Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the romantic comedy The Right Kind of Wrong. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Emma). Also included are two songs by Nick Fowler and Mickey Guyton. The soundtrack will be released on March 25, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Right Kind of Wrong is directed by Jeremiah Chechik who previously worked together with Portman on Benny & Joon and stars Ryan Kwanten, Sara Canning, Will Sasso and Catherine O’Hara. The movie follows a struggling writer who meets the girl of his dreams at her own wedding. The comedy premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures for domestic distribution. The film is now available on VOD and will be released in select theaters on March 14. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Right Kind of Wrong’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rachel Portman, score, Soundtrack, The Right Kind of Wrong
‘Jamesy Boy’ Original Score Album Announced
Posted: February 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jamesy Boy, Jermaine Stegall, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a score album for the crime drama Jamesy Boy. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jermaine Stegall (Blood Out, Breathless). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 18, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Jamesy Boy is directed by Trevor White and stars Spencer Lofranco, James Woods, Mary-Louise Parker, Ving Rhames, Taissa Farmiga and Taboo. The movie tells the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. The movie opened in select theaters in January and is now available on VOD. The drama will also be released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 11. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman’s ‘Good Will Hunting’ Score to Be Released
Posted: February 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Good Will Hunting, Gus van Sant, score, Soundtrack
Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1997 drama Good Will Hunting directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck and Minnie Driver. The album features the complete score from the film composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman) who would later reunite with the director on such films as Milk, Psycho, Restless and Promised Land. The composer’s music was previously only commercially released with two tracks on the original soundtrack album. Also featured on the new album are six tracks of indie songwriter Elliott Smith who was Oscar-nominated for the song Miss Misery in the Best Original Song category. Elfman also received an Academy Award nomination for his score and the film won the award for Williams’ supporting actor performance and Damon’s and Affleck’s screenplay. To order the limited edition CD and to listen to audio clips, visit the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Goransson Scoring Joe Carnahan’s ‘Stretch’
Posted: February 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jason Blum, Joe Carnahan, Ludwig Göransson, No Cameras Allowed, Stretch, The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Ludwig Goransson is composing the score for the upcoming action comedy thriller Stretch. The film is written and directed by Joe Carnahan and stars Patrick Wilson, Chris Pine, Ed Helms, Jessica Alba, Brooklyn Decker, James Badge Dale and Ray Liotta. The movie follows a down-on-his-luck chauffeur who is looking to relieve his debt by driving around a mysterious billionaire who drags him to hell and back. Carnahan is also producing the project with Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, The Purge) for Blumhouse Pictures. Tracy Falco (Lions for Lambs) is executive producing. The director has previously collaborated with composers including Cliff Martinez (Narc), Clint Mansell (Smokin’ Aces), Alan Silvestri (The A-Team) and Marc Streitenfeld (The Grey). Read the rest of this entry »
‘In Secret’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gabriel Yared, In Secret, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been announced for the romantic drama In Secret. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 21 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. In Secret is directed by Charlie Stratton and stars Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton and Jessica Lange. The movie based on Émile Zola’s s novel Thérèse Raquin is set in thee lower depths of 1860s Paris and follows a sexually repressed young woman who is trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin by her domineering aunt. The drama premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released this Friday, February 21 by Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
Marc & Steffan Fantini Scoring ‘Moms’ Night Out’
Posted: February 18, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marc Fantini, Mom's Night Out, Space Station 76, Steffan Fantini
Marc Fantini and Steffan Fantini are currently recording their orchestral score for the upcoming family comedy Moms’ Night Out. The film is directed by Andrew & Jon Erwin (October Baby) and stars Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, Alex Kendrick, Robert Amaya, Abbie Cobb, Andrea Logan White, Kevin Downes, Harry Shum Jr. and Trace Adkins. The movie follows three married moms, their husbands, a sister-in-law with a misplaced baby, a tattoo parlor owner, a motorcycle gang and one bewildered cabbie who learn to embrace parenting on a night out gone awry. Kevin Downes (Like Dandelion Dust) is producing the AFFIRM Films and Provident Films production. The comedy will be released this Mother’s Day weekend on May 9, 2014 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande to Release ‘Bates Motel’ Soundtrack
Posted: February 18, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A&E, Bates Motel, Carlton Cuse, Chris Bacon, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the A&E hit drama Bates Motel. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Chris Bacon (Source Code, Alpha & Omega, Smash). The soundtrack will be released on April 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full soundtrack details will be posted on this page within the next couple of weeks. Bates Motel is created by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin & Anthony Cipriano and stars Freddie Highmore, Vera Farmiga, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz, Nestor Carbonell and Mike Vogel. The show is a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and centers on Norman Bates during his teenage years, his relationship with his mother truly is and how she helped forge the most famous serial killer of them all. The series’ first season is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Duncan to Score ABC’s ‘Sea of Fire’ and USA’s ‘Rush’ Pilots
Posted: February 18, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Jonathan Levine, Robert Duncan, Rush, Sea of Fire, USA
Robert Duncan is set to score the upcoming ABC drama pilot for Sea of Fire. The show is created by Jenna Bans (Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy) and stars Jennifer Carpenter, Jack Davenport, Jeffrey Nordling, Isabelle Cornish and Christina Chang. The drama is based on the Dutch series Vuurzee and follows three teenage girls who star in an illicit film, which tears their families apart and leads to a disappearance and a murder. Rob Goldenberg & Alon Aranya (Betrayal), David Hoberman & Todd Lieberman (The Fighter, Warm Bodies, The Muppets), Robert Kievit & Frank Ketelaar and Laurie Zaks (Castle) are executive producing the Sony Pictures Television, ABC Studios, Scripted World and Mandeville production. Read the rest of this entry »
Maurice Jarre’s ‘Distant Thunder’ Score to Be Released
Posted: February 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Distant Thunder, Elmer Bernstein, Maurice Jarre, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1988 Vietnam war drama Distant Thunder from Paramount Pictures directed by Rick Rosenthal and starring John Lithgow and Ralph Maccio. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Ghost, Dead Poets Society). To check out the full album details and to pre-order the CD, visit Intrada’s official website, where you can also check out audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Angelina Jolie’s ‘Unbroken’
Posted: February 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
Alexandre Desplat has been tapped to score the upcoming World War II drama Unbroken. The film marks the second directorial effort of Angelina Jolie and stars Jack O’Connell, Garrett Hedlund, Domhnall Gleeson, Jai Courtney and Finn Wittrock. The movie is based on the book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hildebrand and tells the true story of Lou Zamperini who was a Los Angeles high school track star who raced in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and whose Air Force plane crashed in the Pacific in 1943, where he survived 47 days without food and water. Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men, Fargo) have written the screenplay with Richard LaGravenese (The Horse Whisperer, The Fisher King) and William Nicholson (Gladiator, Les Miserables). Read the rest of this entry »
