Rhino Records will release the official soundtrack album for the historical drama Parkland. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Parkland is written and directed by Peter Landesman and stars James Badge Dale, Zac Efron, Jackie Earle Haley, Colin Hanks, Marcia Gay Harden, Ron Livingston, Jeremy Strong, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Paul Giamatti. The movie chronicles the events leading up to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and is named for the Parkland Memorial Hospital where JFK was rushed on Nov. 22, 1963. The film recently premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festival and is set to be released in select cities on October 4, 2013 by Exclusive Media. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Parkland’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, Parkland, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records to Release Soundtrack for Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’
Posted: September 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexander Payne, Mark Orton, Nebraska, score, Soundtrack, Tin Hat
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Alexander Payne’s upcoming comedy drama Nebraska. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Orton (The Good Girl) of the Californian acoustic chamber music group Tin Hat. The soundtrack is currently set to be released on November 19, 2013. Check back on this page for the full album details. Also check out the film’s first trailer, which features the track New West from Tin Hat’s Foreign Legion record, after the jump. Nebraska is directed by Alexander Payne (The Descendants) and stars Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Stacy Keach, June Squibb and Bob Odenkirk. The movie tells the story of an old man with increasing dementia who goes on a road trip from Montana to Nebraska with one of his sons to collect a sweepstakes prize he thinks he has won. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Plush’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: September 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Catherine Hardwicke, Emily Browning, Plush, Soundtrack, Thomas Dekker, Xavier Samuel
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack EP for the indie drama Plush. The soundtrack features the original songs from the film performed by actors Emily Browning, Xavier Samuel and Thomas Dekker and is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Plush is directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Lords of Dogtown, Thirteen), produced by Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious) and stars Emily Browning, Cam Gigandet, Frances Fisher, Xavier Samuel, Brandon Jay McLaren and Dawn Ollvieri. The movie follows a rising rock star who finds herself in a spiral after losing her band mate and brother to a drug overdose. Read the rest of this entry »
BT Scoring John Herzfeld’s ‘Reach Me’
Posted: September 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Betrayal, BT, John Herzfeld, Patty Jenkins, Reach Me
BT has signed on to score the upcoming comedy drama Reach Me. The film is directed by John Herzfeld (2 Days in the Valley, 15 Minutes) and stars Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Berenger, Kevin Connolly, Thomas Jane, Kelsey Grammer, Nelly, Danny Aiello, Terry Crews, David O’Hara, Omari Hardwick, Lauren Cohan, Elizabeth Henstridge, Cary Elwes and Ryan Kwanten. The movie follows a group of characters whose lives intertwine and eventually collide as a result of a self-published motivational book and its anonymous author. Rebekah Chaney is producing the Seraphim Films and Paradox Entertainment production with Cassian Elwes (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, The Paperboy). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Runner Runner’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brad Furman, Christophe Beck, Runner Runner, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Runner Runner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Beck (The Hangover, The Muppets, The Sentinel). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 1, 2013 and physically on October 29. Check out audio clips from the score after the jump. Runner Runner is directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) and stars Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Ben Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Michael Esper, Oliver Cooper and Ben Schwartz. The movie follows a young man who is cheated out of his tuition money playing online poker and flies to Costa Rica in the hope of reclaiming his losses from the site’s billionaire owner and ends up becoming the corrupt CEO’s right-hand man. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blue Jasmine’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blue Jasmine, Soundtrack, Woody Allen
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for Woody Allen’s comedy drama Blue Jasmine. The album features the songs and jazz pieces from the film by artists including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Jimmie Noone, Conal Fowkes, Julias Block, Stephen Dudas, Trixie Smith and David Chesky. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Blue Jasmine written and directed by Allen stars Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg. The film about a New York socialite who moves into her sister’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again after her marriage to a wealthy businessman falls apart was released this summer by Sony Pictures Classics and is currently playing in theaters. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Battle of the Year’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Battle of the Year, Christopher Lennertz, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the dance drama Battle of the Year. The album features the songs from the film by artists including The Roots, Chubb Rock, Kool Kojak, Speedometer, Digital Underground, PC’s Ltd. and more. Also included is a suite from the film’s score composed by Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Revolution, Identity Thief). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Battle of the Year is directed by Benson Lee and stars Josh Holloway, Laz Alonso, Josh Peck, Caity Lotz and Chris Brown. The movie centers on an all-star American b-boy crew that is training to compete in France at the Battle of the Year (BOTY) International Championships. The film will be released nationwide this Friday, September 20 by Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems label. Read the rest of this entry »
Laurent Eyquem to Score ‘Momentum’
Posted: September 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Laurent Eyquem, Momentum, Stephen Campanelli, Where the Road Runs Out
Laurent Eyquem is set to score the upcoming action thriller Momentum. The film marks the directorial debut of Stephen Campanelli who has been Clint Eastwood’s camera operator since The Bridges of Madison County and stars Olga Kurylenko, Vincent Cassel and Shea Whigham. The movie follows a thief who is trying to avoid both the law and a deadly gang of assassins. Adam Marcus & Debra Sullivan (Texas Chainsaw 3D) have written the screenplay. Anton Ernst who has previously collaborated with Eyquem on last year’s South African Oscar submission Little One is producing the film for Thaba Media and Azari Media. Momentum is set to start shooting in January against the backdrop of Cape Town. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Mancini’s ‘The White Dawn’ Score Released
Posted: September 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Henry Mancini, Raging Angels, score, Soundtrack, Terry Plumeri, The White Dawn
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1974 adventure drama The White Dawn directed by Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff, Henry & June, Rising Sun) and starring Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms and Lou Gossett, alongside the Eskimo People of the Canadian Arctic. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer Henry Mancini (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Pink Panther). The soundtrack for the Paramount Pictures production is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Zanelli to Score Hallmark’s ‘Christmas in Conway’
Posted: September 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Christmas in Conway, Geoff Zanelli, Hallmark Hall of Fame
Geoff Zanelli is scoring the upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie Christmas in Conway. The film is directed by John Kent Harrison and stars Mary-Louise Parker, Andy Garcia and Mandy Moore. The movie follows a man who builds a Ferris wheel in the backyard of his house as the perfect Christmas present for his wife, as he proposed to her many years ago. Stephen P. Lindsey (Hachi: A Dog’s Tale) and Luis Ugaz have written the script. Brent Shields (Remember Sunday, The Makeover) and Howard Koch Jr. (Source Code, Gorky Park) are executive producing the project. Christmas in Conway will become the 250th presentation of the Hallmark Hall of Fame when it premieres later this year on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »
