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 »
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
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Nick Urata to Score ‘Premature’
Posted: January 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Beers, Nick Urata, Premature
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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 »
Golden Globes Backstage Interviews with Mychael Danna and Adele
Posted: January 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Adele, Golden Globes, Life of Pi, Mychael Danna, Skyfall
NBC has published the interviews from the press room of the 70th Golden Globe Awards. As previously reported, composer Mychael Danna was honored with the award for his music for Ang Lee’s 3D adventure movie Life of Pi. Following his acceptance speech (which can be checked out here), the composer answered questions to members of the international press backstage at the awards show. Danna talked about his work on the film, his collaboration with Ang Lee, his musical influences and his relationship with India. Check out the full video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 13, 2013)
Posted: January 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Banshee, Cinemax, Continuum, Daniel Licht, Deception, Jeff Danna, Mark Mothersbaugh, Methodic Doubt, NBC, Syfy, The Carrie Diaries, The CW
A number of new TV shows will be premiering this week:
Premiering tomorrow is The CW drama The Carrie Diaries based on based on the bestselling novel by Candace Bushnell and starring AnnaSophia Robb, Austin Butler, Ellen Wong, Katie Findlay, Stefania Owen, Brendan Dooling, Chloe Bridges, Freema Agyeman and Matt Letscher. The prequel to the HBO hit show Sex And The City is executive produced by Amy B. Harris, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Len Goldstein, Candace Bushnell, Miguel Arteta who also directed the pilot episode. The show’s score is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (21 Jump Street, Hotel Transylvania). The series will be airing every Monday night on The CW. Check out our previous article for more information on the project and visit the official show website for updates. Read the rest of this entry »
Nima Fakhrara Scoring Eduardo Sanchez’s ‘Exists’
Posted: January 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eduardo Sanchez, Exists, Nima Fakhrara
Nima Fakhrara has recently scored the horror film Exists. The film is directed by Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project) and follows a group of twenty-somethings who take a trip to a cabin deep in the wooded wilderness and are hunted by a Bigfoot-like beast. Sanchez has co-written the screenplay with Jamie Nash. Dora Madison Burge, Samuel Davis, Roger Edwards, Chris Osborn and Denise Williamson are starring in the movie, which is produced by Robin Cowie & Gregg Hale (The Blair Witch Project) and Andy Jenkins for Haxan Films and Jane Fleming & Mark Ordesky (The Frozen Ground) for Amber Entertainment. The project marks Fakhrara’s first collaboration with Sanchez. The composer’s previous credits include The Courier starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan & Mickey Rourke and the thriller Removal starring Billy Burke. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna Wins Golden Globe for ‘Life of Pi’
Posted: January 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ang Lee, Golden Globes, Life of Pi, Mychael Danna, Skyfall
Mychael Danna has received his first Golden Globe Award for his score for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. The composer has also just received an Academy Award nomination for both score and the song Pi’s Lullaby earlier this week. Check out Danna’s acceptance speech after the jump. The other composers nominated in the category were John Williams (Lincoln), Alexandre Desplat (Argo), Dario Marianelli (Anna Karenina) and Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek (Cloud Atlas). Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Bacon to Score ‘Bates Motel’
Posted: January 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A&E, Bates Motel, Carlton Cuse, Chris Bacon
Chris Bacon has been hired to score A&E Network’s upcoming TV series Bates Motel. The show is a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movie Psycho and chronicles how Norman Bates’ psyche unravels through his teenage years. Freddie Highmore stars as Norman Bates and Vera Farmiga plays his mother Norma. Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz, Nestor Carbonell and Mike Vogel are co-starring. Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights) are executive producing the Universal Television production. Bates Motel is set to premiere on March 18, 2013 on A&E. The first season of ten episodes will be airing every Monday night. Read the rest of this entry »
