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2014 World Soundtrack Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: August 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: World Soundtrack Awards

The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2013 World Soundtrack Awards to be presented in three categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Saturday, October 19, the closing night of the Ghent International Film Festival. Here are the nominations:

Film Composer of the Year

Marco Beltrami
A Good Day to Die Hard, Carrie, The Homesman, Snowpiercer, Warm Bodies, World War Z, The Wolverine

Alexandre Desplat
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, Marius, The Monuments Men, Philomena, Venus in Fur, Zulu Read the rest of this entry »

‘The November Man’ Soundtrack Details

Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the action thriller The November Man. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (World War Z, Scream, The Hurt Locker, The Wolverine). The soundtrack will be released physically on September 9, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. November Man is directed by Roger Donaldson and stars Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Eliza Taylor, Caterina Scorsone, Bill Smitrovich and Will Patton. The movie follows an ex-CIA operative who is pitted against his former pupil on a race to find a woman who is hiding from her past and who holds the key to an international conspiracy. Read the rest of this entry »

‘When the Game Stands Tall’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: August 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: John Paesano, score, Soundtrack, When the Game Stands Tall

Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the sports drama When the Game Stands Tall. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Paesano (The Maze Runner, Dragons: Riders of Berk, Crisis). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Where the Game Stands Tall is directed by Thomas Carter (Save the Last Dance, Coach Carter) and stars Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis, Alexander Ludwig, Clancy Brown and Laura Dern. The movie tells the story of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport. Read the rest of this entry »

David Newman to Score Richard Loncraine’s ‘Ruth & Alex’

Posted: August 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: David Newman, Richard Loncraine, Ruth & Alex

David Newman is composing the music for the upcoming drama Ruth & Alex. The movie is directed by Richard Loncraine and stars Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton, Michael Cristofer, Cynthia Nixon, Claire Vanderboom, Korey Jackson, Carrie Preston, Sterling Jerins, Josh Pais and Miriam Shor. The film follows a long-married couple during an eventful weekend after they are forced to contemplate selling their beloved Brooklyn apartment. Charlie Peters (Three Men and a Little Lady, My Father the Hero) has written the screenplay based on a novel by Jill Cement. Charlie Peters is also producing the project with Lori McCreary (Invictus, The Magic of Belle Isle), Curtis Burch (Words and Pictures) and Tracy Mercer (Madam Secretary). Read the rest of this entry »

‘Batman: Assault on Arkham’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: August 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Batman: Assault on Arkham, Robert J. Kral, score, Soundtrack

WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the DC Animated Universe Original Movie Batman: Assault on Arkham. The album features the film’s original music composed by Robert J. Kral (Angel, The Haunting in Connecticut) who previously scored such animated movies as Superman: Doomsday, Superman vs. The Elite and Green Lantern: First Flight. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. La-La Land Records will release a limited edition CD version featuring four additional tracks on August 26, 2014. Check out audio clips after the jump. Batman: Assault on Arkham is directed by Jay Oliva & Ethan Spaulding and features the voices of Kevin Conroy, Neal McDonough, Hynden Walch, Matthew Gray Gubler, Troy Baker, C.C.H. Pounder, Greg Ellis, Giancarlo Esposito, John DiMaggio and Jennifer Hale. Read the rest of this entry »

Christophe Beck to Score Andrew Niccol’s ‘Good Kill’

Posted: August 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Andrew Niccol, Christophe Beck, Good Kill

Christophe Beck has been tapped to score the upcoming drama Good Kill. The film is written and directed by Andrew Niccol and stars Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Jake Abel and Bruce Greenwood. The movie follows a troubled Air Force officer who is charged with directing drone strikes and enters a moral minefield as the rationale for targeting purported terrorists becomes ever more murky. Nicolas Chartier (The Hurt Locker, The Company You Keep), Zev Foreman and Mark Amin (Filth) are producing the Voltage Pictures production. Beck has previously co-scored the indie drama Charlie Countryman for Voltage. Read the rest of this entry »

David Shire’s ‘Rear Window’ Score to Be Released

Posted: August 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music Albums
Tags: David Shire, Rear Window, score, Soundtrack

MovieScore Media has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1998 television version of Rear Window directed by Jeff Bleckner and starring Christopher Reeve, Daryl Hannah, Robert Forster and Ritchie Coster. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer David Shire (The Conversation, The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, Zodiac, Return to Oz, Short Circuit). The soundtrack will be released on August 26, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. To listen to audio clips and to pre-order the limited edition CD, visit Screen Archives and check out audio clips below. Rear Window is based on the premise of the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie with the same title and premiered in 1998 on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »

‘When Animals Dream’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: August 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Mikkel Hess, score, Soundtrack, When Animals Dream

A soundtrack album will be released for the Danish horror romance When Animals Dream. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mikkel Hess. Also included are tracks by Christian Risgaard, Marie Fisker, MØ & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 19, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. When Animals Dream is directed by Jonas Ambry and stars Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter and Jakob Oftebro. The film follows a 16-year-old girl living in a secluded fishing village who falls in love and discovers she’s a werewolf as she’s hunted down by the village. The movie premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and is being releaed in a number of markets overseas over the next couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 10, 2014)

Posted: August 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: Legends, Reinhold Heil, TNT

Premiering on Wednesday, August 13, is the new TNT original series Legends executive produced by Howard Gordon, Alexander Cary, Jonathan Levin, Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris and starring Sean Bean, Ali Larter, Rob Mayes, Tina Majorino, Steve Harris, Amber Valletta and Lux Haney Jardine. Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, One Hour Photo, The International, Helix) is composing the show’s original music. For more information about the drama, which will air every Wednesday night on TNT, and to watch a trailer, check out our scoring assignment announcement.

‘Stage Fright’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: August 10, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Eli Batalion, Jerome Sable, Soundtrack, Stage Fright

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror comedy musical Stage Fright. The album features the original songs and score from the film written by the film’s director Jerome Sable and Eli Batalion. Aram Mandossian serves as the movie’s music producer. The soundtrack will be released on September 23, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Stage Fright starring Allie MacDonald, Douglas Smith, Brandon Uranowitz, Minnie Driver and Meat Loaf centers on a teenager with Broadway dreams who sneaks out of the performing arts camp where she works to audition for the summer showcase and lands the lead, only to find herself in the middle of a bloodbath when rehearsals begin. Read the rest of this entry »