Matthew Margeson is currently scoring the upcoming indie thriller The Curse of Downers Grove. The film is directed by Derick Martini (Lymelife, Hick) and stars Bella Heathcote, Lucas Till, Penelope Mitchell, Kevin Zegers, Helen Slater and Tom Arnold. The movie based on a novel by Michael Hornburg is set in Downers Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago and follows a paranoid high school senior who is worried about an apparent curse that takes the life of one student every year at the school. Martini has co-written the screenplay with Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho, The Rules of Attraction). Oren Segal, Jason Dubin and Chiara Trento are producing the project. Margeson has previously scored the Segal-produced 2010 film Burning Palms. The Curse of Downers Grove is currently in post-production and is expected to be released in 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Margeson Scoring ‘The Curse of Downers Grove’
Posted: July 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Derick Martini, Matthew Margeson, The Curse of Downers Grove
‘Grace Unplugged’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Grace Unplugged, Soundtrack
Sparrow Records will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming family drama Grace Unplugged. The album features the radio single All I’ve Ever Needed from AJ Michalka (formerly of Aly & AJ), as well as songs by Christian music artists including TobyMac, Chris Tomlin, Colton Dixon and Jamie Grace. The soundtrack will be released on August 27, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Grace Unplugged is directed by Brad J. Silverman and stars AJ Michalka, James Denton, Kevin Pollak, Michael Welch, Shawnee Smith, Jamie Grace, Chris Ellis, Mary Shaw, Chris Tomlin and Pia Toscano. The movie about a young singer and aspiring songwriter whose faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom will be released on October 4, 2013 by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions. Read the rest of this entry »
Dario Marianelli to Score Paul Haggis’ ‘Third Person’
Posted: July 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dario Marianelli, Paul Haggis, Third Person
Dario Marianelli has been hired to score the upcoming romantic drama Third Person. The film is written and directed by Paul Haggis and stars Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, James Franco, Olivia Wilde, Maria Bello, Kim Basinger and Moran Atias. The movie follows three inter-connected love stories of three couples in three cities: Rome, Paris and New York. Haggis is also producing the project with Paul Breuls (The Devil’s Double, Killing Season) and Michael Nozik (Syriana, The Motorcycle Diaries). Haggis has previously collaborated with composers Mark Isham (Crash, In the Valley of Elah) and Danny Elfman (The Next Three Days) on his last directorial efforts. Read the rest of this entry »
Joel McNeely’s ‘Tinker Bell’ Score Released
Posted: July 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joel McNeely, score, Soundtrack, Tinker Bell
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the score for Walt Disney Pictures’ 2008 animated feature Tinker Bell. The album featueres the film’s original music composed and conducted by Joel McNeely (Holes, Iron Will, Young Indiana Jones Chronicles). Also included are the film’s songs performed by Lorena McKennitt and Selena Gomez. The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Walt Disney Records has previously released a soundtrack featuring the film’s songs, as well as McNeely’s end credits suite. Tinker Bell is directed by Bradley Raymond and features the voice talent of Mae Whitman, Kristin Chenoweth, Jane Horrocks, Anjelica Huston, Jesse McCartney, and Raven-Symone. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kick-Ass 2’ Score Album Details
Posted: July 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Henry Jackman, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Matthew Margeson, score, Soundtrack
The details of the score album for the superhero action comedy sequel Kick-Ass 2 have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Henry Jackman (Wreck It Ralph, X-Men: First Class) and Matthew Margeson (Transformers Prime, Skyline). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 13, 2013. A physical deluxe extended edition including additional tracks not included on the digital version will be released on August 20 by La-La Land Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. As previously reported, Sony Music will release a separate soundtrack featuring the film’s songs. Kick-Ass 2 is directed by Jeff Wadlow and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jim Carrey, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Donald Faison, Clark Duke, John Leguizamo and Morris Chestnut. The sequel will nationwide on August 16, 2013 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Nyman Scoring Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’
Posted: July 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Nyman, Oldboy, Spike Lee
