Relativity Music Group will release the soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2. The film’s music is composed by John Powell (The Bourne Trilogy, Rio, Happy Feet) who recently recorded his music at Air Studios in London. The composer who received his first Academy Award nomination for his score for the first part in the series has reportedly collaborated with Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi on the sequel. Check back on this page for the full album details and the album release date. The soundtrack album for the original 2010 film was released by Varese Sarabande. How to Train Your Dragon 2 is directed by Dean DeBlois and features the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller and Kristen Wiig. Read the rest of this entry »
Relativity Music Group to Release ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ Soundtrack
Posted: April 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: How to Train Your Dragon 2, John Powell, score, Soundtrack
Kasper Winding Scoring ‘The Salvation’ and Lone Scherfig’s ‘Posh’
Posted: April 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kasper Winding, Lone Scherfig, Posh, The Salvation
Kasper Winding has recently recorded his score for the upcoming western The Salvation at Abbey Road Studios in London. The film is directed by Kristian Levring (Fear Me Not) and stars Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jonathan Pryce, Eric Cantona, Mikael Persbrandt, Douglas Henshall and Michael Raymond-James. The movie is set in 1870s America where a settler kills his family’s murderer and unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. Levring has co-written the screenplay with Anders Thomas Jensen (In a Better World, Brothers). Sisse Graum Jørgensen (The Hunt, A Royal Affair) is producing the project for Zentropa Productions. Read the rest of this entry »
Heather McIntosh to Score ‘Z for Zachariah’
Posted: April 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Zobel, Heather McIntosh, Z for Zachariah
Heather McIntosh has signed on to score the upcoming sci-fi thriller Z for Zachariah. The film is directed by Craig Zobel and stars Chris Pine, Margot Robbie and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The movie based on the novel by Robert O’Brien of the same title is set in a post-apocalyptic world and follows a young woman who lives on a farm believing she is the last of the human race and whose world is turned upside down when two strangers wander in from the forest. Nissar Modi has written the Black List-honored screenplay. Tobey Maguire & Matthew Plouffe are producing the project for Material Pictures, alongside Skuli Malmquist & Thor Sigurjonsson for Zik Zak Filmworks and Joni Sighvatsson (Brothers, K-19: The Widowmaker) for Palomar Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heaven is for Real’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heaven Is for Real, Randall Wallace, Soundtrack
Reunion Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Heaven is for Real. The album features ten songs inspired by the film and the bestselling book by Christian music artists such as Casting Crowns, Third Day, Steven Curtis Chapman, and more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. Nick Glennie-Smith (The Man in the Iron Mask, We Were Soldiers, Secretariat) has composed the film’s original score. No word yet on a release of his music. Heaven is for Real is directed by Randall Wallace and stars Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum, Margo Martindale, and Thomas Haden Church. The movie follows a real-life couple whose son claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. The drama will be released nationwide on April 16, 2014 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Starz’s Power to Feature Main Titles Theme by 50 Cent feat. Joe
Posted: April 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 50 Cent, Power, Starz
Starz has announced today that 50 Cent has recorded the main titles theme for the upcoming drama Power. The track, which is entitled Big Rich Town and was created specifically for the show, has been released today and is now available to download on Amazon. The song is performed by 50 Cent who serves as an executive producer on the series and also features vocals of Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer Joe. To check out the song’s music video, visit 50 Cent’s official Facebook page. Power is created by Courtney Kemp Agboh and stars Omari Hardwick, Lela Loren, Naturi Naughton, Joseph Sikora, Andy Bean, Sinqua Walls, Adam Huss, Greg Serano, Lucy Walters, Victor Garber, Sonya Walger, Kathrine Narducci, Luis Antonio Ramos, La La Anthony, Diane Neal and J.R. Ramirez. set in two different worlds, the glamorous New York club scene and the brutal drug trade. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Unknown Known’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Errol Morris, score, Soundtrack, The Unknown Known
La-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album for Errol Morris’ documentary The Unknown Known. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Batman) who previously collaborated with the documentarian on 2008′s Standard Operating Procedure. The physical version of the soundtrack is now available for pre-order on Amazon and the digital version is available to download here. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The Unknown Known draws on hours of filmed interviews and previously unpublished material from Donald Rumsfeld’s private archive and looks at the former United States Secretary of Defense’s role in American history from Watergate to 9/11. Read the rest of this entry »
‘King of Devil’s Island’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Johan Söderqvist, King of Devil's Island, score, Soundtrack
Caldera Records has announced a soundtrack release for the 2010 Norwegian drama King of Devil’s Island. The album features the film’s original music composed by Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki). The soundtrack is now available to order from overseas. King of Devil’s Island is directed by Marius Holst and stars Stellan Skarsgård, Benjamin Helstad and Kristoffer Joner. The drama tells the true story of a group of teenagers who are prisoners on the Norwegian island Bastoy and who start to rebel against the authorities. The movie received a limited theatrical release in the US in 2011 and is now available on DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Ibero-American Film Industry Launches Platino Awards
Posted: April 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emilio Kauderer, Lucas Vidal, Platino Awards
This past Saturday, the first Platino Ibero-American Film Awards were held Saturday in Panama City. In the Best Original Score category, Emilio Kauderer was honored for his music for the animated feature Foosball directed by Juan Jose Campanella, which was recently picked up by the Weinstein Company for a domestic release this summer under the title Underdogs. Composer Lucas Vidal (Fast & Furious 6, The Quiet Ones) and Grammy-nominated singer and actress Natalia Oreiro presented the music category. Vidal also composed the award show’s music, which he recorded earlier this year at Abbey Road Studios in London. Check out a video from the recording sessions after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna to Receive BMI’s Richard Kirk Award
Posted: April 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI Film & Television Awards, Mychael Danna, Richard Kirk Award
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has announced today that Mychael Danna will be honored with the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at this year’s BMI Film & Television Awards. The composer who is recognized for his evocative blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic music received his first Academy Awardin 2013 for his score for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi and was also nominated for the original song Pi’s Lullaby. Danna started his film scoring career with Atom Egoyan and composed the music for all of the director’s films since 1987, including such titles as The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica and Felicia’s Journey. The composer also collaborated multiple times with directors including Bennett Miller (Moneyball, Capote, Foxcatcher), Terry Gilliam (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Tideland), Billy Ray (Breach, Shattered Glass) and Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair). Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Phipps Scoring ‘The Honourable Woman’ and ‘X Plus Y’
Posted: April 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Martin Phipps, SundanceTV, The Honourable Woman, X Plus Y
Martin Phipps is composing the music for the upcoming mini-series The Honourable Woman. The eight-part drama is created by Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line, Up in Town) and stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed her father’s assassination. Stephen Rea, Lindsay Duncan, Janet McTeer, Andrew Buchan, Katherine Parkinson, Lubna Azbal, Tobias Menzies, Igal Naor, Eve Best and Genevieve O’Reilly are co-starring. Blick is also executive producing the Sundance and BBC Worldwide North America production with Greg Brenman (Billy Elliot) and Abi Bach (Small Island). Read the rest of this entry »
