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 »
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
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‘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 »
Hans Zimmer Scoring Steve McQueen’s ‘Twelve Years a Slave’
Posted: April 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Steve McQueen, Twelve Years a Slave
Hans Zimmer has recently composed the score for the upcoming historical drama Twelve Years a Slave. The film is directed by Steve McQueen amd stars Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Quvenzhané Wallis, Paul Dano, Scott McNairy, Sarah Paulson, Alfre Woodard, Paul Giamatti and Lupita Nyong’o. The movie is based on the autobiography Of the same title by Solomon Northup and centers on a free man who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery on a Louisiana cotton plantation. McQueen co-wrote the script with John Ridley (Red Tails). Dede Gardner (The Tree of Life, Eat Pray Love) is producing the New Regency Producctions and Plan B Entertainment production with Jeremy Kleiner (Killing Them Softly) and Brad Pitt. McQueen’s previous feature Shame featured a score by Harry Escott. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Andrews, Mira Nair, score, Soundtrack, The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Knitting Factory has released a soundtrack album for the thriller The Reluctant Fundamentalist. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Bridesmaids), as well as several songs featured in the film by artsist including Amy Ryan, Atif Aslam and Zahra Khan. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is directed by Mira Nair and stars Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber and Kiefer Sutherland. The movie follows a young Pakistani working on Wall Street and chasing the American dream, whose life is fateful changed by the September 11 attacks. Read the rest of this entry »
Terence Blanchard to Score ‘Black Nativity’
Posted: April 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Nativity, Kasi Lemmons, Raphael Saadiq, Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard has been tapped to score the upcoming musical drama Black Nativity. The film is directed by Kasi Lemmons and stars Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Tyrese Gibson, Jacob Latimore, Nas, Mary J. Blige and Luke James. The movie is based on the gospel musical by Langston Hughes that was first performed on Broadway in 1961 and follows a street-wise teen from Baltimore who is sent to New York City by his single mother to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives. Lemmons has adapted the material for the screen and Bill Horberg (The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Kite Runner) is producing the project with Celine Rattray (The Kids Are All Right, Bernie), Galt Niederhoffer (The Romantics, Robot & Frank) and Daniela Taplin Lundberg (The Kids Are All Right). It has previously been reported that Raphael Saadiq will serve as the film’s music producer. Read the rest of this entry »
David Newman’s ‘Fire Birds’ Score Released
Posted: April 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Newman, Days of Wine and Rose, Fire Birds, Henry Mancini, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere of soundtrack release for the 1990 action thriller Fire Birds from Touchstone Pictures, directed by David Green and starring Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones and Sean Young. The album features the film’s complete original score written and conducted by Academy Award-nominated composer David Newman (Ice Age, Anastasia, Serenity). To listen to audio clips and to order the CD, visit Intrada’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
