Joel P. West is the composer of the upcoming indie drama About Alex. The film marks the directorial debut of Jesse Zwick (Parenthood) and stars Aubrey Plaza, Jason Ritter, Max Greenfield, Nate Parker, Maggie Grace, Max Minghella and Jane Levy. The movie follows seven college friends who reunite one long weekend after one of their own attempts suicide. Zwick has also written the screenplay and Adam Saunders (Family Weekend) is producing the Footprint Features production. Edward Zwick (Legends of the Fall, The Last Samurai) who is the director’s father is executive producing the project with Marshall Herskovitz (Traffic). Read the rest of this entry »
Joel P. West Scoring ‘About Alex’
Posted: March 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: About Alex, Jesse Zwick, Joel P. West
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‘Grand Piano’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Grand Piano, score, Soundtrack, Victor Reyes
MovieScore Media and Kronos Records have released a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Grand Piano. The album features the film’s original music composed by Victor Reyes (Buried, Red Lights). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. A CD version is set to be released on March 25, 2014. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Grand Piano is directed by Eugenio Mira and stars Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Tamsin Egerton, Kerry Bishe, Alex Winter, Don McManus and Allen Leech. The thriller follows a piano virtuoso who returns to perform after being forced into early retirement because of stage fright. The movie is now playing in select theaters and is also available on VOD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Divergent’ Score Album Details
Posted: March 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Divergent, Ellie Goulding, Hans Zimmer, Junkie XL, score, Soundtrack
The details of the score album for the film adaptation of the young adult novel Divergent have been revealed. The soundtrack features the film’s original score composed by Junkie XL (300: Rise of an Empire, Paranoia) and executive produced by Hans Zimmer. Ellie Goulding is featured as a vocalist on the score. The album will be released digitally on March 18, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical release will be coming out on April 15 and is available to order by clicking here. Check back on this page for audio clips. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s songs. Divergent based on Veronica Roth’s first of a trilogy of novels stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Aaron Eckhart, Miles Teller, Zoe Kravitz, Ansel Elgort. Ray Stevenson, Jai Courtney, Ashley Judd and Maggie Q. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 7, 2014)
Posted: March 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 300: Rise of an Empire, Alexandre Desplat, Daniel Pemberton, Danny Elfman, Grand Piano, Haunt, In Fear, Junkie XL, Marcelo Zarvos, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Reinhold Heil, Roly Porter, The Face of Love, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Victor Reyes
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action adventure epic 300: Rise of an Empire directed by Noam Murro and starring Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Jack O’Connell and Lena Headey. The film’s original music is compowed by Junkie XL (Divergent, Paranoia). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and more information about the film and click here to listen to audio clips.
Also opening wide is DreamWorks Animation’s Mr. Peabody & Sherman directed by Rob Minkoff and featuring the voice talent of Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Leslie Mann, Stanley Tucci, Allison Janney, Ariel Winter, Stephen Colbert, Patrick Warburton, Mel Brooks, Lake Bell, Zach Callison and Dennis Haysbert. Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Men in Black) has composed the film’s original music. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as John Lennon’s Beautiful Boy and the original song Way Back When by Grizfolk. For the full album details and to learn more about the film, check out our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami Takes Over Scoring Duties on Michael R. Roskam’s ‘The Drop’
Posted: March 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marco Beltrami, Michael R. Roskam, The Drop
Marco Beltrami has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming crime thriller The Drop. The movie, which was previously entitled Animal Rescue, marks the English language feature debut of director Michael R. Roskam (Bullhead) and stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Matthias Schoenaerts, James Gandolfini and John Ortiz. The film follows a lonely Boston bartender who rescues a puppy from a garbage can and becomes the target of the dog’s abusive and mentally unstable former owner. Dennis Lehane has written the screenplay based on his own short story (Mystic River, Shutter Island). Peter Chernin & Dylan Clark (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) are producing the project with Mike Larocca. Read the rest of this entry »
Ennio Morricone to Score Giuseppe Tornatore’s ‘The Correspondence’
Posted: March 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ennio Morricone, Giuseppe Tornatore, The Correspondence
Ennio Morricone is set to reunite with director Giuseppe Tornatore on the director’s upcoming romantic drama The Correspondence. The movie centers on the love affair between a professor and a younger woman working in the same field. No casting deals have been announced yet, but a well-known male actor is reportedly in talks for the leading role. Arturo Paglia and Isabella Cocuzza (The Best Offer) are producing the Paco Cinematografica and Warner Bros Italy production. Morricone’s and Tornatore’s previous collaborations include such films as Cinema Paradiso, Malena, The Legend of 1900, Baaria and last year’s The Best Offer. Read the rest of this entry »
Cliff Martinez to Score HBO’s ‘The Normal Heart’
Posted: March 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cliff Martinez, HBO, Ryan Murphy, The Normal Heart
Cliff Martinez has been hired to score the upcoming HBO original movie The Normal Heart. The film is directed by Ryan Murphy (Glee, Nip/Tuck, Eat Pray Love) and stars Mark Ruffalo, Taylor Kitsch, Matt Bomer, Julia Roberts, Jim Parsons, Jonathan Groff, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantello, Denis O’Hare, Stephen Spinella and Corey Stoll. The movie is based on the Tony-winning play by Larry Kramer (Women in Love) and tells the story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s. Kramer has also written the screenplay and Murphy is executive producing the project with Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious), Dede Gardner (12 Years a Slave, World War Z) and Dante Di Loreto (American Horror Story, Glee). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Motel Life’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Holmes, score, Soundtrack, The Motel Life
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama The Motel Life. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Haywire). Also included are the songs from the movie by such artists as Jonathan Clay, Joe D’Augustine, Townes Van Zandt, Buddy Stuart, The Kills, Richmond Fontaine, Justin Townes Earle and Little Accidents. The soundtrack will be released on March 18, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Motel Life is directed by Alan & Gabe Polsky and stars Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Garret Backstrom, Andrew Lee, Doc Divecchio, Nancy Youngblut. The movie based on the novel by Willy Vlautin follows two down-on-their-luck brothers who are forced to flee from their home to Reno after being involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Wilderness of James’ to Feature Music by Jónsi & Alex
Posted: March 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jónsi, Jónsi & Alex, The Wilderness of James
Jónsi & Alex have written the music for the indie coming-of-age drama The Wilderness of James. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Michael Johnson and stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Virginia Madsen, Isabelle Fuhrman, Evan Ross and Danny DeVito. The movie follows a boy dealing with the absence of his father who begins to explore the wilderness of an intoxicating city. Through an infatuating girl and a charismatic stranger, he starts to open his eyes as he’s forced to deal with some hard truths. Johnson has also written the screenplay. Jonathan Schwartz (Like Crazy, Smashed) and Andrea Sperlig (Harsh Times) are producing the project for Super Crispy Enterainment. Jónsi & Alex is a collaboration of Sigur Rós frontman Jonsi and his partner Alex Somers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Beneath the Harvest Sky’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Beneath the Harvest Sky, Dustin Hamman, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the indie coming-of-age drama Beneath the Harvest Sky. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dustin Hamman. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Beneath the Harvest Sky is written and directed by Aron Gaudet & Gita Pullapilly and stars Emory Cohen, Callan McAuliffe, Zoe Levin, Aiden Gillen and Carla Callo. The movie centers on two teenage boys and their last summer working the potato harvest. The drama premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and was picked by Tribeca Films for a release in select theaters on May 2 and an early VOD release on April 15. Read the rest of this entry »
