Tyler Bates is composing the music for the upcoming horror thriller The Sacrament. The film is written and directed by Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers) and stars Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Kentucker Audley, Amy Seimetz and Gene Jones. The movie follows two Vice media correspondents as they set out to document their friend’s search to find his missing sister. Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) is producing the Worldview Entertainment and Arcade Pictures production with Jacob Jaffke (Sleepwalk with Me), Peter Phok (Stake Land), Christopher Woodrow & Molly Conners (The Immigrant, Blood Ties). Bates has previously scored Worldview’s Killer Joe directed by William Friedkin. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Bates Scoring Ti West’s ‘The Sacrament’
Posted: August 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: The Sacrament, Ti West, Tyler Bates
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‘CBGB’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: CBGB, Randall Miller, Soundtrack
Omnivore Recordings will release the official soundtrack album for CBGB. The album features the songs featured in the film by artists including Talking Heads, New York Dolls, The Velvet Underground, Television, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, The Dictators, Blondie and The Police. The soundtrack will be released on October 8, 2013. The label will also release a double LP version and a deluxe digital release featuring additional tracks will be released by Rhino Records. CBGB is directed by Randall Miller (Bottle Shock) and stars Alan Rickman, Malin Akerman, Ashley Greene, Johnny Galecki, Rupert Grint, Justin Bartha, Joel David Moore, Freddy Rodriguez, Donal Logue, Stana Katic and Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters. The movie tells the true story of the legendary New York City club that launched dozens of top bands and is known globally as the home of American Punk Rock music. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 2, 2013)
Posted: August 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 2 Guns, Bear McCreary, Brendan Canning, Clinton Shorter, Drift, Europa Report, Heitor Pereira, Michael Yezerski, Rob Simonsen, The Canyons, The Smurfs 2, The Spectacular Now
Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action comedy 2 Guns directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Fred Ward, James Marsden and Edward James Olmos. The film’s original score is composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband). Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally next Tuesday, August 6. For the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement.
Already in theaters since Wednesday is the hybrid live action/animated family movie The Smurfs 2 directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, Hank Azaria and Brendan Gleeson. RCA Records has released a soundtrack album featuring songs from and inspired by the film, including Britney Spears’ new single Ooh La La, as well as songs by Owl City, Nelly Furtado (feat. Ace Primo)and Right Said Fred. Check out out previous article for the full details. A separate soundtrack featuring the film’s original score composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me) is now available on Varese Sarabande (click here for more information and audio clips). Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring ‘Life of Crime’
Posted: August 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Life of Crime, Oculus, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers are scoring the upcoming crime thriller Life of Crime. The film is directed by Daniel Schechter (Supporting Characters) and stars Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Isla Fisher, Will Forte, Mark Boone Junior and Tim Robbins. The film based on the novel The Switch by Elmore Leonard (Out of Sight, Get Shorty) serves as a prequel to Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown with Hawkes and Bey playing younger versions of Robert De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson’s characters Louis Gara and Ordell Robbie. The comedy follows the duo as they plan to kidnap a corrupt real estate developer’s wife. Leonard is producing the project with Ellen Goldsmith-Vein (The Spiderwick Chronicles) and Lee Stollman (Abduction), Liz Destro & Jordan Kessler (About Cherry) and Michael Siegel. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Paranoia’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Junkie, Paranoia, Robert Luketic, score, Soundtrack, XL
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Paranoia. The album features the film’s original score composed by Junkie XL (300: Rise of an Empire). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 13, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Paranoia is directed by Robert Luketic and stars Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Amber Heard, Josh Holloway, Embeth Davitz, Richard Dreyfuss, Julian McMahon and Lucas Till. The movie about a lower-middle-class kid trying to do better for his dad by getting involved in the world of corporate espionage between two rival companies will be released nationwide on August 26, 2013 by Relativity Media. Read the rest of this entry »
