Continuing the celebration of their 35th Anniversary, Varèse Sarabande Records presents The Varèse Sarabande Summer Signing to take place on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA. Composers in attendance include Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal (Rome, Monk, Appaloosa) whose Emmy-nominated score for the Netflix original series House of Cards was released by the label earlier this year, Grammy Award-winning composer Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Beverly Hills Chihuaha) whose score for The Smurfs 2 was just released by Varese earlier this week and Emmy Award-winning composer Christophe Beck (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Muppets) whose music for The Hangover Trilogy is now available on CD following a digital release earlier this summer. Also participating are composers Laurent Eyquem (Winnie) who recently had his first score released on Varese for Ron Maxwell’s Copperhead and Ryan Amon whose score for Neil Blomkamp’s Elysium is set to be released on August 6, as well as Varèse Sarabande Records producer Robert Townson. The event will take place at Dark Delicacies, located at 3512 W Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505, from 2:00PM to 4:00PM on Sunday August 11, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
The Varèse Sarabande Summer Signing Announced
Posted: July 31, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Christophe Beck, Heitor Pereira, Jeff Beal, Laurent Eyquem, Ryan Amon, Varese Sarabande
John Debney Scoring ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ Mini-Series and ‘Walk of Shame’
Posted: July 31, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A&E, Bonnie & Clyde, History Channel, jOBS, John Debney, Lifetime, Steven Brill, Walk of Shame
John Debney is scoring the upcoming Lifetime/History Channel mini-series Bonnie & Clyde. The four hour series is directed by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Double Jeopardy) and stars Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger in the title roles of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, the 1930s couple whose crime spree enraptured the American public. Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Sarah Hyland, Elizabeth Reaser, Lane Garrison, Austin Hebert and Dale Dickey are co-starring. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Steel Magnolias, The Bucket List, Chicago) are producing the Sony Pictures Television production. John Rice and Joe Batteer (Windtalkers, Blown Away) have written the script. Debney has previously co-scored the History Channel’s Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning mini-series Hatfields & McCoys for Sony Pictures Television. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Metallica: Through the Never’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 31, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Metallica, Metallica: Through the Never, Soundtrack
Blackened Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming 3D concert film Metallica: Through the Never. The soundtrack features 15 songs recorded live in Edmonton and Vancouver in August of 2012 while the band was filming the performance footage in the movie. The album will be released as a 2-CD set and digitally on September 24, 2013. A vinyl version in both 33 1/3 RPM and a special limited, numbered deluxe 45 RPM is set to be released later this Fall. To pre-order the soundtrack, visit Amazon. Metallica: Through the Never is directed by Nimród Antal (Predators, Kontroll) and stars Dane DeHaan (The Place Beyond the Pines) as a young roadie who is sent on an urgent mission during Metallica’s live set in front of a sold-out arena audience. Charlotte Huggins (Journey to the Center of the Earth) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Trevor Morris to Score NBC’s ‘Dracula’
Posted: July 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dracula, NBC, Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris has signed on to score the upcoming NBC drama Dracula. The show is created by Daniel Knauf (Carnivàle) and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Katie McGrath, Thomas Kretschmann and Nonso Anozie. The series is set in 1890s London and follows Dracula as he arrives in Town posing as an American entrepreneur who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society, but hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier. Knauf is also executive producing the NBC Universal Television production with Tony Krantz (24, Sports Night), Colin Callender and Gareth Neame (Downton Abbey). Steve Shill (Obsessed) who previously helmed numerous episodes of the Rhys Meyers-starring and Morris-scored The Tudors directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tim’s Vermeer’ to Feature Music by Conrad Pope
Posted: July 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Conrad Pope, Teller, Tim's Vermeer
