Varese Sarabande Records has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Erased. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jeff Danna (The Boondock Saints, Silent Hill, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus). The soundtrack is being released digitally today, October 8 and is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Pale Blue Records has previously released the composer’s score overseas, where the film opened under the title The Expatriate. Erased is directed by Phillip Stolzl and stars Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko, Liana Liberato. The movie about an ex-CIA agent who discovers that he and his daughter have been marked for termination as part of an international conspiracy was released in select theaters this past May by the Weinstein Company’s Radius label and is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Erased’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Erased, Jeff Danna, score, Soundtrack
Kevin Haskins Scoring ‘Electric Slide’
Posted: October 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Electric Slide, Kevin Haskins, Tristan Patterson
Kevin Haskins is composing the score for the upcoming crime drama Electric Slide. The film is written and directed by Tristan Patterson and stars Jim Sturgess, Isabel Lucas, Patricia Arquette, Chloë Sevigny, and Christopher Lambert. The movie is based on a true story set in the 1980s and follows the owner of a posh Los Angeles furniture store who robbed a bank to impress his new girlfriend and became a serial robber known as “The Gentleman Bandit”. Hans C. Ritter (Sound of My Voice), Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Far from Heaven, Kill Your Darlings) & Kirk D’Amico (Eulogy) are producing the Myriad Pictures production. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers series, G.I. Joe) is among the executive producers of the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bounty Killer’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bounty Killer, Greg Edmonson, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the post-apocalyptic action comedy Bounty Killer. The album features the film’s original score composed by Greg Edmonson (Firefly, Uncharted video game series). Also included are two songs by Clarence Murray and Loren Gold & James Renal. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 15, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Bounty Killer is directed by Henry Saine and stars Matthew Marsden, Christian Pitre, Barak Hardley, Eve, Gary Busey, Beverly D’Angelo and Alexa Vega. The film was released last month by ARC Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Cliff Martinez to Score Steven Soderbergh’s Cinemax Series ‘The Knick’
Posted: October 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cinemax, Cliff Martinez, Steven Soderbergh, The Knick
Cliff Martinez revealed in a recent interview with Lost in the Multiplex that he will be scoring Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming Cinemax original series The Knick. The show starring Clive Owen, Andre Holland, Juliet Rylance, Eve Hewson, Collin Meath and Michael Angarano is set in downtown New York in 1900 and follows the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff at the Knickerbocker Hospital who push the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. Soderbergh will direct all ten episodes of the series. Jack Amiel & Michael Begler (Big Miracle, The Prince and Me, Raising Helen) have written the scripts and are also executive producing the drama with Soderbergh, Owen and Michael Sugar (The Fifth Estate, Big Miracle) and Gregory Jacobs (Magic Mike, Side Effects). Read the rest of this entry »
‘One Chance’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Frankel, One Chance, Paul Potts, Soundtrack
Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama biopic One Chance. The album includes numerous arias from the film performed by opera star Paul Potts. Also featured is Taylor Swift’s song Sweeter Than Fiction. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on October 21, 2013. No word yet on a domestic release date. One Chance is directed by David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) and stars James Corden, Julie Walters, Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Jemima Rooper and Alexandra Roach. The movie tells the true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became an instant YouTube phenomenon after being chosen by Simon Cowell for Britain’s Got Talent. The film premiered at last month’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in select U.S. cities on December 27, 2013 by the Weinstein Company before expanding in early 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 6, 2013)
Posted: October 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, DirecTV, Evan Frankfort, Full Circle, Jeff Cardoni, Lifetime, Lisa Coleman, Liz Phair, Mark Isham, Maurizio Malagnini, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, PBS, Super Fun Night, The Paradise, Wendy & Lisa, Wendy Melvoin, Witches of East End
Premiering on Thursday, October 10, on ABC is the fantasy drama spin-off Once Upon a Time in Wonderland created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and starring Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Peter Gadiot , Emma Rigby and John Lithgow as the voice of the White Rabbit. Mark Isham who is also scoring ABC’s Once Upon a Time, which recently had its third season premiere, is composing the music for the show. To learn more about the show, which will air every Thursday night on ABC, check out our previous news article and also visit the official show website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Last Passenger’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Last Passenger, Liam Bates, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the British thriller Last Passenger. The album features the film’s original score composed by Liam Bates. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Last Passenger is directed by Omid Nooshin and stars Dougray Scott, Kara Tointon, Lindsay Duncan, Iddo Goldberg and David Schofield. The movie follows a small group of everyday passengers on a speeding London commuter train who battle a sociopathic driver who has a dark plan for everyone on-board. The thriller will be released in the UK on October 18. Cohen Media Group has picked up domestic distribution rights for the film, but no release date has been announced yet. Read the rest of this entry »
Wendy & Lisa Scoring Lifetime’s ‘Witches of East End’
Posted: October 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lifetime, Lisa Coleman, Maggie Friedman, Wendy & Lisa, Wendy Melvoin, Witches of East End
Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman are scoring the new Lifetime original series Witches of East End. The show is created by Maggie Friedman (Eastwick) and stars Julia Ormond, Mädchen Amick, Jenna Dewan Tatum and Rachel Boston in the titles roles. Also set to star are Eric Winter, Daniel DiTomasso, Jason George and Virginia Madsen. The drama is inspired by the New York Times best-selling novel of the same titles by Melissa de la Cruz about a family of witches living in the secluded seaside town of East Haven. Friedman is executive producing the Fox 21 production with Jonathan Kaplan (Without a Trace, ER), Erwin Stoff (The Matrix) and Josh Reims (Brothers & Sisters). Mark Waters (Mean Girls, The Spiderwick Chronicles) has directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 4, 2013)
Posted: October 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A.C.O.D., All Is Bright, Bad Milo, Christophe Beck, Grace Unplugged, Graham Reynolds, Gravity, James Newton Howard, Jeff Lippencott, Nick Urata, Parkland, Runner Runner, Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde, Steve Poltz, Steven Price, Ted Masur
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the space drama Gravity directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. The film’s original score is composed by Steven Price (The World’s End, Attack the Block). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and audio clips. Also visit The Hollywood Reporter, Huffington Post and Film Music Magazine for recent interviews with Price about his work on the film.
Also opening wide this week is the thriller Runner Runner directed by Brad Furman and starring Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Ben Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Michael Esper, Oliver Cooper and Ben Schwartz. Christophe Beck (The Hangover trilogy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. A CD version will be released later this month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
‘How I Live Now’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: How I Live Now, Jon Hopkins, Kevin Macdonald, score, Soundtrack
JustMusic will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama How I Live Now. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Hopkins (Monsters) Also included is Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra’s Do It With a Rockstar and a remix of Daughter’s Home by Hopkins. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 7, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. How I Live Now is directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, State of Play) and stars Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, Anna Chancellor, George McKay and Corey Johnson. The film follows a teenage girl from New York City who travels to England to spend the summer with family in the English countryside and must survive in the woods when World War III breaks out and insurgents invade. Read the rest of this entry »
