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 »
‘Dark Skies’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dark Skies, Joseph Bishara, score, Soundtrack
‘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 »
‘This Is the End’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, Soundtrack, This Is the End
RCA Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy This Is the End. The album features the songs from the film, including the original track Take Yo Panties Off by Snoop Dogg & Craig Robinson, as well as songs by Cypress Hill, Whitney Houston, Funkadelic, Backstreet Boys, Norman Greenbaum, J-Kwon, K.Flay and a track from James Franco’s band Daddy. The soundtrack will be released on June 11, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. This Is the End is written and directed by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg and stars James Franco, Jonah Hill, Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera and Emma Watson. The movie follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. The comedy will be released nationwide on June 12 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mancina Scoring Disney’s ‘Planes’
Posted: May 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney, Mark Mancina, Planes
Mark Mancina is currently scoring Disney’s upcoming animated feature Planes. The film is directed by Klay Hall and follows a plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer and who must overcome a fear of heights. The movie’s voice cast includes Dane Cook, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Cedric the Entertainer, Val Kilmer, John Cleese, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, Carlos Alazraqui, Priyanka Chopra, Roger Craig Smith, Gabriel Iglesias, Oliver Kalkofe and Sinbad. Traci Balthazor-Flynn is producing the project and John Lasseter (Toy Story, Cars) is executive producing. Check out the film’s latest trailer, which features original music by Mancina, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Black Rock’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Lovett, Black Rock, score, Soundtrack
Lovers Label will release a soundtrack album for the indie thriller Black Rock. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ben Lovett (Sun Don’t Shine). The soundtrack album is being released today and is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Black Rock is directed by Katie Aselton who also stars in the film alongside Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth, Will Bouvier, Jay Paulson and Anslem Richardson. The Mark Duplass-scripted thriller follows three friends who are going on a weekend getaway to an isolated island in Maine and discover that they are not alone. The movie premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released today in select theaters by LD Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Cliff Martinez Receives BMI’s Richard Kirk Award
Posted: May 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI Film & Telvision Awards, Cliff Martinez, Richard Kirk Award
Last night, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), held its annual Film & TV Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Cliff Martinez was honored with the Richard Kirk Award, which is bestowed on composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television music. The composer whose film scoring credits include ten films directed by Steven Soderbergh, including Sex, Lies & Videotapes, Traffic, Solaris and Contagion, as well as such movies as Drive, The Lincoln Lawyer, Arbitrage and The Company You Keep was presented the award by the night’s hosts, BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations Doreen Ringer-Ross. Several of Martinez’s friends and collaborators congratulated him via a tribute video, including Soderbergh, Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers) and Nicolas Winding Refn, director of Drive and the composer’s most recent project Only God Forgives. Read the rest of this entry »
