Paramount Pictures has released a score album for Michael Bay’s sci-fi action sequel Transformers: Age of Extinction. The album features the film’s original music composed by Steve Jablonsky (Pain & Gain, The Island, Ender’s Game) who also scored the previous three Transformers movies. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. A soundtrack EP featuring four tracks of the composer’s music was previously released earlier this week. Transformers: Age of Extinction stars Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Sophia Myles, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver and TJ Miller. The sequel is currently the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office and is now playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ Score Album Released
Posted: July 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Bay, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jablonsky, Transformers, Transformers: Age of Extinction
Ben Salisbury & Portishead’s Geoff Barrow Scoring Alex Garland’s ‘Ex Machina’
Posted: July 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Garland, Ben Salisbury, Ex Machina, Geoff Barrow
Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow are composing the music for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Ex Machina. The film is written and directed by Alex Garland (The Beach, 28 Days Later…, Sunshine, Dredd) and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac and Alicia Vikander. Andrew Macdonald (Trainspotting, The Beach) is producing the DNA Films production with Allon Reich (Never Let Me Go, 28 Weeks Later). Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men, The Social Network, Captain Phillips) and Eli Bush serve as executive producers on the project, alongside Tessa Ross. Salisbury’s previous scoring credits include the Beyonce documentary Life is But a Dream. Read the rest of this entry »
Video Highlights from ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards 2014
Posted: July 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards, Bear McCreary, Dave Porter, Shirley Walker
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has published a number of video clips from the organization’s ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards gala, which was held last week at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check out the acceptance speeches of the two honorees of the Composers’ Choice Award for Best ASCAP TV Composer of 2013, Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, The Blacklist), after the jump. Also embedded below are two of the nights performances, including Garry Schyman‘s music to the video game BioShock Infinite played by a string quartet and Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies performed his theme from the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory. Read the rest of this entry »
‘America’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: America, Bryan E. Miller, score, Soundtrack
Sensory Overload Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary America. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bryan E. Miller. Also included is Madison Rising’s rendition of Star Spangled Banner. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. America is directed by Dinesh D’Souza & John Sullivan (2016: Obama’s America) and tells the story of the heroes who built America: Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and others. Academy Award-winner Gerald R. Molen (Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park, Minority Report) is producing the project. The movie has been released nationwide this past Wednesday by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hans Zimmer Revealed’ Concerts Announced
Posted: July 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Hans Zimmer, Hans Zimmer Revealed
Details have been announced for the concert Hans Zimmer Revealed, which will take place on October 10 & 11, 2014 at the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo in London. The Academy Award-winning composer will be accompanied by a band of players mixing traditional orchestral instruments with rock and electronica, and will be joined by a few surprise special guests. The concert will be in two parts: the first featuring of Zimmer’s classic movie scores, such as The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean and Gladiator; and the second featuring re-imagined versions of such titles as Inception and The Dark Knight with special guests from the rock and pop world. Read the rest of this entry »
‘United Passions’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jean-Pascal Beintus, score, Soundtrack, United Passions
Music Box Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama United Passions. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jean-Pascal Beintus who has served as an orchestrator for composer Alexandre Desplat over the past decade. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. United Passions stars Gérard Depardieu as Jules Rimet, the man who created the World Cup and served as FIFA president from 1921 to 1954. Tim Roth plays Sepp Blatter and Sam Neill as João Havelange, the body’s seventh president. Also starring is Thomas Kretschmann as Adidas founder Horst Dassler, as well as Fisher Stevens as Carl Hirschmann. The film directed by Frederic Auburtin premiered last month at the Cannes Film Festival and is being released in several countries this month. Read the rest of this entry »
Dario Marianelli to Score ‘Everest’
Posted: July 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Baltasar Kormakur, Dario Marianelli, Everest
Dario Marianelli has been hired to score the upcoming adventure drama Everest. The film is directed by Baltasar Kormakur (Contraband, 2 Guns) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington, Emily Watson, Clive Standen, Martin Henderson, Thomas Wright, Michael Kelly and John Hawkes. The movie is based on the 1996 disaster on Everest that left eight climbers dead and follows the two different expeditions that challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Mark Medoff (Children of a Lesser God) and Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn, Marvel Studios, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy. The album, entitled Awesome Mix Vol. 1, features the songs from the film by artists including Blue Swede, David Bowie, Norman Greenbaum, Raspberries, Jackson 5, The Runaways, Elvin Bishop, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell & more. The soundtrack will be released on July 29, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label will also release 2-CD deluxe edition soundtrack, which features the film’s original score by Tyler Bates. Check back on this page for more details. Guardians of the Galaxy is written and directed by James Gunn and stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close and Benicio del Toro. The sci-fi action adventure finds space adventurer Peter Quill the object of a bounty hunt after stealing an orb coveted by a treacherous villain. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Get On Up: The James Brown Story’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Get On Up, Get On Up: The James Brown Story, James Brown, Soundtrack, Tate Taylor
Polydor/UMe will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical drama Get On Up: The James Brown Story. The album features studio and standout live versions of numerous soul/funk hits by Brown, including such songs as Please Please Please, Out Of Sight, I Got You (I Feel Good), Try Me, It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World and Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine. Also included are two previously unreleased concert recordings heard in the new film. The soundtrack will be released on July 29, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Get On Up is directed by Tate Taylor and stars Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Nelsan Ellis, Lennie James, Tika Sumpter, Jill Scott and Dan Aykroyd. The movie scored by Thomas Newman tells the life story of the Godfather of Soul and follows the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: July 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Bay, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jablonsky, Transformers, Transformers: Age of Extinction
Paramount Pictures has released a soundtrack EP for the sci-fi action adventure Transformers: Age of Extinction. The album features four tracks from the film’s original score composed by Steve Jablonsky (The Island, Battleship, Ender’s Game) who previously scored the first three installments in the Transformers series. The EP is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. A full soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is reportedly in the works. Transformers: Age of Extinction is directed by Michael Bay and stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver and TJ Miller. The movie opened this past weekend is now playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
