Premiering on Tuesday, February 19 is the new CW drama Cult created by Rockne S. O’Bannon (Farscape, V) and starring Matt Davis, Jessica Lucas, Alona Tal and Robert Knepper. The series follows a journalist blogger and a production assistant, who investigate a series of mysterious disappearances that are linked to a popular television series. O’Bannon is executive producing the show with Josh Schwartz (The O.C.), Stephanie Savage (Gossip Girl) and Len Goldstein (Hart of Dixie). The drama’s original score is composed by Tim Jones who has previously scored the Schwartz-produced show Chuck, as well as the second season of Human Target. Cult will air every Tuesday night on The CW. To learn more about the show, visit the official series website. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 17, 2013)
Posted: February 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Cult, David Lawrence, Nickelodeon, Paul Linford, The CW, Tim Jones, Trevor Rabin, Wendell & Vinnie, Zero Hour
‘Girl Rising’ to Feature Music by Rachel Portman and Lorne Balfe
Posted: February 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Girl Rising, Lorne Balfe, Rachel Portman, Richard Robbins
Rachel Portman and Lorne Balfe have composed the score for the documentary Girl Rising. The film is directed by Richard Robbins who previously helmed the Academy Award-nominated doc Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience. The movie 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 and features voice performances by Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, Cate Blanchett, Selena Gomez, Salma Hayek, Alicia Keys, Chloe Moretz, Liam Neeson, Priyanka Chopra and Freida Pinto. The project marks the first documentary acquired by CNN Films and is executive produced by Tom Yellin and Holly Gordon of the Documentary Group and Paul G. Allen (Hard Candy, Titus) of Vulcan Productions. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Les Miserables’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
Posted: February 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Dudman, Brave, CAS Awards, Hatfields & McCoys, Jeffrey A. Vaughn, Jonathan Allen, Les Miserables
The team behind the sound mixing of Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2012 Motion Pictures – Live Action at tonight’s 49th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Scoring mixer Jonathan Allen, along with production mixer Simon Hayes, re-recording mixers Andy Nelson & Mark Paterson, ADR mixer Robert Edwards and foley mixer Pete Smith have received the award for the movie musical starring Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried. The other contenders in the category were Lincoln (including scoring mixer Shawn Murphy) and Skyfall (including scoring mixer Simon Rhodes), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (including scoring mixer Peter Cobbin) and Zero Dark Thirty (including scoring mixer Sam Okell). Read the rest of this entry »
Arturo Sandoval Scoring ‘Middleton’
Posted: February 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 1000 to 1, Arturo Sandoval, Middleton
Arturo Sandoval is scoring the upcoming indie romantic comedy Middleton. The marks the feature directorial debut of Adam Rodgers and stars Vera Farmiga, Andy Garcia, Taissa Farmiga, Spencer Lofranco, Peter Riegert and Tom Skerritt. The movie centers on a once-in-a-lifetime relationship that develops between two strangers over the course of a single day. Rodgers has co-written the screenplay with Glenn German who is also producing the project with Garcia and Sig Libowitz. Sandoval who is best known as a jazz trumpeter has previously scored a number of films, most notably the 2000 TV biopic For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, in which Andy Garcia portrayed Sandoval and for which the composer received an Emmy Award. He has collaborated as a performer with film composers including Hans Zimmer (Rango) and James Newton Howard (Big Trouble). Middleton is expected to be released later this year by Anchor Bay Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 15, 2013)
Posted: February 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Good Day to Die Hard, Aaron Zigman, Beautiful Creatures, Christopher Carmichael, Deborah Lurie, Escape from Planet Earth, Klaus Badelt, Marco Beltrami, Safe Haven, Shanghai Calling, thenewno2
Four new movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action thriller sequel A Good Day to Die Hard directed by John Moore 
and starring Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney. The film’s music is composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Scream) who previously scored the last film in the series, Live Free or Die Hard. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. For audio clips and the full album details, visit our soundtrack announcement. For a recent interview with Beltrami about his work on the film and his other recent projects, visit Film Music Magazine.
