14th Street Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Girl Rising. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Megamind, The Bible) and Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Girl Rising is directed by Richard Robbins (Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience) and tells the stories of several girls from around the globe who fought for their chance to go to school in spite of extreme poverty and natural disasters. The documentary opens in select cities this weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Girl Rising’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Girl Rising, Lorne Balfe, Rachel Portman, score, Soundtrack
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‘Oblivion’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony Gonzalez, Joseph Kosinski, Joseph Trapanese, M83, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has announced the full soundtrack details for the upcoming sci-fi action film Oblivion. The album features the film’s score composed by Anthony Gonzalez of M83 and Joseph Trapanese (TRON: Uprising, The Raid: Redemption). Also included is an original song by M83 featuring Norwegian singer-songwriter Susanne Sundfor used as the end title for the film. The soundtrack is scheduled to be release on April 9, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out our previous article for a preview of the music. Oblivion is directed by Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) and stars Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo. The movie will be released in the US on April 19, 2013 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Heffes to Score ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’
Posted: March 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Justin Chadwick, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Alex Heffes has been hired to score the upcoming biographical drama Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. The film is directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl) and stars Idris Elba in the title role as the South African civil rights leader and Naomie Harris as Nelson Mandela’s wife, Winnie. Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Zolani Mkiva, Jamie Bartlett, Lindiwe Matshikiza, Deon Lotz and Terry Pheto are co-starring. William Nicholson (Gladiator, Les Miserables) has written the screenplay based on Mandela’s autobiography. The movie is produced by Anant Singh (Pulse) who started communicating with Mandela about making a film based on his life while he was still in prison and acquired the film rights to Mandela’s book at the time of its publication in 1996. Heffes has previously collaborated with Chadwick on his previous feature The First Grader. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dead Man Down’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dead Man Down, Jacob Groth, Niels Arden Oplev, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the crime thriller Dead Man Down. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jacob Groth who has previously collaborated with director Niels Arden Oplev on the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie. The soundtrack will be released on April 2, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. Dead Man Down stars Colin Farrell as a professional killer and the right-hand man to an underground crime lord in New York City who is seduced and blackmailed by a crime victim seeking retribution. Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic Cooper, Isabelle Huppert and Armand Assante are co-starring. The thriller will be released this Friday, March 8 by FilmDistrict. Read the rest of this entry »
Back Lot Music to Release ‘Oblivion’ Soundtrack
Posted: March 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony Gonzalez, Joseph Trapanese, M83, Oblivion, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi action film Oblivion. The album features the film’s original music by the electronic band M83 and the score composed by M83 member Anthony Gonzalez and Joseph Trapanese (The Raid: Redemption, Tron: Uprising). The soundtrack will be released on April 9, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page on the full album details including the track list. Also listen to a track from the film’s score (via Rolling Stone) after the jump. Oblivion is directed by Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) and stars Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo. The film will be released in the US on April 19, 2013 both in regular theaters and IMAX. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser Scoring Roland Emmerich’s ‘White House Down’
Posted: March 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: All Things to All Men, Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich, Thomas Wander, White House Down
Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser are currently composing the score for the upcoming action thriller White House Down. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Stargate) and stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Richard Jenkins, Joey King and Rachelle Lefevre. The movie follows a Secret Service agent who is tasked with rescuing the president from a paramilitary group that has taken over the White House. James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man, Zodiac) has written the screenplay. Kloser also serves as producer on the film alongside Emmerich, Vanderbilt, Bradley Fischer & Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island) and Larry Franco (Batman Begins, Hulk). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jappeloup’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clinton Shorter, Jappeloup, score, Soundtrack
Pathé Production will release a soundtrack album for the French drama Jappeloup. The album features the film’s original score composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband), as well as the songs featured in the film by artists including Cat Stevens, Roxy Music, Thin Lizzy, George Michael and 10cc. The soundtrack will be released on March 11, 2013 and is now available on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Jappeloup is directed by Christian Duguay (The Art of War, Screamers) and stars Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil, Lou de Laage, Tcheky Karyo and Jacques Higelin. Canet has also written the screenplay for the drama, which centers on the small black horse that won gold at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The film will be released in France on March 13. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino to Score ‘Jupiter Ascending’
Posted: March 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andy Wachowski, Jupiter Ascending, Lana Wachowski, Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino is set to reunite with Lana and Andy Wachowski on their upcoming sci-fi action tentpole Jupiter Ascending. The film stars Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Tuppence Middleton and Sean Bean. The movie is set in a time where humans are at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder and are watched by higher forms of life and follows a woman who has been targeted for assassination by the Queen of the Universe. The Wachowskis are writing, producing and directing the Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures production, which is set to shoot this spring. Giacchino has previously collaborated with the Wachowskis on the 2008 feature Speed Racer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Take This Waltz’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonathan Goldsmith, Sarah Polley, score, Soundtrack, Take This Waltz
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama Take This Waltz. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jonathan Goldsmith (Away from Her, Casino Jack), as well as the song Green Mountain State by Corinna Rose and the Rusty Horse Band. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Take this Waltz is written and directed by Sarah Polley and stars Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Sarah Silverman and Luke Kirby. The movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2011 and was released in theaters last summer. The movie is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vehicle 19’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Matthee, James Matthes, score, Soundtrack, Vehicle 19
Metropolis Movie Music has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Vehicle 19. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Matthes and Daniel Matthee (Retribution). The soundtrack is now available digitally in the UK. Audio clips are available here. No domestic release date has been announced yet. Vehicle 19 is directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil and stars Paul Walker as recent parolee who picks up the wrong rental vehicle after a long flight and soon discovers a tied-up female passenger in the trunk. Naima McLean, Gys de Villiers, Leyla Haidarian and Tshepo Maseko are co-starring. Ketchup Entertainment has picked up domestic distribution rights and is planning a US release across multiple platforms this June. Read the rest of this entry »
