Ennio Morricone is set to score the upcoming animated feature The Cantervile Ghost. The movie is directed by Kim Burden and features the voice talent of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. The Memoth Films and Arc Productions project is based on the classic story by Oscar Wilde and is written by Keiron Self and Giles New (That Mitchell And Webb Look). Robert Chandler and Gina Carter (Snow Cake) are producing the movie. Arc Productions has previously been involved in animated films including Gnomeo & Juliet and 9, as well as last year’s family hit film Dolphin Tale. The Canterville Ghost marks Morricone’s first CG-animated film project. Read the rest of this entry »
Ennio Morricone to Score ‘The Canterville Ghost’
Posted: October 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ennio Morricone, The Canterville Ghost
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‘Silent Hill: Revelation 3D’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Akira Yamaoka, Jeff Danna, score, Silent Hill, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack album for the horror sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka who preciously scored the first installment in the film series based on the video game. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 30, 2012. A physical release is scheduled to come out in December and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is directed by Michael J. Bassett and stars Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Radha Mitchell, Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell. The movie will be released this Friday, October 26, 2012 by Open Road Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red Dawn’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ramin Djawadi, Red Dawn, score, Soundtrack
The details for the soundtrack album for the action adventure movie Red Dawn have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Game of Thrones). The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2012 by Sony Masterworks and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Red Dawn is directed by Dan Bradley and stars Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The film is a remake of the 1984 feature directed by John Milius and follows a group of teenagers who have to save their town from an invasion of Chinese and Russian soldiers. Film District will release the movie on November 21. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Return for ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’
Posted: October 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Catching Fire, Francis Lawrence, James Newton Howard, The Hunger Games
James Newton Howard has confirmed in a recent interview with Filmmusicsite.com, Underscores.fr and BSO Spirit (available to listen here) at last weekend’s Ghent Film Festival that he is attached to score the upcoming The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire. The composer has scored this year’s first part in the series and has also written the music for the sequel’s director Francis Lawrence’s previous two features I Am Legend and Water for Elephants. Catching Fire based on the novel by Suzanne Collins stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. Academy Award-winning screenwriters Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) and Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) have penned the script. Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik are returning as the producers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Thale’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Geirmund Simonsen, Raymond Enoksen, score, Soundtrack, Thale
Screamworks Records has released a soundtrack album for the Norwegian supernatural thriller Thale. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by Raymond Enoksen and Geirmund Simonsen. The album is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Thale is written and directed by Aleksander L. Nordaas and tells the story of a mythical “huldra,” a beautiful, tailed female forest creature who is discovered in a concealed cellar by two crime scene cleaners. The film starring Silje Reinåmo, Jon Sigve Skard, Erlend Nervold, Morten Andresen, Sunniva Lien and Roland Åstrand premiered at last month’s Toronto Film Festival and has been picked up by XLrator Media for a US release in early 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
Claude Foisy Scoring ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Posted: October 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beauty and the Beast, Claude Foisy, The CW
Claude Foisy is currently scoring the new CW drama Beauty and the Beast. The composer has started working on the series with last week’s episode Proceed with Caution and will be writing the score for the rest of the first season. Mark Isham has scored the pilot episode, which premiered two weeks ago. The show stars Kristin Kreuk as a homicide detective who witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen when she was a teenager and is about to uncover the mystery of the “beast” that saved her ten years later. Jay Ryan, Austin Basis, Max Brown, Nina Lisandrello and Brian White are also starring. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Songs of Anarchy’ Volume 2 Announced
Posted: October 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: FX, Songs of Anarchy, Sons of Anarchy
Columbia Records will release a new soundtrack album for the FX hit series Sons of Anarchy. Songs of Anarchy: Vol. 2 features songs from the show by artists including Jane’s Addiction, Greg Holden, The Forest Rangers, Joshua James, actress Katey Sagal, Battleme, Noah Gundersen, Franky Perez, Alison Mosshart, Curtis Stigers, Audra Mae and Franky Perez. The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. The label has previously released the first volume last November. Check out our previous article for more details. The fifth season of Sons of Anarchy created by Kurt Sutter and starring Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman and Katey Sagal currently airs every Tuesday night on FX. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release BT’s ‘Partysaurus Rex’ Soundtrack
Posted: October 22, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: BT, Partysaurus Rex, score, Soundtrack, Toy Story
Walt Disney Records will release Partysaurus Overflow, the score from the Pixar animated short Partysaurus Rex. The music is composed by BT (The Fast and the Furious, Monster). The one-track single will be released on October 30, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Partysaurus Rex is the third short in the Toy Story Toons series and follows Rex who is getting left out in the bathroom and starts to make friends with bath toys. The film’s voice talent includes Wallace Shawn, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. The short was attached to last month’s 3D re-release of Finding Nemo and is now available to download on iTunes.
‘Die Hard 2’ and ‘Enemy Mine’ Soundtrack Deluxe Editions Announced
Posted: October 22, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, Die Hard 2, Enemy Mine, Jerry Goldsmith, John Scott, Man on Fire, Maurice Jarre, Michael Kamen, score, Soundtrack, The Boy Who Could Fly, The Red Pony
Varese Sarabande has announced the newest titles in the label’s CD Club series. Among the latest releases is a deluxe edition for the 1991 action thriller sequel Die Hard 2 – Die Harder directed by Renny Harlin and starring Bruce Willis, Dennis Franz, John Amos and Bonnie Bedelia. The film’s music is composed and conducted by Michael Kamen (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Lethal Weapon) who has scored the first three part in the Die Hard series. The 2-CD set includes the composer’s score from the film, as well as several alternates and the end credits piece Finlandia composed by Jean Sibelius. To check out the track list, listen to audio clips and to order the album, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit the label’s website. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 21, 2012)
Posted: October 21, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cinemax, Hunted, Jim Dooley, Mockingbird Lane, NBC, Ruth Barrett, The Munsters
While no major network shows will be premiering this coming week, NBC will air the pilot for Mockingbird Lane on Friday. The reboot of the classic CBS sitcom The Munsters is written by Bryan Fuller and directed by Bryan Singer. The one-hour special stars Jerry O’Connell as family patriarch Herman Munster, Portia de Rossi as his wife Lily and Eddie Izzard as Grandpa. Cheyenne Jackson, Mason Cook, Charity Wakefield and Beth Grant are also starring in the pilot. Jim Dooley who previously worked with Fuller on the critically acclaimed series Pushing Daisies has scored the pilot. Visit the composer’s official website to listen to the main theme of Mockingbird Lane. Read the rest of this entry »
