Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Disconnect. The album features the film’s complete original score composed by Max Richter (Waltz with Bashir, Perfect Sense), as well as the song Ni Su Nave by Jayme Ivison. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 9, 2013 and physically on April 23. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Disconnect is directed by Henry Alex Rubin (Murderball) and stars Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgard, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton, Andrea Riseborough and Max Thieriot. The movie interweaves three potboiler storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world of the internet. The film premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in theaters on April 12, 2013 by LD Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Disconnect’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Disconnect, Max Richter, score, Soundtrack
‘Patrick Doyle: Impressions of America’ Album Release Announced
Posted: March 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Impressions of America, Patrick Doyle
Varese Sarabande has announced the release of a new symphonic work by Academy Award-nominated composer Patrick Doyle. The album entitled Patrick Doyle: Impressions of America features a symphonic piece scored for full orchestra and consisting of fifteen impressions. The symphony was inspired by the Scottish composer’s many trips to the US. The album will be released on April 16, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The release coincides with the composer’s 60th birthday next month. Doyle’s best known film scores include Sense and Sensibility, Brave, Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Thor, Hamletand Henry V. The composer is currently working on the score for the action thriller Jack Ryan starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley & Kevin Costner and directed by his long-time collaborator Kenneth Branagh. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hot Guys with Guns’ to Feature Music by Mervyn Warren
Posted: March 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Doug Spearman, Hot Guys with Guns, Mervyn Warren
Mervyn Warren has started work on his score for the upcoming crime comedy Hot Guys with Guns. The film marks the directorial debut of Doug Spearman (Noah’s Arc) and stars Brian McArdle, Marc Anthony Samuel, Darryl Stephens, Kamar de los Reyes, Jay Huguley, Alan Blumenfeld, Joan Ryan and Trey McCurley. The movie revolves around an actor and his ex-boyfriend who find themselves sucked in a crime spree sending shockwaves through Hollywoood’s Velvet Mafia. Spearman has also written the screenplay and is producing the project with Kelly Jones and Suzan Jones. Apart from composing the score, Warren has also written, performed and arranged the original song Something to Shoot For, which will be playing over a Bond-esque, animated opening sequence. Read the rest of this entry »
Mateo Messina to Score ‘The Angriest Man in Brooklyn’
Posted: March 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mateo Messina, Phil Alden Robinson, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Mateo Messina is currently scoring the upcoming comedy The Angriest Man in Brooklyn. The film is directed by Phil Alden Robinson and stars Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, James Earl Jones, Peter Dinklage and Melissa Leo. The movie follows a stand-in doctor who mistakenly tells an obnoxious patient he has 90 minutes to live and then must locate him as the man goes on a whirlwind tour of the city. Daniel Taplitz (Breakin’ All the Rules) has written the screenplay and Bob Cooper (John Tucker Must Die, Mr. Woodcock), Tyler Mitchell (Lucky Number Slevin, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone) and Daniel J. Walker are producing the project. Messina’s score will feature the hang drum combined with the orchestra. Read the rest of this entry »
‘At Any Price’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: At Any Price, Dickon Hinchliffe, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama At Any Price. The album features the film’s original score composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Last Chance Harvey). The soundtrack will be released on April 23, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Click here to listen to the film’s opening opening titles track. At Any Price is directed by Ramin Bahrani and stars Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham, Clancy Brown, Celcie Ross, Maika Monroe, Red West, Ben Marten and Dan Waller. The movie follows an ambitious modern-day farmer who is challenged by changes of his business and his rebellious son. The drama premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for a theatrical release on April 24, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
J Mascis Scoring ‘Sunlight Jr.’
Posted: March 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: J Mascis, Laurie Collyer, Sunlight Jr.
J Mascis has composed the score for the upcoming romantic drama Sunlight Jr.. The film is written and directed by Laurie Collyer (Sherrybaby) and stars Naomi Watts, Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus and Tess Harper. The movie follows a convenience store clerk and her paraplegic boyfriend who are trapped in a generational cycle of poverty and ignorance. Andera Roa (Drinking Buddies) is producing the project for Freight Yard Films, Charlie Corwin (The Squid and the Whale) is producing for Original Media and Ariel Elia is producing for Empyrean Pictures. Mascis is best known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for the underground rock band Dinosaur Jr. whose music has been used in numerous films, including Reality Bites, Young Adult and Grace of my Heart. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 24, 2013)
Posted: March 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, HBO, Marcelo Zarvos, Orphan Black, Phil Spector, Trevor Yuile
Premiering tonight is the HBO original movie Phil Spector written and directed by David Mamet and starring Al Pacino the t he legendary music producer and Helen Mirren as his defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden. Jeffrey Tambor, James Tolkan and Martin Jarvis are co-starring. The film’s original score is composed by Marcelo Zarvos who has previously scored a number of HBO films, including You Don’t Know Jack for Barry Levinson who is executive producing Phil Spector. No word yet on a soundtrack release. Phil Spector premieres tonight on HBO. To learn more about the film, check out our previous article and visit HBO’s official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Englishby Scoring ‘Sunshine on Leith’
Posted: March 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dexter Fletcher, Paul Englishby, Sunshine on Leith
This week, Paul Englisby has recorded his score for the film adaptation of the stage musical Sunshine on Leith. The movie is directed by Dexter Fletcher (Wild Bill) and stars Peter Mullan, Jane Horrocks, George McKay, Kevin Guthrie, Antonia Thomas and Freya Mavor. Stephen Greenhorn has written screenplay based on his musical, which takes the lyrics of songs from the Scottish pop-folk band The Proclaimers and uses them in story about a young man and a woman who have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Andrew Macdonald (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) & Allon Reich (Dredd, Never Let Me Go) are producing the project for DNA Films and Arabella Page Croft & Kieran Parker (Outpost, Legacy) are producing for Black Camel Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 22, 2013)
Posted: March 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Admission, Alan Silvestri, Alex Heffes, Hunky Dory, Joby Talbot, Love and Honor, Olympus Has Fallen, Stephen Trask, The Croods, The Sapphires, Trevor Morris
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature The Croods directed by Chris Sanders & Kirk DeMicco and featuring the voice talent of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future Forrest Gump) has composed the film’s score. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Shine Your Way performed by Yuna feat. Owl City earlier this week. To listen to audio clips and to check out the full soundtrack details of the Dreamworks Animation production, visit our previous article.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Olympus Has Fallen directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Gerard Butler, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell and Rick Yune. The film’s score is composed by Trevor Morris (Immortals, The Tudors, The Borgias). Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring Morris’ score earlier this week. For audio clips and to learn more about the soundtrack release, check out our soundtrack announcement. Check out articles on Yahoo! Voices, ASCAP and Film School Rejects to find out more about the composer’s work on the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘To the Wonder’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hanan Townshend, score, Soundtrack, Terrence Malick, To the Wonder
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for Terrence Malick’s new drama To the Wonder. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend. Also included are two classical pieces used in the movie by Richard Wagner and J.S. Bach. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 16, 2013 and physically on May 21. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. To the Wonder is written and directed by Malick (Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line) and stars Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Olga Kurylenko. The movie follows a Parisian single mother and a Midwestern tourist who fall madly in love in France and relocate to Oklahoma with Marina’s young daughter to start a life together. The drama premiered at last year’s Venice and Toronto Film Festival and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures for a domestic release on April 12. Read the rest of this entry »
