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 »
‘Cavemen’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cavemen, Ronen Landa, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie romantic comedy Cavemen. The album features the songs from the movie by Names of Stars, Golden State, We3Kings, The Peach Kings, Mathclub and more. Also included are two tracks from the film’s original score composed by Ronen Landa (The Pact). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 11, 2014. Audio clips are available after the jump. Cavemen is written and directed by Herschel Faber and stars Skylar Astin, Camilla Belle, Chad Michael Murray, Alexis Knapp, Dayo Okeniyi and Kenny Wormald. The movie follows a playboy who is fed up with one-night-stands and empty relationships and decides to try his hand at finding true love for the first time. The comedy opened in select theaters earlier this month and is now also available on VOD. The film will also be released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 8 by Well Go USA. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 21, 2014)
Posted: February 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 3 Days to Kill, Almost Human, Andy Garfield, Angels in Stardust, Barefoot, Clinton Shorter, Gabriel Yared, Guillaume Roussel, In Secret, John Hunter, Michael Penn, Pompeii
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the action thriller 3 Days to Kill directed by McG and starring Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Amber Heard and Connie Nielsen. Guillaume Roussel (Crossing Lines) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. 3 Days to Kill follows a dangerous international spy who is determined to give up his high-stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he’s previously kept at arm’s length to keep out of danger. To learn more about the film, which is being released by Relativity Media, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is the historical action epic Pompeii directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Browning, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jared Harris, Paz Vega and Kiefer Sutherland. Clinton Shorter (District 9, 2 Guns, Contraband) has composed the film’s original score. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week. A CD version will be coming out on February 25. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit Examiner for a recent interview with Shorter about his work on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Drive Hard’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bryce Jacobs, Drive Hard, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Drive Hard. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bryce Jacobs. Also included are three songs by Hart Steen, Anthony Snape and Jake Glenn Tribe. The soundtrack will be released on March 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for audio clips. Drive Hard is directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and stars John Cusack and Thomas Jane. The movie follows a former race car driver turned driver’s training instructor who is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheelman for a crime that leads them all on a chase across Australia’s Gold Coast. The thriller will be released in select theaters by Image Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
William Ross to Score Hallmark’s ‘In My Dreams’
Posted: February 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Hallmark Hall of Fame, In My Dreams, William Ross
William Ross has announced on Twitter that he will be scoring the upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame romantic comedy In My Dreams. The film is directed by Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun) and stars Katherine McPhee, Mike Vogel and JoBeth Williams. The movie follows a restaurant owner and a bridge architect who throw a penny into the local fountain fabled for bringing lovers together and start having dreams about each other, during which they fall in love. Teena Booth and Brent Shields (Remember Sunday, Christmas in Conway) is executive producing the project. Ross has previously collaborated with Leon on Lifetime’s Steel Magnolias remake. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Divergent’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Divergent, Soundtrack
The details for the soundtrack album for the young adult novel film adaptation of Divergent have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film, including the original tracks Beating Heart by Ellie Goulding, Find You by Zedd feat. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant and Fight for You by Pia Mia feat. Chance The Rapper. Also features included are tracks by M83, Snow Patrol, A$AP Rocky feat. Gesaffelstein, Pretty Lights and more. The soundtrack will be released on March 11, 2014 by Interscope Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by Junkie XL and executive produced by Hans Zimmer is reportedly also in the works. Divergent based on Veronica Roth’s first of a trilogy of novels is directed by Neil Burger and stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Aaron Eckhart, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ray Stevenson, Jai Courtney, Ansel Elgort, Ashley Judd and Maggie Q. Read the rest of this entry »
‘HitRECord on TV’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hitrecord on TV, Pivot, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s variety series HitRECord on TV. The album features the songs from the show’s first season, including such tracks as You’re Not the Only One, Oh, It’s Fantastic and Beastly Beauty. Also included is a cue from the series’ score. The soundtrack will be released on March 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. HitRECord on TV created, executive produced and hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt features a series of short films, animation, music, conversation from thousands of contributors from around the world. The series currently airs every Saturday on Pivot. Read the rest of this entry »
