Clinton Shorter is composing the music for the upcoming CBS drama Intelligence. The show stars is created by Michael Seitzman (North Country, Here on Earth) and stars Josh Holloway, Meghan Ory, John Billingsley, PJ Byrne, Michael Rady and Marg Helgenberger. The series centers on a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain who is the first human ever to be connected directly into the global information grid and have complete access to Internet, WiFi, telephone and satellite data. Seitzman is also executive producing the ABC Television Studios and CBS Television Studios production with Tripp Vinson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Number 23) and David Semel (Person of Interest, No Ordinary Family) who also directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
Clinton Shorter Scoring CBS’ ‘Intelligence’
Posted: December 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Clinton Shorter, Intelligence
‘The Thirteenth Tale’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Benjamin Wallfisch, score, Soundtrack, The Thirteenth Tale
MovieScore Media and Kronos Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC drama The Thirteenth Tale. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, The Hours, Dear Wendy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 30, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Thirteenth Tale is directed by James Kent and stars Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman and Alexandra Roach. The movie based on Diane Setterfield’s novel and adapted by Oscar winner Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons) follows a famous novelist with failing health who enlists an amateur biographer to hear her story and ghostwrite her autobiography. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna to Score Wally Pfister’s ‘Transcendence’
Posted: December 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mychael Danna, Transcendence, Wally Pfister
Mychael Danna has been tapped to score the upcoming sci-fi thriller Transcendence. The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight, Inception) and stars Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, Clifton Collins, Jr. and Morgan Freeman. The movie follows a foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. Jack Paglen has written the screenplay. Andrew A. Kosove & Broderick Johnson (The Blind Side, Prisoners, Insomnia) the Alcon Entertainment production with Kate Cohen, Marisa Polvino, Annie Marter, David Valdes (Mud, The Prestige) and Aaron Ryder (The Green Mile, The Book of Eli). Read the rest of this entry »
A.R. Rahman to Score ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’
Posted: December 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A.R. Rahman, Lasse Hallstrom, The Hundred-Foot Journey
A.R. Rahman has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Hundred-Foot Journey. The film is directed by Lasse Hallstrom and stars Helen Mirren and Manish Dayal. The movie follows an Indian family who moves to Southern France and opens an Indian restaurant a hundred feet across the street from a Michelin starred French restaurant. Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises) has written the screenplay based based on the bestselling book by Richard Morais. Steven Spielberg is producing the DreamWorks Studios and Participant Media production with Oprah Winfrey and Juliet Blake. Rahman who is best known for his Academy Award-winning music for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, as well as as numerous Bollywood movies has previously scored the drama People Like Us for DreamWorks. Read the rest of this entry »
BMI to Present Composer/Director Roundtable at 2014 Sundance Film Festival
Posted: December 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: BMI, Sundance Film Festival
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has announced the 16th annual Composer/Director Roundtable and 12th annual Snowball during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, on January 22, in Park City, Utah. BMI’s roundtable entitled Music & Film: The Creative Process will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sundance House. The conversation will be moderated by Doreen Ringer Ross, Vice President, Film/TV Relations and focus on the relationship between composer and director. The participants will discuss what goes into creating a successful film score, the ingredients of an effective composer/director relationship, the Sundance Film Festival experience and more. Panelists include composer Craig Wedren and director David Wain of the comedy They Came Together; composer Blake Neely and directors Ryan White and Ben Cotner of the documentary The Case Against 8; Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sherlock’ – Season 3 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, David Arnold, Michael Price, PBS, score, Sherlock, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the BBC hit series Sherlock. The album features selections from score of the show’s third season composed by David Arnold (Independence Day, Casino Royale) and Michael Price. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on January 27, 2014 and on March 4 in the US. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and check out audio clips after the jump. The label has previously released soundtrack albums for the first two seasons. Sherlockcreated by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss is a contemporary update of the classic detective stories and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. The third season of the series will premiere in the UK on January 1 on BBC and in the U.S. on January 19, 2014 on PBS. Read the rest of this entry »
Ryan Amon to Reteam with Neill Blomkamp on ‘Chappie’
Posted: December 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chappie, Neill Blomkamp, Ryan Amon
Ryan Amon has signed on to score the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Chappie. The composer is sharing scoring duties on the project with Chris Clark and Rich Walters who also serves as the music editor on the picture. The film is directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and stars Hugh Jackman, Dev Patel and Sigourney Weaver The movie follows a robot named Chappie who is kidnapped by two criminals and becomes the adopted son of a very strange and dysfunctional family. Sharlto Copley will be lending his voice to the title character. Blomkamp has also co-written the screenplay with Terri Tatchell (District 9). Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class, Jumper) is producing the Sony Pictures and Media Rights Capital (MRC) production. Amon made his major film scoring debut this year with Blomkamp’s Elysium starring Matt Damon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wrong Cops’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mr. Oizo, Quentin Dupieux, Soundtrack, Wrong Cops
Ed Banger Records will release a soundtrack album for Quentin Dupieux’s comedy Wrong Cops. The album features the film’s music by the director under his pseudo Mr Oizo, including the track Solid, on which he collaborated with Marilyn Manson who also appears in the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 20, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. A CD and Vinyl pack version is set to be released on February 10, 2014. Wrong Cops starring Mark Burnham, Eric Judor, Steve Little, Eric Wareheim and Arden Myrin chronicles the life of cops behaving badly in a future where crime has all been eradicated. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by IFC Midnight for a theatrical and VOD release on December 20. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Person of Interest’ – Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CBS, Person of Interest, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the second soundtrack album for the CBS drama Person of Interest. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Iron Man). The soundtrack will be released on January 14, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring musical highlights from the first season, as well as the main titles theme composed by executive producer J.J. Abrams. Person of Interest is created by Jonathan Nolan and stars Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Taraji P. Henson and Kevin Chapman. The second season of the Bad Robots production is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD and the show’s third season air every Tuesday night on CBS. Read the rest of this entry »
Marc Shaiman Scoring Rob Reiner’s ‘And So It Goes’
Posted: December 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: And So It Goes, Marc Shaiman, Rob Reiner
Marc Shaiman has recently recorded his score for the upcoming comedy drama And So It Goes. The film is directed by Rob Reiner and stars Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton, Sterling Jerins, Frankie Valli, Scott Shepherd and Frances Sternhagen. The movie follows a self-centered real estate agent whose life is turned upside down when his estranged son suddenly drops off a granddaughter he never knew. Academy Award nominee Mark Andrus (As Good As It Gets, Life as a House) has written the screenplay. Reiner is also producing the Foresight Unlimited and Castle Rock production with Alan Greisman (Fletch, Soapdish) and Mark Damon (Monster, Nine 1/2 Weeks). Shaiman has been Reiner’s regular composer for over two decades. Read the rest of this entry »
