The soundtrack details for the animated feature The Lego Movie have been revealed. The soundtrack features the film’s original score composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street, Hotel Transylvania). Also included is the song Everything Is AWESOME!!! by Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island, which has also been used in the movie’s marketing campaign. The soundtrack will be released on February 4, 2014 by WaterTower Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be posted on this site within the next few weeks. The Lego Movie is directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller and features the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Nick Offerman, Charlie Day, , Alison Brie and Morgan Freeman. The movie will be released on February 7, 2014 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Lego Movie’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Mothersbaugh, score, Soundtrack, The Lego Movie
‘The Case Against 8’ to Feature Music by Blake Neely
Posted: January 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, The Case Against 8
Blake Neely has composed the music for the upcoming documentary The Case Against 8. The film is directed by Ben Cotner & Ryan White (Good Ol’ Freda, Pelada) and centers on the Landmark Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The movie was shot over five years and offers insight into our justice system and the often mysterious process of taking a case to the Supreme Court. Sheila Nevins is executive producing the project. The Case Against 8 is set to premiere later this week at the Sundance Film Festival and will air on HBO later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Winter’s Tale’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Rupert Gregson-Williams, score, Soundtrack, Winter's Tale
The details of the soundtrack album for the fantasy drama Winter’s Tale have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Dark Knight, The Lion King) and Rupert Gregson-Williams (Bee Movie, Hotel Rwanda). Also included is the song Miracle performed by KT Tunstall. The soundtrack will be released on February 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be posted on this page soon. Winter’s Tale marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) and stars Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Russell Crowe, Eva Marie Saint,, Ripley Sobo and Mckayla Twiggs. The drama is based on the novel by Mark Helprin and follows thief who breaks into a dying young woman’s home and ends up falling for her. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Wedren and Mark Orton to Perform at BMI’s Snowball at Sundance
Posted: January 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Craig Wedren, Mark Orton, Snowball, Sundance
Film composers Craig Wedren and Mark Orton have been announced as performers at the annual Snowball, presented by BMI, on January 22, 2014 at the Sundance House in Park City, Utah. The event will also feature performances by Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall and vocalist and folk songwriter Kris Orlowski. The Snowball will begin at 8 p.m. and is open to Festival Credential holders. Wedren who is best known as the frontman of Shudder to Think has composed the music for numerous films by David Wain, including Role Models, Wanderlust, Wet Hot American Summer and most recently the comedy They Came Together starring Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd, which is premiering at Sundance. His other scoring credits include Richard Linklater’s The School of Rock, HBO’s Hung and Showtimes’s United States of Tara. Orton who is a member of the acoustic chamber music group Tin Hat has recently scored Alexander Payne’s critically acclaimed Nebraska and has previously written the music for Miguel Arteta’s The Good Girl among other projects. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard Scoring ‘Cut Bank’
Posted: January 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cut Bank, Edward Zwick, James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard is composing the score for the upcoming thriller Cut Bank. The film is directed by Matt Shakman (Mad Men, Six Feet Under) and stars Liam Hemsworth, John Malkovich, Billy Bob Thornton, Teresa Palmer, Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt and Michael Stuhlbarg. The movie follows a former-athlete-turned-auto-mechanic who dreams of getting out of Cut Bank, Montana, but his efforts to do so set in motion a deadly series of events that change his life and the character of the town forever. Roberto Patino (Sons of Anarchy) has written the screenplay. Laura Rister (Lovelace), Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai, Glory), Dan Cohen (The Spectacular Now) and Mickey Barold (Barry Munday) are producing the Killburn Media production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘That Awkward Moment’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Torn, score, Soundtrack, That Awkward Moment
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the comedy That Awkward Moment. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Torn (Friday Night Lights, Lars and the Real Girl, The Wackness). Also included are the songs from the movie by artists including Crozet, Night Drive, Black Apples, Strange Talk and Lavender Diamond. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 28, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. A CD version will be coming out on February 18 and is available to order here. That Awkward Moment is written and directed by Tom Gormican and stars Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Imogen Poots, Mackenzie Davis and Jessica Lucas. The movie follows three guys who decide to support a friend devastated by a recent breakup by vowing to maintain their single status for as long as possible. The comedy will be released on January 31, 2014 by Focus Features. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Ebert Wins Golden Globe Award for ‘All Is Lost’
Posted: January 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Golden Globes
Alex Ebert has received his first Golden Globe Award for his score for J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost starring Robert Redford. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were John Williams (The Book Thief), Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave), Alex Heffes (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) and Steven Price (Gravity).
In the Best Original Song category, U2 and Brian Burton won the award for the song Ordinary Love from Justin Chadwicks’s biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
Bear McCreary to Score Starz’s ‘Outlander’
Posted: January 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Outlander, Ronald D. Moore, Starz
Bear McCreary has announced on Twitter that he will be scoring the upcoming Starz original series Outlander. The show is created by Ronald D. Moore based on Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling books and stars Caitrona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies, Graham McTavish, Gary Lewis, Duncan Lacroix, Annette Badland and Stephen Walters. The series follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. Moore is also executive producing the Tall Ship Productions, Story Mining & Supply Company and Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television production with Jim Kohlberg (The Music Never Stopped). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 12, 2014)
Posted: January 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bitten, Chozen, Enlisted, Erica Weis, Evan Brau, Flowers in the Attic, Fox, FX, Grant Dekernion, HBO, Lifetime, Mario Grigorov, Orr Rebhun, Syfy, T Bone Burnett, Tad Kubler, Todd Kobakov, True Detective
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series True Detective created by Nic Pizzolatto, directed by Cary Fukunaga (Jane Eyre) and starring Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Jay O. Sanders, Lili Simmons, Alexandra Daddario, Michael Potts, Kevin Dunn, Tory Kittles, Elizabeth Reaser and Brad Carter. T Bone Burnett (Inside Llewyn Davis, O Brother Where Are Thou?) is composing the show’s original score. True Detective follows two cops whose lives intersect during a 17-year serial killer investigation in Louisiana. The drama will air every Sunday night on HBO. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the show. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: January 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Patrick Doyle
Audio clips from the soundtrack for Kenneth Branagh’s action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit have been published. The film’s music is composed by Patrick Doyle (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Thor, Much Ado About Nothing) who recorded his score with the London Symphony Orchestra. Check out audio clips from all 24 tracks on the soundtrack album after the jump. The album will be released digitally on January 14, 2014 by Varese Sarabande (click here to pre-order) and a physical version will be coming out on February 4 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
