Contemporary Media Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the mini-series Labyrinth. The album features the original score from the series composed by Trevor Jones (The Dark Crystal, The Last of the Mohicans). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Labyrinth based on the bestseller by Kate Mosse is set against the backdrop of the Crusades and the Cathar massacres and tells two connected stories of a woman living in Carcassonne in 1209 and an archaeologist who makes a startling discovery in a cave in the South of France. The four-hour mini-series is directed by Christopher Smith (Severance, Triangle) and stars Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Felton, John Hurt, Sebastian Stan, Vanessa Kirby, Emun Elliott, Tony Curran, John Lynch and Bernhard Schir. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Labyrinth’ Mini-Series Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Labyrinth, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Jones
Lucas Vidal to Score ‘Mindscape’
Posted: April 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jaume Collet-Serra, Lucas Vidal, Mindscape
Lucas Vidal has been tapped to score the upcoming dramatic thriller Mindscape. The film marks the feature directorial debut of commercials director Jorge Dorado and stars Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Sherlock Holmes), Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, Braveheart). The movie scripted by Guy Holmes centers on a man who can enter peoples’ memories and who takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled and dangerous teenage girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a trauma victim. Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown, Orphan) and Juan Sola are producing for their Ombra Films production company, along with Peter Safran (Buried) for The Safran Company and Mercedes Gamero (Intruders) for Antena 3 Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Varèse Sarabande: A 35th Anniversary Celebration Album Announced
Posted: April 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 35th Anniversary, Varese Sarabande
Varese Sarabande has announced a new 4CD set in celebration of the label’s 35th anniversary. The album features highlights from Varese Sarabande’s soundtrack releases of the past five years. Among the scores/composers featured on the album are Star Trek (Michael Giacchino), How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell), I Am Legend (James Newton Howard), The Help (Thomas Newman), Frost/Nixon(Hans Zimmer), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Patrick Doyle), The Ghost Writer (Alexandre Desplat), Fast Five (Brian Tyler), Real Steel (Danny Elfman), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Alan Silvestri), Cowboys & Aliens (Harry Gregson-Williams), Black Gold (James Horner) and Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi). The 4CD set will be released on April 23, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman to Score ‘Baggage Claim’
Posted: April 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, Baggage Claim, David E. Talbert
Aaron Zigman has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy Baggage Claim. The film is written and directed by David E. Talbert and is based on his 2003 novel about a flight attendant who is determined not to show up to her baby sister’s engagement party without a fiance of her own and begins searching for a man while on the job. Paula Patton stars as the flight attendant, alongside Derek Luke, Adam Brody, Trey Songz, Taye Diggs, Christina Milian and Djimon Hounsou. Steven J. Wolfe (500 Days of Summer, Miss March) is producing the picture. Talbert’s previous directorial feature effort First Sunday starring Ice Cube featured a score by Stanley Clarke. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Filly Brown’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Filly Brown, Reza Safinia, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Filly Brown. The album features the film’s original score composed by Reza Safinia. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 16, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. Filly Brown is directed by Youssef Delara & Michael D. Olmos and stars Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, Emilio River, Noel Gugliemi, Kerry Norton and Chrissie Fit. The drama about a raw young Los Angeles hip-hop artist premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Pantelion Films on April 19, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
’42’ Score Album Announced
Posted: April 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 42, Brian Helgeland, Mark Isham, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a score album for the sports drama 42. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Miracle, A River Runs Through It) who recorded his orchestral score at Abbey Road Studios in London. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 9, 2013. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack album featuring songs from the film, as well as one track from the score. 42 is written and directed by Brian Helgeland and stars Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman, Brad Beyer, Judy Tylor, Jon Bernthal, Nicole Beharie and T.R. Knight. The movie tells the story of legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The drama will be released nationwide on April 12 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Lennertz Scoring ‘Remember Sunday’
Posted: April 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Christopher Lennertz, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Remember Sunday
Christopher Lennertz is the composer of the new Hallmark Hall of Fame production Remember Sunday. The film is directed by Jeff Bleckner (The Russell Girl, Loving Leah) and stars Alexis Bledel and Zachary Levi. The movie follows a waitress who meets a jewelry store clerk who suffers from memory problems. A brain aneurysm three years earlier gives the clerk’s character a blank slate the second his alarm wakes him each day. Barry Morrow (Rain Man, Bill) has written the teleplay based on a story by Michael Kase (co-producer of Pain and Gain). Christopher Morgan (The Makeover) is producing and Brent Shields (Firelight) is executive producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Jerry Goldsmith’s ‘Seven Days in May’ Score Released
Posted: April 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, John Frankenheimer, Maurice Jarre, score, Seven Days in May, Soundtrack, The Carpetbaggers, The MacKintosh Man
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for John Frankenheimer’s 1964 thriller Seven Days in May written by Rod Serling and starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March and Ava Gardner. The album features the film’s complete score composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith. Included on the same CD is the world premiere release of the score for the 1973 thriller The MacKintosh Man directed by John Huston and starring Paul Newman and James Mason. The music is composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre. For audio clips from both scores and to order the album, visit Intrada’s online store. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Angel’s Share’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Fenton, Ken Loach, score, Soundtrack, The Angels' Share
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for Ken Loach’s comedy drama The Angel’s Share. The album features the film’s original score composed by the director’s regular musical collaborator George Fenton (Gandhi, The Fisher King, Groundhog Day). Also included are two songs featured in the film by by The Proclaimers and Deadmau5. The soundtrack is now available to order overseas on the label’s website and in the US on Screen Archives, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Angel’s Share stars Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Gary Maitland and William Ruane. The movie premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and has been picked up by IFC Films for domestic distribution. The film will be released in select theaters on VOD on April 12, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
John Ottman to Score ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and ‘Non-Stop’
Posted: April 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryan Singer, Jaume Collet-Serra, John Ottman, Non-Stop, X-Men, X-Men: Days of Future Past
John Ottman has officially signed on to score the upcoming superhero film sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past. The film reunites the composer with Bryan Singer who is directing his third entry in the franchise. The movie acts as a sequel to both 2011’s X-Men: First Class (scored by Henry Jackman) and 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand (scored by John Powell) and stars Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore and Daniel Cudmore from the original trilogy, as well as James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult from the last part in the series. They are joined by new cast members Peter Dinklage, Omar Sy, Booboo Stewart and Fan Bingbing, Singer is also writing the story and Simon Kinberg, Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman are penning the script. The director is also producing the project with Vaughn, Kinberg and Richard & Lauren Shuler Donner. Read the rest of this entry »
