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 »
Rachel Portman Scoring ‘Belle’
Posted: May 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amma Asante, Belle, Rachel Portman
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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 »
Riz Ortolani to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Ghent Film Festival
Posted: May 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Riz Ortolani, World Soundtrack Awards
Riz Ortolani has been selected as the 13th recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the the closing-night gala of the World Soundtrack Awards at the Ghent Film Fest on October 19, 2013. The Italian composer is best known for his scores to numerous spaghetti westerns and international films including the 1980 horror film Hannibal Holocaust and the British drama The 7th Dawn. Ortolani received a Grammy and an Academy Award nomination for the song More from the 1962 documentary Mondo Cane and was honored with another Oscar nomination for writing the title song for the 1970 western Madron. His music was recently featured in several films directed by Quentin Tarantino, including Django Unchained and Inglorious Basterds. Read the rest of this entry »
iZLER Scoring ‘Reckless’ and ‘Boomerang’ Pilots
Posted: May 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Boomerang, CBS, Dana Stevens, Fox, iZLER, Reckless
iZLER has been tapped to score the CBS drama pilot Reckless. The show is created by Dana Stevens (What About Brian, screenwriter of City of Angels & For the Love of the Game) and stars Anna Wood, Cam Gigandet, Shawn Hatosy, Michael Gladis and Adam Rodrigues. The legal drama is set in Charleston, South Carolina and follows a Yankee litigator a Southern City Attorney who struggle to hide their intense attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal. Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen) directed the pilot episode. Ian Sander and Kim Moses (Ghost Whisperer, Profiler) are executive producing the CBS Television Studios production with Stevens. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Only God Forgives’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cliff Martinez, Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for Nicolas Winding-Refn’s upcoming thriller Only God Forgives have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Cliff Martinez (Traffic, Solaris) who previously scored the director’s last feature Drive. Also included is the song You Are My Dream by the Thai band PROUD, which was used in the film’s trailer. The soundtrack will be released on May 20, 2013 in France, where the movie is opening later this month. Milan Records will release a soundtrack in the US closer to the domestic release in July. Only God Forgives stars Ryan Gosling as the scion of a drug-smuggling family who runs a Thai boxing club and is sent on a quest for vengeance by his mother. Kristin Scott Thomas and Vithaya Pansringarm are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell Scoring ‘August: Osage County’
Posted: May 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: August: Osage County, Carter Burwell, John Wells
Carter Burwell is scoring the upcoming drama August: Osage County. The film is directed by John Wells (The Company Men) and stars Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Margo Martindale, Juliette Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Ewan McGregor, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Misty Upham and Sam Shepard. The movie is based on the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play by Tracy Letts (Bug, Killer Joe), which follows the strong-willed women of the Weston family who revisit their Midwest home when their alcoholic patriarch goes missing. Letts has also written the screenplay and Harvey Weinstein and Jean Doumanian (Sweet and Lowdown) are producing the film with George Clooney & Grant Heslov (Argo, Good Night, and Good Luck). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 5, 2013)
Posted: May 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hallmark Channel, Lee Holdrige, The Confession
Premiering on Saturday, May 11, is the Hallmark Channel original movie The Confession based on the novel by Beverly Lewis, directed by Michael Landon Jr. and starring Katie Leclerk, Bill Oberst Jr., Adrian Paul, Sherry Stringfield, Sandra Van Natta and Cameron Deane Stewart. Lee Holdridge (Beauty and the Beast, Moonlighting) has composed the film’s original score. The project is the sequel to last year’s The Shunning starring Danielle Panabaker, which was also scored by Holdridge and tells the continuing story of Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman who goes on a journey in search of her identity. The Confession will air on Saturday night on the Hallmark Channel. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website.
