Only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend:

wolverineExpected to top the weekend box office is the superhero film The Wolverine directed by James Mangold and starring Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushim. The film’s music is composed by Marco Beltrami (World War ZScream) who previously scored Mangold’s 3:10 to Yuma. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here to listen to audio clips.

to-do-listOpening semi-wide is the comedy The To Do List directed by Maggie Carey and starring Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat, Rachel Bilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Andy Samberg, Donald Glover and Connie Britton. Universal Music Enterprises has released a soundtrack album featuring the film’s songs including a number of 90s classics by Tears for Fears, Cranberries, Mazzy Star, House of Love, Elastica, Gin Blossoms and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Check out our previous article for the full soundtrack details. Raney Shockne (FX’s Anger Management) has composed the film’s score. No word on a release of the score. Read the rest of this entry »

bastardsNaïve Records will release a soundtrack album for Claire Denis’ French thriller Bastards (Les salauds). The album features the film’s original music composed by the Tindersticks. The British rock band has previously collaborated with the director on a number of projects. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 3, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Bastards marks Denis’ follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2010 film White Material and stars Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, Julie Bataille, Michel Subor, Lola Creton and Alex Descas. The movie premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released in France on August 7, 2013. No word yet on a domestic distribution deal. Read the rest of this entry »

queen-of-the-nightMychael Danna is currently scoring the upcoming psychological thriller Queen of the Night. The film is directed by Atom Egoyan and stars Ryan Reynolds, Mireille Enos, Bruce Greenwood, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson and Kevin Durand. The movie follows a father of an abducted child who finds a series of clues that convince him that the girl is still alive. Egoyan has co-written the screenplay with David Fraser and is also producing the Ego Film Arts and The Film Farm production with Simone Urdl & Jennifer Weiss (Away from HerRedaction) and Stephen Traynor. Danna has previously scored all of Egoyan’s major features of the last two decades including The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica, Where the Truth Lies, ChloeArarat and Felicia’s JourneyRead the rest of this entry »

shuffletons-barbershopMovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the Hallmark Channel original movie Shuffleton’s Barbershop. The album features the film’s original score written by Emmy-nominated composer Lawrence Shragge (Haven, When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 30, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Shuffelton’s Barbershop is directed by Mark Jean and stars Danny Glover, Austin Stowell and Kayla Ewell. The film is inspired by a painting by 20th century artist, Norman Rockwell, and focuses on a big celebrity who revisits his small hometown to reconcile his past with his present, and rediscover the lasting value of family, friends, and fatherhood. The movie premiered this past May on the Hallmark Channel. Read the rest of this entry »

le-weekendJeremy Sams has reteamed with director Roger Michell on the upcoming comedy drama Le Week-End. The movie starring Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldblum follows a long-married couple who visit Paris for the first time since their honeymoon to revitalize their marriage and meet an old friend who gives them a new view of life and love. Hanif Kureishi (Venus, My Beautiful Laundrette) has written the screenplay and Kevin Loader (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, In the Loop, Nowhere Boy) is producing the project. Sams has previously collaborated with Michell on the features Persuasion, Enduring Love, The Mother and last year’s Hyde Park on Hudson. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Caprica’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: July 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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capricaLa-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album for the Syfy original series Caprica. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar GalacticaMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Also included are two songs from the series performed by Young Beautiful in a Hurry. The soundtrack will be released as a 2CD-set on July 30, 2013. Caprica is set 58 years before Battlestar Galactica and follows two rival families as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the peaceful 12 Colonies, living in a society close to our own. The sci-fi drama is created by Remi Aubuchon & Ronald D. Moore and stars Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson, Alessandra Torresani, Magda Apanowicz, Sasha Roiz, Brian Markinson and Polly Walker. Read the rest of this entry »

the-right-kind-of-wrongRachel Portman is the composer of the upcoming romantic comedy The Right Kind of Wrong. The movie is directed by Jeremiah Chechik (Christmas VacationDiaboliqueThe Avengers) and stars Ryan Kwanten as a struggling writer who meets the girl of his dreams at her own wedding. Catherine O’Hara, Will Sasso and Sara Canning are co-starring. The film is based on the novel Sex and Sunsets by Tim Dandlin and was adapted for the screen by Megan Martin. Robert Lantos (Eastern Promises, Being Julia, Barney’s Version) is producing the Serendipity Point Film production with Ari Lantos. Chechik has previously collaborated with Portman on the 1993 comedy Benny & Joon starring Johnny Depp. Read the rest of this entry »

2-gunsMetropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the action movie 2 Guns. The album features the film’s original score composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9) who previously collaborated with director  Baltasar Kormákur on last year’s Contraband. The soundtrack will be released digitally overseas on July 29, 2013 and in the U.S. on August 6. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. 2 Guns starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Fred Ward, James Marsden and Edward James Olmos follows two operatives from competing bureaus who are forced on the run together. The film will be released nationwide on August 2 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

johnny-jewelJohnny Jewel revealed in a recent interview with Noisey (via The Playlist) that he is writing music for Ryan Gosling’s upcoming directorial debut How to Catch a Monster. The film stars Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Eva Mendes, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith and Ben Mendelsohn. The movie is set against the surreal dreamscape of a vanishing city and centered on a single mother of two being swept into a macabre and dark fantasy underworld while her teenage son discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. Marc Platt (Drive, 2 GunsLegally Blonde) & Adam Siegel are producing the project for Marc Platt Productions, alongside Michel Litvak & David Lancaster (BobbyLegion) for Bold Films. Gosling who has also written the screenplay is also producing for Phantasma Films. Read the rest of this entry »

percy-jackson-sea-of-monstersThe details of the domestic release of the soundtrack for the fantasy adventure sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters have been revealed. The album features an alternate cover art, but the same content of the version to be released overseas including the film’s original score by Andrew Lockington (Journey to the Center of the Earth, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island) and the song I Feel Alive by IAMEVE. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on August 6, 2013 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters directed by Thor Freudenthal and starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Jake Abel, Leven Rambin, Stanley Tucci, Sean Bean, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Head, Missi Pyle, Yvette Nicole Brown and Mary Birdsong follows Percy Jackson and his friends as they head into the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece. Read the rest of this entry »