Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Walk of Shame. The album features the songs from the film by such artists as Dave Audé (featuring AKON & Luciana), Marcus Latief Scott (featuring John Costello), Brenna Bishop, Lux Lovelle, Eli “Paperboy” Reed and Scott Spock & Corky James. The soundtrack will be released on April 29, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by John Debney. Walk of Shame is directed by Steven Brill and stars Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden and Gillian Jacobs. The movie follows a resourceful reporter whose one-night stand with a stranger leaves her stranded the next morning in downtown Los Angeles without a phone, car, ID, or money. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Walk of Shame’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, Walk of Shame
Antonio Pinto Scoring Stephen Daldry’s ‘Trash’
Posted: April 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antonio Pinto, Stephen Daldry, Trash
Antonio Pinto is scoring the upcoming dramatic thriller Trash. The film is directed by Stephen Daldry and stars Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura, Selton Mello, Rickson Tevez, Eduardo Luis and Gabriel Weinstein. The movie is set in the Third World and tells the story of three poverty-stricken boys who discover a wallet with a treasure map inside in a city dump. Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Notting Hill) has written the screenplay based on Andy Mulligan’s 2010 novel. Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Atonement, Rush, Les Miserables) are producing the project for Working Title, alongside Kris Thykier (Kick-Ass, The Debt) for PeaPie Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Final Member’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, The Final Member
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the documentary The Final Member. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (The Spectacular Now, The Way Way Back). The soundtrack will be released on April 22, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Final Member is directed by Jonah Bekhor & Zach Math and follows Sigurour “Siggi” Hjartarson, who founded the Icelandic Phallological Museum, the world’s only museum dedicated to preserved male genitalia. The documentary will open in select theaters on April 18 by Drafthouse Films and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 17. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer Composes Hymn for EDM Festival Tomorrowland
Posted: April 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer has composed the first official hymn for the 10th anniversary of the electronic dance musicmfestival Tomorrowland, which is held every year in the Belgian town of Boom, outside of Brussels. The composer collaborated with Junkie XL (Divergent, 300: Rise of an Empire) and Lorne Balfe (Megamind) on the piece, which was recorded at Air Studios in London. Check out a video featuring an interview with Zimmer about the hymn and footage from the recording sessions after the jump. The 2014 edition of Tomorrowland will take place July 18-20 and July 25-27 and the second version of the stateside edition, TomorrowWorld, will be held on September 26-28 in the Chattahoochee Hills outside of Atlanta. Read the rest of this entry »
Back Lot Music to Release ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ Soundtrack
Posted: April 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Million Ways to Die in the West, Joel McNeely, score, Seth MacFarlane, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for Seth MacFarlane’s western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joel McNeely (Holes, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Soldier). The composer recently recorded his orchestral music in Los Angeles and collaborated with the bluegrass band Punch Brothers on a number of cues. The soundtrack will be released on May 27, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. A Million Ways to Die in the West is co-written, produced and directed by MacFarlane who also stars in the film alongside Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Silverman and Liam Neeson. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Danna to Score Tim Blake Nelson’s ‘Anesthesia’
Posted: April 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anesthesia, Jeff Danna, Tim Blake Nelson
Jeff Danna is reteaming with Tim Blake Nelson on the upcoming indie drama Anesthesia. The film is written and directed by Nelson and stars Glenn Close, Sam Waterston, Gretchen Mol, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Katie Chang, Michael K. Williams, Gloria Reuben, Jessica Hecht, Mickey Sumner and K. Todd Freeman. The movie follows a group of New Yorkers whose lives intersect after the violent mugging of a popular Columbia University philosophy professor. Nelson is also producing the project with Julie Buck, Josh Hetzler and Christopher Scott. Danna has previously collaborated with the actor-turned-director on the 2009 comedy drama Leaves of Grass starring Edward Norton and on the 2001 drama O starring Julia Stiles & Josh Hartnett. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for Disneynature’s ‘Bears’
Posted: April 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bears, Disneynature, George Fenton, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Bears. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-nominated composer George Fenton (Anna and the King, Gandhi, Groundhog Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 29, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bears is directed by Keith Scholey & Alastair Fothergill and showcases a year in the life of a bear family as two impressionable young cubs are taught life’s most important lessons. The Disneynature production is narrated by John C. Reilly. The documentary is will be released nationwide on April 18 by Walt Disney Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Calvary’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 15, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Calvary, John Michael McDonagh, Patrick Cassidy, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the comedy drama Calvary. The album features the film’s original music composed by Patrick Cassidy (Kill the Irishman, Salem’s Lot) who recorded his music with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin. The soundtrack will be released on May 13, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Calvary is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (The Guard) and stars Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, Marie-Josée Croze, Isaach De Bankolé, Pat Shortt, David Wilmot and Domhnall Gleeson. The movie follows a good-natured priest whose world is put into disarray after being threatened during a confession. The dramedy premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released last week in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Let’s Be Cops’ to Feature Music by Christophe Beck & Jake Monaco
Posted: April 15, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Beck, Jake Monaco, Let's Be Cops, Luke Greenfield, Simon Kinberg
Christophe Beck and Jake Monaco have composed the score for the upcoming action comedy Let’s Be Cops. The film is directed by Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door, Something Borrowed) and stars Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Johnson, Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev, James D’Arcy and Andy Garcia. The movie follows two struggling pals who dress as police officers for a costume party and get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives. Greenfield has also co-written the screenplay with Nick Thomas and is producing the project with Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class, Elysium). Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to Score ‘Batman vs. Superman’
Posted: April 15, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Batman vs Superman, Hans Zimmer, Zack Snyder
Hans Zimmer revealed in an interview with Digital Spy that he is set to reunite with Zack Snyder on Batman vs. Superman. The composer who scored last year’s Man of Steel for the director confirmed that he will begin working on the film after finishing his score for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. The currently untitled sequel stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane and Laurence Fishburne who will reprise their characters from Man of Steel. They are joined by Ben Affleck who will portray Batman, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth. Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey and Tao Okamoto have also recently been cast. Chris Terrio (Argo) is writing the screenplay based on a story by Snyder & David Goyer. Read the rest of this entry »
