Ludwig Göransson has been hired to score the upcoming Fox dramedy Red Band Society. The show is created by Margaret Nagle (Boardwalk Empire) based on the Spanish TV series Polseres vermelles and stars Octavia Spencer, Dave Annable, Griffin Gluck, Nolan Sotillo, Charlie Rowe and Brian Bradley. The coming-of-age comedy drama follows the daily lives of a group of teenagers living in a hospital’s pediatric ward who become unlikely friends. Steven Spielberg is producing the ABC Studios and Amblin Television production with Justin Falvey & Darryl Frank (The Americans, Falling Skies, Under the Dome) and Sergio Aguero (No Reservations, Quarantine). Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Göransson to Score Fox’s ‘Red Band Society’ and Starz’s ‘Survivor’s Remorse’
Posted: September 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Ludwig Göransson, Red Band Society, Starz, Survivor's Remorse
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 5, 2014)
Posted: September 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Christopher Carmichael, Darren Tate, Frontera, God Help the Girl, Jay Israelson, Kelly & Cal, Kenneth Lampl, Klaus Badelt, Nathan Whitehead, Stuart Murdoch, The Identical, The Longest Week, The Remaining, Toby Chu
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the music-themed drama The Identical directed by Dustin Marcellino and starring Erin Cottrell, Amanda Crew, Brian Geraghty, Seth Green, Ashley Judd, Joe Pantoliano, Blake Rayne, and Ray Liotta. Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, Constantine, Rescue Dawn) and Christopher Carmichael have composed the film’s original score. City of Peace Media and Capitol Christian Distribution have released a soundtrack album featuring five tracks from the composers’ score, as well as the songs from the film performed by lead actor Blake Rayne, The Morph Kings and Darcey & Mo. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, check out our previous news article.
Opening in limited release is the indie comedy drama Kelly & Cal directed by Jen McGowan and starring Juliette Lewis, Cybill Shepherd and Jonny Weston. The film’s original music is composed by Toby Chu (Covert Affairs, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return). No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie centers on the relationship between a suburban-trapped mother and a wheelchair-bound young man who brings out her former self. The dramedy premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was picked up by IFC Films for domestic distribution. To learn more about the film, which is also being released on VOD today, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Zanelli to Score ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’
Posted: September 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Geoff Zanelli, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Geoff Zanelli is attached to score the upcoming fantasy adventure sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. The film will be directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Kon-Tiki). Johnny Depp is set to return as Captain Jack Sparrow. No other casting or plot details have been announced yet. Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, Rush Hour 2) has been hired to write the screenplay. Jerry Bruckheimer (The Rock, National Treasure, Beverly Hills Cop, Armageddon) returns as a producer. Zanelli has previously composed additional music for all four movies in the Pirates in the Caribbean series scored by Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Lennertz to Score Marvel’s ‘Agent Carter’ TV Series
Posted: September 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Agent Carter, Christopher Lennertz, Marvel
Christopher Lennertz has officially signed on to score Marvel Television’s upcoming series Agent Carter. The show is created by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Chronicles of Narnia) and stars Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper, Enver Gjokaj and Chad Michael Murray. The drama is set in 1946 and follows Peggy Carter as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad and must balance doing administrative work for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve) and going on secret missions for Howard Stark. The series is based on the Marvel One-Shot short film of the same title, for which Lennertz has composed the music in 2013. Marvel’s Kevin Feige (The Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor) is executive producing the project with Markus & McFeely, Tara Butters & Michele Fazekas (Resurrection, Reaper), Louis D’Esposito and Jeph Loeb. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler Creates New Music for ESPN’s NFL Studio Shows
Posted: September 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Tyler, ESPN, NFL, NFL Insiders, NFL Live, Sunday NFL Countdown
