Music Box Records has announced a soundtrack album featuring two previously unreleased scores written by Academy Award-nominated composer Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, The Avengers). The album features the world premiere release of the score for the 1994 comedy Clean Slate directed by Mick Jackson (The Bodyguard) and starring Dana Carvey, Valeria Golino, Michael Gambon, James Earl Jones, Bryan Cranston, and Kevin Pollak. Also included is the first-ever official release of the score for the 1995 comedy The Perez Family directed by Mira Nair and starring Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina and Anjelica Huston. To listen to audio clips and to order the limited edition CD, visit the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Silvestri’s ‘Clean Slate’ and ‘The Perez Family’ Scores Released
Posted: July 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Angel's Wing, Clean Slate, Dangerous Moves, Gabriel Yared, L'Instincte de l"ange, La Diagonale du Fou, La Putain du Roi, score, Soundtrack, The King's Whore, The Perez Family
‘Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Ilan Eshkeri, Soundtrack
Rhino Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. The album features the music from the film, including a track from Philip Glass’ Koyaanisqatsi, The Police’s Roxanne, Shirley Bassey’s Goldfinger, Bryan Ferry’s Let’s Stick Together, Sparks’ The Number One Song in Heaven and Hot Chocolate’s It Started With a Kiss. Also featured is one track from the film’s original score composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, The Young Victoria). The soundtrack will be released in the UK on August 5, 2013 and is now available for pre-order as an import on Amazon. No word yet on a domestic release. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is directed by Declan Lowne and and stars Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Anna Maxwell Martin, Nigel Lindsay, Felicity Montagu, Simon Greenall and Phil Cornwell. The comedy will be released in the UK on August 7. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Way, Way Back’ Score Album Announced
Posted: July 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, The Way Way Back
Columbia Records will release a score album for the indie comedy drama The Way, Way Back. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (500 Days of Summer, Dollhouse, The Spectacular Now). The soundtrack will be released on July 19, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from the score after the jump. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the film, as well as a track from Simonsen’s score. The Way, Way Back is directed by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon and stars Liam James, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph, Amanda Peet and Rob Corddry. The movie about a teen boy who struggles to find himself as he comes to terms with his mother and cheating stepfather during summer vacation was picked up by Fox Searchlight following its Sundance debut earlier this year and is now playing in theaters. 
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‘Evidence’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Evidence, Olatunde Osunsanmi, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the horror thriller Evidence. The album features the film’s original score composed by Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 23, 2013. Check back on this page for audio clips to be added to this article within the next week. Evidence is directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi who previously collaborated with Orvarsson on The Fourth Kind. The movie starring Stephen Moyer, Radha Mitchell, Torrey DeVitto and Caitlin Stasey follows a team of detectives who attempt to piece together what happened at the scene of a brutal massacre using a number of recording devices found at the crime scene. The thriller will be released in select theaters and on VOD this Friday, July 19 by Image Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary to Score Marvel’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’
Posted: July 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Bear McCreary, Joss Whedon, Marvel Studios
Bear McCreary has been tapped to score Marvel’s highly anticipated TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. The show from executive producers Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen (Dollhouse, Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog) marks Marvel’s first television series. Jeffrey Bell (Angel, Alias) and Jeph Loeb (Smallville, Lost) also serve as executive producers of the ABC Studios and Marvel Television production. The show stars Clark Gregg who reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films and follows him as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Brett Dalton, Ming-Na Wen, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge and Chloe Bennett are co-starring. Whedon also directed the pilot episode. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is set to premiere this fall and will air every Tuesday night on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Breathe In’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breathe In, Drake Doremus, Dustin O'Halloran, score, Soundtrack
UPDATED in March 2014 with U.S. release info: Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for Drake Doremus’ indie drama Breathe In. The album features the film’s original score composed by Dustin O’Halloran who previously collaborated with the director on the 2011 indie Like Crazy. The soundtrack will be released on March 25, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Like Crazy is written and directed by Drake Doremus and stars Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Amy Ryan and Mackenzie Davis. The movie about a high school teacher who is tempted to cheat on his wife with one of his students premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in the UK on July 19. Cohen Media Group has acquired domestic distribution rights and will release the drama on March 28, 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Nicole Holofcener’s ‘Enough Said’
Posted: July 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Enough Said, Marcelo Zarvos, Nicole Holofcener
Marcelo Zarvos is currently scoring the upcoming comedy Enough Said. The film is written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (Friends with Money, Lovely & Amazing) and stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini in his final role, as well as Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Eve Hewson and fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson. The movie follows a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester as she humorously tries to secretly juggle two relationships and wonders whether her new favorite friend’s disastrous ex can be her cue for happiness. Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Synecdoche, New York) is producing the Likely Story production. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Star Trek: Insurrection’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek: Insurrection
GNP Crescendo has announced a new expanded soundtrack collector’s edition for the sci-fi film Star Trek: Insurrection. The album features the film’s complete original score composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith, including a half hour more music than the original 1998 CD and several alternates for a total running time of over 79 minutes. The soundtrack will be released on August 6, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on the label’s official website. GNP has recently released expanded soundtrack editions for other movies in the Star Trek series, including Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact. Star Trek: Insurrection directed by Jonathan Franks and starring himself, as well as Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy and Anthony Zerbe marked the ninth feature film of the franchise. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 14, 2013)
Posted: July 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brandon Jay, David Lawrence, Disney Channel, Gwendolyn Sanford, HBO, Johnny Klimek, Netflix, Orange Is the New Black, Scott Doherty, Teen Beach Movie, The Newsroom
Premiering on Saturday, July 19 is Disney Channel’s original movie musical Teen Beach Movie directed by Jeffrey Hornaday and starring Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Grace Phipps, Garrett Clayton, John DeLuca, Chrissie Fit, Kevin Chamberlin and Steve Valentine. The film’s original score is composed by David Lawrence (American Pie, Van Wilder, Jericho) who previously scored all three parts of Disney’s High School Musical series. Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs performed by the film’s cast on Tuesday, July 16. To listen to audio clips and pre-order the album, visit Amazon. To learn more about Teen Beach Movie, visit the Disney Channel’s official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary to Score Starz’s ‘Black Sails’
Posted: July 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Black Sails, Jon Steinberg, Starz
Bear McCreary is composing the score for the upcoming Starz original series Black Sails. The pirate adventure is created by Jon Steinberg (Jericho) & Robert Levine (Touch) follows the tales of Captain Flin and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island. The show’s cast includes Toby Stephens, Luke Arnold, Zach McGowan, Toby Schmitz, Hannah New, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Clara Paget, Tom Hopper and Mark Ryan. Steinberg is executive producing the series with Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller & Andrew Form (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Purge, Friday the 13th). McCreary has previously scored the first season of the Steinberg-produced show Human Target and also composed the music for Starz’s Da Vinci’s Demons. Read the rest of this entry »
