La-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album for Errol Morris’ documentary The Unknown Known. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Batman) who previously collaborated with the documentarian on 2008′s Standard Operating Procedure. The physical version of the soundtrack is now available for pre-order on Amazon and the digital version is available to download here. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The Unknown Known draws on hours of filmed interviews and previously unpublished material from Donald Rumsfeld’s private archive and looks at the former United States Secretary of Defense’s role in American history from Watergate to 9/11. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Unknown Known’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Errol Morris, score, Soundtrack, The Unknown Known
‘King of Devil’s Island’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Johan Söderqvist, King of Devil's Island, score, Soundtrack
Caldera Records has announced a soundtrack release for the 2010 Norwegian drama King of Devil’s Island. The album features the film’s original music composed by Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki). The soundtrack is now available to order from overseas. King of Devil’s Island is directed by Marius Holst and stars Stellan Skarsgård, Benjamin Helstad and Kristoffer Joner. The drama tells the true story of a group of teenagers who are prisoners on the Norwegian island Bastoy and who start to rebel against the authorities. The movie received a limited theatrical release in the US in 2011 and is now available on DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Ibero-American Film Industry Launches Platino Awards
Posted: April 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emilio Kauderer, Lucas Vidal, Platino Awards
This past Saturday, the first Platino Ibero-American Film Awards were held Saturday in Panama City. In the Best Original Score category, Emilio Kauderer was honored for his music for the animated feature Foosball directed by Juan Jose Campanella, which was recently picked up by the Weinstein Company for a domestic release this summer under the title Underdogs. Composer Lucas Vidal (Fast & Furious 6, The Quiet Ones) and Grammy-nominated singer and actress Natalia Oreiro presented the music category. Vidal also composed the award show’s music, which he recorded earlier this year at Abbey Road Studios in London. Check out a video from the recording sessions after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna to Receive BMI’s Richard Kirk Award
Posted: April 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI Film & Television Awards, Mychael Danna, Richard Kirk Award
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has announced today that Mychael Danna will be honored with the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at this year’s BMI Film & Television Awards. The composer who is recognized for his evocative blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic music received his first Academy Awardin 2013 for his score for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi and was also nominated for the original song Pi’s Lullaby. Danna started his film scoring career with Atom Egoyan and composed the music for all of the director’s films since 1987, including such titles as The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica and Felicia’s Journey. The composer also collaborated multiple times with directors including Bennett Miller (Moneyball, Capote, Foxcatcher), Terry Gilliam (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Tideland), Billy Ray (Breach, Shattered Glass) and Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair). Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Phipps Scoring ‘The Honourable Woman’ and ‘X Plus Y’
Posted: April 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Martin Phipps, SundanceTV, The Honourable Woman, X Plus Y
Martin Phipps is composing the music for the upcoming mini-series The Honourable Woman. The eight-part drama is created by Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line, Up in Town) and stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed her father’s assassination. Stephen Rea, Lindsay Duncan, Janet McTeer, Andrew Buchan, Katherine Parkinson, Lubna Azbal, Tobias Menzies, Igal Naor, Eve Best and Genevieve O’Reilly are co-starring. Blick is also executive producing the Sundance and BBC Worldwide North America production with Greg Brenman (Billy Elliot) and Abi Bach (Small Island). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 6, 2014)
Posted: April 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Deadbeat, HBO, Hulu, James Iha, Jeff Cardoni, Marco Beltrami, Silicon Valley, Turn
Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Turn created by Craig Silverstein and starring Jamie Bell, Seth Numrich, Daniel Henshall, Heather Lind, Meegan Warner, Kevin R. McNally, Burn Gorman, Angus Macfadyen, JJ Feild and Samuel Roukin. The show’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine). The period drama follows a farmer and his childhood friends who form an unlikely group of spies and eventually turn the tide during the American Revolutionary War. For more information about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on AMC, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Bates Scoring WGN’s ‘Salem’
Posted: April 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Salem, Tyler Bates, WGN
Tyler Bates is composing the score for the new supernatural period drama Salem. The show is created by Adam Simon (The Haunting in Connecticut) & Brannan Braga (Star Trek: Voyager, Flash Forward, Terra Nova) and stars Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant, Elise Eberle, Xander Berkeley and Iddo Goldberg. The series is set in 17th century Massachusetts and explores what really fueled the town of Salem’s infamous witch trials and uncovers the supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American history. Simon and Braga are also executive producing the Fox21 production with Josh Barry and Jeff Kwatinetzis (Wilfred, Royal Pains). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Human Race’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marinho Nobre, score, Soundtrack, The Human Race
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi horror thriller The Human Race. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marinho Nobre. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 8, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The Human Race is written and directed by Paul Hough and stars Paul McCarthy-Boyington, Eddie McGee, Trista Robinson, T.Arthur Cottam and Celine Tien . The movie follows eighty people who are abducted from a city street and forced to engage in a brutal race to the death. John Hough (Escape to Witch Mountain) is executive producing the project. The thriller has already been released in several international territories. XLrator has picked up domestic distribution rights and is planning a U.S. release this summer. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 4, 2014)
Posted: April 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Afflicted, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Andrew Lockington, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Danny Elfman, Dom Hemingway, Edo Van Breemen, Eric D. Johnson, Frankie & Alice, Goodbye World, Henry Jackman, Hot Guys with Guns, Ilan Eshkeri, In the Blood, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, Jinn, Kyle Newmaster, Laura Karpman, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mervyn Warren, Mica Levi, Noah Sorota, Paul Haslinger, Rolfe Kent, Something Wicked, The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, The Unknown Known, Under the Skin
Only one new movie is opening this weekend:
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is Captain America: The Winter Soldier directed by Anthony & Joe Russo and starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie and Robert Redford. The film’s music is composed by Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as Marvin Gaye’s Trouble Man. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit ET Online for a video featurette about the movie’s music and check out recent interviews with Jackman on Collider, Comicbook.com, Comic Book Therapy and The Movie Bit.
Opening in limited release is the Under the Skin directed by Jonathan Glazer, based on a novel by Michael Faber and starring Scarlett Johansson. Mica Levi from the experimental pop music band Micachu and the Shape has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring Levi’s score earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film. Also visit Pitchfork, Indiewire and Variety for recent interviews with Levi about her work on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘African Safari 3D’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: African Safari 3D, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
Studiocanal will release a soundtrack album for the documentary African Safari 3D. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 14, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. African Safari 3D is directed by Ben Stassen who previously collaborated with Djawadi on such films as Fly Me to the Moon 3D and the two A Turtle’s Tale features. The documentary follows an expedition from the “Skeleton” coast in Namibia all the way to the top of Kiliminjaro. The movie has already been released in several international territories and will open in France on April 16. Read the rest of this entry »
