Universal Music Group’s Def Jam Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Fast & Furious 6. The album features the songs from the film, including the original track We Own It (Fast & Furious) by 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa. Also included is T.I.’s Ball (feat. Lil Wayne), deadmau5’s Failbait (feat. Cypress Hill) and Ludacris’ Rest of my Life (feat. Usher and David Guetta). Check out the full track list after the jump. The soundtrack will be released on May 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The cover art will be added to this article within the next week. Fast & Furious 6 is directed by Justin Lin and stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Luke Evans, Gina Carano and John Ortiz. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fast & Furious 6’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fast & Furious 6, Justin Lin, Soundtrack
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 19, 2013)
Posted: April 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anthony Gonzalez, Filly Brown, Griffin Boyce, Home Run, In the House, John 5, Joseph Trapanese, M83, Oblivion, Phillipe Rombi, Reza Safinia, Scott Allan Matthews, The Lords of Salem
Only one new movie is opening wide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action film Oblivion directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo. The film’s score is composed by Anthony Gonzalez of M83 and Joseph Trapanese (TRON: Uprising, The Raid: Redemption). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score, as well as an original end titles song by M83 featuring Norwegian singer-songwriter Susanne Sundfor earlier this week. For the full album details, check out our previous article. Also visit SoundWorks Collection for a lengthy video featurette on the sound and music of the film featuring interviews with Gonzalez and Trapanese, as well as ASCAP’s recent video stream of a Q&A session with Trapanese on Google+ Hangout.
Opening in limited release is the horror film The Lords of Salem written and directed by Rob Zombie and starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davidson, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, Ken Foree, Patricia Quinn, Dee Wallace, Maria Conchita Alonso, Judy Geeson and Meg Foster. The film’s original score is composed by John 5 & Griffin Boyce. Geffen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the score, as well as songs from the film by artists including Manfred Mann, Leviathan The Fleeing Serpent, Rick James, Rush and The Velvet Underground. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell to Score ‘Thor: The Dark World’
Posted: April 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Taylor, Carter Burwell, Marvel, Thor, Thor: The Dark World
According to the film’s latest poster, Carter Burwell will be scoring the superhero sequel Thor: The Dark World. The movie is directed by Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, The Emperor’s New Clothes) and stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins. The sequel is set one year after The Avengers and follows the title character on a battle to save all the Nine Realms from a mysterious enemy older than the universe itself. Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (The Chronicles of Narnia, Captain America: The First Avenger) have written the script based on a story by Don Payne (Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer). Kevin Feige is producing the film for Marvel Studios. Patrick Doyle scored the previous Thor film directed by Branagh. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stuck in Love’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mike Mogis, Nathaniel Walcott, score, Soundtrack, Stuck in Love
Varese Sarabande will release the official soundtrack for the indie comedy drama Stuck in Love. The album features the film’s original score composed, arranged, performed and produced by Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott (from Bright Eyes). Also included are three new songs: At Your Door by Mogis and Walcott featuring Big Harp, Somersaults In Spring by Friends of Gemini (Mogis, Walcott and Corina Figueroa Escamilla) and You Are Your Mother’s Child by Conor Oberst. Other artists featured on the album include Bright Eyes, Elliott Smith, Nat & Alex Wolff, Wallpaper Airplanes, Like Pioneers, Rio Bravo and Bill Ricchini. The soundtrack will be released on June 11, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Stuck in Love is written and directed by Josh Boone and stars Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff and Kristen Bell. Read the rest of this entry »
Pino Donaggio Scoring ‘Patrick’
Posted: April 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Patrick, Pino Donaggio
This week, Pino Donaggio has recorded his score for the upcoming horror thriller Patrick. The film directed by Mark Hartley is a re-imagining of the 1970’s Australian chiller of the same title about a comatose hospital patient who harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own. Jason Gallagher stars in the title role, along with Sharni Vinson, Rachel Griffiths and Charles Dance. Justin King has written the screenplay and Antony I. Ginnane is producing the project. Donaggio’s score was recorded in Studio CNSO in Prague. Patrick is set to premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) this summer and will be released in Australia in September. Read the rest of this entry »
