William Ross is the composer of the upcoming sports family drama 50 to 1. The film is directed by Jim Wilson who is best known as an Academy Award-winning producer of such films as Dances with Wolves and The Bodyguard and whose previous directing credits include 1996’s Head Above Water. The movie starring Skeet Ulrich, Christian Kane, William Devane, Madelyn Deutch and Calvin Borel tells the true story of Kentucky Derby longshot Mine That Bird who won the Derby in 2009 and went on to finish second in the Preakness and third in the Belmont that year. Wilson co-wrote the script with Faith Conroy and is also producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
William Ross Scoring ’50 to 1′
Posted: May 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 50 to 1, Jim Wilson, To Have and to Hold, William Ross
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 3, 2013)
Posted: May 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian Tyler, Fall on Your Sword, Generation Um..., Haim Mazar, Iron Man 3, Johan Söderqvist, Kiss of the Damned, Love is All You Need, Nick Urata, Steven Hufsteter, The Iceman, What Maisie Knew
Only one new movie is opening wide this weekend:
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the superhero sequel Iron Man 3 directed by Shane Black and starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Eagle Eye, Fast Five, The Expendables). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details. The label has also released the album Heroes Fall featuring songs from and inspired by the film (click here for more information). For audio interviews with Tyler about his work on the film, visit Film Music Magazine and Film Music Media and also visit Film School Rejects for another interview with the composer and Trailer Addict from a short video from the film’s red carpet premiere in Hollywood.
Opening in limited release is the romantic comedy Love Is All You Need co-written and directed by Susanne Bier and starring Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Sebastian Jessen, Molly Blixt Egelind, Paprika Steen, Kim Bodnia and Christiane Schaumburg-Muller. The film’s original score is composed by Johan Soderqvist who has previously collaborated with the director on such films as After the Wedding and Brothers. A soundtrack album will be released later this month. Check back on this page for updates. Also visit ASCAP’s We Create Music blog for a recent interview with the composer on the film, which premiered at last year’s Venice and Toronto Film Festival and is being released by Sony Pictures Classics. To learn more about the film. visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Epic’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Epic, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classics will release the official soundtrack album for Blue Sky Studios’ new animated feature Epic. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2013. A CD version is set to come out on May 28 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available below. Epic is directed by Chris Wedge and follows a teenage girl who finds herself magically transported into a secret universe and must band together with a rag-tag team of whimsical characters in order to save their world. The film’s voice talent includes Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Tyler, Aziz Ansari, Blake Anderson, Judah Friedlander and Beyoncé Knowles. The film will be released nationwide on May 24 by 20th Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler to Score ‘Sleepy Hollow’ and ‘Hatfields & McCoys’ Pilots
Posted: May 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Kurtzman, Bob Orci, Brian Tyler, Fox, Hatfields & McCoys, John Glenn, NBC, Sleepy Hollow
Brian Tyler has signed on to score the pilot for the Fox drama Sleepy Hollow. The show is created by Alex Kurtzman & Bob Orci (Star Trek, Transformers) and Phillip Iscove and stars Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, John Cho and Katia Winter. The supernatural thriller is based on The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow and follows Ichabod Crane as he partners with Sleepy Hollow’s Detective Abbie Archer to solve the mysteries of a town ravaged by the battle between good and evil. Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard, Underworld) has directed the pilot. Kurtzman & Orci are producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Wiseman and Heather Kadin. Tyler has previously collaborated with Kurtzman & Orci on the TV shows Hawaii Five-O, Transformers Prime and the feature Eagle Eye. Read the rest of this entry »
David Gordon Green’s ‘Joe’ to Feature Music by David Wingo and Jeff McIlwain
Posted: May 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Gordon Green, David Wingo, Jeff McIlwain, Joe, Prince Avalanche
