MovieScoreMedia and Kronos Records will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi television movie Exploding Sun. The album features the film’s original score composed by James Gelfand (Cyberbully, Silent Night). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 12, 2013 and physically on November 26. Visit Kronos Records’ website to pre-order the soundtrack and listen to audio clips. Exploding Sun is directed by Michael Robison (Eureka, Stephen King’s Dead Zone) and stars David James Elliott, Anthony Lemke,Natalie Brown and Julia Ormond. The movie tells the story of what happens when the first ever commercial space shuttle is struck by a solar storm. The film premiered in the U.S. this September on the ReelzChannel is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Exploding Sun’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Exploding Sun, James Gelfand, score, Soundtrack
‘Careful What You Wish For’ to Feature Music by John Debney, The Newton Brothers & Josh Debney
Posted: November 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Careful What You Wish For, John Debney, Josh Debney, The Newton Brothers
John Debney has composed the theme for the upcoming thriller Careful What You Wish For. The composer’s son Josh Debney and The Newton Brothers have written the score for the movie directed by Elizabeth Allen (Aquamarine, Ramona and Beezus) and starring Isabel Lucas, Dermot Mulroney, Nick Jonas, Graham Rogers and Paul Sorvino. The film follows a young, lonely wife of a wealthy businessman who rents the lake house next door to a high-school student. When the student starts an affair with the wife, he gets more than he bargained for. Robert L. Stein, Michael A. Helfant & Bradley Gallo are producing the project for Troika Pictures, alongside Ashok Amritraj (Bandits, Shopgirl) for Hyde Park and Kirk D’Amico. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mary Poppins’ 50th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mary Poppins, Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a new soundtrack album for Disney’s classic musical Mary Poppins. The 50th Anniversary Edition features the film’s original songs composed by Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman performed by the movie’s cast. Also included are previously unreleased Sherman Brothers demo recordings. The soundtrack will be released later this month and coincides with the 50th Anniversary Blu-ray and DVD release of the film to be released on December 10, 2013. Mary Poppins is directed by Robert Stevenson and stars Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber. The film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and received 5 awards, including Best Actress and Best Song (Chim Chim Cher-ee). Read the rest of this entry »
Blake Neely to Score ABC’s ‘Resurrection’
Posted: November 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Blake Neely, Resurrection
Blake Neely has been tapped to score the upcoming ABC drama Resurrection. The show is created by by Aaron Zelman (Damages, The Killing) and stars Omar Epps, Matt Craven, Devin Kelley, Frances Fisher, Kurtwood Smith, Sam Hazeldine, Samaire Armstrong, Mark Hildreth and Landon Gimenez. The series centers on the people of Arcadia, MO, whose lives are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to return. Zelman is also executive producing the ABC Studios production with JoAnn Alfano (30 Rock), Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner (World War Z, 12 Years a Slave) and Jon Liebman (Ringer), Brillstein Entertainment and Plan B. The pilot was directed by Charles McDougall. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman, Saving Mr. Banks, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Newman
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the upcoming drama Saving Mr. Banks. The album features the film’s original score composed by Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo). Also included are the songs featured in the film performed by the film’s cast from Disney’s classic film Marry Poppins composed by the movie’s music consultant Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman. The soundtrack will be released as a regular edition and 2-CD deluxe edition, which features a number of demos and original songs from Mary Poppins on December 10, 2013. To pre-order the deluxe edition, visit Amazon. To listen to audio clips from the soundtrack, visit iTunes. Saving Mr. Banks is directed by John Lee Hancock and stars Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, Colin Farrell, Ruth Wilson, B.J. Novak, Rachel Griffiths and Kathy Baker. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande to Release Roque Banos’ ‘Oldboy’ Score
Posted: November 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Oldboy, Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack, Spike Lee
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for Spike Lee’s upcoming mystery thriller Oldboy. The album features the film’s original score composed by Roque Banos (Evil Dead, The Machinist, Sexy Beast). The soundtrack will be released physically on December 10, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full album details will be posted on this site within the next couple of weeks. Oldboy is based on Chan-wook Park’s acclaimed Korean film from 2003 and stars Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley. The movie follows an advertising executive who is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman’s Score for Gus Van Sant’s ‘Restless’ Released
Posted: November 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Gus van Sant, Restless, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a soundtrack release for Gus Van Sant’s 2011 drama Restless. The album features the film’s original score composed by Danny Elfman who has previously scored the director’s features Milk, Psychoand To Die For and also collaborated with Van Sant on last year’s Promised Land. The soundtrack is limited to 2000 copies and is now available to order on La-La Land’s official website, where you can also check out audio clips. Restless is produced by Ron and Bryce Dallas Howard and stars Mia Wasikowska and Henry Hooper. The movie about teenage boy and girl who share a preoccupation with mortality was released in theaters in 2011 and is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer’s ‘Days of Thunder’ Score Released
Posted: November 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Days of Thunder, Hans Zimmer, score, Soundtrack, Tony Scott
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere release of the score for the 1990 racing drama Days of Thunder directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Robert Duvall. The music is composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Inception, Gladiator) whose other collaborations with the director include True Romance, The Fan and Crimson Tide. The album features the composer’s score for the Paramount Pictures production, including a number of alternate cues, a rock arrangement of the main titles, as well as the song The Last Note of Freedom performed by David Cloverdale. To order the CD, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Howard Shore, score, Soundtrack, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The details of the soundtrack release for the fantasy adventure sequel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Aviator, Hugo), as well as the end credits song by Ed Sheeran. Visit Amazon to pre-order the regular edition and visit and click here to order the 2-CD special edition soundtrack. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is directed by Peter Jackson and stars Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Evangeline Lilly, John Bell and Jed Brophy. The movie will be released nationwide on December 13, 2013 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Anton Sanko Scoring ‘Alpha House’
Posted: November 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alpha House, Amazon, Anton Sanko, Where the Devil Hides
Anton Sanko is composing the score for Amazon’s original series Alpha House. The show is created Academy Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Trudeau (A Doonesbury Special) and stars John Goodman, Clark Johnson, Matt Malloy and Mark Consuelos, Cynthia Nixon, Amy Sedaris, Wanda Sykes and Julie White. The political comedy four misfit senators turned unlikely roommates who move into a house together in Washington DC. Trudeau is producing the project with Elliot Webb and Jonathan Alter. Alpha House is one of Amazon’s first two scripted series and is set to premiere on November 15. Read the rest of this entry »
