Alexandre Desplat is reteaming with director Stephen Frears on the upcoming tragic comedy Philomena. The film starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan is based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: A Mother, Her Son and a 50 Year Search by BBC journalist Martin Sixsmith and tells the true story of an Irish woman seeking the illegitimate son she was forced to put up for adoption in the U.S. Coogan co-wrote the script with Jeff Pope and is also producing the BBC Films, Pathe and British Film Institute production with Gabrielle Tana (The Duchess, Coriolanus) and Tracey Seaward (The Queen, Dirty Pretty Things). Desplat has previously collaborated with Frears on the Academy Award-nominated drama The Queen, as well as Cheri and Tamara Drewe. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Stephen Frears’ ‘Philomena’
Posted: May 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Jerome Salle, Philomena, Roman Polanski, Stephen Frears, Venus in Fur, Zulu
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 12, 2013)
Posted: May 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: C.J. Vanston, Christopher Guest, Family Tree, HBO
Premiering tonight on HBO is the mockumentary comedy series Family Tree written and created by Christopher Guest and Jim Piddock and starring Chris O’Dowd, Tom Bennett and Nina Conti. The show’s music is composed by CJ Vanston who has previously written the music for Guest’s features Best in Show, For Your Consideration and Almost Heroes. Family Tree centers on a man who inherits a mysterious box of belongings from a great aunt he never met and starts investigating his lineage and uncovers a world of unusual stories and characters. The show will air every Sunday night on HBO. For updates on the comedy, visit the official show website.
‘Now Is Good’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dustin O'Halloran, Now Is Good, score, Soundtrack, The Beauty Inside
Splinter Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama Now Is Good. The album features the film’s original score composed by Dustin O’Halloran (Like Crazy). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Now Is Good based on a novel by Jenny Downham is written and directed by Ol Parker (Imagine Me & You) and stars Dakota Fanning as a seventeen year old girl diagnosed with a terminal illness who resolves to live her life on fast forward and falls in love with her new neighbor. Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine, Kaya Scoledario and Olivia Williams are co-starring in the film, which is now available on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro to Score David Frankel’s ‘One Chance’
Posted: May 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Frankel, One Chance, Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro is reuniting with director David Frankel on the upcoming comedy biopic One Chance. The film stars Tony Award-winner James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Mackenzie Crook, Julie Walters and Colm Meaney. The movie tells the true story of Paul Potts, a bullied shop assistant, who performed as an amateur opera singer at night and became a YouTube phenomenon following his appearance on the reality show Britain’s Got Talent in 2007. Justin Zackham (The Bucket List, The Big Wedding) wrote the screenplay and Harvey and Bob Weinstein are producing the project with Mike Menchel, Brad Weston (Footloose), Kris Thykier (Kick-Ass, Stardust) and Simon Cowell (American Idol). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 10, 2013)
Posted: May 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Zigman, Aftershock, Craig Armstrong, Java Heat, Jonathan Goldsmith, Justin Burnett, Manuel Riveiro, Peeples, Stories We Tell, The Great Gatsby
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the new film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Debicki and Amitabh Bachchan. Craig Armstrong who previously scored the director’s Moulin Rouge! and Romeo & Juliet has composed the film’s original score. Interscope Records has released the official soundtrack album, which features Jay-Z’s original track No Church in the Wild, as well as his hit song 100$ Bill. Also included are the original songs Over the Love by Florence + the Machine and Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey, as well as songs by Beyonce x Andre 3000 (collaborating on Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black), Fergie + Q Tip + 
GoonRock, Coco O. of Quadron, Gotye, Nero and Sia, Jack White (who performs U2′s Love Is Blindness), Bryan Ferry and Emeli Sande. Check out our previous article for the full album details. The label has also released a deluxe edition featuring a track from Armstrong’s score, an additional song by Florence + the Machine and an orchestral version of Young and Beautiful. To listen to audio clips and download the deluxe version, visit Amazon. Also visit YouTube for a video featurette on the film’s music, including interviews with Armstrong, Luhrmann and Jay-Z and check out an interview with Armstrong about his work on the film on ASCAP’s We Create Music blog. Read the rest of this entry »
Sean Callery Scoring ‘Backstrom’ Pilot
Posted: May 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Backstrom, CBS, Hart Hanson, Louis Febre, Michael Cuesta, Sean Callery, Second Sight
Sean Callery has scored the pilot for the CBS drama Backstrom. The show based on the Swedish book series by criminologist Leif G.W. Persson is created by Hart Hanson and follows on an overweight, offensive, irascible detective as he tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior. The pilot stars Rainn Wilson, Dennis Haysbert, Mamie Gummer, Kristoffer Polaha, Page Kennedy, Beatrice Rosen, Thomas Dekker and Camryn Manheim. Hanson is executive producing the project with Persson and Niclas Salomonsson. Callery has previously collaborated with Hanson on the Fox hit drama Bones and its spinoff The Finder. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Kings of Summer’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ryan Miller, score, Soundtrack, The Kings of Summer
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the indie coming-of-age comedy The Kings of Summer. The album features the film’s original score written, performed and produced by Guster frontman Ryan Miller (Safety Not Guaranteed). Also included are three hip hop tracks by Kevin Writer and Douglas James (The Skywalkers), as well as the song Golden Clouds by The Orb feat. Lee Scratch Perry. Check out a track from Miller’s score after the jump. The soundtrack will be released later this month. The Kings of Summer is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and stars Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally and Alison Brie. The movie about three teenagers who decide to move to the woods, build a house and live off the land premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival under the title Toy’s House. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Jablonsky Takes Over Scoring Duties on ‘Ender’s Game’
Posted: May 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ender's Game, James Horner, Steve Jablonsky
According to First Showing, Summit Entertainment has confirmed that Steve Jablonsky is scoring the upcoming sci-fi movie Ender’s Game. The composer is taking over scoring duties from James Horner who was previously attached to score the film as reported earlier this year. The film is directed by Gavin Hood (X-Men: Wolverine) and stars Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Aramis Knight, Moises Arias, Jimmy “Jax” Pinchak, Suraj Partha, Conor Carroll and Khylin Rhambo. The movie based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card follows a genius strategist who is recruited by the government to help destroy an insect-like alien race. Read the rest of this entry »
‘After Earth’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: After Earth, James Newton Howard, M. Night Shyamalan, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming sci-fi adventure After Earth have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by the director’s regular musical collaborator James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village). The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on May 28, 2013 and physically on June 4, 2013 by Sony Masterworks. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio clips are available below. After Earth stars Will Smith and Jaden Smith and follows a teenager and his legendary father who get stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape following a crash landing. Since our last update, the film’s release date has been moved up a week to May 31, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
Blake Neely Scoring ‘The Advocates’ Pilot
Posted: May 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, CBS, The Advocates
Blake Neely has scored the pilot for the CBS drama The Advocates. The show is created by Bruno Heller (Rome) and stars Ben McKenzie and Mandy Moore. The project follows a lawyer and an ex-con who team up as “victim advocates”, going to the edge of the law to right wrongs and fight for the underdog. David Nutter (Disturbing Behavior) directed the pilot episode and is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Heller. Neely has previously collaborated with Heller on the long-running CBS hit drama The Mentalist, which has already been renewed for a sixth season. The network is expected to announce shortly if The Advocates will be picked up to series. Read the rest of this entry »
