Premiering on Wednesday, January 29, on BBC America is the biographical mini-series Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond directed by Mat Whitecross and starring Dominic Cooper in the title role as Ian Fleming, as well as Laura Pulver, Lesley Manville, Rupert Evans, Anna Chancellor, Samuel West, Annabelle Wallis and Camilla Rutherford. Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, 47 Ronin, The Young Victoria) and Tim Wheeler who previously scored Whitecross’ Ashes and Spike Island have composed the series’ original score. No word on a soundtrack album. To learn more about the mini-series, check out our scoring assignment announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 26, 2014)
Posted: January 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Fleming, Fox, Ilan Eshkeri, Patric Caird, Rake, Tim Wheeler
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‘Welcome to the Jungle’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Karl Preusser, score, Soundtrack, Welcome to the Jungle
MovieScore Media and Kronos Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Welcome to the Jungle. The album features the film’s original music composed by Karl Preusser. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 11, 2014 and physically on February 28 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Welcome to the Jungle is directed by Rob Meltzer and stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone, and Dennis Haysbert. The movie follows a group of unsuspecting office workers who find themselves stranded on a desert island when a corporate retreat goes horribly wrong. The comedy will be released in select theaters and on VOD on February 7 by Cinedigm. Read the rest of this entry »
Heather McIntosh Scoring ‘The White City’
Posted: January 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heather McIntosh, The White City
Heather McIntosh is composing the score for the upcoming indie drama The White City. The movie is directed by Tanner King Barklow (producer of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Invisible War) & Gil Kofman (Unmade in China) and stars Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett and Bob Morley. The film tells the story of an emotionally charged love triangle between three young artists that develops against the hot political climate of modern Tel Aviv. Barklow has also written the screenplay and Kofman is producing the project with Moti Adiv. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Nut Job’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Paul Intson, score, Soundtrack, The Nut Job
A soundtrack album was released for the hit animated feature The Nut Job. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Intson who recorded his score with a 62-piece orchestra and a 13-piece big band. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Nut Job is directed and co-written by Peter Lepeniotis and features the voice talent of Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Stephen Lang, Sarah Gadon and Jeff Dunham. The movie follows the exploits of a feisty squirrel who must leave his park homeland and find the means to survive in the big city. The animated feature is currently playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 24, 2014)
Posted: January 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bear McCreary, Enemies Closer, Gimme Shelter, I Frankenstein, Johnny Klimek, Knights of Badassdom, Philip Glass, Reinhold Heil, Tony Morales, Visitors
The only movie opening in wide release this weekend is the action thriller I, Frankenstein written and directed by Stuart Beattie and starring Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto and Jai Courtney. The film’s original score is composed by Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, One Hour Photo). Lisa Gerrard has composed additional music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and audio clips. The label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film by By Maker (feat. Geno Lenardo and Daniel Davies). Click here to learn more about the album.
Opening in around 400 theaters is the indie drama Gimme Shelter written and directed by Ron Krauss and starring Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser, James Earl Jones, Ann Dowd and Dascha Polanco. Olafur Arnalds (Broadchurch, Another Happy Day) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring his score is set to be released next week. Details will be announced on this page soon. Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain), Paul Haslinger (Underworld) and Assaf Rinde are credited as composers of additional score/music. The movie also features tracked in cues from Mychael Danna’s score from Capote and Ed Shearmur’s score from Mother and Child. Visit Soundtrack.Net for the full music credits. Read the rest of this entry »
Ilan Eshkeri & Tim Wheeler Scoring ‘Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond
Posted: January 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond, Ilan Eshkeri, Mat Whitecross, Tim Wheeler
Ilan Eshkeri and Tim Wheeler have composed the score for the biographical mini-series Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond. The series is directed by Mat Whitecross (Road to Guantanamo) and stars Dominic Cooper as Ian Fleming, alongside Laura Pulver, Lesley Manville, Rupert Evans, Annabelle Wallis, Anna Chancellor, Samuel West and Camilla Rutherford. The four-parter follows the author’s time with the British Naval Intelligence, which inspired him to invent super-spy James Bond. John Brownlow (Sylvia) and Don MacPherson (Entrapment) have written the script. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner’s ‘New Work for Four Horns’ to Premiere in London
Posted: January 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: James Horner, London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that a new concert piece composed by Academy Award-winning film composer James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind) will premiere at the Royal Festival Hall in London on March 27, 2015. The composer’s “new work for four horns” will be performed by musicians David Pyatt, John Ryan, James Thatcher and Richard Watkins and will be conducted by Jaime Martín. The event will also feature performances of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) and Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade. To find out more about the concert and to pre-order tickets, visit LPO’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score ‘Captive’
Posted: January 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Captive, Jerry Jameson, Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe has signed on to score the upcoming thriller Captive. The film is directed by Jerry Jameson and stars David Oyelowo, Kate Mara, Leonor Varela and Mimi Rogers. The movie centers on the true story of Brian Nichols who broke out of a courthouse jail in 2005 and shot dead the judge assigned to his case as well as a court reporter, sheriff’s deputy and FBI officer. Brian Bird (Not Easily Broken) and Reinhard Denke have written the screenplay based on Ashley Smith’s bestselling book An Unlikely Angel. Read the rest of this entry »
Riz Ortolani (1926 – 2014)
Posted: January 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Riz Ortolani
Riz Ortolani has passed away at age 87. The Italian composer scored around 200 films both in home country, as well as the United States, England and Germany. He received two Academy Awards for the original songs More from 1962’s Mondo cane and Till Love Touches Your Life from the 1970 western Madron. He was also Golden Globe-nominated for his Madron song, as well as the title song from Buena Sera, Mrs. Campbell and his score for the Ingrid Bergman- and Shirley MacLaine-starring 1964 comedy The Yellow Rolls-Royce. He won a Golden Globe for the song Forget Domani from the same film. His score for Mondo cane also earned him a Grammy nomination. His other film scoring credits include 1964’s The 7th Dawn starring William Holden, the 1966 British comedy The Spy with the Cold Nose and the 1965 western The Glory Guys. In recent years, his music was chosen by Quentin Tarantino and used in the director’s Kill Bill features, as well as Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 23, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, score, Soundtrack, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
ABKCO Records will release the official soundtrack album for Wes Anderson’s comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Argo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) who previously collaborated with the director on The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Moonrise Kingdom. Also included are a number of folk music tracks used in the movie. The soundtrack will be released on March 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Grand Budapest Hotel is written and directed by Anderson and stars Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody. The movie recounts the adventures of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. Read the rest of this entry »
