Mark Mothersbaugh has been tapped to score the upcoming IMAX 3D documentary Island of Lemurs: Madagascar. The film is directed by David Douglas and features trailblazing scientist Patricia Wright, an expert on lemurs and the wildlife of Madagascar where the creatures arrived as castaways millions of years ago and evolved into hundreds of diverse and now endangered species. Morgan Freeman is narrating the movie. Drew Fellman has written the screenplay and is also producing the project. Mothersbaugh has previously scored the IMAX documentary Born to be Wild 3D in 2011, which was produced by Fellman, narrated by Freeman and on which Douglas served as the director of cinematography. Island of Lemurs: Madagascar is set to be released in select IMAX theaters on April 4, 2014 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh to Score ‘Island of Lemurs: Madagascar’
Posted: November 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, Mark Mothersbaugh
’47 Ronin’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 47 Ronin, Carl Rinsch, Ilan Eshkeri, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the martial arts action adventure 47 Ronin. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria). The soundtrack will be released on December 24, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. 47 Ronin is directed by Carl Rinsch and stars Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano and Rinko Kikuchi. The film scripted by Chris Morgan (Fast Five) & Hossein Amini (Drive) and produced by Scott Stuber (Ted), Pamela Abdy (Identity Thief) and Eric McLeod (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) follows the 47 Ronin, a band of samurai swordsmen who avenge the death of their master in 18th century Japan. The movie will be released nationwide on December 25, 2013 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Butterfly’s Dream’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rahman Altin, score, Soundtrack, The Butterfly's Dream
Redwood Entertainment has released the soundtrack album for the Turkish drama The Butterfly’s Dream in the United States. The album features the film’s original music composed, arranged and produced by Rahman Altin who was honored with the Public Choice Award at this year’s World Soundtrack Awards ceremony in Ghent for his work on the movie. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon and is also available physically. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The Butterfly’s Dream directed by Yilmaz Ertoğan is set in the 1940s during World War II in the Black Sea city of Zonguldak and tells the story of two poets who both fall sick with tuberculosis and fall in love with the same woman. The movie was released in Turkey this past February and was selected to represent the country as its entry for Best Foreign Language Film for 2014’s Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Drinking Buddies’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Drinking Buddies, Joe Swanberg, Soundtrack
Jagjaguwar will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Drinking Buddies. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Richard Swift, Cavucas, Foxygen, Richard Youngs, Plants and Animals, Rubblebucket, Phèdre, Night Beds and Barna Howard. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 3, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Drinking Buddies is directed by Joe Swanberg and stars Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston and Anna Kendrick. The movie about a pair of Chicago craft brewery co-workers whose platonic friendship veers toward flirtation premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was released in select theaters and on VOD this summer by Magnolia Pictures. The comedy will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 3. Read the rest of this entry »
Scott Glasgow to Score ‘Poker Night’
Posted: November 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Poker Night, Scott Glasgow, Secrets of a Psychopath
Scott Glasgow has signed on to score the crime thriller Poker Night. The film is written and directed by Greg Francis and stars Ron Perlman, Giancarlo Esposito, Titus Welliver, Ron Eldard and Beau Mirchoff. The movie follows a young cop who learns from a Greek chorus of wiser, older detectives gathered for their ritual night of poker when a killer pulls the young cop and his mentors into a web of mutual deceit. Corey Large (Loaded) and Alan Pao are producing the project for Wingman Productions. Glasgow has previously collaborated with the producers on the features Chasing Ghosts and Toxic. Read the rest of this entry »
Complete ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Television Music AlbumsTags: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Bruce Broughton, Craig Safan, Henry Mancini, Mission Of The Shark: The Saga Of The U.S.S. Indianapolis, Remo Williams, score, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the complete soundtrack for the 1961 classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s directed by Blake Edwards and starring Katherine Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal and Mickey Rooney. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther). The score was previously only available as a re-arranged version on an LP version from RCA. The album also features the Academy Award-winning song Moon River performed by Hepburn, as well as a number of bonus tracks, including alternate versions of the song. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, visit Intrada’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney to Score Ivan Reitman’s ‘Draft Day’
Posted: November 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brad Anderson, Draft Day, Eliza Graves, ETM-LA, Ivan Reitman, John Debney, SpongeBob SquarePants 2
John Debney is reteaming with director Ivan Reitman on the upcoming sports drama Draft Day. The film’s cast includes Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Chadwick Boseman, Frank Langella, Sean Combs, Terry Crews, Sam Elliott and Tom Welling. The movie centers on the manager of the Cleveland Browns who struggles to acquire the top draft pick for his team on the day of the draft. Scott Rothman and Rajiv Joseph have written the screenplay. Reitman is also producing the project with Ali Bell and Tom Pollock (Hitchcock) through his Montecito Motion Picture Company. Debney has previously worked together with Reitman on the 2011 romantic comedy No Strings Attached starring Natalie Portman & Ashton Kutcher. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Here Comes the Devil’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Here Comes the Devil, Julio Pillado, score, Soundtrack
Mondo Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Here Comes the Devil. The album features the film’s original score composed by Julio Pillado. Also included are the songs from the film by artists including Braulio & Benita Lam, Joel Alonso & LSD and Knife of Simpson. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 17, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Here Comes the Devil is written and directed by Adrián García Bogliano and stars Francisco Barreiro, Laura Caro and Alan Martinez. The movie follows the parents of a preteen son and daughter who inexplicably reappear after being lost overnight on a desolate, cave-riddled mountainside after a casual hike became every parent’s nightmare. Magnolia Pictures has picked up domestic distribution rights and will release the Spanish language film in theaters and on VOD on December 13, 2013 through its Magnet label. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 24, 2013)
Posted: November 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jim Dooley, Jinxed, Kristin's Christmas Past, Lifetime, Michael Levine, Nick
Premiering tonight on Lifetime is the television movie Kristin’s Christmas Past directed by Jim Fall and starring Shiri Appleby, Will Kemp, Elizabeth Mitchell, Judd Nelson, A. J. Langer, Hannah Marks, Michael James-Olsen, Debby Ryan, Courtney Henggeler and Deniz Akdeniz. Michael Levine(Cold Case, Close to Home) has composed the film’s original score. The drama follows woman estranged from her family who goes to sleep alone on Christmas Eve and wakes up Christmas morning seventeen years into her past to relive the worst Christmas of her life. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘August: Osage County’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Taylor, August: Osage County, Gustavo Santaolalla, score, Soundtrack
Columbia Records will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy drama August: Osage County. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Gustavo Santolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel), as well music by Adam Taylor who scored major parts of the movie. Also included are songs by Bon Iver, Kings of Leon, Eric Clapton, John Fullbright, Billy Squier and JD and the Straight Shot, as well as actor Benedict Cumberbatch who performs a song on screen. The soundtrack will be released on January 7, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. August: Osage County based on Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play is directed by John Wells and stars Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Sam Shepard, Juliette Lewis, Julianne Nichols, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale, Abigail Breslin and Dermot Mulroney. The dramedy premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in theaters on December 25, 2013 by the Weinstein Company. Read the rest of this entry »
