away) has written the final version of the script based on a previous version by Grant Thompson. Read the rest of this entry »
