Sony Music has published audio clips from all tracks of the score album for Blue Sky Studios’ animated sequel Rio 2. The film’s music is composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Trilogy, Shrek) and also features Brazilian singer and guitarist Milton Nascimento, the instrumental group UAKTI and the body percussion group Barbatuques. Check out the soundtrack preview after the jump. Sony Classical will release the soundtrack on April 8. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album and check out our previous article for the full soundtrack details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rio 2’ Score Album Preview
Posted: March 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Powell, Rio, Rio 2
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James Horner to Conduct World Premiere ‘Titanic’ Live Concert
Posted: March 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: James Cameron, James Horner, Titanic
James Horner will be conducting his music for the Academy Award-winning drama Titanic directed by James Cameron and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet at a live concert on Monday, April 27, 2015 at Royal Albert Hall in London. The composer who received his first two Oscars for both his score and the end credits song My Heart Will Go On in 1998 will conduct a 90-piece orchestra, choir and Celtic musicians whilst the film is projected on the big screen in high definition. Horner previously conducted selections of his music from the film at the world premiere of the 3D re-release in 2012 in London. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for David Gordon Green’s ‘Joe’
Posted: March 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Gordon Green, David Wingo, Jeff McIlwain, Joe, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for David Gordon Green’s indie drama Joe. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff McIlwain and David Wingo (Mud, Take Shelter) who previously collaborated with the director on Snow Angels and The Sitter, George Washington and All the Real Girls. Also included are two tracks by Explosions in the Sky and Ryan Bingham. The soundtrack will be released on April 22, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Joe is based on a novel by Larry Brown and stars Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter and Ronnie Gene Blevins. The movie follows a hard-living, hot-tempered, ex-con who meets a hard-luck kid who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector. The drama premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and was picked up by Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate for a release in theaters and on VOD on April 11. Read the rest of this entry »
Trevor Morris to Score ‘Brick Mansions’
Posted: March 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brick Mansions, Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming action thriller Brick Mansions. The film is directed by Camille Delamarre and stars Paul Walker, RZA, David Belle and Robert Maillet. The movie is an English language remake of Pierre Morel’s 2004 film District B13 and follows an undercover cop who is tasked with going into a tenement named Brick Mansions in order to disarm a neutron bomb that is ticking down. Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element) has written the screenplay and is also producing the project for EuropaCorp. Ryan Kavanaugh & Tucker Tooley (The Fighter, Limitless) are executive producing for Relativity Media. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Promise’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Promise, Gabriel Yared, Patrice Leconte, score, Soundtrack
Playtone will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama A Promise. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 6, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. A Promise is directed by Patrice Leconte and stars Alan Rickman, Rebecca Hall and Richard Madden. The movie is based on Stefan Zweig’s novella Journey into the Past and centers on an older, wealthy man’s wife who falls hopelessly in love with her husband’s teacher just before World War I. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler to Score ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
Posted: March 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Brian Tyler, Joss Whedon, Marvel Studios
Brian Tyler has officially signed on to score Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Age of Ultron. The film is written and directed by Joss Whedon and reunites the case of the original 2012 film, including Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders and Don Cheadle. James Spader will be portraying Ultron, the main villain in the film, while Elizabeth Olsen has been cast as the Scarlet Witch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver, Paul Bettany as the Vision and Thomas Kretschmann as Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker. Kevin Feige is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Walk of Shame’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Debney, score, Soundtrack, Walk of Shame
Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the comedy Walk of Shame. The album features the film’s original score composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf). The soundtrack will be released on April 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Walk of Shame is directed by Steven Brill and stars Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden and Gillian Jacobs. The movie follows an aspiring reporter whose dreams of becoming a network news anchor are compromised after one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown LA. The comedy will be released on May 2 by Focus World. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Little Rascals Save the Day’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Hajian, score, Soundtrack, The Little Rascals Save the Day
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the family comedy The Little Rascals Save the Day. The album features the film’s original score composed by Chris Hajian (Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, First Position), as well as the songs created for the film and performed by the film’s cast including Nikki Leonti, Ace Young, River Alexander and Eden Wood. Also included is a new cover of Canned Heat’s Let’s Work Together by pop band The 88. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The Little Rascals Save the Day is directed by Alex Zamm and also stars Doris Roberts, Greg Germann, Camden Gray, Chase Vacnin, Connor Berry, Drew Justice, Grant Palmer II, Isaiah “Zay-Zay” Fredericks, Jet Jurgensmeyer, Jenna Ortega and Rio Mangin. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Transcendence’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mychael Danna, score, Soundtrack, Transcendence, Wally Pfister
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Transcendence. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball). The soundtrack will be released on April 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Transcendence is directed by Wally Pfister (cinematographer of The Dark Knight and Inception) and stars Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, Clifton Collins, Jr. and Morgan Freeman. The movie about a researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions, will be released nationwide on April 18 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘3 Days to Kill’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 18, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 3 Days to Kill, Guillaume Roussel, McG, score, Soundtrack
EuropaCorp will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller 3 Days to Kill. The album features the film’s original score composed by Guillaume Roussel (Crossing Lines, It Boy). Also included are the songs featured in the movie, including Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap, Your Wish by Talisco, Kill Me by Make The Girl Dance, Love It or Leave It by Asaf Avidan, Pursuit by Gestaffelstein and two tracks by The Toxic Avenger. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 19, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. 3 Days to Kill is directed by McG and stars Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Amber Heard and Connie Nielsen. The movie, which was released in the U.S. by Relativity Media, is now playing in theaters. Read the rest of this entry »
