Michael Giacchino has been hired to score Disney/Pixar’s upcoming Halloween TV special Toy Story of Terror. The animated short is directed by Angus MacLane (Small Fry) and follows the Toy Story gang on a trip to a roadside motel. When one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events. The special features the voice talent from the Toy Story features, including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Timothy Dalton, Kristen Schaal and Carl Weathers. Galyn Susman (Hawaiian Vacation) is producing the project. Giacchino has previously scored the features The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up and Cars 2, as well as the shorts One Man Band, Lifted, Partly Cloudy, Day & Night and La luna for Pixar Animation Studios. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino to Score Pixar’s ‘Toy Story of Terror’
Posted: June 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Giacchino, Pixar, Toy Story of Terror
Danny Elfman Wins Saturn Award for ‘Frankenweenie’
Posted: June 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Elfman, Frankenweenie, Saturn Award
Danny Elfman was honored with a Saturn Award tonight at the 39th annual Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. The composer won the award in the Best Music category for his score for Tim Burton’s animated feature Frankenweenie, which was also recognized in the Best Animated Film category. The other nominated composers were Mychael Danna (Life of Pi), Dario Marianelli (Anna Karenina), Thomas Newman (Skyfall), Howard Shore (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) and Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight Rises). For the full list of winners, visit Variety.
Video Highlights from ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards 2013
Posted: June 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Bergman, ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards, Graham Parker, Henry Mancini Award, Patrick Doyle, Ray, Ray Charles
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has published a number of video clips from the organization’s ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards gala, which was held last week at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Check out the acceptance speeches of Patrick Doyle (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sense and Sensibility) who was honored with the Henry Mancini Award and Ray Charles (Three’s Company) who received the ASCAP Foundation Life in Music Award after the jump. Also embedded below are three of the night’s musical performances by Alan Bergman who performed the song The Way We Were in memory of Marvin Hamlisch featuring Brian Byrne on piano, Tom Lowe who performed Empty Chairs and Empty Tables from Les Miserables and Graham Parker who performed the song What Do You Like? from Judd Apatow’s This Is 40. Read the rest of this entry »
‘White House Down’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Wander, White House Down
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for Roland Emmerich’s action thriller White House Down. The album features the film’s original score composed by Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser (2012, 10’000 B.C., The Day After Tomorrow). Also included is the song Chevy Knights (Mickey & Mallory) performed by He Met Her. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 28, 2013. A CD version will be released on July 23 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. White House Down starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, James Woods, Richard Jenkins, Joey King and Rachelle Lefevre follows a Secret Service agent who is tasked with rescuing the president from a paramilitary group that has taken over the White House. The film will be released nationwide this Friday, June 28. Read the rest of this entry »
Marc Streitenfeld to Score ‘Things People Do’
Posted: June 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marc Streitenfeld, Saar Klein, Things People Do
Marc Streitenfeld has been tapped to score the upcoming crime drama Things People Do. The film marks the directorial debut of the Academy Award-nominated editor Saar Klein (The Thin Red Line, Almost Famous) and stars Wes Bentley, Vinessa Shaw, Haley Bennett and Jason Isaacs. The movie follows a family man who loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. He befriends a detective and a female stranger who shows him kindness, which inspires him to commit a crime in her honor. Klein has co-written the screenplay with Joe Conway (Undertow, Paradise, Texas). Sarah Green (The Tree of Life, Frida, Mud), Hans Graffunder and Christos V. Konstantakopoulos (Before Midnight) are producing the project. Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) is among the executive producers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Java Heat’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Java Heat, Justin Burnett, score, Soundtrack
Metropolis Movie Music has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Java Heat. The album features the film’s original score composed by Justin Burnett (Dungeons & Dragons, the upcoming Getaway). Also included are four songs by the English rock band Black Submarine. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Java Heat is directed by Conor Allyn and stars Kellan Lutz, Mickey Rourke and Ario Bayu. The movie follows a reckless American posing as a grad student who is bent on vengeance following a suicide bombing in Indonesia. The thriller was released in select theaters last month by IFC Films and is also available on VOD. Read the rest of this entry »
Sean Callery to Return for ’24: Live Another Day’
Posted: June 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 24, 24: Live Another Day, Howard Gordon, Sean Callery
Sean Callery is attached to score the upcoming reboot of the long-running Fox hit series 24. 24: Live Another Day will tell a 24-hour story over 12 episodes that jump hours. Kiefer Sutherland will return in the leading role of Jack Bauer. Howard Gordon (Homeland) is set to executive produce the mini-series with Imagine TV’s Brian Grazer and 20th Century Fox Television. It has also been announced that Jon Cassar who helmed 59 episodes of the original series has signed to direct the first two episodes. Callery previously composed the music for all 8 seasons and 192 episodes of the show from 2001 to 2008. Varese Sarabande released a number of soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s music from the series. 24: Live Another Day is set to premiere in May of 2014 on Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Byzantium’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Byzantium, Javier Navarrete, Neil Jordan, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Neil Jordan’s supernatural drama Byzantium have been revealed. The album features the film’s score written by Academy Award-nominated composer Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans). The soundtrack has just been released in the US today, June 25, and is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Byzantium stars Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton as two female vampires who wreak havoc on an unsuspecting English seaside community. Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller and Caleb Landry Jones are co-starring in the film, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and has been picked up by IFC Films for a theatrical release in the US on June 28 and a VOD release on July 1. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Silvestri’s ‘Fandango’ Score Released
Posted: June 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, TV Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Elliot Kaplan, Fandango, George Duning, John Parker, Philip Springer, Richard Shores, score, Soundtrack, Stu Phillips, Then Came Bronson
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1985 comedy drama Fandango directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Kevin Costner and Judd Nelson. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers). Also included are three extra tracks, including an alternate cue from the composer’s score. The soundtrack is now available to order on Intrada’s official website, where you can also check out audio clips from the soundtrack for the Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment production. Read the rest of this entry »
A.R. Rahman to Score ‘Million Dollar Arm’
Posted: June 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A.R. Rahman, Craig Gillespie, Million Dollar Arm
A.R. Rahman has signed on to score the upcoming sports drama Million Dollar Arm. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, Fright Night) and stars Jon Hamm, Bill Paxton, Lake Bell, Suraj Sharma, Aasif Mandvi, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Alan Arkin. The movie is based on a true story of the real-life sports agent Jeff Bernstein who discovered professional pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel through a reality show he staged in India with cricket players. Thomas McCarthy (The Visitor, Win Win, The Station Agent) wrote the screenplay. Joe Roth (Oz The Great and Powerful, Alice in Wonderland) is producing the Mayhem Pictures and Roth Films production with Mark Ciardi & Gordon Gray (Secretariat, Miracle, The Rookie). Read the rest of this entry »
