Nathaniel Mechaly has composed a new score for the international version of the martial arts epic The Grandmaster. The film is directed by Wong Kar-Wai (In the Mood for Love, My Blueberry Nights) and stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Wang Qingxiang, Zhang Jin, Zhao Benshan and Song Hye-kyo. The movie is a biopic of martial artist Ip Man, who practiced the art of Wing Chun and is best known as the man who taught Bruce Lee. Kar-Wai is producing the Jet Tone Films and Sil-Metropole Organization production with Jacky Pang Yee-wah. Shigeru Umebayashi composed a score for the version that was released in China last month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Grandmaster’ to Feature Music by Nathaniel Mechaly
Posted: February 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathaniel Mechaly, Shigeru Umebayashi, The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-Wai
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Patrick Doyle to Score ‘Jack Ryan’
Posted: February 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jack Ryan, Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Doyle
Patrick Doyle has been hired to score the upcoming action thriller Jack Ryan. The reboot of the franchise based on the characters created by Tom Clancy is directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars Chris Pine in the title role as an ex-Marine who works as a successful financial analyst in Moscow and discovers a plot by his employer to finance a terrorist attack designed to collapse the U.S. economy, and must race against time to save America and his wife. Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner and Branagh himself are co-starring. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers series, Red, Salt) is producing the project with Mace Neufeld (The Hunt for Red October, Invictus) and David Barron (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Hamlet). Read the rest of this entry »
Intrada and Walt Disney Records to Release Danny Elfman’s ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ Score
Posted: February 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Sam Raimi, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records and Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for Sam Raimi’s upcoming fantasy adventure Oz the Great and Powerful. The album features the film’s score composed by Danny Elfman who has previously worked with the director on the first two Spider-Man movies, as well as on the features A Simple Plan and Army of Darkness. No word yet on the release date, but the track titles can be checked out after the jump. The full soundtrack details and cover art will be posted on this site within the next few weeks. Oz the Great and Powerful starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams and Zach Braff imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s character, the Wizard of Oz. Read the rest of this entry »
Elmer Bernstein’s ‘Cahill United States Marshal’ Score Released
Posted: February 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cahill United States Marshal, Elmer Bernstein, Escape from Alcatraz, Hell is for Heroes, Jerry Fielding, Leonard Rosenman, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the soundtrack for the 1973 western Cahill United States Marshal directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne, George Kennedy and Gary Grimes. The music is composed and conducted by Elmer Bernstein. The album features the complete score from the film, including an unused cue for the ending, as well as the song A Man Gets to Thinkin’ performed by Charlie Rich, written by Bernstein with lyrics by Don Black. To listen to audio clips and to order the CD, visit Intrada’s online store. Read the rest of this entry »
Mason Daring Scoring ‘Go for Sisters’
Posted: February 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Go for Sisters, John Sayles, Mason Daring
Mason Daring is reuniting with director John Sayles on the upcoming indie drama Go for Sisters. The film stars Edward James Olmos, LisaGay Hamilton, Yolonda Ross, Harold Perrineau, Hector Elizondo and Isaiah Washington. The movie follows two friends who lose track of each other for twenty years and are reunited when one of them is assigned as the parole officer for the other, who is fresh out of prison and fighting heroin addiction. Sayles has also written the screenplay and Alejandro Springall, Peter Bobrow and Edward James Olmos are producing. Daring is Sayles’ regular composer and has scored such films as Lone Star, Passion Fish, Sunshine State and Silver City. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Place at the Table’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Place at the Table, Soundtrack, T Bone Burnett, The Civil Wars
1-2-3-4-GO! Records will release a soundtrack for the documentary A Place at the Table. The album features the film’s music composed by The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnett. The soundtrack will be released on February 26, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Place at the Table directed by Kristi Jacobson (Toots) and Lori Silverbush examines the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity. The film features Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio, actor Jeff Bridges, and more. The movie premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and has been picked by Magnolia Pictures. The film is now available on VOD and will be released in select theaters on March 1, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 3, 2013)
Posted: February 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Betty and Coretta, Danny Lux, House of Cards, Jeff Beal, Lifetime, Monday Mornings, Netflix, Terence Blanchard, TNT
Premiering tomorrow night is the new drama Monday Mornings created by David E. Kelley and starring Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames, Jamie Bamber, Jennifer Finnigan, Bill Irwin, Keong Sim, Sarayu Rao and Emily Swallow. The show’s music is composed by Danny Lux (Grey’s Anatomy) who has previously worked with Kelley on such shows as Ally McBeal and Boston Legal. To learn more about the series, check out our previous news article. Monday Mornings will be airing every Monday night on TNT. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Safe Haven’ Score Album Details
Posted: February 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deborah Lurie, Lasse Hallstrom, Safe Haven, score, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group will release a score album for Lasse Hallstrom’s romantic drama Safe Haven. The album features the film’s original score composed by Deborah Lurie who previously collaborated with the director on Dear John and An Unfinished Life. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 12, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. As previously reported, Republic Records will also release a soundtrack featuring the songs from the film. Safe Haven is based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) and stars Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, David Lyons, Cobie Smulders and Noah Lomax. The romance will be released nationwide on February 14, 2013 by Relativity Media. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wreck-It-Ralph’ Wins Annie Award for Best Music
Posted: February 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Dragons: Riders of Berk, Henry Jackman, John Paesano, Skrillex, Wreck-It-Ralph
Composer Henry Jackman, Skrillex, Adam Young, Matthew Thiessen, Jamie Houston and Yasushi Akimoto have received the Annie Award in the Music in an Animated Feature Production category for their music for Disney’s animated movie Wreck-It-Ralph. The other contenders in the category were Alexandre Desplat for Rise of the Guardians, Bruce Retief for Adventures in Zambezia, Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn & Valerie Vigoda for Secret of the Wings, John Powell, Adam Schlesinger & Ester Dean for Ice Age: Continental Drift, John Powell & Cinco Paul for Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Mark Mothersbaugh for Hotel Transylvania and Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews & Alex Mandel for Brave. Wreck-It-Ralph also won four other Annies, including Best Animated Feature and Directing in a Feature Production. Read the rest of this entry »
David Newman to Score ‘Tarzan’ 3D
Posted: February 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Newman, Tarzan
David Newman has officially signed on to score the upcoming 3D animated feature Tarzan. The film is directed by Reinhard Klooss and features the voice talent of Kellan Lutz, Spencer Locke, Anton Zetterholm, Mark Deklin, Trevor St. John and Jaime Ray Newman. The updated version of the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs tale is written by Klooss, Jessica Postigo (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) and Yoni Brenner (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs). Klooss is also producing the Constantin Film and Ambient Entertainment production with Robert Kulzer (Resident Evil series, Wrong Turn). Martin Moszckovicz (Carnage) is executive producing. Newman has previously scored the studio’s and the director’s 2010 animated film Animals United. Read the rest of this entry »
