Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the action thriller Parker. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Buckley (The Town, The Forbidden Kingdom). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 22, 2013 and physically on January 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Parker is directed by Taylor Hackford and stars Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte and Michael Chicklis. The movie is based on the bestselling novels by Donald E. Westlake and follows a professional thief who is double crosses by his team on his latest heist. The thriller will be released on January 25 by FilmDistrict. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Parker’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Buckley, Parker, score, Soundtrack, Taylor Hackford
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Jacob Groth Scoring ‘Dead Man Down’
Posted: January 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dead Man Down, Jacob Groth, Niels Arden Oplev
Jacob Groth is reteaming with director Niels Arden Oplev on the upcoming crime thriller Dead Man Down. The film stars Colin Farrell as a professional killer and the right-hand man to an underground crime lord in New York City who is seduced and blackmailed by a crime victim seeking retribution. Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic Cooper, Armand Assante and Isabelle Huppert are co-starring. J.H. Wyman (Fringe, The Mexican) has written the screenplay and is also producing the Original Film and Frequency Films production with Neal Moritz (I Am Legend, Fast Five, 21 Jump Street). Groth and Oplev have previously worked together numerous times, most notably on the Swedish original The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo film, as well as the CBS crime series Unforgettable. Read the rest of this entry »
Cutting Edge Group Acquires Varèse Sarabande Record Label
Posted: January 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Cutting Edge Group, Side Effects, Thomas Newman, Varese Sarabande
The New York Times and Variety are reporting that the Cutting Edge Group and its partner Wood Creek Capital Management have acquired the soundtrack record label Varèse Sarabande. With the purchase of the label, Cutting Edge will extend its portfolio that includes the management of music rights, the representation of composers and upfront investment in the music for films. According to the article, the plan for Varèse Sarabande is to increase its output by half to at least 60 soundtracks a year under the new ownership. It is expected that the label will release most or all of the soundtracks for the films that Cutting Edge will be working on. Among the upcoming projects that Cutting Edge is involved in are Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects, which features a score composed by Thomas Newman, as well as Taylor Hackford’s Parker scored by David Buckley. Both scores will be released on the Varèse label.
‘The Best Offer’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ennio Morricone, La migliore offerta, score, Soundtrack, The Best Offer
WMI Italy will release a soundtrack album for Giuseppe Tornatore’s drama The Best Offer (La migliore offerta). The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone who previously collaborated with the director on such films as Cinema Paradiso and The Legend of 1900. The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on January 8, 2013. No word yet on a domestic release. The Best Offer is written and directed by Tornatore and stars Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks and Donald Sutherland. The film revolves around a loveless elderly man who intersects with an astute young man and a mysterious woman in a South Tyrol setting. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chinese Zodiac’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chinese Zodiac, CZ12, Roc Chen, score, Soundtrack
Roc Music Studios has released a soundtrack album for Jackie Chan’s action film Chinese Zodiac aka CZ12. The album features the film’s score composed by Roc Chen. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. None of co-composer Nathan Wang’s music is featured on the release. Chinese Zodiac is written, directed and produced by Jackie Chan who also stars in the film as Asian Hawk, a role he previsouly played in Armour of God and Operation Condor, who attempts to search out the twelve mystical bronze sculpture heads of animals in the Chinese zodiac. Oliver Platt, Steven Dasz and Caitlin Dechell are co-starring in the film, which opened in Hong Kong and China last month. Read the rest of this entry »
Scott Glasgow to Score ‘Hatchet III’
Posted: January 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hatchet, Hatchet III, Riddle, Scott Glasgow, The Wedding Pact
Scott Glasgow is currently scoring the upcoming horror sequel Hatchet III. The movie starring Danielle Harris and Kane Hodder, Caroline Williams and Sean Whalen picks up where Hatchet II left off, as a young woman sought revenge on the monster that killed her family while they were fishing in Louisiana swamp country. The film marks the directorial debut of BJ McDonnell who served as a cameraman on the first two Hatchet installments. The creator of the series, Adam Green, has written the screenplay and is executing the ArieScope Pictures and Dark Sky Films production. The previous two Hatchet movies featured music by Andy Garfield. Hatchet III is currently in post-production and will be released later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 4, 2013)
Posted: January 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Dark Truth, John Frizzell, Jonathan Goldsmith, Texas Chainsaw 3D
Only one movie is opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in over 2600 theaters is the horror sequel Texas Chainsaw 3D directed by John Luessenhop (Takers, Lockdown) and starring Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde, Thom Barry, Dan Yaeger and Trey Songz. The film’s music is composed by John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Legion, The Roommate). No soundtrack album has been announced at this point. The movie is set immediately after the original film and follows a young woman who travels to Texas to collect an inheritance that includes Leatherface. To learn more about the Lionsgate release, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mama’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fernando Velazquez, Mama, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the supernatural thriller Mama. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, Devil). (UPDATE: January 14, 2013):The soundtrack has been released digitally and is now available on Amazon and iTunes. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. A physical album is coming out overseas on January 16 and is available for pre-order on the label’s official website. Mama directed by Andy Muschietti and starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nellsse follows a couple faced with the challenge of raising two children that were left alone in the forest for 5 years. The film executive produced by Guillermo del Toro will be released on January 18, 2013 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Underworld’s Rick Smith Scoring Danny Boyle’s ‘Trance’
Posted: January 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Boyle, Rick Smith, Trance, Underworld
Rick Smith has composed the score for the upcoming thriller Trance. The film is directed by Danny Boyle and stars James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson. The movie follows a fine art auctioneer mixed up with a criminal gang who joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. The thriller is based on a BBC film written by Joe Ahearne who has penned the screenplay for the project with John Hodge (Trainspotting, Shallow Grave). Christian Colson (Slumdog Millionaire) is producing the Film4 presentation of a Cloud Eight/Decibel Films production. Smith is best known as a member of the British electronic music group Underworld. Boyle has previously collaborated with the group on the 1996 drama Trainspotting, the sci-fi film Sunshine, as well the opening ceremony of last year’s Olympic Games in London. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Being Human’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Being Human, FM Le Sieur, score, Soundtrack, Syfy
A soundtrack album has been announced for the Syfy original series Being Human. The album features selections from the show’s score from seasons 1 & 2 composed by FM Le Sieur. The soundtrack will be released on January 8 on iTunes. Check back for a link to download the album and to check out audio clips in a few days. Being Human based on the BBC series of the same name follows three roommates who struggle to keep their supernatural secrets and resist individual temptations as they strive to live lives that are as near to normal as possible. The show stars Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Mark Pellegrino, Dichen Lachman and Kristen Hager. The second season has just been released on Blu-Ray and DVD and the third season of the series will premiere on January 14 on Syfy. For updates on the series, visit Syfy’s official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
