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 »
Lucas Vidal Takes Over ‘Fast & Furious’ Series
Posted: April 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fast & Furious 6, Justin Lin, Lucas Vidal
‘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 »
Federico Jusid Scoring ‘300: Rise of an Empire’
Posted: April 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, Federico Jusid, Noam Murro
Federico Jusid is the composer of the upcoming action sequel 300: Rise of an Empire. The film is directed by Noam Murro (Smart People) and stars Sullivan Stapleton as the Greek general Themistocles, who battles an invading army of Persians under turned-god Xerxes, played by Rodrigo Santoro. Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Jack O’Connell and Lena Headey are co-starring. Kurt Johnstad (Act of Valor, 300) and Zack Snyder have written the screenplay based on Frank Miller’s novel. Mark Canton & Gianni Nunnari (300, Immortals), Bernie Goldmann, Zack Snyder & Deborah Snyder (Man of Steel, Watchmen) and Thomas Tull (42, Pacific Rim) are producing the Legendary Pictures production. Tyler Bates has scored the original 2006 300 film directed by Zack Snyder. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Call Me Crazy: A Five Film’ to Feature Music by Alex Wurman
Posted: April 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Wurman, Call Me Crazy: A Five Film, Lifetime, The Hazda: Last of the First
Alex Wurman has composed the score for the Lifetime original movie Call Me Crazy: A Five Film. The anthology film stars Jennifer Hudson, Melissa Leo, Octavia Spencer, Sarah Hyland, Sofia Vassilieva, Brittany Snow, Ernie Hudson, Jason Ritter, Jean Smart, Lea Thompson, Melanie Griffith and Chelsea Handler. The movie follows five interwoven stories about mental illness, which are directed by Laura Dern, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bonnie Hunt, Ashley Judd and Sharon Maguire. Jennifer Aniston & Marta Kauffman (Friends), Kristin Hahn, Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri are executive producing the Sony Pictures Television, Echo Films and Freestyle Picture Company production. Read the rest of this entry »
Jerry Goldsmith’s Complete ‘Von Ryan’s Express’ Score Released
Posted: April 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bill Conti, Five Days from Heaven, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The Detective, Von Ryan's Express
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the complete score for the 1965 WWII action adventure Von Ryan’s Express directed by Marc Robson and starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard. The music is composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith. Also featured on the CD is the composer’s score for the 1968 cop thriller The Detective directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick and Robert Duvall. To listen to audio clips from both scores and to order the album, visit Intrada’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Silvestri to Score ‘Red 2’
Posted: April 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Silvestri, Dean Parisot, Red, Red 2
Alan Silvestri has signed on to score the upcoming action comedy sequel Red 2. The film is directed by Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest, Fun with Dick and Jane) and stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung Hun Lee, Brian Cox and Neal McDonough. In the movie, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber (Red, Battleship) have written the screenplay and Lorenzo DiBonaventura (Transformers series, G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra & Retaliation) and Mark Vahradian (Red, Man on a Ledge) are producing the project for DiBonaventura Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘What Maisie Knew’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nick Urata, score, Soundtrack, What Maisie Knew
The details of the soundtrack album for the indie drama What Maisie Knew have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nick Urata (Crazy, Stupid, Love, Ruby Sparks), as well as the title song Feeling of Being (What Maisie Knew) by Lucy Schwartz. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 30, 2013 and physically on May 7. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. What Maisie Knew is directed by Scott McGehee & David Siegel and stars Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan, Joanna Vanderham and Ontana Aprile. The movie follows a 6-year old girl who is caught up in the bitter divorce of her art dealer father and her rock star mother.The drama will be released on May 3, 2013 by Millennium Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