Also opening wide is the romantic drama/thriller Safe Haven directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, David Lyons, Cobie Smulders and Noah Lomax. The film’s original score is composed by Deborah Lurie who previously worked with Hallstrom on the Nicholas Sparks adaptation Dear John and An Unfinished Life. A soundtrack album featuring the film’s songs, as well as one score track has been released by Relativity Music Group and Republic Records. Check out our previous article for the full details. Relativity has also released a separate soundtrack featuring Lurie’s score. For audio clips and more information, click here. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau Scoring ‘Better Living Through Chemistry’
Posted: February 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, Better Living Through Chemistry, John Nau
Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau have recently completed their score for the upcoming comedic thriller Better Living Through Chemistry. The film is directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier and stars Sam Rockwell as a small-town pharmacist stuck in a loveless marriage starts an affair with a trophy wife, played by Olivia Wilde, who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder. Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda are co-starring. Joe Neurauter & Felipe Marino (The Wackness, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) are producing the project for Occupant Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Stand’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kim Jee-Woon, Mowg, score, Soundtrack, The Last Stand
Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack album for Kim Jee-Woon’s action thriller The Last Stand. The album features the film’s original score composed by Mowg who previously collaborated with the director on 2010’s I Saw the Devil. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Last Stand starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Luis Guzman, Rodrigo Santoro, Zach Gilford, Jaimie Alexander, Genesis Rodriguez and Peter Stormare follows a sheriff of a quiet US border town who is preparing to make a last stand to intercept a notorious drug baron from crossing the border. Read the rest of this entry »
Trevor Morris to Score New Season of ABC’s ‘Body of Proof’
Posted: February 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Body of Proof, Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris has taken over scoring duties on the ABC drama Body of Proof. The composer is scoring the third season of the show starring Dana Delaney as neurosurgeon-turned-Medical-Examiner Dr. Megan Hunt who is on a quest to find justice for the dead and prevent harm to the living. Daniel Licht (Dexter) has scored the previous two seasons. Body of Proof co-stars Jeri Ryan, Mark Valley, Geoffrey Arend, Windell D. Middlebrooks, Elyes Gabel and Mary Mouser. Creator Christopher Murphey (writer of The Karate Kid remake) is executive producing the series with Matthew Gross (Across the Universe) and Evan Katz. The third season is set to premiere next Tuesday, February 19, 2013 on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »
Laurent Eyquem to Score ‘Tokarev’
Posted: February 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Copperhead, Laurent Eyquem, Tokarev
Laurent Eyquem has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Tokarev. The film will be directed by Spanish filmmaker Paco Cabezas and is set to star Nicolas Cage as a reformed criminal searching for his daughter who has been kidnapped by the Russian mob. Sean Keller and Jim Agnew (Giallo) have written the screenplay and Richard Rionda Del Castro (Casino Jack, The Son of No One) will produce for Hannibal Classics in association with North by Northwest Entertainment. Cage, Keller and Agnew are also executive producing the project with Patricia Eberle, Richard Salvatore, Mike Nilon, Hayley Magouirk, Cam Cannon, David Milner and Martin Barab. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Bible’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, History Channel, Lisa Gerrard, Lorne Balfe, score, Soundtrack, The Bible
Mercer Street Records will release the official soundtrack album for the History Channel’s mini-series The Bible. The album features the series’ original score composed by Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe and featuring vocals by Lisa Gerrard. The soundtrack will be released on March 5, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from the score below. The Bible created and executive produced by Mark Burnett & Roma Downey will cover the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, including stories from Noah’s Ark and the Exodus to Daniel in the Lion’s Den to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Downey is starring in the mini-series alongside Diogo Morgado, Sean Teale, David Rintoul, Amber Rose Revah, Peter Guinness, Greg Hicks and Simon Kunz. Keith David is narrating the 10-hour/five-part docudrama, which is set to premiere on March 3. Read the rest of this entry »