Michael Nyman has taken over scoring duties on Spike Lee’s upcoming English language remake of Oldboy. The film starring Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley 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) has written the screenplay based on Chan-wook Park’s critically acclaimed Korean film from 2003 and Roy Lee & Doug Davison (The Strangers, The Lake House), as well as Nathan Kahane (Juno, 50/50) are producing the Good Universe and Vertigo Entertainment/40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks production. The project marks Nyman’s first major American feature scoring assignment in several years. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ Score Album Details
Posted: July 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arli Orvarsson, score, Soundtrack, The Mortal Instruments, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The details of the score album for the fantasy adventure The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, The Eagle, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters). The soundtrack is set to be released on August 20, 2013 by Milan Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out the track list after the jump. As previously reported, Republic Records will release a soundtrack featuring the film’s songs. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is directed by Harald Zwart and stars Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Aidan Turner, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Durand and Jared Harris. The film based on the first book of the bestselling Young Adult book series by Cassandra Clare will be released nationwide on August 23, 2013 by Sony Pictures/Screen Gems. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Burton & Taylor’ to Feature Music by John Lunn
Posted: July 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Burton & Taylor, John Lunn, Starz, The Lady Vanishes, The White Queen
John Lunn has composed the score for the BBC original movie Burton & Taylor. The film is directed by Richard Laxton (An Englishman in New York, Effie Gray) and stars Dominic West as Richard Burton and Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor. The movie centers on the famously tumultuous relationship of the Hollywood power couple during their final performance together in Noel Coward’s Private Lives in 1983. William Ivory (Made in Dagenham, The Closer You Get) has written the script. Jessica Pope (Silent Witness) is executive producing the project and Lachlan MacKinnon serves as producer. Burton & Taylor will premiere this Monday, July 22, on BBC Four in the UK and this fall on BBC America. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Europa Report’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Europa Report, score, Soundtrack
Sparks & Shadows Records will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Europa Report. The album features the film’s original score composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galacticia). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 2, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical version is also in the works. Check out audio clips from the score after the jump. Europa Report is directed by Sebastián Cordero and stars Sharlto Copley (District 9), Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Wu, Anamaria Marinca, Christian Camargo and Karolina Wydra. The movie follows a contemporary mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa to investigate the possible existence of alien life within our solar system. The sci-fi thriller will be released in select theaters on August 2, 2013 by Magnolia Pictures’ Magnet Releasing label and is now available on VOD. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 19, 2013)
Posted: July 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Atli Orvarsson, Blackfish, Cesar Bonita, Christophe Beck, Cliff Martinez, Evidence, Girl Most Likely, Henry Jackman, Jeff Beal, Joseph Bishara, Only God Forgives, R.I.P.D., Red 2, Rob Simonsen, The Conjuring, Turbo, Ways to Live Forever
Four new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters is DreamWorks Animation’s latest feature Turbo is directed by David Soren and featuring the voice talent of Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena, Luis Guzmán, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Kurtwood Smith, Snoop Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson. The film’s original score is composed by Henry Jackman (Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class). Relativity Music Group has released three different soundtrack editions for the film: a regular edition featuring the songs from the film, as well as selections of Jackman’s music, a deluxe edition featuring more score and a score-only album.
Expected to top the weekend box office is the horror thriller The Conjuring directed by James Wan and starring Lili Taylor, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Joey King, Shanley Caswell, Haley McFarland, Mackenzie Foy, Kyla Deaver and Sterling Jerins. Joseph Bishara (Insidious, Dark Skies) has composed the film’s score. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as the film’s “family theme”composed by Mark Isham. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the album details and click here for audio clips. Visit ASCAP’s We Create Music blog, as well as Geek Room for recent interviews with Bishara about his work on the film. Read the rest of this entry »
