Lionsgate Records has released a score album for the zombie romance Warm Bodies. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composers Marco Beltrami (Scream, 3:10 to Yuma) and Buck Sanders (The Hurt Locker, Max Payne). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Warm Bodies is directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50) and stars Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton and John Malkovich. The movie based on the novel by Isaac Marion about a zombie who rescues a girl from an attack and inadvertently sparks a cross-dead romance is now playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Warm Bodies’ Score Released
Posted: February 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Buck Sanders, Jonathan Levine, Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack, Warm Bodies
Dave Porter to Score ABC’s ‘Red Widow’
Posted: February 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Dave Porter, Melissa Rosenberg, Red Widow
Dave Porter is scoring the upcoming ABC drama Red Widow. The show created by Melissa Rosenberg (Twilight series, Dexter) is based on the 2010 Dutch drama Penoza. The series stars Radha Mitchell as a housewife who is forced to continue the work of her organized crime husband after he is assassinated in a drug-related incident. Sterling Beaumon, Clifton Collins Jr., Luke Goss, Suleka Mathew, Erin Moriarty, Jaime Ray Newman, Jakob Salvati, Lee Tergesen, Wil Traval, Rade Serbedzija and Goran Visnjic are co-starring. Rosenberg is executive producing the ABC Studios production with Howard Klein (The Office, Parks & Recreation) and Alon Aranya. Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies, Arlington Road) has directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
Bruno Coulais to Reunite with Henry Selick on ‘The Shadow King’
Posted: February 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruno Coulais, Henry Selick, The Shadow King
Bruno Coulais is reteaming with director Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach) on his upcoming stop-motion animated film The Shadow King. The film features the voice talent of Brendan Gleeson, Catherine O’Hara, Pamela Adlon, Jeffrey Tambor & Jaden Betts and follows a nine-year-old New York orphan who hides his fantastically weird hands with long fingers from a cruel world. When a living shadow girl teaches him to make amazing hand shadows that come to life, his hands become incredible weapons in a shadow war against a ravenous monster bent on killing his brother and ultimately destroying New York. Selick is writing and directing the project and Josh Penn (Beasts of the Southern Wild) is producing. Coulais has previously scored the director’s Academy Award-nominated animated film Coraline. No word yet on a release date yet for The Shadow King.
‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Bell, Deep Space Nine, Dennis McCarthy, Gregory Smith, Jay Chattaway, John Debney, Paul Baillargeon, Richard Bellis, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the new soundtrack release for the sci-fi series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The 4-CD set features selections from all seven original seasons of the show. The first disc includes music of composer Dennis McCarthy (Star Trek: Generations); the second disc features the music of composer Jay Chattaway; composers featured on the fourth disc include John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2), David Bell, Richard Bellis, Gregory Smith and Paul Baillargeon and the fourth disc entitled The Lost Album contains an album assembly of material that was prepped by music producers and the composers for a soundtrack compilation that was never released. The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection is limited to 3000 copies and is now available for pre-order on La-La Land’s website, where you can also check out audio clips.
‘Titanic: Blood and Steel’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Maurizio De Angelis, score, Soundtrack, Titanic: Blood and Steel
Roba Digital will release a soundtrack album for the mini-series Titanic: Blood & Steel. The album features the original score from the series composed by Maurizio De Angelis. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 15, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Titanic: Blood & Steel is directed by Ciaran Donnelly (The Tudors) and stars Chris Noth, Neve Campbell, Derek Jacobi, Kevin Zegers, Ophelia Lovibond, Billy Carter, Massimo Ghini, Branwell Donaghey and Martin McCann. The 12-part series focuses on the the process of building the ship from the ground up and the people who made the ship a reality against the class-bound backdrop of Edwardian Belfast, Northern Ireland, where financial pressures led to fatal compromises. The mini-series is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘John Dies at the End’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Tyler, John Dies at the End, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the horror satire John Dies at the End. The album features the film’s original score composed by Brian Tyler (The Expendables, Eagle Eye, Fast Five). The soundtrack is limited to 3000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. John Dies at the End is directed by Don Coscarelli and stars Paul Giamatti, Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman, Doug Jones, Daniel Roebuck, Jonny Weston and Fabianne Therese. Tyler has previously scored the director’s last feature Bubba Ho-Tep. The movie premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released on VOD and in select theaters a couple of weeks ago by Magnolia Pictures’ Magnet Releasing. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Weeds’ Season 8 Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Showtime, Soundtrack, Weeds
Lionsgate Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Showtime hit series Weeds. The album features songs from the eighth and final season of the show by artists including Family of the Year, The Nervous Wreckords, Winterpills, Charlie Mars, Walter Spencer, Shivaree, The Steamboat Cabaret and Rilo Kiley. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. The album marks fifth soundtrack release for the series. Weeds is created by Jenji Kohan and stars Mary-Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, Tonye Patano, Romany Malco, Indigo and Hunter Parrish. The final season of the comedy drama premiered last summer on Showtime and is also coming out on Blu-Ray and DVD today. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Brian De Palma’s ‘Passion’ Announced
Posted: February 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian De Palma, Passion, Pino Donaggio, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for Brian De Palma’s upcoming thriller Passion. The album features the film’s original score composed by Pino Donaggio who has previously collaborated with the director on such films as Body Double, Dressed to Kill, Carrie, Blow Out and Home Videos. The soundtrack will be released on March 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available on the label’s official website and more clips can be checked out below. Passion is a remake of the French psychodrama Love Crime (Crime d’amour) and stars Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace. The film premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and will be released in France later this week. Entertainment One has picked up domestic rights and is planning a theatrical release this spring. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Walking Dead’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Bear McCreary, Soundtrack, The Walking Dead
Republic Records will release a soundtrack album for the AMC hit series The Walking Dead. The album features a remix of the main titles theme of the show composed by Bear McCreary, as well as several songs used in the third season of the zombie series by artists including Jamie N Commons, Voxhaul Broadcast, Baby Bee, Emily Kinney and Lauren Cohan, Delta Spirit, Of Monsters and Men and Fink. The soundtrack will be released on March 19, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Walking Dead currently airs every Sunday night on AMC. The second part of the third season just premiered last night to a new ratings high. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Escape from Planet Earth’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Zigman, Escape from Planet Earth, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Escape from Planet Earth. The album features the film’s original music composed by Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, Bridge to Terabithia). The composer recorded his score with a 100 piece orchestra and choir at Abbey Road Studios in London. The soundtrack has recently been released digitally and is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Escape from Planet Earth is directed by Cal Brunker and features the voice talent of Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry, James Gandolfini and Craig Robinson. The film is set on the planet Baab, where admired astronaut Scorch Supernova is a national hero to the blue alien population. The animated movie will be released on February 15 by the Weinstein Company. Read the rest of this entry »