The details have been revealed of the soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The album features the film’s original music composed by Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph, Captain Phillips). Also included is Marvin Gaye’s Trouble Man and a track by Harry James and his Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released on April 1, 2014 by Hollywood Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is directed by Anthony & Joe Russo and stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily Van Camp, Hayley Atwell and Robert Redford. The sequel is set after the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers and follows Steve Rogers/Captain America as he is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Captain America, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Henry Jackman, Marvel Studios, score, Soundtrack
Neil Davidge to Score ‘Monsters: Dark Continent’
Posted: March 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Monsters, Monsters: Dark Continent, Neil Davidge
Neil Davidge has signed on to score the upcoming sci-fi sequel Monsters: Dark Continent. The film is directed by Tom Green (Misfits) and stars Johnny Harris, Sam Keeley and Joe Dempsie. The movie takes place a couple of years after the original film directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) as Infected Zones have spread across the world and US military try to wipe out the monsters. Jay Basu has written the screenplay. Allan Niblo & Jay Richardson (The Sweeney, StreetDance) and Ben Pugh & Rory Aitken (Welcome to the Punch) are producing the Vertigo Films production. Edwards serves as an executive producer on the sequel alongside actor Scoot McNairy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Need for Speed’ Score Album Details
Posted: March 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nathan Furst, Need for Speed, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the score album for the action movie Need for Speed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Furst who previously scored Act of Valor for the movie’s director Scott Waugh. The soundtrack will be released physically on April 15, 2014. More information about the digital release will be added to this article soon. As previously reported, Interscope Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film. Need for Speed starring Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Scott Mescudi, Ramon Rodriguez, Michael Keaton, Rami Malek, Dakota Johnson and Harrison Gilbertson follows a muscle car mechanic and street racer who gets out of prison determined to settle the score with the man responsible for his false conviction. The movie will be released nationwide on March 14.
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‘Draft Day’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Draft Day, Ivan Reitman, John Debney, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the sports drama Draft Day. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-nominated composer John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2). The soundtrack will be released on April 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Draft Day is directed by Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) and stars Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank Langella, Sam Elliot, Sean Combs, Terry Crews, Ellen Burstyn and Chadwick Boseman. The movie follows the manager of the Cleveland Browns who struggles to acquire the top draft pick for his team on the day of the draft. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘The Sum of All Fears’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, Tangerine Dream, The Sum of All Fears, Wavelength
La La-Land Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 2002 thriller The Sum of All Fears directed by Phil Alden Robinson, based on the novel by Tom Clancy and starring Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman and Liev Schreiber. The album features the film’s expanded and remastered original score composed by Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, The Omen), including almost 30 minutes of previously unreleased music, as well as bonus cues. Also featured is the original song If We Could Remember performed by Yolanda Adams, as well as Nessum Dorma from Puccini’s opera Turandot performed by Bruce Sledge and Star-Spangled Banner performed by Arnold McCuller. The soundtrack for the Paramount Pictures production is limited to 3000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Almost Home’ Features Music by Lorne Balfe
Posted: March 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Almost Home, Dreamworks Animation, Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe has composed the music for the new DreamWorks Animation short Almost Home. The 4-minute film introduces the characters of the studio’s upcoming feature Home directed by Tim Johnson (Over the Hedge) and featuring the voices of Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Parsons and Rihanna who is also writing songs for the film. Check out the short, which is also currently playing in theaters in front of Mr. Peabody & Sherman, after the jump. Balfe has previously co-scored DreamWorks Animation’s Megamind and will be scoring the studio’s upcoming The Penguins of Madagascar. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fading Gigolo’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bill Maxwell, Fading Gigolo, John Turturro, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for John Turturro’s indie comedy Fading Gigolo. The album features the music from the film, including tracks by saxophonist Gene Ammons, trombone/trumpet player Trombone Shorty, as well as songs by Dalida, Vanessa Paradis, M’Barka Ben Taleb and Dean Martin. Also included are two tracks from the score composed by Bill Maxwell. The soundtrack will be released on April 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Fading Gigolo is written and directed by Turturro who also stars in the film alongside Woody Allen, Sofía Vergara, Sharon Stone, Liev Schreiber, Max Casella and Vanessa Paradis. The movie follows a man who aspires to be a professional Don Juan in order to raise money to help his friend. The comedy premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in select theaters on April 18 by Millennium Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Jonathan Goldsmith Scoring Lifetime’s ‘The Grim Sleeper’
Posted: March 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonathan Goldsmith, Lifetime, Sensitive Skin, The Grim Sleeper
Jonathan Goldsmith has recently scored the Lifetime original movie The Grim Sleeper. The film is directed by Stanley M. Brooks and stars Dreama Walker, Macy Gray, Ernie Hudson and Michael O’Neill. The movie tells the true story of an LA Weekly reporter who investigates the unsolved murders of dozens of women in Los Angeles by the alleged serial killer known as the “Grim Sleeper”. Robert Nathan (Law & Order) and Teena Booth (The Drew Peterson Story) have written the script. Michael Jaffe (The Informant!, Texas Killing Fields) and Joe Pichirallo are executive producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Creating the Music for ‘300: Rise of an Empire’
Posted: March 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: 300: Rise of an Empire, Junkie XL
WaterTower Music (via Deadline) has published a video featurette on the music of the historical action epic 300: Rise of an Empire, which topped the domestic and international box office this past weekend. The video features an interview with the film’s composer Junkie XL (Divergent) who discusses building new instruments for his score, as well footage from the music’s orchestral recording sessions at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. The soundtrack album for the film directed by Noam Murro, produced by Zack Snyder and starring Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Jack O’Connell and Lena Headey is now available on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Yared Scoring ‘The Prophet’
Posted: March 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Yared, Roger Allers, The Prophet
Gabriel Yared is composing the score for the upcoming animated feature The Prophet. The film is written and directed by Roger Allers (The Lion King, Open Season) and features the voice talent of Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek, John Krasinski, Frank Langella, Alfred Molina and Quvenzhané Wallis. The movie is based on the iconic book of the same title by Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran that is one of the biggest sellers in history. Each chapter of the book is directed by a different award-winning director, including Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis), Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells), Nina Paley (Sita Sings The Blues) and Paul & Gaetan Brizzi (Fantasia 2000). Read the rest of this entry »
