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 »
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
‘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 »
Atli Örvarsson to Score ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’
Posted: April 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, City of Bones, Colette, Harald Zwart, The Mortal Instruments
Atli Örvarsson has taken over scoring duties on the fantasy adventure The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The film is directed by Harald Zwart and stars Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Aidan Turner, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Durand and Jared Harris. The movie is based on the first book of the bestselling Young Adult book series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare and follows a teen who discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. Jessica Postigo has adapted the material for the screen. Don Carmody (Silent Hill, Resident Evil: Afterlife) and Robert Kulzer (The Three Musketeers) are producing the Constantin Film and Unique Features production. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino to Score Brad Bird’s ‘Tomorrowland’
Posted: April 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brad Bird, Michael Giacchino, Tomorrowland
Michael Giacchino confirmed during a Q&A at a concert featuring the world premiere performance of his Star Trek score performed live to projection in Lucerne, Switzerland this weekend that he is attached to score Brad Bird’s upcoming sci-fi adventure Tomorrowland. The film is set to star George Clooney and Hugh Laurie. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but according to Hitfix, the movie is supposed to follow a “teenage girl, a genius middle-aged manand a pre-pubescent girl robot who attempt to get to and unravel what happened to Tomorrowland, which exists in an alternative dimension, in order to save Earth”. Damon Lindelof (Lost, Prometheus) is writing the screenplay with Bird based on a concept by himself and Jeff Jensen and is also producing the project with Bird. Tomorrowland will mark the composer’s fourth collaboration with Bird following Pixar’s The Incredibles & Ratatouille and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 14, 2013)
Posted: April 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Defiance, Eve of Destruction, HBO, Hemlock Grove, Mary and Martha, Nathan Barr, Netflix, Philip Miller, Reelz, Shawn Pierce, Syfy
Premiering tomorrow, April 15 is the new sci-fi series Defiance created by Rockne S. O’Bannon (Farscape) and starring Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Jaime Murray, Tony Curran, Graham Greene, Mia Kirshner and Fionnula Flanagan. Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead) is composing the show’s score. It has been announced this past week that the composer’s new label Sparks & Shadows will release a soundtrack album later this year. A soundtrack for the crossover MMO video game is already available. Defiance is set in a post-apocalyptic future St. Louis after a lengthy war on Earth between humans and a consortium of invading alien races has completely transformed the surface of the planet. The show will air every Monday night on Syfy. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Brett Detar Scoring William Brent Bell’s ‘Wer’
Posted: April 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brett Detar, Wer, William Brent Bell
Brett Detar is composing the score for the upcoming horror feature Wer. The film is directed by William Brent Bell and stars A.J. Cook, Simon Quarterman, Vic Sahay, Sebastian Roché and Brian J. O’Connor. The movie is set in Paris and follows s defense attorney who is looking to clear her client who is a suspect in a slaying of a vacationing American family. Bell wrote the screenplay with Matthew Peterman who is also producing the FilmDistrict, Sierra/Affinity and Incentive Filmed Entertainment Fund production with Steven Schneider (Insidious, The Bay) and Morris Paulson. The film marks Detar’s second collaboration with the director following last year’s horror hit The Devil Inside. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 12, 2013)
Posted: April 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 42, Austin Wintory, Disconnect, George Fenton, Hanan Townshend, Into the White, It's a Disaster, James L. Venable, Mark Isham, Max Richter, Nils Petter Molvaer, Scary Movie 5, The Angels' Share, To the Wonder
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the sports drama 42 written and directed by Brian Helgeland and stars Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Alan Tudyk, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman, Brad Beyer and T.R. Knight. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It). WaterTower Music has released two soundtracks, including an album featuring the songs from the movie and a track from Isham’s score (click here for our announcement including audio clips), as well as an album featuring the composer’s score (audio clips and the full details are available here). Check out a video featuring an interview with Isham and footage from the recording sessions from ET Online. Also visit Film Music Magazine for a lengthy audio interview with the composer, as well as The Credits and al.com for more interviews.
Also opening wide is the horror comedy sequel Scary Movie 5 directed by Malcolm Lee and stars Ashley Tisdale, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Snoop Dogg, Katt Williams, Molly Shannon, Terry Crews, Simon Rex, Jerry O’Connell, Sarah Hyland, Katrina Bowden, Tyler Posey, Shad Moss aka Bow Wow, Kate Walsh, Heather Locklear, Mac Miller and Mike Tyson. James L. Venable (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, EuroTrip) has composed the film’s score. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Hyper Crush, Latief Scott, Bellringer, Blind Truth featuring Georgia Harris and Tarik NuClothes on April 23. Check out our previous article for the full details. The label will also release a separate album featuring Venable’s score. Read the rest of this entry »
