This year’s Sundance Film Festival will feature the composer panel Power of Story: Measure for Measure. The event will be moderated by Chris Douridas (KCRW-FM’s daily music program Morning Becomes Eclectic) and will include such participants as Academy Award-nominated composer Mark Isham who co-scored the indie drama The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete with Alicia Keys. This marks the composer’s first time attending Sundance for a film he scored. As previously reported, he is also participating in the BMI composer/director roundtable with director George Tillman Jr. Other participants of the Power of Story: Measure for Measure panel include five-time Grammy Award winner and Golden Globe-nominated composer Terence Blanchard (The 25th Hour, Inside Man, Malcolm X) whose opera on boxing legend Emile Griffith premieres in June 2013, as well as Academy Award-winning composer Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland, Unfaithful) who established the Transatlantyk Poznan International Film and Music Festival and the Instytut Rozbitek in his home country Poland, which is aimed at developing new talent in the arts. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Power of Story: Measure for Measure’ Sundance Panel Announced
Posted: January 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Mark Isham, Sundance Film Festival, Terence Blanchard
John Debney to Score ‘Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt’
Posted: January 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Columbus, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, Cyrus Nowrasteh, jOBS, John Debney, The Call
John Debney has been hired to score the drama Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. The film directed and co-written by Cyrus Nowrasteh is based on the bestselling novel by Anne Rice (Interview with the Vampire) about Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to the war-torn Holy Land and as he grows into his religious identity. Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh has co-written the screenplay with Cyrus and Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire) is producing the project through his 1492 Pictures company with Michael Barnathan & Mark Radcliffe (Harry Potter series, Night at the Museum). No casting announcements have been made yet. Debney and Nowrasteh have previously collaborated on the 2008 drama The Stoning of Soraya M. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Identity Thief’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Identity Thief, score, Seth Gordon, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records will release the official soundtrack album for Seth Gordon’s new crime comedy Identity Thief. The album features the film’s score composed by Christopher Lennertz (Hop, Revolution) who previously scored the director’s previous movie Horrible Bosses. The composer reteamed with several musicians from his last score for Gordon, including Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney, Earth, Wind and Fire keyboardist and music director Myron McKinley and Beastie Boys keyboardist Money Mark. Lennertz also recorded with a full orchestra at the Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage in Los Angeles. The CD version will be released on March 5, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Details on the digital release, as well as the full track list and audio clips will be posted on this site within the next couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Safe Haven’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deborah Lurie, Lasse Hallstrom, Safe Haven, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group and Republic Records have announced the details of the soundtrack for the romantic thriller Safe Haven. The soundtrack features the original tracks We Both Know written and performed by Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw and The Journey by FM Radio. Also included on the release are songs by Tristan Prettyman and Gareth Dunlop, as well as a track composed by the film’s composer Deborah Lurie (9, Dear John). The soundtrack will be released on February 5, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article in a couple of weeks. Safe Haven based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks is directed by Lasse Hallstrom and stars Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, David Lyons, Cobie Smulders and Noah Lomax. The movie about a young woman who struggles to find love again after she arrives in a small North Carolina town will be released nationwide on February 14, 2013 by Relativity Media. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Riepl to Score ‘Cabin Fever: Patient Zero’
Posted: January 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cabin Fever, Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, Kaare Andrews, Kevin Riepl
Kevin Riepl has signed on to score Cabin Fever: Patient Zero. The reboot of the horror franchise is directed Kaare Andrews (Altitude) and stars Sean Astin, Brando Eaton, Lydia Hearst, Jillian Murray, Ryan Donowho and Mitch Ryan. The movie follows a bachelor party cruise in the Caribbean that unexpectedly runs ashore on a medical research island, where a deadly virus is unleashed. Jake Wade Wall (The Hitcher, When a Stranger Calls) has written the screenplay. Evan Astrowsky who produced Eli Roth’s original Cabin Fever movie (scored by Nathan Barr) is producing for Hypotenuse Pictures, along with Indomina Productions. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Dave’ Score by James Newton Howard Released
Posted: January 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave, James Newton Howard, John Debney, score, Soundtrack, The Relic
La-La Land Records has released a new soundtrack release for the 1993 comedy drama Dave directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver and Frank Langella. The album features the expanded and remastered score from the Warner Bros. Pictures production composed by James Newton Howard (King Kong, The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games), including about 30 minutes of previously unreleased music and a number of alternates. The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s website, where you can also listen to audio clips. The album is limited to 3000 copies. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Urata to Score ‘Premature’
Posted: January 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Beers, Nick Urata, Premature
Nick Urata is scoring the upcoming indie teen comedy Premature. The film is directed by Dan Beers and stars John Karna as a teenager who is poised to finally lose his virginity, but when things go wrong, he inexplicably finds himself having to relive the same day over and over again until he gets it right. Katie Findlay, Alan Tudyk, Craig Roberts, Adam Riegler and Carlson Young are co-starring. Beers has co-written the screenplay with Mathew Harawitz. Aaron Ryder (The Prestige, The Raven) and Karen Lunder (Sleepover) are producing the FilmNation Entertainment production. Premature is currently in post-production and is expected to premiere later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records will release a soundtrack album for the fantasy action adventure Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters. The album features the film’s score composed by Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, The Eagle, The Fourth Kind). Hans Zimmer serves as the film’s executive music producer. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 22, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. No word yet on a release date for a physical release. Audio clips are available after the jump. Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters is directed by Tommy Wirkola and stars Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen and Peter Stormare. The movie is set 15 years after Hansel and Gretel killed the witch who kidnapped them and follows the siblings who have now evolved into bounty hunters who pursue witches. The film will be released on January 25 in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D by Paramount Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Trevor Morris to Score ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
Posted: January 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antoine Fuqua, Olympus Has Fallen, Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Olympus Has Fallen. The film is directed by Antoine Fuqua and stars Gerard Butler as a disgraced Secret Service agent who is called back to duty when the White House is taken over by terrorists. Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Cole Hauser and Radha Mitchell and Rick Yune are co-starring. Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt have written the screenplay and Fuqua is producing the Millennium Films production with Butler, Ed Cathell III (The Paperboy), Danny Lerner (The Expendables 2), Alan Siegel & Mark Gill (Law Abiding Citizen). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Beautiful Creatures’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Beautiful Creatures, score, Soundtrack, thenewno2
The details of the soundtrack album for the fantasy romance Beautiful Creatures have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by the British rock band thenewno2. The soundtrack will be released on February 14, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Beautiful Creatures is directed by Richard LaGravenese and stars Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert as two star-crossed lovers who uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Emmy Rossum, Thomas Mann and Emma Thompson are co-starring in the movie, which will be released on February 13, 2013 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
