Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the animated sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue. The album features the film’s original score composed by Mark Mancina (Tarzan, Twister, Speed, Brother Bear) who previously scored last year’s first installment in the series. The soundtrack will be released on July 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Planes: Fire & Rescue is directed by Bobs Gannaway and features the voice talent of Dane Cook, Julie Bowen, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Danny Mann, Teri Hatcher and Ed Harris. The movie follows world-famous air racer Dusty who learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. The sequel will be released nationwide on July 18 by Walt Disney Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘Planes: Fire & Rescue’ Soundtrack
Posted: May 31, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Mancina, Planes, Planes: Fire & Rescue, score, Soundtrack
‘D-Day in HD’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 31, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: D-Day in HD, History, score, Soundtrack
A&E Networks has released a soundtrack album for History’s event docu-series D-Day in HD. The album features the music from the two-part special by such composers as Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Ride Along), Trevor Morris (The Tudors, Immortals), Alastair King and more. Also included is the song Uprise by Phil X, Andrew Bojanic,Elizabeth Hooper & Randall Brent Cooke. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. D-Day in HD coincides with the 70th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe and features rara footage combined with interviews from the men who lived through it, including Allied and German survivors. The docu-series will premiere on June 6, 2014 on History. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 30, 2014)
Posted: May 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: A Million Ways to Die in the West, Clint Mansell, Craig Wedren, Filth, Francois-Pierre Lue, James Newton Howard, Jeff Grace, Joel McNeely, Julian Wass, Lucky Them, Maleficent, Maxime Barzel, Night Moves, Paul-Etienne Cote, The Big Ask, The Grand Seduction
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the fantasy adventure Maleficent directed by Robert Stromberg and starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Imelda Staunton, Sam Riley, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville. James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense) has composed the film’s original music. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as a new cover version of the song Once Upon a Dream by Lana Del Rey. For the full album details, check out our previous article. Also visit YouTube for a video featuring footage from the music’s recording sessions and click here for a short video interview with the composer about his work on the project.
Also opening wide is the western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West directed by Seth MacFarlane and starring himself, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, Neil Patrick Harris and Liam Neeson. The film’s original music is composed by Joel McNeely (Holes, Young Indiana Jones Chronicles). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the end credits song A Million Ways to Die performed by Alan Jackson and the film’s musical number If You’ve Only Got a Moustache. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full details and audio clips. Also check out a video interview with McNeely at the film’s world premiere by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »
‘In Your Eyes’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: In Your Eyes, Joss Whedon, Soundtrack, Tony Morales
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie sci-fi romance In Your Eyes. The album features the original song Crumblin’ written by the film’s screenwriter Joss Whedon and performed by Noah Maffit & Jessica Freedman. Also included are songs by Santigold, Iron & Wine, Opus Orange and Twinbed, as well as a track from the film’s score composed by Tony Morales. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 10, 2014 and physically on July 8. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring Morales’ original score. In Your Eyes is directed by Brin Hill and stars Zoe Kazan, Michael Stahl-David, Mark Feuerstein, Jennifer Grey and Nikki Reed. The movie premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and is now available on demand on Vimeo. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans to Score ‘Last Days in the Desert’
Posted: May 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, Franny, Last Days in the Desert, Nasty Baby, Roberto Garcia, Saunder Jurriaans, Sebastian Silva
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans have been hired to score the upcoming indie drama Last Days in the Desert. The film is written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia and stars Ewan McGregor, Tye Sheridan, Ciaran Hinds and Ayelet Zurer. The movie follows a holy man and a demon on a journey through the desert who encounters a family struggling to survive, which forces him to confront his own fate. Julie Lynn (The Jane Austen Book Club, Albert Nobbs) and Bonnie Curtis (Minority Report, A.I. Artificial Intelligence) are producing the Mockingbird Pictures and Division Films production with Wicks Walker. Garcia previously collaborated with composers Edward Shearmur (Mother and Child, Passengers) and Brian Byrne (Albert Nobbs) on his previous features. Read the rest of this entry »
Complete ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ Soundtrack by Michel Legrand Announced
Posted: May 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michel Legrand, score, Soundtrack, The Thomas Crown Affair
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1968 thriller The Thomas Crown Affair directed by Norman Jewison and starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The album features the world premiere release of the complete score composed by Michel Legrand (Summer of ’42, Yentl, Never Say Never Again), as well as the song The Windmills of Your Mind performed by Noel Harrison and co-written with Alan & Marilyn Bergman. Legrand received an Academy Award for the song and was also nominated for his score. For the full details of the limited soundtrack edition for the MGM production, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips and order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Annie’ to Feature Music by Greg Kurstin
Posted: May 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Annie, Greg Kurstin, Will Gluck
Greg Kurstin is composing original music for the upcoming musical comedy drama Annie. The film is directed by Will Gluck (Easy A, Friends with Benefits) and stars Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Amanda Troya, Eden Duncan Smith, Nicolette Pierini and Zoe Colletti. The movie is based on the Broadway classic of the same title and is set in the present day in New York. Emma Thompson has penned the screenplay, which was rewritten by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, We Bought a Zoo) and revised by Gluck. Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith (The Karate Kid, After Earth) are producing the Overbrook Entertainment and Marcy Media production with James Lassiter (I Am Legend, The Pursuit of Happyness), Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, Jay Brown, and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
’22 Jump Street’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 22 Jump Street, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the action comedy sequel 22 Jump Street have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Angel Haze feat. Ludacris, Wiz Khalifa, Duck Sauce, Tiësto, Blind Scuba Divers, Nacey, Shermanology, Travis Barker and more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 10, 2014 and physically on June 24 by Casablanca Records. The CD version is now available for pre-order on Amazon. 22 Jump Street is directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and stars Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube, Peter Stormare, Craig Roberts, Amber Stevens and Wyatt Russell. The sequel follows Schmidt and Jenko as they go deep undercover at a local college pretending to be college students. The comedy will be released nationwide on June 13 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Lennertz to Score ‘The Wedding Ringer’
Posted: May 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Lennertz, The Wedding Ringer
Christopher Lennertz is composing the score for the upcoming romantic comedy The Wedding Ringer. The film is directed by Jeremy Garelick (screenwriter of The Break-Up) and stars Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco, Affion Crockett, Jorge Garcia, Dan Gill, Corey Holcomb, Ken Howard, Colin Kane, Cloris Leachman, Jenifer Lewis, Alan Ritchson, Mimi Rogers, Ignacio Serricchio, Aaron Takahashi, Olivia Thirlby and Nicky Whelan. Garelick has also written the screenplay with Jay Lavender. The movie follows a man who provides best man services for socially challenged guys and a groom-to-be who has found himself in just such a situation and fabricates the names of not only a best man but nine groomsmen as well. Read the rest of this entry »
‘In Your Eyes’ Score Album Details
Posted: May 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: In Your Eyes, score, Soundtrack, Tony Morales
Lakeshore Records will release a score album for the indie drama In Your Eyes. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tony Morales (Hatfield and McCoys, The Bag Man, Enemies Closer). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 10, 2014 and physically on July 1. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. In Your Eyes is directed by Brin Hill and stars Zoe Kazan, Michael Stahl-David, Mark Feuerstein, Jennifer Grey and Nikki Reed. Joss Whedon has written the screenplay and also produced the project through his Bellwether Pictures production company. The movie follows two people who live on opposite sides of the country, but are able to experience what the other is experiencing. The drama premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last month and is now available on demand on Vimeo. Read the rest of this entry »