Lucas Vidal Takes Over ‘Fast & Furious’ Series
Posted: April 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fast & Furious 6, Justin Lin, Lucas Vidal
Lucas Vidal is currently finishing up work on the highly anticipated action thriller Fast & Furious 6. The film is directed by Justin Lin who helmed the previous three installments in the series, including 2011’s top-grossing Fast Five. The movie stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Luke Evans, Gina Carano and John Ortiz. Vidal recently recorded his full orchestral and electronic hybrid score at Abbey Road and Air Studios in London. At age 28, he becomes the youngest composer to ever score a major studio picture in the $100 Mio.+ budget range. In only a few years, the classically trained composer has moved from writing concert pieces and scoring independent films, to Spanish box office hits including Sleep Tight (Mientras duermes) and major international productions such as The Raven starring John Cusack and The Cold Light of Day starring Henry Cavill & Bruce Willis, leading to his first major studio tentpole assignment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Peeples’ Soundtrack EP Announced
Posted: April 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Zigman, Peeples, Soundtrack, Stephen Bray
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack for the comedy Peeples. The EP features three new songs by Grammy- and Tony-nominated songwriter/producer Stephen Bray with performances by actors Craig Robinson and David Alan Grier. Also included are two tracks from the movie’s original score composed by Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, Bridge to Terabithia). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 7, 2013. Listen to the track Speak It (Don’t Leak It) by Craig Robinson after the jump. Peeples is directed by Tina Gordon Chism and stars Robinson and Grier, alongside Kerry Washington, S. Epatha Merkerson, Tyler Williams, Melvin Van Peebles, Diahann Carroll, Malcolm Barrett, Kali Hawk and Ana Gasteyer. Tyler Perry is producing the film, which is set to be released on May 10 by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore Scoring ‘Jimmy Picard’
Posted: April 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arnaud Desplechin, Howard Shore, Jimmy Picard
Howard Shore has composed the score for the upcoming drama Jimmy Picard. The film is directed by Arnaud Desplechin (A Christmas Tale, Kings & Queens) and stars Benicio Del Toro as a Plains Indian member of the Blackfeet nation who returns from the WWII battlefield and experiences various medical symptoms when he meets a French ethno-psychiatrist with a strong understanding of the modern Native American. Mathieu Amalric and Gina McKee are co-starring. The movie is adapted from Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian by ethnologist and psychologist Georges Devereux. Pascal Caucheteux (Rust an Bone, A Prophet, Assault on Precint 13) is producing the project for Why Not Productions. Shore has previously collaborated with Desplechin on the 2000 drama Esther Kahn. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Broadchurch’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Broadchurch, Ólafur Arnald, score, Soundtrack
Mercury Records has released a soundtrack for the British mini-series Broadchurch. The soundtrack EP features the original score from the series composed by Ólafur Arnald (Another Happy Day). The EP is now available digitally in the UK and will be released in the US on April 30, 2013. Visit Amazon to download the soundtrack and also check out audio clips after the jump. Broadchurch written and created by Chris Chibnall (United, Torchwood) stars David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Vicky McClure, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Will Mellor and Arthur Darvill. The mini-series about a small British community that comes under scrutiny and suspicion in the wake of a boy’s death premiered on ITV in the UK last month. BBC America will air the series later this year in the US. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Masterworks to Release James Newton Howard’s ‘After Earth’ Score
Posted: April 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: After Earth, James Newton Howard, M. Night Shyamalan, score, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release the official soundtrack album for M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming sci-fi action adventure After Earth. The album features the film’s original score composed by James Newton Howard who has written the music for all of the director’s score in the past 14 years, including The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs and The Village. The soundtrack will be released on June 4, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. After Earth starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith follows a teenager Kitai Raige and his legendary father who get stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape following a crash landing. The movie is set to be released nationwide on June 7, 2013 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
