Luis Bacalov is the composer of the upcoming romantic comedy Elsa & Fred. The film is directed by Michael Radford (1984, The Merchant of Venice) and stars Christopher Plummer, Shirley MacLaine, Marcia Gay Harden, Scott Bakula, Chris Noth, Jared Gilman, James Brolin, George Segal, Wendell Pierce, Reg Rogers and Erika Alexander. The movie is an English-language remake of the Spanish-Argentine film of the same title directed by by Marcos Carnevale and follows a lively retiree in New Orleans who falls in love with a widower who moves into her apartment building. Radford co-wrote the screenplay with Anna Pavignano based on the 2005 film and the director is also producing the project with Ed Saxon (The Silence of the Lambs, Adaptation), Ricardo Kleinbaum, Matthias Ehrenberg (Sex, Shame and Tears) and Argentinean producers Nicolas Veinberg and Jose Levy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Elsa & Fred’ to Feature Music by Luis Bacalov
Posted: May 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elsa & Fred, Luis Bacalov, Michael Radford
‘Stuck in Love’ Score Album Details
Posted: May 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mike Mogis, Nathaniel Walcott, score, Soundtrack, Stuck in Love
Varese Sarabande will release a score album for indie comedy drama Stuck in Love. The album features the film’s original score composed, arranged, performed and produced by Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott (from Bright Eyes). The soundtrack will be released on May 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. As previously reported, the label will also release a soundtrack featuring the songs from the film, as well as selections from the score. Stuck in Love is written and directed by Josh Boone and stars Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff and Kristen Bell. The movie premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in select cities on June 14 by Millennium Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Longmire’ Season 1 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A&E, David Shephard, Longmire, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for A&E’s crime drama series Longmire. The album features selections from the score of the show’s first season composed by David Shephard. The soundtrack will be released on May 28, 2013. Audio clips will be added to this article within the next week. Longmire created by John Coveny and Hunt Baldwin is based on Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire series of mystery novels and stars Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff, Bailey Chase, Adam Bartley, Cassidy Freeman and Lou Diamond Phillips. The show’s complete first season will be released on DVD on May 28 (click here to pre-order the DVD set) and the second season is set to premiere on May 27 and will air every Monday night on A&E. Read the rest of this entry »
Yodelice Scoring Guillaume Canet’s ‘Blood Ties’
Posted: May 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blood Ties, Guillaume Canet, Maxim Nucci, Yodelice
French singer/songwriter Yodelice has composed the music for the crime thriller Blood Ties. The film is directed by Guillaume Canet and stars Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts, James Caan, Noah Emmerich, Lili Taylor, Domenick Lombardozzi, John Ventimiglia and Griffin Dunne. The movie marks the French director’s English language debut and follows two brothers, on either side of the law, who face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s. Canet co-wrote the screenplay with James Gray (We Own the Night, Two Lovers) and is also producing the project with Alain Attal & Hugo Selignac (Tell No One), Christopher Woodrow (The Immigrant) and John Lesher (End of Watch). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dark Skies’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dark Skies, Joseph Bishara, score, Soundtrack
Void Recordings will release a soundtrack for the supernatural thriller Dark Skies. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joseph Bishara (Insidious, The Conjuring). The soundtrack will be released on June 4, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, digitally, on CD and on Vinyl. Check out audio clips after the jump. Dark Skies is written and directed by Scott Stewart and stars Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, Kadan Rockett and J.K. Simmons. Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Sinister) produced the film about a family that is being targeted by a terrifying and deadly force. The movie opened in theaters this past February by Dimension Films and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 28. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hammer of the Gods’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Hammer of the Gods, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for Hammer of the Gods. The album features the film’s original score by Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, Conquest 1453). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 28, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to be released on August 6 and is available for pre-order here. Check out audio clips from the score after the jump. Hammer of the Gods is directed by Farren Blackburn and stars Charlie Bewley, Clive Standen and James Cosmo. The movie is set in Viking Britain in 871 AD and follows a young Viking warrior who is sent by his father the king on a quest to find his estranged brother who was banished from the kingdom many years before. The film will be released on VOD on May 30, 2013 and will also receive a limited theatrical release on July 5 by Magnolia Pictures’ Magnet Releasing. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 19, 2013)
Posted: May 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Fox, John Swihart, Motive, Shawn Pierce, The Goodwin Games
Premiering tomorrow, May 19, on Fox is the new comedy The Goodwin Games created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and starring Scott Foley, Becki Newton, T. J. Miller, Kat Foster and Melissa Tang. The show’s original score is composed by John Swihart (Napoleon Dynamite, New in Town) who is also the creator’s long running hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The Goodwin Games will air every Monday night on Fox. The series follows three grown siblings who return home after their father’s death, and unexpectedly find themselves poised to inherit a vast fortune. Check out our previous news article and visit the official show website to learn more about the comedy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blood’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blood, Daniel Pemberton, Nick Murphy, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Blood. The album features the film’s original score composed by Daniel Pemberton (The Awakening, Ridley Scott’s upcoming The Counselor). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 3, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Blood is directed by Nick Murphy and stars Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Mark Strong, Brian Cox and Naomi Battrick. The thriller about two cop brothers who collapse under the weight of their father’s shadow and must investigate a crime they themselves have committed is set to be released in the UK on May 31. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 17, 2013)
Posted: May 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ben Lovett, Black Rock, Erased, Frances Ha, Jeff Danna, Michael Giacchino, Rob Simonsen, Star Trek Into Darkness, The English Teacher, The Expatriate
Only one movie is opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into Darkness directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Weller. The film’s music is composed by Abrams’ regular musical collaborator Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music is now available digitally from Varese Sarabande and will be released on CD next week. For audio clips and the full album details, check out our previous article. Also check out a video featurette about the score, as well as interviews with Giacchino at Film Music Magazine, WQXR and ASCAP’ We Create Music blog.
Opening in limited release is the indie comedy drama Frances Ha co-written and directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver and Michael Zegen. ABKCO Records will release a soundtrack album featuring four tracks from classic film scores by composer Georges Delerue, Paul McCartney’s Blue Sway, David Bowie’s Modern Love, T. Rex’s Chrome Sitar and more next week. Also included is a track by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips who scored Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale. For the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hangover Part III’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, The Hangover, The Hangover Part III, Todd Phillips
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy sequel The Hangover Part III. The album features the songs from the film, including Billy Joel’s My Life, Hanson’s MMMBop, The Cramps’ Fever, The Coasters’ Down In Mexico, Danzig’s Mother ’93, Harry Nilsson’s Everybody’s Talkin and actor Ken Jeong’s renditions of I Believe I Can Fly and Hurt. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 21, 2013. Check back on this page for audio clips. The Hangover Part III is directed by Todd Phillips and stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Heather Graham, Jeffrey Tambor, Justin Bartha, John Goodman, Sasha Barrese, Gillian Vigman and Jamie Chung. The comedy will be released on May 24, 2013 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
