Randy Edelman has been hired to score the upcoming thriller The Boy Next Door. The film is directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) and stars Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, Kristin Chenoweth and John Corbett. The movie follows a newly separated mother who begins an affair with a new teenage neighbor who befriends her son. Barbara Curry has written the screenplay. Jason Blum (Insidious, Paranormal Activity) is producing the project through his Blumhouse production company alongside John Jacobs (Ted, Blades of Glory) for Smart Entertainment, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas (Mona Lisa Smile, Maid in Manhattan) for Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions and Benny Medina (The Fosters, The Fighting Temptations). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Face of Love’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, score, Soundtrack, The Face of Love
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama The Face of Love. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Enough Said, Ray Donovan, The Words). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. The Face of Love is directed by Arie Posin (The Chumbscrubber) and stars Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Robin Williams, Jess Weixler and Amy Brenneman. The drama, which follows a widow who meets a man looking exactly like her dead husband, premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in select theaters on March 7 by IFC Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Roman Polanski’s Dreyfus Affair Drama ‘D’
Posted: February 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, D, Matteo Garrone, Roman Polanski, The Tale of Tales
Alexandre Desplat revealed during a conversation and performance of his Oscar-nominated score for Philomena on Sunday afternoon at the Beverly Hills Hotel that he will be reteaming with Roman Polanski on the director’s next movie D. The film tells the true story of Albert Dreyfus, one of the few Jewish officers on the General Staff of the French Army, who was subjected to a secret court martial for passing secrets to the Germans. Robert Harris (The Ghost Writer) has written the screenplay and Robert Benmussa (The Pianist, High Tension) and Alain Sarde (Mulholland Drive, Vera Drake) are serving as producers. The political thriller will mark the fourth collaboration between the composer and Polanski following 2010’s The Ghost Writer, 2011’s Carnage and last year’s Venus in Fur. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat’s ‘Philomena’ Score Celebrated at Q&A and Live Performance Event
Posted: February 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Philomena
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Yesterday afternoon, the work of Alexandre Desplat was celebrated during a conversation and performance of his Oscar-nominated score for Philomena at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge. During a Q&A moderated by Society of Composers & Lyricists president Ashley Irwin, the composer talked about his fourth collaboration with director Stephen Frears, the challenges of the project and meeting the real Philomena Lee portrayed in the film by Judi Dench. Check out a video from the conversation after the jump. Randy Kerber performed selections from the Philomena score on piano. Read the rest of this entry »
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to Present TV Music Live Concert
Posted: February 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Variety is reporting that the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present the first-ever live concert to take place on May 21, 2014 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. A 70-piece orchestra and 40-voice choir are expected to perform music by at least nine active TV composers, including Jeff Beal (House of Cards), Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Da Vinci’s Demons), Trevor Morris (Vikings), Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones), John Lunn (Downton Abbey), Alf Clausen (The Simpsons), Walter Murphy (Family Guy), Sean Callery (24, Homeland) and James Levine (American Horror Story). In addition, Mark Watters will be conducting a medley of recent TV themes. Emmy-nominated composer Mark Snow (The X-Files, Blue Bloods) will receive a lifetime achievement award at the event, which will also feature a performance of the composer’s music. Read the rest of this entry »
Steven Price Wins Satellite Award for ‘Gravity’
Posted: February 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Satellite Awards
Steven Price has won his first Satellite Award in the Original Score category for his music for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity at last night’s 18th Annual Satellite Awards ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. Shortly before Price received the award, astronaut Richard Mastracchio tweeted, “I am watching the movie Gravity up here on ISS. Let’s call it training.” Astronauts aboard the International Space Station crew Expedition 38 Soyuz were given an opportunity to watch the film, fittingly making Price’s score the only Oscar-nominated score of to be heard in space. The other composers nominated in the Original Score category were Hans Zimmer for 12 Years a Slave, Alexandre Desplat for Philomena, Arcade Fire for Her, Theodore Shapiro for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and John Williams for The Book Thief. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 23, 2014)
Posted: February 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Daniel Licht, Growing Up Fisher, Hal Beckett, Happy Face Killer, Johnny Klimek, Lifetime, Marc Baril, Mateo Messina, Mind Games, NBC, Sundance TV, The Red Road
Premiering tonight is the new NBC comedy Growing Up Fisher created by DJ Nash, narrated by Jason Bateman and starring J.K. Simmons, Jenna Elfman, Eli Barker, Ava Deluca-Verley and Lance Lim. The show’s original music is composed by Mateo Messina (Juno, Fairly Legal, Butter). The series centers on an 11-year old son who idolizes his blind father and is bemused by his mother’s newfound adolescence. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy. Growing Up Fischer premieres tonight on NBC and will move to its regular time slot this Tuesday, February 25. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Teenage’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bradford Cox, score, Soundtrack, Teenage
Cinereach Music will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Teenage. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bradford Cox of the indie rock band Deerhunter. Also included is the song Kate by Chandra. The soundtrack will be released on March 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Teenage directed by Matt Wolf is based on the best-selling book Teenage: The Pre-History Of Youth Culture 1875-1945 and features film footage and diary entries from around the world to look at various pre-adult movements – from Flappers to Swing Kids to Hitler Youth – that swept various countries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw, Julia Hummer, Jessie Usher and Leah Hennessey provide voice-over work. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gravity’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
Posted: February 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The team behind the sound mixing of Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at tonight’s 50th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Scoring mixer Gareth Cousins, along with production mixer Chris Munro, re-recording mixers Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri & Christopher Benstead, ADR mixers Chris Navarro & Thomas J. O’Connell and foley mixer Adam Fil Mendez received the award for the space thriller starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. The other contenders in the category were Captain Phillips (including scoring mixer Al Clay) , Iron Man 3 (including scoring mixer Joel Iwataki) and Lone Survivor (including scoring mixer Satoshi Mark Noguchi). Read the rest of this entry »
‘House of Lies’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: House of Lies, Showtime, Soundtrack
Capitol Records will release a soundtrack album for the Showtime original series House of Lies. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists including Gary Clark Jr., Aloe Blacc, Basecamp, Isaac Delusion, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Kim Cesarion, Count Bassie, Thomas Dybdahl and Michael Kiwanuka. The soundtrack will be released on March 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. House of Lies is created by Matthew Carnahan and stars Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell. The comedy follows centers on a self-loathing management consultant from a top tier firm who is never above using any means necessary to get his way with and for his clients. The show’s third season currently airs every Sunday night on Showtime and a fourth season has just been announced earlier this week. Read the rest of this entry »