David Wingo and Jeff McIlwain are reuniting with director David Gordon Green on his latest feature Joe. The Southern drama stars Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan and follows an ex-con who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to a 15-year-old child of a homeless family ruled by a drunk father. Gary Hawkins wrote the screenplay based on the novel of the same title by Larry Brown. Lisa Muskat (Compliance), Gordon Green and Christopher Woodrow (The Immigrant) are producing the project with Derrick Tseng (Palindromes). Wingo and McIlwain previously shared scoring duties on Gordon Green’s Snow Angels and The Sitter, while Wingo also scored the director’s George Washington and All the Real Girls. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dragon’ (‘Wu Xia’) Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chan Kwong Wing, Dragon, Peter Chan, Peter Kam Pui Tat, score, Soundtrack, Wu Xia
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for Peter Chan’s martial arts action adventure Dragon (Wu Xia). The album features the film’s original music composed by Chan Kwong Wing and Peter Kam Pui Tat who previously collaborated with the director on the 2007 epic The Warlords starring Jet Li. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Dragon is directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan and stars Donnie Yen and Takeshi Kaneshiro. The movie follows a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. The film was released in theaters last fall by the Weinstein Company’s Radius label and is now available on Blu-ray and DVD from Anchor Bay. Read the rest of this entry »
Frederik Wiedmann to Score ‘Beware the Batman’ and ‘Justice Leage: The Flashpoint Paradox’
Posted: May 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beware the Batman, Company of Heroes, Frederik Wiedmann, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Frederik Wiedmann has been hired to score the upcoming Warner Bros. Animation series Beware The Batman. The show is a new take on the classic Dark Knight franchise and features such characters as Alfred, Katana, Anarky, Professor Pyg, Mister Toad and Magpie. The series’ voice talent includes Anthony Ruivivar, J. B. Blanc, Lance Reddick, Sumalee Montano, Kurtwood Smith, Udo Kier and Cree Summer. Wiedmann has previously scored Green Lantern: The Animated Series for Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment. Beware the Batman is set to premiere later this year on Cartoon Network. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: J.J. Abrams, Michael Giacchino, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Giacchino. The soundtrack will be released physically on May 28, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A digital release is expected the week of the film’s opening in the U.S. Audio clips are available after the jump. Star Trek Into Darkness is directed by J.J. Abrams and stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Weller. The movie follows the Enterprise crew as they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization that has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for. The Paramount Pictures production will be released nationwide on May 17, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Jablonsky Scoring Peter Berg’s ‘Lone Survivor’
Posted: May 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lone Survivor, Peter Berg, Steve Jablonsky
Steve Jablonsky is currently scoring the upcoming action drama Lone Survivor. The film is written and directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Hancock) and stars Mark Wahlberg, Eric Bana, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch and Taylor Kitsch. The movie is based on the book Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell and tells the true story of a group of Navy SEAL members who fought to stay alive after being ambushed in Afghanistan in 2005 by Taliban forces during a covert mission in the Hindu Kush mountain region. Berg and Wahlberg are producing the project with Sarah Aubrey (Bad Santa, Lars and the Real Girl), Randall Emmett (16 Blocks, Broken City), Steven Levinson (Contraband), Norton Herrick (The Devil’s Double) Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend) and Barry Spikings (The Deer Hunter). Jablonsky has previously collaborated with Berg on the director’s last feature Battleship. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Behind the Candelabra’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Behind the Candelabra, HBO, Marvin Hamlisch, Soundtrack, Steven Soderbergh
Elektra Records will release the official soundtrack album for the HBO original movie Behind the Candelabra. The film’s original music is written by late composer Marvin Hamlisch. Also featured on the album are several tracks by pianist Liberace, played in the film by Michael Douglas. The soundtrack will be released on May 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for audio clips. Behind the Candelabra is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, Scott Bakula and Debbie Reynolds. The movie centers on the famous pianist and the secret affair he had with young Scott Thorson. Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King) wrote the script and Jerry Weintraub (Ocean’s Eleven, The Karate Kid) is executive producing the project. The movie is set to premiere on May 26, 2013 on HBO and will also be shown this month at the Cannes Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
