Varese Sarabande Records will release the soundtrack album for Kenneth Branagh’s action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. The album features the film’s original score composed by Patrick Doyle (Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) who regularly works with the director. The soundtrack is expected to be released ahead of the film’s opening on January 17, 2014. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Check back on this page for the full album details. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit based on the character created by bestselling author Tom Clancy stars Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, as well as Branagh himself. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande to Release Patrick Doyle’s ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ Score
Posted: November 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Doyle, score, Soundtrack
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‘Jewtopia’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jewtopia, Nathan Wang, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Jewtopia. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Wang (The Game Plan, She’s the Man, Rumble in the Bronx). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 10, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jewtopia is directed by Bryan Fogel and stars Ivan Sergei, Joel David Moore, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Arnold, Jon Lovitz, Nicollette Sheridan, Peter Stormare, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Wendie Malick and Rita Wilson. The movie centers on two childhood friends from different families who reunite as adults when one asks the other to help him pretend to be Jewish so he can woo a beautiful woman. The film opened in select theaters this past September when it also premiered on VOD and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 11, 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mancina to Return for ‘Planes: Fire & Rescue’
Posted: November 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Mancina, Planes, Planes: Fire & Rescue
Mark Mancina is set to return to compose the score for Disney’s Planes: Fire & Rescue. The sequel to this summer’s animated feature Planes is directed by Bobs Gannaway (Secret of the Wings, Stitch! The Movie) and features a crew of elite firefighting aircraft devoted to protecting historic Piston Peak National Park from a raging wildfire. Dane Cook will once again be voicing the film’s main character of Dusty. He is joined by Julie Bowen who will appear as the voice of the new character Lil’ Dipper. The full voice cast has yet to be announced. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter is executive producing the DisneyToon Studios production. Mancina’s music for the first Planes movie is now available on Walt Disney Records (click here for the album details). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anchorman, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, Soundtrack
Republic Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the comedy sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. The album features the songs featured in the film performed by the movie’s characters such as Ron Burgundy, Brian Fantana, Brick Tamland and Champ Kind, including a cover version of Christopher Cross’s Ride Like The Wind by Burgundy and Robin Thicke, as well as original songs composed by the film’s composers Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau. Also featured are a number of classic songs by artists including Neil Diamond, Hot Chocolate and Kenny Loggins. The soundtrack will be released on December 17, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is directed by Adam McKay and stars Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, James Marsden and Kristen Wiig. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kill Your Darlings’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kill Your Darlings, Nico Muhly, score, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Kill Your Darlings. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nico Muhly (The Reader, Margaret, Joshua). Also included are three tracks featured in the film by vocalist Catherine Russell accompanied by Grammy winner Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 10, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Kill Your Darlings is directed by John Krokidas and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Ben Foster, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Cross and Elizabeth Olsen. The film tells the story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs at Columbia University in 1944. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is currently playing in select theaters. Read the rest of this entry »
‘American Hustle’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: American Hustle, Danny Elfman, David O. Russell, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records will release the official soundtrack album for David O. Russell’s comedy drama American Hustle. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Duke Ellington, Elton John, The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Tom Jones, Jeff Lynne, Chris Stills, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Mayssa Karaa, Wings and Jack Jones. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by Danny Elfman who previously scored the director’s Silver Linings Playbook. The soundtrack will be released on December 6, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. American Hustle starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence tells the the story of a brilliant con man who, along with his seductive British partner is forced to work for a wild FBI agent who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers. The movie will be released nationwide on December 13, 2013 by Sony 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
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 »
’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 »
