The line-up of the 2nd Annual Superhero Music Panel has been announced. Six leading Hollywood composers will discuss the process of creating the musical voice behind the superhero, explain the challenges when bringing a comic book character or story to life and writing music to reflect the story line. The panelists will also show film clips of their work. Participating composers include Brian Tyler who scored Marvel’s two features in 2013, Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World and is set to score the biggest movie of his career to date, Avengers: Age of Ultron, John Ottman who most recently composed the music and edited X-Men: Days of Future Past and has previously worked on X2 and the two The Fantastic Four features, as well as Tyler Bates who has Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy coming up and whose previous credits include 300 and Watchmen. Read the rest of this entry »
2nd Annual Superhero Music Panel at Comic-Con Announced
Posted: July 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Blake Neely, Brian Tyler, Christophe Beck, Comic-Con, Graeme Revell, John Ottman, Tyler Bates
‘Earth to Echo’ Score Album Released
Posted: July 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Earth to Echo, Joseph Trapanese, score, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group has released a score album for the sci-fi family adventure Earth to Echo. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Tron: Uprising, The Raid: Redemption), as well as the original song Worlds Away performed by Dia Frampton. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon and iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. As previously reported, the label will also release a soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie. Earth to Echo is directed by Dave Green and stars Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese Hartwig and Ella Linnea Wahlestedt. The movie follows three inescapable friends who begin receiving a strange series of signals on their phones. The sci-fi adventure will be released nationwide on tomorrow, July 2 by Relativity Media.
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Graeme Revell to Score Fox’s ‘Gotham’
Posted: July 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Cannon, Fox, Gotham, Graeme Revell
Graeme Revell is set to score the upcoming Fox drama Gotham. The show is based on characters from the DC Comics universe and explores the early years of Commissioner James Gordon as an idealistic rookie detective in Gotham City and the rogues’ gallery of villains that made the city infamous. The series’ cast includes Ben McKenzie, Erin Richards, Donal Logue, David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Robin Lord Taylor, Sean Pertwee, Zabryna Guevara and Camren Bicondova. Bruno Heller (The Mentalist, Rome) wrote the pilot and will serves as the showrunner. He is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with John Stephens (Gossip Girl). Danny Cannon (Judge Dredd, Nikita) has directed the pilot episode and will also serve as an executive producer. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to Be Honored at Zurich Film Festival
Posted: July 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hans Zimmer, Zurich Film Festival
Hans Zimmer will be honored with a a special Lifetime Award at the Zurich Film Festival. The Academy Award-winning composer will receive the award on October 1, 2014 during a public event at the Tonhalle Zurich. The event will also feature the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich performing the works of the Golden Eye for ‘Best International Film Music 2014’ finalists, as well as excerpts from some of Hans Zimmer’s most legendary scores, including those for The Lion King and Gladiator. Zimmer whose other scores include The Dark Knight, Inception, Driving Miss Daisy, The Last Samurai, Pirates of the Caribbean, and most recently, Man of Steel, Rush and 12 Years a Slave, has a personal connection to Switzerland, having attended private school there in his teens. Read the rest of this entry »
Jesse Novak to Score Netflix’s ‘BoJack Horseman’
Posted: June 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BoJack Horseman, Jesse Novak, Netflix
Jesse Novak has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman. The show is created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and features the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie and Aaron Paul. The animated comedy centers around whiskey-drinking humanoid horse and former TV star BoJack who deals with his personal crises with a human sidekick and a feline agent and ex-lover. Bob-Waksberg is also executive producing the project with Arnett, Paul, Steven A. Cohen (Jack & Bobby, Commander-in-Chief) and Noel Bright. The first season of BoJack Horseman is set to premiere on August 22, 2014 on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Scoring ‘Far from Men’
Posted: June 30, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Far from Men, Loin des hommes, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis are composing the music for the upcoming French drama Far from Men (Loin des hommes). The film is written and directed by David Oelhoffen and stars Viggo Mortensen and Reda Kateb. The movie is inspired by the short story The Host from French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus’ book Exile and the Kingdom and follows a French teacher in a small Algerian village in 1957 during Algeria’s war of independence from France. Marc du Pontavice & Matthew Gledhill (War of the Buttons) are producing the project for One World Films. Cave & Ellis have previously scored such films as The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Proposition, Lawless and West of Memphis. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Lyke Wake Dirge’ by Andrew Bird & Matt Berninger from AMC’s ‘Turn’ to Be Released
Posted: June 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Andrew Bird, Matt Berninger, Turn
Mercury Records will release the original song A Lyke Wake Dirge from the AMC original series Turn. The track is written by Andrew Bird and Matt Berninger and was featured in the first season finale that premiered earlier this month. Bird has previously composed songs for such films as The Muppets and also scored the indie dramedy Norman. Berninger is best known as the frontman of The National. A Lyke Wake Dirge will be released as a single on July 8, 2014. Turn is created by Craig Silverstein and stars Jamie Bell, Seth Numrich, Daniel Henshall, Heather Lind, Meegan Warner, Kevin R. McNally, Burn Gorman, Angus Macfadyen, JJ Feild and Samuel Roukin. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 29, 2014)
Posted: June 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC Family, Bert Selen, CBS, Disney Channel, Fil Eisler, Girl Meets World, HBO, Max Richter, Mystery Girls, Ray Colcord, Reckless, The Leftovers
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series The Leftovers created by Damon Lindelof (Lost) and Tom Perrotta (Little Children) and starring Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler and Ann Dowd. The show’s original music is composed by Max Richter (Waltz with Bashir, Disconnect, The Lunchbox). To learn more about the drama, which takes place in the wake of a global “Rapture” and follows the people who didn’t make the cut, check out our scoring assignment article. The Leftovers will air every Sunday night on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Open Windows’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jorge Magaz, Open WIndows, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for the thriller Open Windows. Open Windows The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Jorge Magaz. To listen to audio clips and to pre-order the CD, visit the label’s official website. To download the album, visit Amazon. Audio clips are embedded below. Open Windows is directed by Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes) and stars Elijah Wood, Sasha Grey, Neil Maskell and Adam Quintero. The movie follows a man who wins an online contest to have dinner with the hottest actress on earth. When she cancels, he gets a call from a guy named Chord who offers to make it up to him by giving him the tools to spy on her from his computer for the rest of the night. The thriller premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was picked up Cinedigm for a domestic release later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mary Poppins’ Legacy Collection Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mary Poppins, Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a new soundtrack album for the classic Mary Poppins as the label’s second release in the Legacy Collection series. The 3-disc set includes the songs and score from the film composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, as well as behind-the scenes recordings and new recordings of The Lost Chords. Also included are excerpts from the P.L. Travers story meetings with Don DaGradi and the Sherman brothers, plus the Hollywood Spotlight Microphone 1965 post-premiere interviews and a 1989 interview with the Sherman brothers.The release coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the movie and will be available on August 26, 2014. The pre-order link will be added to this page soon. Read the rest of this entry »
