Walt Disney Pictures has announced today that composer Stephen Sondheim is composing a new original song for the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Into the Woods. The film is directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) and stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, MacKenzie Mauzy, Billy Magnussen, Tammy Blanchard and Lucy Punch. The movie based on the Tony-winning original musical by James Lapine and Sondheim is a modern twist on the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. Marshall is producing the project with John DeLuca (Nine), as well as Marc Platt (Drive, Legally Blonde, Wanted) and Callum McDougall. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Sondheim to Write New Song for ‘Into the Woods’ Film Adaptation
Posted: September 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Into the Woods, Rob Marshall, Stephen Sondheim
Mychael Danna, Bear McCreary and John Lunn Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Schlesinger, Bear McCreary, David Javerbaum, Elliot Lawrence, Emmy Awards, John Lunn, Mychael Danna
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out this afternoon at the NOKIA Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. John Lunn has received his second Emmy for his music for Downtown Abbey in the Outstandig Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) category after last year’s win. Mychael Danna won his first Emmy Award for the mini-series World Without End in the Outstandig Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) category. Bear McCreary received his first Emmy Award for his main titles theme for Da Vinci’s Demons. In the Original Music and Lyrics category, Adam Schlesinger (music) and David Javerbaum (lyrics) were honored with an Emmy for the song If I Had Time written for the 66th Annual Tony Awards ceremony. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 15, 2013)
Posted: September 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Cork, Adrian Johnston, Brian Tyler, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dads, Dan Marocco, Fox, Great Performances, Henry IV, Henry V, PBS, Richard II, Seth MacFarlane, Sleepy Hollow, Stephen Warbeck, The Hollow Crowns, The Ryan Brothers
Premiering tomorrow, September 16, on Fox is the new mystery adventure drama Sleepy Hollow created by Alex Kurtzman & Bob Orci (Star Trek, Transformers), Len Wiseman (Underworld, Live Free or Die Hard) & Phillip Iscove and starring Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, John Cho and Katia Winter. Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast Five, Now You See Me) is composing the score for the series, which is based on The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow and follows Ichabod Crane as he partners with Sleepy Hollow’s Detective Abbie Archer to solve the mysteries of a town ravaged by the battle between good and evil. Sleepy Hollow will air every Monday night on Fox. For updates on the supernatural drama, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Edward Shearmur to Score ‘Before I Go to Sleep’
Posted: September 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Before I Go to Sleep, Edward Shearmur, Rowan Joffe
Edward Shearmur has been hired to score the upcoming mystery thriller Before I Go to Sleep. The film is written and directed by Rowan Joffe (Brighton Rock, screenwriter of The American and 28 Weeks Later) and stars Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong and Anne-Marie Duff. The movie is based on the best-selling novel by S.J. Watson of the same title and follows a woman with amnesia who wakes every day with no knowledge of who she is as a result a traumatic accident in her past and must reconstruct her memories from a journal she keeps. Ridley Scott & Liza Marshall (Life in a Day) and Mark Gill (Law Abiding Citzen, Olympus Has Fallen) are producing the Scott Free and Millennium Films production. Shearmur has previously scored the thrillers Righteous Kill and 88 Minutes for Millennium. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 13, 2013)
Posted: September 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: And While We Were Here, Blue Caprice, Colin Stetson, Evgueni Galperine, Insidious: Chapter 2, Jayne Mansfield's Car, Joseph Bishara, Mateo Messina, Max Richter, Ming Vauze, Nick Launay, Owen Easterling Hatfield, Plush, Sacha Galperine, Sarah Neufeld, The Family, Wadjda
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Expected to top the box office is the horror sequel Insidious: Chapter 2 directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Leigh Wannell and Barbara Hershey. The film’s original score is composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Dark Skies). Void Recordings has released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week. A CD and Vinyl version is set to come out next month. Check out our previous article for the full album details and audio clips. Also visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with Bishara about his work on the film.
Also opening wide is the crime comedy The Family directed by Luc Besson and starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones and Dianna Agron. The film’s original music is composed by Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine. EuropaCorp has released a soundtrack album featuring the score, as well as the songs from the film, including New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down by LCD Soundsystem, Me and My Baby by Don Cavalli and Doce Doce by Fred Bongusto. To listen to audio clips and to check out the full album details, visit our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Heitor Pereira to Score ‘Minions’ Movie
Posted: September 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Despicable Me, Heitor Pereira, Illumination Entertainment, Minions
Heitor Pereira is set to score Universal Pictures’ & Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming animated feature Minions. The film is a spin-off of the hit animated franchise Despicable Me and has been described as an origin story, which establishes that Minions have existed since the beginning of time, in service of history’s most ambitiously evil villains. Sandra Bullock will voice Scarlet Overkill, a stylish super-villain who is bent on world domination and Jon Hamm will lend his voice to her husband, the inventor Herb Overkill. Pierre Coffin who directed both Despicable Me and its sequel is directing the project with Kyle Balda (The Lorax) and Brian Lynch (Puss in Boots, Hop) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Muscle Shoals’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Muscle Shoals, Soundtrack
Republic Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Muscle Shoals. The album includes the songs featured in the film by Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alicia Keys, Paul Simon, Etta James, Jimmy Hughes, Percy Sledge, and more. The soundtrack will be released physically and digitally on September 24, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Muscle Shoals is directed by Greg “Freddy” Camalier and tells the story of FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, also known as the birthplace of some of rock ‘n’ roll’s and soul’s most iconic songs, located in Muscle Shoals, AL. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures for a domestic release on September 27, 2013, both in theaters and on VOD. Read the rest of this entry »
Clint Mansell to Score ‘The Imitation Game’
Posted: September 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clint Mansell, Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Clint Mansell is attached to score the upcoming indie drama The Imitation Game. The film is directed by Morten Tyldum (Headhunters, Buddy) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a British mathematician and cryptographer who helped crack the German enigma code during the final years of World War II, helping the Allies to victory. Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Matthew Goode and Charles Dance are co-starring. Graham Moore has written the screenplay based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma. Teddy Schwarzman (All Is Lost, Broken City) is producing the Black Bear Pictures and Ampersand Pictures production with Nora Grossman and Ido Ostrowsky. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Simon Russell, Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panters, Soundtrack
30 IPS will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Simon Russell. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 7, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers is directed by Havana Marking and centers around the Pink Panthers, the formidable Balkan gang that has stolen nearly a billion dollars worth of jewels from boutiques in the world’s most opulent cities, including Geneva, Paris, London, Dubai and Tokyo. The documentary was released in theaters this summer by Music Box Film’s genre arm Doppelganger Releasing and is set to be coming out on DVD on December 3, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Furst Scoring ‘Need for Speed’
Posted: September 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathan Furst, Need for Speed, Scott Waugh
Nathan Furst is currently scoring the upcoming racing action movie Need for Speed. The film directed by Scott Waugh is based on the Electronic Arts video game franchise and follows an underground racecar driver who owns a garage that modifies expensive cars to make them faster for racing and is framed and sent to prison when his best friend is murdered during a race. The movie stars Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Michael Keaton, Imogen Poots, Kid Cudi, Dakota Johnson, Ramon Rodriguez, Rami Malik and Harrison Gilbertson. George Gatins has written the screenplay based on an original story he developed with John Gatins (Flight, Real Steel) who is also producing the DreamWorks Pictures production with Patrick O’Brien and Mark Sourian. Read the rest of this entry »
