Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming animated feature Justin and the Knights of Valour. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria). Also included is the original song Heroes performed by Rebecca Ferguson. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on September 9, 2013. Justin and the Knights of Valour is directed by Manuel Sicilia and features the voice talent of Freddie Highmore, Saoirse Ronan, Charles Dance, Rupert Everett, Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Tamsin Egerton and Olivia Williams. The movie follows an idealistic boy who is determined to become a knight in shining armor, but his magical kingdom is in painful transition to a modern age dominated by bureaucracy. The film will be released in the UK on September 13 throughout the rest of Europe over the next couple of months. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Justin and the Knights of Valour’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ilan Eshkeri, Justin and the Knights of Valour, score, Soundtrack
‘Empire State’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Wittman, Dito Montiel, Empire State, score, Soundtrack
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the heist drama Empire State. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Wittman (Fighting, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, The Son of No One). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 3, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article in a few weeks. Empire State is directed by Dito Montiel and stars Liam Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Roberts, Nikki Reed, Chris Diamantopoulos, Michael Angarano, Jerry Ferrara, Shenae Grimes, Paul Ben-Victor and Greg Vrotsos. The film is set in the 80s and follows two childhood friends from Astoria, N.Y., who plan to rob an armored car depository. The drama will also be released on September 3 on Blu-ray and DVD by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Brook Scoring Diego Luna’s ‘Chavez’
Posted: August 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cas & Dylan, Chavez, Diego Luna, Michael Brook
Michael Brook has scored the upcoming biopic Chavez. The movie is helmed by actor-turned director Diego Luna (Abel) and stars Michael Pena as Cesar E. Chavez and follows the Mexican-American labor leader as he organizes the largest non-violent protest in U.S. history to accomplish his ultimate goal of obtaining basic human rights for over 50,000 farm workers in California. America Ferrera stars as his wife, Helen Chavez and Rosario Dawson portrays Dolores Huerta who co-founded the United Farm Workers of America. Wes Bentley, Gabriel Mann, Michael Cudlitz, Jacob Vargas, Yancey Arias and Mark Moses are co-starring. Keir Pearson (Hotel Rwanda) has written the screenplay. Luna is producing the Canana Films production with Gael Garcia Bernal & Pablo Cruz (Miss Bala), alongside John Malkovich, Lianne Halfon & Russell Smith (Juno, Young Adult) for Mr. Mudd, as well as Pearson and Larry Meli. Read the rest of this entry »
More Music from ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ Released
Posted: August 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lee Daniels' The Butler, Rodrigo Leão, Soundtrack, The Butler
Verve International has released a second soundtrack album for the hit drama Lee Daniels’ The Butler. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Gladys Knight, James Brown, Patti Drew, The Meditation Singers, Dean Martin, Shorty Long, Fantasia, Dinah Washington, The O-Jay’s and People’s Choice. Also included are two tracks from the film’s original score composed by Rodrigo Leão. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s music as reported earlier this month. The song album is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Lee Daniels’ The Butler stars Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber and Robin Williams. The drama is now playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lovelace’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lovelace, Soundtrack, Stephen Trask
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Lovelace. The album includes the songs featured in the film by artists including Gladys Knight & The Pips, Brenton Wood, KC & The Sunshine Band, Elvin Bishop, John Ellison & The Souls Brothers Six and Eddie Kenricks. Also featured is a track from the film’s original score composed by Stephen Trask (In Good Company, Hedwig and the Angry Inch). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 27, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The album will also be released physically overseas by Sony Music (click here to pre-order the CD). Lovelace is directed by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman and stars Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Adam Brody, Chris Noth, Hank Azaria, Bobby Cannavale, Juno Temple, James Franco and Debi Mazar. The drama follows adult film star Linda Lovelace through the production of Deep Throat, her abusive relationship with Chuck Traynor and eventual spearheading of the feminist anti-pornography movement. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch to Score BBC’s ‘The Thirteenth Tale’
Posted: August 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Benjamin Wallfisch, Desert Dancer, The Thirteenth Tale
Benjamin Wallfisch has been tapped to score the BBC original movie The Thirteenth Tale. The film is based on Diane Setterfield’s novel of the same title and has been adapted for television by Academy Award-winning writer Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement, The Quiet American). The drama is directed by James Kent (The White Queen, Inside Men) and stars Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman, Alexandra Roach, Robert Pugh, Gordon Winter, Sophie Turner and Antonia Clarke. The movie follows a famous novelist with failing health who enlists an amateur biographer to hear her story and ghostwrite her autobiography. David Heyman (Harry Potter series, I Am Legend) and his mother Norma Heyman (Dangerous Liaisons, Mrs Henderson Present) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Savannah’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gil Talmi, Savannah, score, Soundtrack
Konsonant Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Savannah. The album features the film’s original score composed by Gil Talmi who recorded his music with a live orchestra at East West Studios in Los Angeles. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Savannah is directed by Annette Haywood-Carter and stars Jim Caviezel, Sam Shepard, Bradley Whitford, Jaimie Alexander, Hal Halbrook, Jack McBrayer and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The movie is based on John Eugene Cay Jr.’s book Ward Allen: Savannah River Market Hunters and follows a man in the 1900s who leaves behind a life of privilege in Savannah to live off the land with a freed slave. The film will be released theatrically in select cities this Friday, August 23 by Ketchup Entertainment, followed by a released on VOD and DVD on September 24. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Closed Circuit’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Closed Circuit, Joby Talbot, John Crowley, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Closed Ciruit. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joby Talbot (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Penelope, Son of Rambow). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 27, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Closed Circuit is directed by John Crowley and stars Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Riz Ahmed, Jim Broadbent, Kenneth Cranham, Anne-Marie Duff, Ciarán Hinds and Julia Stiles. The movie follows two ex-lovers who find their loyalties tested and their lives at risk when they are joined together on the defense team in a terrorism trial. The thriller will be released on August 28 by Focus Features. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Bates to Score Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
Posted: August 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn, Marvel Studios, Tyler Bates
Director James Gunn has confirmed on his Facebook page that Tyler Bates will be composing the score for Marvel’s upcoming superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy. The film stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Glenn Close, John C. Reilly, Benicio del Toro, Karen Gillian, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace and Dave Bautista. Vin Diesel is also in talks to join the film’s cast. The movie based on the Marvel Comics characters created by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning follows a U.S pilot who bands with a group of ex-cons from other planets after he’s thrust in the middle of a universal conflict. Gunn is writing and directing the project and Kevin Feige (The Avengers, Iron Man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk) is producing the movie for Marvel Studios. Read the rest of this entry »
Roque Banos to Score Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’
Posted: August 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Oldboy, Roque Banos, Spike Lee
Roque Banos has signed on to score the upcoming English-language remake of Oldboy. The film is directed by Spike Lee (Malcolm X, Inside Man) and stars Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley. The movie follows an advertising executive who is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement and sets out to find out who held him hostage and why when he is inexplicably released. Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, Thor) wrote the screenplay based on Chan-wook Park’s acclaimed Korean film from 2003 and Roy Lee & Doug Davison (The Strangers, The Lake House) and Nathan Kahane (Juno, 50/50) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
