Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 15, 2015)

Posted: May 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

mad-max-fury-roadOpening in most theaters is the action movie Mad Max: Fury Road directed by George Miller and starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nathan Jones, Zoë Kravitz, Riley Keough, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Abbey Lee and Courtney Eaton. Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to listen to audio clips. For recent interviews with Holkenborg about his work on the film, visit Film Music Magazine, Hitfix, Entertainment Weekly and Film.Music.Media.

pitch-perfect-2Also opening wide is the musical comedy sequel Pitch Perfect 2 directed by Elizabeth Banks and starring Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp, Adam DeVine and Hailee Steinfeld. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (The Lego Movie, Hotel Transylvania, 21 Jump Street). Universal Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film, including the original track Flashlight written by Jessie J, as well as a track from Mothersbaugh’s score this past Tuesday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film. Read the rest of this entry »

Craig Armstrong to Score Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’

Posted: May 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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snowdenCraig Armstrong revealed in a recent interview with DIY that he will be reuniting with Oliver Stone on the upcoming biographical drama Snowden. The film directed by Stone (Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, Wall Street, Platoon) stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Scott Eastwood, Melissa Leo, Nicolas Cage, Timothy Olyphant, Zachary Quinto and Tom Wilkinson. The movie is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena, which chronicles Edward Snowden’s time in Russia hoping to get asylum while the United States was demanding his extradition. Stone also co-wrote the screenplay with Kieran Fitzgerald (The Homesman). Read the rest of this entry »

Alexandre Desplat Honored at BMI Film & TV Awards

Posted: May 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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desplat-bmiLast night, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), held its annual Film & TV Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Alexandre Desplat was honored with the Icon Award, which is bestowed on composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television music. The composer who received his first Academy Award earlier this year for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel and whose other scoring credits include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Zero Dark Thirty and The Tree of Life was presented the award by the night’s hosts, BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross and BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill. Several of Desplat’s regular collaborators congratulated him via a tribute video, including Stephen Frears (Philomena, The Queen, Tamara Drewe), Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) and Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom, The Fantastic Mr. Fox). Read the rest of this entry »

Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) Scoring ‘Kill Your Friends’

Posted: May 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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kill-your-friendsTom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL has composed the original score for the upcoming British indie thriller Kill Your Friends. The film is directed by Owen Harris and stars Nicholas Hoult, James Corden, Craig Roberts, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Riley and Ed Skrein. The movie follows a 27-year-old A&R man who is slashing and burning his way through London’s music industry and goes to extremes in search of the next megahit. John Niven (Cat Run) wrote the screenplay based on his 2008 novel of the same title. Gregor Cameron, Will Clarke and Len Blavatnik are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Russo and Ben Decter to Score CBS’ ‘Extant’ Season 2

Posted: May 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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extantJeff Russo and Ben Decter are the new composers of the CBS series Extant. The show is created by Mickey Fisher and stars Halle Berry, Goran Visnjic, Pierce Gagnon, Camryn Manheim and Grace Gummer. Jeffrey Dean Morgan has also joined the cast of season 2. The show follows a female astronaut who discovers she has unwittingly put the human race on a path to destruction, and that she and a mysterious stranger may be the only hope for survival. The first season of the Amblin Television and CBS Television Studios production was scored by Marcelo Zarvos. Read the rest of this entry »

Lucien Nicolet (Luciano) Scoring Barbet Schroeder’s ‘Amnesia’

Posted: May 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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amnesiaLucien Nicolet has recently scored the upcoming drama Amnesia. The film is directed by Barbet Schroeder and stars Marthe Keller, Max Riemelt, Bruno Ganz, Joel Basman and Corinna Kirchhoff. The movie is set in Ibiza and follows a 25 year-old music composer who wants to be part of the nascent electronic music revolution, ideally by getting a job first as a DJ in the new nightclub on the island, Amnesia. Schroeder also co-wrote the screenplay with Emilie Bickerton, Peter Steinbach and Susan Hoffman. Margaret Menegoz (Amour, The White Ribbon) is producing the project with Ruth Waldburger (The Turin Horse).  Read the rest of this entry »

‘Ripper Street’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: May 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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ripper-streetSilva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC series Ripper Street. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Dominik Scherrer (Primeval, The Missing). The soundtrack will be released overseas on June 15 and is now available as an import on Amazon. Ripper Street is created by Richard Warlow (Mistress) and stars Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, Myanna Buring and David Dawson.The series is set in and around Whitechapel in London’s East End in 1889 during the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders and centers on the notorious H Division, which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic East London streets.  Read the rest of this entry »

Natalie Portman’s ‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’ to Feature Music by Nicholas Britell

Posted: May 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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a-tale-of-love-and-darknessNicholas Britell has composed the music for the upcoming drama A Tale of Love and Darkness. The film is written and directed by Natalie Portman who also stars in the film alongside Gilad Kahana and Amir Tessler. The movie is based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Amos Oz and tells the story of Oz’s youth at the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. Ram Bergman (Looper, Don Jon, Brick) and David Mandil (Footnote, Beaufort) are producing the project with Portman.  Read the rest of this entry »

Gabriel Mann Scoring Fox’s ‘Rosewood’, ABC’s ‘Dr. Ken’ and CBS’ ‘Angel from Hell’

Posted: May 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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rosewoodGabriel Mann has composed the score for three network pilots that have recently been picked up to series, including the Fox drama Rosewood. The show is created by Todd Harthan (Psych, Skinwalkers) and stars Morris Chestnut, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Gabrielle Dennis, Anna Konkle and Maggie Elizabeth Jones. The series the most brilliant private pathologist in Miami, who uses his wildly sophisticated autopsy lab, to perform for-hire autopsies to uncover clues that the Miami PD can’t see. Richard Shephard (Dom Hemingway, The Matador) has directed the pilot episode. Harthan is also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Mary Bowen & Wyck Godfrey (The Twilight Saga, The Maze Runner, Revenge).  Read the rest of this entry »

WaterTower Music to Release ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 5 Soundtrack

Posted: May 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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game-of-thronesWaterTower Music will release the fifth soundtrack album for the HBO hit series Game of Thrones. The album features selections from the show’s original score of Season 5 composed by Ramin Djawadi (Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Person of Interest, Clash of the Titans, The Strain). The soundtrack will be released on July 17, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details and audio clips. The label has previously released a soundtrack album for the third and fourth season, while Varese Sarabande released the official soundtrack albums for Season 1 and Season 2.  Read the rest of this entry »

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