Brian Tyler has officially signed on to score the upcoming action sequel Fast & Furious 7. The film is directed by James Wan (The Conjuring, Insidious, Saw) and stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Jordana Brewster and Lucas Black who all reprise their roles from the previous films in the series. They are joined by new cast members including Kurt Russell, Ronda Rousey, Djimon Hounsou and Jason Statham. No plot details have been revealed yet, but the movie is set to take place in Los Angeles for the first time since the 2000 original film. Chris Morgan (Wanted) who penned the last four installments for the franchise is writing the screenplay and Neal Moritz (21 Jump Street, I Am Legend) returns as the producer of the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler to Score ‘Fast & Furious 7’
Posted: October 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Tyler, Fast & Furious 7, James Wan
Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Beck, Disney, Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the animated feature Frozen. The album features the film’s original songs performed by the voice cast of the movie and written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, as well as a version of the song Let It Go performed by Demi Lovota (click here to check out the song, which premiered online earlier today). Also included is the film’s original score composed by Christophe Beck (Paperman, The Muppets, The Hangover). A deluxe edition of the soundtrack also features demos of both songs and score, outtakes and instrumental karaoke versions. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on November 25, 2013. The physical version will be released as a 2 CD-set and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Frozen is directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck and features the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk and Ciarán Hinds. Read the rest of this entry »
Ennio Morricone to Conduct Concerts in L.A. and New York
Posted: October 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone will be conducting two live concerts of his film music in New York and Los Angeles. The L.A. concert will take place on March 20, 2014 at the NOKIA Center at LA Live and will mark the Academy Award-winning composer’s first concert in the city. The New York performance is scheduled for March 23, 2014 at the Barclays Center’s Cushman and Wakefield Theatre in Brooklyn. Morricone’s last performance in the U.S. dates back to 2007, when he conducted a concert of his work at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. He was also set to perform at an event at the Hollywood Bowl in 2009, but the concert was eventually canceled. According to the LA Times, the event will feature 200 musicians and singers and the composer whose credits include such classic titles as A Fistful of Dollars, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Untouchables, The Mission and Cinema Paradiso will be bringing the musicians from Europe. Read the rest of this entry »
Dave Grusin’s ‘Heaven Can Wait’ and ‘Racing With the Moon’ Scores to Be Released
Posted: October 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave Grusin, Heaven Can Wait, Racing With the Moon, score, Soundtrack
Kritzerland has announced the world premiere release of the score for the 1978 hit comedy Heaven Can Wait directed by Warren Beatty & Buck Henry and starring Beatty alongside Julie Christie, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Jack Warden, Joseph Maher and James Mason. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Dave Grusin, including unused and alternate cues as bonus tracks. The composer received an Academy Award for his score for the Paramount Pictures production, which was also nominated in eight other categories, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. The soundtrack also features the world premiere release of Grusin’s music for the 1984 drama Racing With the Moon directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern and Nicholas Cage. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman Scoring ‘American Hustle’, ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ and Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’
Posted: October 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Hustle, Big Eyes, Danny Elfman, David O. Russell, Dreamworks Animation, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Tim Burton
Danny Elfman recently confirmed his involvement in three upcoming movies in a recent interview with Big Issue. The composer has recently finished his score for David O. Russell’s crime drama American Hustle. The film stars Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence. The movie 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. Russell (The Fighter, Three Kings) has co-written the screenplay with Eric Warren Singer (The International). Megan Ellison (Zero Dark Thirty, The Master), Charles Roven (The Dark Knight trilogy, Twelve Monkeys) and Richard Suckle (The International) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 20, 2013)
Posted: October 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brent Belke, Dracula, Hallmark Channel, Ilan Eshkeri, NBC, Scott Shields, Strike Back: Origins, The Hunters, Trevor Morris
Premiering on Friday, October 25 is the new drama Dracula created by Daniel Knauf (Carnivàle) and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Katie McGrath, Thomas Kretschmann and Nonso Anozie. Trevor Morris (The Borgias, Immortals, Olympus Has Fallen) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which follows Dracula as he arrives in 1890s London posing as an American entrepreneur and hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier. Dracula will air every Friday night on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Arrested Development’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Arrested Development, David Schwartz, Netflix
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed comedy Arrested Development. The album features selections from the original score and songs from all four seasons of the show composed by David Schwartz (Deadwood, Northern Exposure). Also included is the song Boomerang performed by Lucy Schwartz, which was featured in the season finale of the fourth season. The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Arrested Development is created by Mitchell Hurwitz, produced and narrated Ron Howard and stars Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor and Jessica Walter. The fourth season premiered this summer on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Awards, Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer, Mychael Danna, Rahman Altin, World Soundtrack
Mychael Danna was chosen as Film Composer of the Year at the World Soundtrack Awards 2013, tonight’s closing event of the 40th Ghent Film Festival. Danna also received an award for his score for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi in the Best Original Film Score of the Year 2012 category. The composer accepted his awards via a video message. In the Discovery of the Year category, Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer were awarded for their score for the indie drama Beasts of the Southern Wild, which Zeitlin also directed. In the Best Original Song written directly for a Film category, Adele and Paul Epworth received the honor for the title song for Sam Mendes’ James Bond film Skyfall. For the first time since 2002, both score and song awards matched the outcome of the respective categories at the Academy Awards.
‘The Book Thief’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Book Thief
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the period drama The Book Thief. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Williams. The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. The Book Thief is directed by Brian Percival and stars Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Sophie Nelisse. The movie is based on the selling-novel by Markus Zusack and tells the story of a spirited and courageous young girl who transforms the lives of everyone around her when she is sent to live with a new family in World War II Germany. The drama will be released on November 15 by 20th Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 18, 2013)
Posted: October 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 12 Years a Slave, Alex Ebert, Alex Heffes, Alexander, All is Lost, Bruce Fowler, Carrie, Carter Burwell, Escape Plan, Hans Zimmer, I'm in Love With a Church Girl, Kill Your Darlings, Marco Beltrami, Nico Muhly, Paradise, Rachel Portman, The Fifth Estate
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller Carrie 
directed by Kimberly Peirce and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Gabriella Wilde, Alex Russell and Ansel Elgort. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Rogue Wave, Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit, The Naked and Famous and The Civil Wars. Check our our previous article for the full details. The movie’s original score is composed by Marco Beltrami (I, Robot, Live Free or Die Hard, The Wolverine). Sony Classical has released the composer’s score earlier this week. To listen to audio clips and find out more about the album, check out our soundtrack announcement.
Also opening wide this week is the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate directed by Bill Condon and starringBenedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie, Stanley Tucci, David Thewlis, Peter Capaldi, Dan Stevens, Alicia Vikander and Carice van Houten. The film’s original score is composed by Carter Burwell (Fargo, Twilight, Being John Malkovich). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the film by Amon Tobin, Yppah, Tame Impala and Emika. Check out our previous news article for the full details and click here for the label’s official soundtrack audio preview. Read the rest of this entry »
