Cosmos Studios Music will release the third soundtrack album for the Fox docu-series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Ann Druyan, Mitchell Cannold & Brannon Braga and hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. The Volume 3 soundtrack features more music from the show composed by Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Back to the Future). The album will be released on April 29, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The label has previously released a Volume 1 and Volume 2 soundtrack. A fourth and final soundtrack release is expected to be announced in a couple of weeks. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey currently airs every Sunday night on Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ Volume 3 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Fox, score, Soundtrack
Thomas Newman to Return for ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2’
Posted: April 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Madden, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman is set to return to compose the score for the comedy drama sequel The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2. The film is directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) and reunites the cast of the original film including Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Penelope Wilton, Diana Hardcastle, Tena Desae and Lillete Dubey. They are joined by Richard Gere, David Strathairn and Tamsin Greig. Ol Parker (Imagine Me & You) who scripted the original film has written the screenplay based on a story by himself and Madden. Blueprint Pictures’ Graham Broadbent & Peter Czernin (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Silvestri’s ‘Mac and Me’ Score to Be Released
Posted: April 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: The Pyjama Girl Case
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1988 family adventure Mac and Me directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Jade Calegory, Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Katrina Caspary and Lauren Stanley. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, The Croods). In addition to the score, the album also features two pop songs the composer wrote for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) release. To listen to audio clips and to pre-order the limited edition CD, visit the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nashville’ Season 2 – Volume 2 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Nashville, Soundtrack
Big Machine Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the ABC drama Nashville. The Music of Nashville – Season 2 – Vol. 2 will feature songs from the show performed by cast members including Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Charles Esten, Sam Palladio, Clare Bowen, Will Chase, Jonathan Jackson, Aubrey Peeples, Chris Carmack and Lennon & Maisy Stella. The soundtrack will be released on May 6, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The album will be available as a standard version and a special deluxe edition featuring ten additional tracks will be available exclusively at Target. The label has previously released two soundtracks for the first season of the series and another soundtrack for the second season. Nashville created by Callie Khouri currently airs every Wednesday night on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All Cheerleaders Die’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All Cheerleaders Die, Soundtrack
Modern Distributors will release a soundtrack album for the horror comedy All Cheerleaders Die. The album features the songs from the film by artists including All Day, A Giant Dog, Sean Spillane, Shay Astar, Mini Death and more. Also included are four tracks by the movie’s composer Mads Heldtberg (You’re Next, Cheap Thrills). The soundtrack will be released on May 8, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. All Cheerleaders Die is written and directed by Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson and stars Caitlin Stasey, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Brooke Butler, Amanda Grace Cooper, Reanin Johannink and Tom Williamson. The movie follows a rebellious outsider who joins the cheerleading squad, much to the dismay of her ex-girlfriend, who happens to be into witchcraft. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 27, 2014)
Posted: April 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Daughter's Nightmare, Keith Power, Lifetime, Playing House, USA
Premiering on Tuesday, April 29, is the new comedy Playing House created by Jessica St. Clair & Lennon Parham who also star in the series alongside Keegan-Michael Key, Jane Kaczmarek, Brad Morris, Zach Woods and Gerry Bednob. The show doesn’t feature an original score. Beth Urdang and Kerri Drootin are the music supervisors. Playing House follows a mother to-be who asks her single and career-driven best friend to return home from her job overseas to attend her baby shower. The comedy will air every Tuesday night on USA. For updates on the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hellbenders’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hellbenders, Jeff Grace, score, Soundtrack
ScreamWorks Records will release a soundtrack for the horror comedy Hellbenders. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Grace (Stake Land, Meek’s Cutoff, The House of the Devil). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 29, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Hellbenders is written and directed by J.T. Petty and stars Clifton Collins Jr., Clancy Brown, Andre Royo, Robyn Rikoon, Macon Blair and Dan Fogler. The film follows a team of lewd and blasphemous ministers who live in a constant state of debauchery in order to be ready so they can drag the worst of demons back to Hell. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Beal to Score CBS’ ‘Extant’
Posted: April 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Allen Coulter, CBS, Extant, Jeff Beal
Jeff Beal has signed on to score the upcoming CBS sci-fi drama Extant. The show is created by Mickey Fisher and stars Halle Berry as an astronaut who returns home from a year-long solo mission in space and tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Goran Visnjic, Pierce Gagnon, Hiroyuki Sanada, Camryn Manheim, Grace Gummer and Michael O’Neill are co-starring. Steven Spielberg is executive producing the CBS Television Studios and Amblin Television production with Fisher, Greg Walker, Brooklyn Weaver, Justin Falvey & Darryl Frank (The Americans, Falling Skies, Under the Dome). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 25, 2014)
Posted: April 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Zigman, Andres Goldstein, Blue Ruin, Brick Mansions, Brooke Blair, Daniel Tarrab, Dickon Hinchliffe, For No Good Reason, From the Rough, Gambit, Last Passenger, Liam Bates, Locke, Lucas Vidal, Mateo Messina, Philippe Rombi, Rolfe Kent, Sacha Skarbek, The German Doctor, The Machine, The Other Woman, The Quiet Ones, Timothy Williams, Tom Raybould, Trevor Morris, Walking with the Enemy, Will Blair, Young & Beautiful
Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the comedy The Other Woman directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kate Upton, Taylor Kinney and Nicki Minaj. Aaron Zigman (Bridge to Tarabithia, The Proposal) who previously collaborated with the directors on such movies as John Q, The Notebook and My Sister’s Keeper has composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been announced. Click here to watch a short video interview with Zigman from the film’s Los Angeles premiere earlier this week. To learn more about the 20th Century Fox production, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide this weekend is the horror thriller The Quiet Ones directed by John Pogue and starring Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Erin Richards, Rory Fleck-Byrne and Olivia Cooke. The film’s original music is composed and performed by Lucas Vidal (Fast & Furious 6, The Raven). Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as songs by The Noizeby Slade and T.Rex and three original Radio Caroline jingles from the 70s. For the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, score, Soundtrack, Tony Chu
Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the 3D-animated musical Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return. The album features the songs from the film written by Bryan Adams, Tift Merritt, Jim Vallance, Jim Dooley & Mike Himelstein and performed by the movie’s voice cast including Lea Michele, Martin Short, Hugh Dancy and Megan Hilty. Also included are selections from the film’s original score composed by Toby Chu (Covert Affairs, Burn Notice). The soundtrack will be released on May 6, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return is directed by Daniel St. Pierre & Will Finn and also features the voices of Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Kelsey Grammer, Oliver Platt, Patrick Stewart and Bernadette Peters. The movie is based on the adventure books by Roger Stanton Baum, the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum and finds Dorothy waking to post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends from a devious new villain. Read the rest of this entry »
