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 »
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
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‘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 »
Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ to Feature Music by Tin Hat’s Mark Orton
Posted: May 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexander Payne, Mark Orton, Nebraska, Tin Hat
Mark Orton has composed the score for the upcoming comedy drama Nebraska. The film is directed by Alexander Payne and stars Will Forte, Bruce Dern, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk and Stacy Keach. The movie was shot in black and white and follows an old man with increasing dementia who goes on a road trip from Montana to Nebraska with one of his sons to collect a sweepstakes prize he thinks he has won. Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa (Little Miss Sunshine, Little Children) are producing the project for Bona Fide Productions. Orton is best known as a member of the Californian acoustic chamber music group Tin Hat. He has previously scored a number of films and was one of the composer on Miguel Arteta’s 2002 comedy drama The Good Girl starring Jennifer Aniston. Read the rest of this entry »
‘We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Gibney, Fall on Your Sword, score, Soundtrack, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. The album features the film’s original music by Fall On Your Sword (Another Earth, Lola Versus). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is helmed by Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and details the creation of Julian Assange’s controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released on May 24, 2013 in New York and Los Angeles by Focus World before expanding to more cities on May 31. A release on digital platforms including VOD is set for June 7. Read the rest of this entry »
Rachel Portman Scoring ‘Belle’
Posted: May 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amma Asante, Belle, Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman is currently recording her score for the upcoming period drama Belle. The film is directed by Amma Asante (A Way of Life) and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Sam Reid, Tom Felton, Matthew Goode, James Norton and Emily Watson. The movie follows a mixed–race girl who is raised as an aristocratic lady in 18th century England Story and faces class and color prejudices and develops a relationship with a vicar’s son who is an advocate for slave emancipation. Misan Sagay (The Secret Laughter of Women) wrote the screenplay with Asante and and Damian Jones (The Iron Lady, Millions, The History Boys) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Shirley Walker’s ‘Willard’ Score Released
Posted: May 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bandolero!, Jerry Goldsmith, John Frankenheimer, score, Shirley Walker, Soundtrack, The Challenge, Willard
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere release soundtrack album for the 2003 horror film Willard directed by Glen Morgan and starring Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Elena Harring and Kimberly Patto. The album features the original score from the New Line Cinema production composed and conducted by Shirley Walker (Final Destination, Turbulence). To listen to audio clips, for the full album details and to order the CD, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit the La-La Land Records’ official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Tilton Scoring ‘Human’ Pilot
Posted: May 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Tilton, Fox, Human, J.H. Wyman, J.J. Abrams
Chris Tilton is scoring the pilot for the sci-fi cop buddy cop drama Human. The show is created by J.H. Wyman (The Mexican, Dead Man Down) and stars Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Minka Kelly, Lili Taylor, Mackenzie Crook and Michael Irby. The project is set in the near future when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids and follows a respected police officer who has shut down emotionally after a tragic mission that claimed the lives of nine of his fellow elite officers. Brad Anderson (The Machinist, The Call) directed the pilot episode. Wyman is executive producing the Warner Bros. TV and Bad Robot production with J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk (Lost, Person of Interest, Star Trek). Read the rest of this entry »
Concert Line-Up Announced for International Film Music Festival in Cordoba 2013
Posted: May 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Cordoba, Elmer Bernstein, International Film Music Festival, Marco Beltrami, Peter Bernstein
The full details of three major concerts at this year’s International Film Music Festival in Cordoba have been announced. On June 28, the festival will host its first Elmer Bernstein Award Gala Concert, where Marco Beltrami will be the recipient of the new Elmer Bernstein Award. Peter Bernstein will conduct a tribute to Elmer and there will be a 60 minute concert program devoted to the film music of Beltrami, including performances of such scores as Hellboy, I, Robot, Soul Surfer and the upcoming Snowpiercer. On June 27, another concert entitled The Best of the Best will be held and feature music of Academy Award-winning composers Mychael Danna (Life of Pi) and Rachel Portman (Emma), as well as Peter Bernstein (The Ewok Adventure), Alfons Conde (The Abandoned) and Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust). All composers will be attending the event. Read the rest of this entry »
Junkie XL Scoring ‘300: Rise of an Empire’
Posted: May 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, Junkie XL, Tom Holkenborg, Zack Snyder
Junkie XL has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming action sequel 300: Rise of an Empire. The film is directed by Noam Murro and stars Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Jack O’Connell and Lena Headey are co-starring. The movie follows the Greek general Themistocles as he battles an invading army of Persians under turned-god Xerxes. The original movie’s director Zack Snyder co-wrote the screenplay with Kurt Johnstad (Act of Valor, 300) based on Frank Miller’s novel and is also producing the Legendary Films production with Mark Canton & Gianni Nunnari (300, Immortals), Bernie Goldmann, Deborah Snyder (Man of Steel, Watchmen) and Thomas Tull (42, Pacific Rim). Orchestral recording sessions for the film are set to start this coming Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
