Orange Mountain Music will release a soundtrack album for Godfrey Reggio’s upcoming feature Visitors. The album features the film’s original music composed by Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal) who previously scored the director’s Qatsi Trilogy formed by the films Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Naqoyqatsi. The music is performed by the Bruckner Orchester Linz and conducted by Dennis Russell Davies. The soundtrack will be released both digitally and physically on September 3, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Visitors marks Godfrey’s first movie in over a decade and is said to “reveal humanity’s trancelike relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effects far beyond the human species”. Read the rest of this entry »
Philip Glass’ ‘Visitors’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Godfrey Reggio, Philip Glass, score, Soundtrack, Visitors
Hans Zimmer to Be Honored with Classic Brit Award
Posted: August 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Classic Brit Awards, Hans Zimmer
Composer Hans Zimmer has been announced as the winner of this year’s Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the 2013 Classic BRIT Awards. The Academy Award- , Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning composer of such films as The Lion King, Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, The Dark Knight and Inception will be honored with the award at this year’s ceremony on October 2 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Zimmer is the second film composer to be honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Music award following John Barry who received the award posthumously in 2011. Last year, John Williams was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award. To learn more about the Classic Brit Awards and to buy tickets for the event, visit the official event website.
‘Jobs’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: jOBS, John Debney, score, Soundtrack
Garage Ingenuity has released a soundtrack album for the biopic Jobs. The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-nominated composer John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf). Also included are the songs featured in the film by artist including REO Speedwagon, Parish Hall, Toad The Wet Sprocket and Freddy Monday. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. La-La Land Records will release a physical version on September 10, 2013 (click here to pre-order the CD). Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Jobs is directed by Joshua Michael Stern (Swing Vote) and stars Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs. The movie chronicles the defining 30 years of the entrepreneur’s life. Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons, James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, and Matthew Modine are co-starring. The biopic will be released nationwide this Friday, August 16. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Armstrong’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ Score Released
Posted: August 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Armstrong, score, Soundtrack, The Great Gatsby
WaterTower Music and Interscope Records have released a new soundtrack album for Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatbsy. The album features the previously unreleased original score composed by Craig Armstrong (Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge!). The soundtrack has been released digitally today, August 13 and is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Interscope has previously released the official soundtrack album for the film featuring the songs from the film. The Great Gatsby based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isla Fisher and Amitabh Bachchan. The movie follows the would-be writer Nick Carraway who leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. The drama was released in theaters worldwide this summer and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 27. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Once Upon a Time’ Season 2 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Mark Isham, Once Upon a Time, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the details of a new soundtrack album for ABC’s hit series Once Upon a Time. The album features highlights from the original score from the show’s second season composed by Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It, 42). The soundtrack is now available to order on Intrada’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring selections of Isham’s score for the first season. Once Upon a Time is created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and stars Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla and Josh Dallas. The second season is also being released today, August 13, on Blu-ray and DVD and the third season is set to premiere on September 29, 2013 on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »
Randy Edelman Scoring ‘A Friggin’ Christmas Miracle’
Posted: August 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Friggin' Christmas Miracle, Randy Edelman
Randy Edelman has been tapped to score the upcoming family comedy A Friggin’ Christmas Miracle. The film is directed by Tristram Shapeero (Community) and stars Joel McHale, Lauren Graham, Robin Williams, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Clark Duke and Candice Bergen. The movie follows a family man who takes his wifeand son to visit his family for Christmas. When they arrive, he realizes he’s left his son’s presents at home. Phil Johnston (Cedar Rapids, Wreck-It-Ralph) has written the screenplay. Tom Rice (The Way Way Back) is producing the project for Sycamore Pictures, alongside Joe and Anthony Russo (You, Me and Dupree, Captain America: The Winter Soldier). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Arrow’ – Season 1 Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Arrow, Blake Neely, score, Soundtrack, The CW
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the CW superhero series Arrow. The album features selections from the first season’s original score composed by Blake Neely (The Pacific, The Mentalist, Everwood). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 17, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Arrow is a modern retelling of the story of the DC Comics character Green Arrow and stars Stephen Amell as the vigilante superhero who fights crime under his secret identity as Oliver Queen, a wealthy playboy and billionaire industrialist-turned-outspoken politician in Star City. Colin Donnell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Susanna Thompson and Paul Blackthorne are co-starring in the show executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg and David Nutter. The show’s first season will also be released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 17 and the second season is set to premiere on October 5 on The CW. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blackfish’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blackfish, Jeff Beal, score, Soundtrack
Off the Grid Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Blackfish. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Rome, Appaloosa, Monk). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Blackfish is directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and traces a 39 year history of killer whales in captivity leading up to a 2010 incident where an experienced Sea World trainer was killed by a 12,000 lb. whale. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released released in theaters last month by Magnolia Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 11, 2013)
Posted: August 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Low Winter Sun, Tyler Bates
Premiering tonight is the new AMC drama Low Winter Sun created by Chris Mundy and starring Mark Strong, Lennie James, Erika Alexander, James Ransone, David Costabile, Sprague Grayden, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Athena Karkanis. The show’s original score is composed by Tyler Bates (Dawn of the Dead, 300, Californication). The composer has also co-written the main titles song Hustlin’ In The Motor City with Nan Vernon, Chris Mundy and Bettye LaVette who also performs the song. To learn more about the series, check out our previous news article. Low Winter Sun will air every Sunday night on AMC. For updates on the drama, visit the official show website.
‘Salinger’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lorne Balfe, Salinger, score, Shane Salerno, Soundtrack
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Salinger. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Megamind, Restless, The Bible). The soundtrack will be released physically on September 17, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Salinger is directed by Shane Salerno and chronicles the life of author JD Salinger (Catcher in the Rye) who died at age 91 in 2010. The movie features interviews with over 150 subjects, including Salinger’s friends, colleagues and members of his inner circle who have never spoken on the record before, as well as celebrities including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, John Cusack, Danny DeVito, John Guare, Martin Sheen, David Milch and Robert Towne. The documentary is set to be released on September 6 by the Weinstein Company. Read the rest of this entry »