Conrad Pope is the composer of the upcoming documentary Tim’s Vermeer. The film is directed by Teller of Penn & Teller fame and follows Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, as he attempts to solve the mystery of how 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring) managed to paint so photo-realistically,150 years before the invention of photography. The movie chronicles Jenisen’s decade-long journey, including a trip to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney and eventually a trip to Buckingham Palace, to see the Queen’s Vermeer. Teller’s stage partner Penn Jillette and Farley Ziegler are producing the project. Pope’s previous credits as a composer include 2011’s My Week with Marilyn and 2001’s Pavilion of Women. He is also known as an orchestrator for such A-list composers as John Williams, James Horner, Alexandre Desplat, James Newton Howard and Alan Silvestri. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded Soundtrack for Walter Hill’s ‘The Warriors’ Announced
Posted: July 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Barry DeVorzon, score, Soundtrack, The Warriors, Walter Hill
La-La Land Records has announced the details of a new soundtrack release for the Paramount Pictures 1979 action thriller The Warrior directed by Walter Hill and starring Michael Beck, James Remar and Deborah Van Valkenburg. The release features a remastered version of the original A&M album presentation, with songs from Joe Walsh, Arnold McCuller, Johnny Vastano, Genya Ravan, Kenny Vance & Ismael Miranda and Desmond Child. Also included as a world premiere release is the film’s original score composed by Barry DeVorzon, including cues that did not make the final version of the film. To listen to audio clips and to order the soundtrack, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit La-La Land’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Englishby Scoring BBC’s ‘The Great Train Robbery’
Posted: July 29, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, David Hare, Paul Englishby, Salting the Battlefield, The Great Train Robbery, Turks & Caicos
Paul Englishby has recently recorded his score for the upcoming BBC mini-series The Great Train Robbery. The two-part movie written by Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch, Camelot) centers the most infamous heist in British history, involving the fleecing of the Royal Mail train in 1963 by a team of thieves that made off with millions of dollars. The first part, A Robber’s Tale, directed by Julian Jarrold (The Girl) and starring Luke Evans, Jack Roth, Neil Maskell, Paul Anderson, Martin Compston,Del Synnott and Jack Gordon tells the story from the robbers’ point of view. The second part, A Copper’s Tale, directed by James Strong (United, Broadchurch) and starring Jim Broadbent, Robert Glenister,Tom Chambers, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tom Beard, James Wilby and James Fox follows the detective charged with bringing the robbers to justice. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Yared Scoring ‘A Promise’ and ‘Tom at the Farm’
Posted: July 29, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Promise, Gabriel Yared, Patrice Leconte, Tom à la ferme, Tom at the Farm, Xavier Dolan
Gabriel Yared has composed the music for the upcoming romantic drama A Promise. The film is directed by Patrice Leconte (The Widow of Saint-Pierre, Monsieur Hire) and stars Alan Rickman, Rebecca Hall and Richard Madden. The movie based on Stefan Zweig’s novella Journey into the Past is set in Germany just before WWI and centers on an older, wealthy man who falls hopelessly in love with her husband’s teacher. When the war breaks out and they are separated, they pledge their devotion to one another. The drama marks the English language feature debut of Leconte who has also co-written the screenplay with Jerome Tonnerre (Renoir, Intimate Strangers). Marc Missonnier & Olivier Delbosc (The Next Three Days, Swimming Pool, Enter the Void) are producing the project for Fidelite Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Continuum’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 29, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Continuum, Jeff Danna, score, Soundtrack, Syfy
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi series Continuum. The album features selections from the score of the first season of the show composed by Jeff Danna (The Boondock Saints, Fracture, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 6, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Continuum is created by Simon Barry and stars Rachel Nichols, Victor Webster and Erik Knudsen. The show follows a detective from the year 2077 who finds herself trapped in present day Vancouver and searching for ruthless criminals from the future. The first season of Continuum is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. The second season of the series currently airs every Friday night on Syfy and the show has already been renewed for a third season. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 28, 2013)
Posted: July 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Michael Tavera, The Awesomes
Premiering this Thursday, August 1 on Hulu is the new animated series The Awesomes created by Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live) and Mike Shoemaker (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) and featuring the voice talent of Ike Barinholtz, Rachel Dratch, Bill Hader, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Bobby Lee, Taran Killam, Paula Pell and Emily Spivey. The show’s score is composed by Michael Tavera (Mr. Magoo, Drowning Mona, Lilo & Stitch: The Series). The Awesomes follows the greatest superhero team in history and what happens after its most powerful members retire and will be available starting on Thursday on Hulu. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