David Wingo and Explosions in the Sky to Score David Gordon Green’s ‘Manglehorn’
Posted: August 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Gordon Green, David Wingo, Explosions in the Sky, Manglehorn
Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo are set to reunite with David Gordon Green on the director’s upcoming drama Manglehorn. The film stars Al Pacino as an eccentric man who tries to come to terms with a past crime that cost him the love of his life. Paul Logan has written the screenplay based on an original story by Green and Logan. Green is also producing the project with Lisa Muskat (Snow Angels, Compliance, All the Real Girls) and Worldview Entertainment’s Christopher Woodrow & Molly Conners (Killer Joe, The Immigrant, Blood Ties). Explosions in the Sky and Wingo have previously co-scored Green’s Prince Avalanche starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch, which is set to be released on August 9 by Magnolia Pictures. Wingo and Explosions drummer Chris Hrask have announced their involvement in Manglehorn in an interview with Hitfix. Read the rest of this entry »
WaterTower Music to Release Hans Zimmer’s ‘Rush’ Soundtrack
Posted: August 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Ron Howard, Rush, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for Ron Howard’s upcoming racing drama Rush. The album features the film’s original score composed by Hans Zimmer who has previously collaborated with the director on such films as The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and Frost/Nixon. The soundtrack will be released on September 24, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details and audio clips. Rush starring Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara, Stephen Mangan, Christian McKay, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Jamie de Courcey, Pierfrancesco Favino and Natalie Dormer centers on the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda and their Formula One racing teams, McLaren and Ferrari during the 1975/76 season, as both were pushed to the breaking point of their psychological and physical endurance. Read the rest of this entry »
George Fenton to Score Disneynature’s ‘Bears’
Posted: August 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bears, Disneynature, George Fenton
George Fenton has been hired to score Disneynature’s upcoming documentary Bears. The film is directed by Alastair Fothergill (Earth, African Cats, Chimpanzee) and Keith Scholey (African Cats) and showcases a year in the life of two mother bears as they impart life lessons to their impressionable young cubs. Set against a majestic Alaskan backdrop teeming with life, their journey begins as winter comes to an end and the bears emerge from hibernation to face the bitter cold. Fenton has previously scored Disneynature’s first release Earth, which was released in 2007. Bears is set to be released on April 18, 2014 by Walt Disney Pictures in time for next Earth Day. For updates on the film, visit Disneynature’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Drift’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Drift, Michael Yezerski, Soundtrack
World Wide Mind Films has released a soundtrack album for the drama Drift. The album features the songs from the film by artists including The Jezabels, Dennis Coffey fest. Paolo Nutini, Kula Shaker, Chuck Berry and T. Rex. Also included are four tracks from the film’s original score composed by Michael Yezerski (Mental, Storm Surfers 3D). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Drift is directed by Morgan O’Neill & Ben Nott and stars Sam Worthington, Robyn Malcolm, Myles Pollard, Xavier Samuel, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Aaron Glenane, Steve Bastoni and Maurie Ogden. The movie is based on a true story about two brothers who launch a backyard surf gear business but get caught up with a local drug dealer, threatening their family and their future. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for Francois Ozon’s ‘Young & Beautiful’
Posted: July 31, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Francois Ozon, Jeune et jolie, Philippe Rombi, score, Soundtrack, Young & Beautiful
The details of the soundtrack album for Francois Ozon’s drama Young & Beautiful (Jeune et jolie) have been revealed. The soundtrack features the film’s original score composed by Philippe Rombi who has previously worked with the director on such films as Swimming Pool, Angel, In the House and Potiche. Also included are the songs featured in the film by Françoise Hardy, M83, Crystal Castles, The Citizens and Poni Hoax. The soundtrack will be released in France both physically and digitally on August 19, 2013 (visit Amazon to order the CD as an import). No word yet on a domestic release. Young & Beautiful written and directed by Ozon and starring Marine Vacth, Charlotte Rampling, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Fantin Ravat and Johan Leisen tells the story of young woman coming of age from her sexual awakening to the loss of her virginity, and from her exploration of love to her search for her identity. The drama premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released in France on August 21. Read the rest of this entry »
