Director Paul McGuigan announced on Twitter that Craig Armstrong will be composing the music for the upcoming horror thriller Frankenstein. The film based on a number of contemporary adaptations of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel of the same title stars Daniel Radcliffe as hunchback Igor and James McAvoy as Victor Frankenstein. Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott and Mark Gatiss are co-starring. No plot details have been announced yet. Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra) has written the screenplay and John Davis (Predator, I, Robot, Waterworld, The Blacklist) is producing the project for Davis Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Armstrong to Score Paul McGuigan’s ‘Frankenstein’
Posted: August 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Armstrong, Frankenstein, Paul McGuigan
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Josh Kramon to Score ABC’s ‘Forever’
Posted: August 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Forever, Josh Kramon
Josh Kramon is scoring the upcoming ABC drama Forever. The show is created by Matthew Miller (Chuck, Human Target) and stars Ioan Gruffudd, Alana De La Garza, Lorraine Toussaint, Donnie Keshawarz, Joel David Moore and Judd Hirsch. The series follows New York City’s star medical examiner who studies the dead to solve criminal cases and the mystery of his own inexplicable immortality. Miller is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Jennifer Gwartz (Veronica Mars, Cupid) and Dan Lin (The Lego Movie, Sherlock Holmes). Forever is set to premiere on September 23, 2014 and will air every Tuesday night on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore to Receive Maestro Award at Billboard/THR Film & TV Music Conference
Posted: August 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Howard Shore, Maestro Award
Howard Shore has been chosen to receive the Maestro Award at this year’s Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film and TV Music Conference, which is being held November 5 and 6 at Universal Studios in Hollywood. The Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning composer is best known for his music for Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He also scored such films as The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator, Hugo, Mrs. Doubtfire, Big, Philadelphia, The Departed and Ed Wood. He is currently composing the music for the final installment in The Hobbit series The Battle of Five Armies. He recently also scored Jon Stewart’s directorial debut Rosewater, which will be released this fall and David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, which premiered in May at the Cannes Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
Bibio to Score Jason Reitman’s ‘Men, Women & Children’
Posted: August 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bibio, Jason Reitman, Men Women & Children
Bibio is composing the original music for the upcoming drama Men, Women & Children. The film is directed by Jason Reitman and stars Rosemarie DeWitt, Adam Sandler, Kaitlyn Dever, Ansel Elgort, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Elena Kampouris, Emma Thompson, J.K. Simmons and Dean Norris. The movie follows a group of teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives. Reitman has co-written the screenplay with Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary, Chloe) based on a novel by Chad Kultgen. He is also producing the project with Helen Estabrook (Whiplash, Labor Day). The project marks the film scoring debut of Bibio aka Stephen Wilkinson who is best known as a producer of electronic and experimental music. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Song’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, The Song
Capitol Christian Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the music drama The Song. The album features the music from and inspired by the film, including 11 original songs and 3 new recordings from the motion picture. Artists featured on the release include Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn and NEEDTOBREATHE. The soundtrack will be released on September 16, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Song is written and directed by Richard Ramsey and stars Alan Powell of the group Anthem Lights, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas and Ali Faulkner. The movie is a modern-day adaptation of the life and writings of Solomon, as found in the Song of Solomon Ecclesiastes, and follows an aspiring singer-songwriter whose life and marriage suffer when the song he writes for his wife propels him to stardom. Read the rest of this entry »
Keefus Ciancia Scoring ‘As Above, So Below’
Posted: August 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: As Above So Below, John Erick Dowdle, Keefus Ciancia
Keefus Ciancia has composed the music for the horror thriller As Above, So Below. The film is co-written and directed by John Erick Dowdle (Quarantine) and stars Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, Francois Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar, Cosme Castro and Hamidreza Javdan. The movie follows a team of explorers that ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris and uncovers a dark secret. Thomas Tull (Godzilla, Pacific Rim, 42) is producing the Legendary Picturs production with Jon Jashni (Shopgirl), Drew Dowdle (Quarantine) and Patrick Aiello (The Double). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Magic in the Moonlight’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Magic in the Moonlight, Soundtrack, Woody Allen
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for Woody Allen’s romantic comedy Magic in the Moonlight. The album features the jazz tracks from the film by artists including Bix Beiderbecke, Conal Fowkes, Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Nat Shilkret, Ute Lemper, Al Bowlly, California Ramblers, Sidney DeParis and more. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Magic in the Moonlight written and directed by Allen stars Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Eileen Atkins, Simon McBurney and Jacki Weaver. The comedy is set in the 1920s on the Riviera and follows a master magician who is trying to expose a psychic medium as a fake. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC’s ‘A to Z’ to Feature Music by Craig Wedren
Posted: August 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A to Z, Craig Wedren, NBC
Craig Wedren has been hired to score the new NBC comedy A to Z. The show is created by Ben Queen (Drive, Cars 2) and stars Ben Feldman, Cristin Milioti, Henry Zebrowski, Lenora Crichlow, Christina Kirk and Hong Chau. Katey Sagal is narrating the series, which follows the relationship between a male employee at an internet dating site and a female no-nonsense lawyer, from meeting to breakup. Queen is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television and Le Train Train production with Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation), Will McCormack (Celeste & Jesse Forever), Bill Callahan (Psych) and Michael Patrick Jann (Reno 911!). A to Z is set to premiere on October 2, 2014 and will air every Thursday night on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Love Is Strange’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ira Sachs, Love Is Strange, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama Love Is Strange. The album features the classical pieces featured in the film composed by Frédéric Chopin, Arnold Schoenberg and Henryk Wieniawski. Also included is Nina Simone’s song That’s Him Over There. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Love Is Strange is directed by Ira Sachs and stars John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Darren Burrows, Charlie Tahan and Cheyenne Jackson. The movie follows a longtime couple who lose their New York home shortly after getting married. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in select theaters this Friday, August 22 by Sony Pictures Classics. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cantinflas’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cantinflas, Roque Banos, Soundtrack
Movic Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Cantinflas. The album features three tracks from the film’s original score composed by Roque Banos (Evil Dead, Oldboy, The Machinist, Sexy Beast). Also included are the songs from the film by artists including Denise Gutiérrez, Aleks Syntek, Mauricio Sánchez, Enrique Bunbury & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 25, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Cantinflas is directed by Sebastian del Amo and stars Oscar Jaenada, Michael Imperioli, Ilse Salas, Luis Gerardo Mendez, Gabriela de la Garza, Adal Ramones and Ana Layevska. The Spanish-language film tells the story of the Mexican comedic actor who is best known for co-starring with David Niven in 1956’s Around the Word in 80 Days. Read the rest of this entry »
