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 »
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
‘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 »
Belle & Sebastian Scoring ‘The Dog Thrower’
Posted: March 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Belle & Sebastian, The Dog Thrower
The Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian is composing the score for the British TV comedy The Dog Thrower. The show is written and directed by Jon Ronson and stars Matthew Perry, Tim Key and Kimberley Nixon. The ITV production tells the story of a nervous young man who attempts to become popular by copying a charismatic man who is throwing his dog in the air in front of a crowd. The comedy is part of the Playhouse series on Sky Arts and is produced by Runaway Fridge. The band has previously written original music for Todd Solondz’s 2011 indie Storytelling. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos to Score Barry Levinson’s ‘The Humbling’
Posted: March 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Barry Levinson, Marcelo Zarvos, The Humbling
Marcelo Zarvos will be reteaming with director Barry Levinson (Rain Man) on the upcoming drama The Humbling. The film is based on a novel by Philip Roth (The Human Stain) and stars Al Pacino, Dianne Wiest, Greta Gerwig, Kyra Sedgwick, Mandy Patinkin and Charles Rodin. The movie follows an aging actor who has an affair with a lesbian woman half his age at a secluded country house in Connecticut. Levinson and Pacino are also producing the project with Jason Sosnoff. Zarvos has previously collaborated with Levinson on his last two theatrical features What Just Happened and The Bay, as well as on the HBO original movie You Don’t Know Jack. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Walking Dead’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Soundtrack, The Walking Dead
Republic Records has announced a new soundtrack EP for the AMC hit series The Walking Dead. The release includes five new and previously unreleased songs inspired by and featured in the show, including tracks by Portugal. The Man, Ben Nichols, Sharon Van Etten, Lee DeWyze and A.C. Newman. The EP will be released on March 25, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album for the show last spring. The Walking Dead based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and scored by Bear McCreary stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Emily Kinney, Danai Gurira, Chad Coleman and Sonequa Martin-Green. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rob the Mob’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rob the Mob, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Endelman
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Raymond De Felitta’s crime drama Rob the Mob. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen Endelman (De-Lovely, Flirting with Disaster, Home of the Brave). The composer previously scored the feature Two Family House for the director who opted to edit the film in the composer’s Los Angeles studio. Endelman has also composed the end credits song Love and the Gun, which was recorded in English and Italian and is performed by New York jazz singer Tamela D’Amico. Also featured on the soundtrack are songs by Deee-Lite, Staple Singers and Wilson Pickett. The album will be released on March 18 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Rob the Mob directed by De Felitta (City Island) stars Michael Pitt, Nina Arianda, Andy Garcia, Michael Rispoli, Samira Wiley and Ray Romano. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Fox, score, Seth MacFarlane, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the docu-series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, The Avengers, Forrest Gump). The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The album is the first of four planned volumes. Details on Volume 2-4 will be posted on this page as they are announced. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Ann Druyan, Mitchell Cannold and Brannon Braga is the successor to the 1980 Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage scored by Vangelis. The 13-part series is hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and explores how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. Read the rest of this entry »
Lee Daniels’ ‘Empire’ to Feature Music by Timbaland
Posted: March 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Strong, Empire, Fox, Lee Daniels, Timbaland
Timbaland has signed on as a songwriter and song producer for the Fox pilot Empire. The show is created by Lee Daniels (The Butler, Precious) and Danny Strong (Game Change, The Butler) and stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson The drama is set in the world of a hip hop-empire and follows a charismatic, savvy music superstar who is about to take his company, Empire Entertainment, public. Daniels and Strong are also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Entertainment production with Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, 24) and Francie Calfo. Read the rest of this entry »
