David Holmes and Keefus Ciancia have taken over scoring duties on Oliver Hirschbiegel’s biographical drama Diana. The movie stars Naomi Watts in the title role of Princess Diana and follows her the last two years of her life and the secret love affair she had shortly before her tragic death. Naveen Andrews is co-starring as Dr. Hasnat Khan, alongside Douglas Hodge, Geraldine James, Charles Edwards and Juliet Stevenson are co-starring. Stephen Jeffreys (The Libertine) wrote the screenplay and Robert Bernstein & Douglas Rae (Becoming Jane, The Water Horse, Nowhere Boy) are producing the project. Holmes is best known for his numerous collaborations with Steven Soderbergh, including the Ocean’s trilogy, Out of Sight and last year’s Haywire. Ciancia who is also known as Keefus Green has collaborated with T Bone Burnett on a number of projects and has most recently co-scored the first season of ABC’s Nashville. Read the rest of this entry »
David Holmes & Keefus Ciancia Take Over Scoring Duties on ‘Diana’
Posted: July 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia, Keefus Green, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Rachel Portman
Abel Korzeniowski Scoring Carlo Carlei’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’
Posted: July 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Carlo Carlei, James Horner, Romeo & Juliet
Abel Korzeniowski has recently composed a new score for the new film adaptation of Romeo & Juliet. The composer recorded his music on the Eastwood Scoring Stage in Los Angeles, CA at the end of last month with a full orchestra and choir. James Horner previously recorded a score for the film at the end of last year at Abbey Road Studios in London. Romeo & Juliet based on Shakepeare’s play is directed by Carlo Carlei and adapted for the screen by Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park). The film stars Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld in the title roles. The movie’s cast also includes Damian Lewis, Natascha McElhone, Lesley Manville, Ed Westwick, Paul Giamatti, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Stellan Skarsgard. The movie will be released in the UK on July 26. Realtivity Media has picked up domestic rights for the movie for a release on October 11, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Wolverine’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: July 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack, The Wolverine
Audio clips from the soundtrack album for the superhero film The Wolverine have been published. Check out excerpts from the film’s music composed by Marco Beltrami (World War Z, Scream, 3:10 to Yuma) after the jump. The soundtrack album will be released on July 23, 2013 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Since our last update, a couple of changes have been made to the track titles. Check out the revised track list below. The Wolverine is directed by James Mangold and stars Hugh Jackman, as well as Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushim. Read the rest of this entry »
Academy to Present Live Concert featuring Oscar-nominated Scores & Songs
Posted: July 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) music branch governors Charles Fox, Arthur Hamilton and David Newman have announced in an email to music branch members today that the Oscar-nominated songs and scores will be performed in a live concert for the first time in 2014. The special concert will take place during Oscar Week, on Thursday, February 27, 2014, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, CA. A symphony orchestra of Los Angeles studio musicians will perform a suite from each nominated score of up to 10 minutes in length. Subject to availability, each original composer will conduct his/her own work. The Academy is also planning a brief onstage conversation with composers and their directors about the process of creating music for motion pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Machete Kills’ to Feature Music by Carl Thiel
Posted: July 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carl Thiel, Machete Kills, Robert Rodriguez, When Angels Sing
Carl Thiel has composed the score for the upcoming action sequel Machete Kills. The film is written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and stars Danny Trejo in the title role of ex-Federale agent Machete who is recruited by the President of the United States to take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet. Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas, Jessica Alba, Demián Bichir and Mel Gibson are co-starring in the Troublemaker Studios production. Kyle Ward has written the screenplay based on a story by Robert & Marcel Rodriguez. Thiel previously scored Rodriguez’s Shorts and Spy Kids: All the Time in the World 4D and the Planet Terror segment from Grindhouse. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The full details of the soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones have been revealed. The album features the film’s songs by artists including Zedd, Jessie J, AFI, Demi Lovato, Youngblood Hawke, Colbie Caillat, Seven Lions with Myon & Shane 54 feat. Tove Lo, Pacific Air, He Is We feat. Owl City, Jetta, Bassnectar and Bryan Ellis. The soundtrack will be released on August 20, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. As previously reported, a separate album featuring the film’s score by Atli Orvarsson will be released on Milan Records. 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 is set to be released on August 23, 2013 by Sony’s Screen Gems. Read the rest of this entry »
Johnny Klimek Takes Over Scoring Duties on HBO’s ‘The Newsroom’
Posted: July 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Sorkin, HBO, Johnny Klimek, The Newsroom, Wolf Creek 2
Johnny Klimek is the new composer of the HBO original series The Newsroom. The co-composer of such films as Run Lola Run, The Perfume, The International, One Hour Photo, Killer Elite and last year’s Cloud Atlas, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, is writing the score for the second season of the show created by Aaron Sorkin. The first season, which premiered last year on HBO was scored by Alex Wurman. The main title theme by Thomas Newman will continue to be used for the new season. The Newsroom starring Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel and Sam Waterston follows the people who make a nightly cable-news program and tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtracks for BBC’s ‘The Hour’ and ‘The Paradise’ Announced
Posted: July 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Daniel Giorgetti, Kevin Sargent, Maurizio Malagnini, score, Soundtrack, The Hour, The Paradise
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the Golden Globe-, Emmy- and BAFTA-nominated BBC series The Hour. The album features selections from the score of the first season of the show composed by Daniel Giorgetti and from the second season composed by Kevin Sargent. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on August 5, 2013. No word yet on a domestic release. The Hour written and created by Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Shame) stars Romola Garai, Dominic West and Ben Whishaw, as well as Tim Pigott-Smith, Juliet Stevenson, Burn Gorman, Anton Lesser, Anna Chancellor, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Oona Chaplin. The show set in the world of 1950s television journalism premiered in 2011 on BBC in the UK and the two seasons of the series aired in the US on BBC America. Read the rest of this entry »
‘R.I.P.D.’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Beck, R.I.P.D., score, Soundtrack, T Bone Burnett
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural action adventure R.I.P.D.. The album features the film’s original score composed by Christophe Beck (The Hangover, The Muppets, Red), as well as the song The Better Man performed by Jeff Bridges and co-written and produced by T Bone Burnett. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 16, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. R.I.P.D. is directed by Robert Schwentke (Red, Flightplan) and stars Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds as two cops dispatched by the otherworldly Rest In Peace Department to protect and serve the living from an increasingly destructive array of souls who refuse to move peacefully to the other side. Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker and Stephanie Szostak are co-starring. The movie will be released on July 19, 2013 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Dickon Hinchliffe to Score Steven Knight’s ‘Locke’
Posted: July 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, Locke, Steven Knight
Dickon Hinchliffe has been tapped to score the upcoming real-time thriller Locke. The film is written and directed by Steven Knight (screenwriter of Eastern Promises and Dirty Pretty Things) and stars Tom Hardy in the title role as Ivan Locke who has the perfect family and a dream job, but a phone call forces him to make a decision that will put it all on the line. Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson, Tom Holland and Andrew Scott are co-starring. Paul Webster (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice) is producing the IM Global production with Guy Heeley for Shoebox Films. Joe Wright is executive producing. Knight previously collaborated with composer Dario Marianelli on his feature directorial debut Redemption starring Jason Statham. Read the rest of this entry »