Brian Tyler has composed new theme music for ESPN’s NFL studio shows. The composer has written four original scores for ESPN-show-specific scores for three of the network’s NFL programs: Sunday NFL Countdown, NFL Live and NFL Insiders, as well as a general NFL Gridiron theme. The network has announced that Tyler’s music will be used within the respective shows and others, coming in and out of commercial breaks, in teases and as background music during highlight packages. Tyler’s work marks the first new original score for ESPN’s NFL shows since 1997. The composer’s music will debut on the season-opening edition of ESPN’s three-hour Sunday NFL Countdown pregame show on September 7. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rudderless’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eef Barzelay, Rudderless, Soundtrack, William H. Macy
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for William H. Macy’s indie drama Rudderless. The album features the songs from the film performed by actors Billy Crudup, Selena Gomez and the Rudderless band (consisting of Crudup, Yelchin and indie rocker Ben Kweller) and written by Simon Steadman & Charlton Pettus and Ben Limpic. Also included are three tracks from the film’s original score composed by Eef Barzelay. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2014 and physically on October 28. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and check out audio clips after the jump. Rudderless marks the directorial debut of actor William H. Macy and stars Crudup, Yelchin, Gomez, alongside Felicity Huffman and Laurence Fishburne. The movie follows a man who has his life torn apart when he loses his son. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner Scoring Jean-Jacques Annaud’s ‘Wolf Totem’
Posted: September 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Horner, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Wolf Totem
James Horner is currently scoring the upcoming adventure drama Wolf Totem. The project marks the fourth collaboration between the composer and director Jean-Jacques Annaud. They have previously worked together on the features The Name of the Rose, Enemy at the Gates and Black Gold. Wolf Totem starring Chinese actors Feng Shaofeng and Dou Xiao is based on the autobiographical novel by Jiang Rong and tells the story of a student who is sent from Beijing in China to the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia to teach shepherds and learns about the bond that they share with the wolves. Annaud has written the screenplay with John Collee (Happy Feet, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World). Bill Kong (Crouching Dragon, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers) and Xavier Castano are producing the Chinese/French co-production. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Tod Williams’ ‘Cell’
Posted: September 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adult Beginners, Cell, Marcelo Zarvos, Tod Williams
Marcelo Zarvos is reuniting with director Tod Williams on the upcoming horror thriller Cell. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Stephen King and stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach. The film follows a New England artist who is struggling to reunite with his son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns humans into mindless vicious animals. Adam Alleca (The Last House on the Left) has written the screenplay. Michael Benaroya (Lawless, Margin Call), Brian Witten (Chernobyl Diaries), Richard Saperstein & Shana Kay (Devil’s Knot, Silent Night) are producing the Benaroya Pictures production. Zarvos has previously scored Williams’ 2004 drama The Door in the Floor. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Frozen Fever’ to Feature New Song by Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Posted: September 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Frozen, Frozen Fever, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
Walt Disney Animation Studios announced last night that Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez are writing a new song for the upcoming animated short Frozen Fever. The film is directed by Jennifer Lee (Wreck-It-Ralph) and Chris Buck (Tarzan) who also helmed last year’s hit movie and takes place on Anna’s birthday, for which Elsa and Kristoff are determined to give her the best celebration ever. Peter Del Vecho (Frozen, The Princess and the Frog, Winnie the Pooh) is producing the project. Lopez and Anderson-Lopez have written all songs for 2013’s feature version and received their first Academy Award for the song Let It Go. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kite’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kite, Paul Hepker, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action movie Kite. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Hepker (Tsotsi, Deadliest Catch). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Kite is directed by Ralph Ziman and stars India Eisley, Samuel L. Jackson and Callan McAuliffe. The movie is based on the Japanese anime series by Yasuomi Umetsu and follows a schoolgirl assassin hunting down the human traffickers she believes are responsible for her parents’ death. Anchor Bay Entertainment has picked up domestic distribution rights and will release the film in select theaters and on VOD on October 10. Read the rest of this entry »
