Mateo Messina is currently scoring the upcoming comedy The Angriest Man in Brooklyn. The film is directed by Phil Alden Robinson and stars Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, James Earl Jones, Peter Dinklage and Melissa Leo. The movie follows a stand-in doctor who mistakenly tells an obnoxious patient he has 90 minutes to live and then must locate him as the man goes on a whirlwind tour of the city. Daniel Taplitz (Breakin’ All the Rules) has written the screenplay and Bob Cooper (John Tucker Must Die, Mr. Woodcock), Tyler Mitchell (Lucky Number Slevin, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone) and Daniel J. Walker are producing the project. Messina’s score will feature the hang drum combined with the orchestra. Read the rest of this entry »
Mateo Messina to Score ‘The Angriest Man in Brooklyn’
Posted: March 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mateo Messina, Phil Alden Robinson, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
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‘At Any Price’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: At Any Price, Dickon Hinchliffe, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama At Any Price. The album features the film’s original score composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Last Chance Harvey). The soundtrack will be released on April 23, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Click here to listen to the film’s opening opening titles track. At Any Price is directed by Ramin Bahrani and stars Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham, Clancy Brown, Celcie Ross, Maika Monroe, Red West, Ben Marten and Dan Waller. The movie follows an ambitious modern-day farmer who is challenged by changes of his business and his rebellious son. The drama premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for a theatrical release on April 24, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
J Mascis Scoring ‘Sunlight Jr.’
Posted: March 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: J Mascis, Laurie Collyer, Sunlight Jr.
J Mascis has composed the score for the upcoming romantic drama Sunlight Jr.. The film is written and directed by Laurie Collyer (Sherrybaby) and stars Naomi Watts, Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus and Tess Harper. The movie follows a convenience store clerk and her paraplegic boyfriend who are trapped in a generational cycle of poverty and ignorance. Andera Roa (Drinking Buddies) is producing the project for Freight Yard Films, Charlie Corwin (The Squid and the Whale) is producing for Original Media and Ariel Elia is producing for Empyrean Pictures. Mascis is best known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for the underground rock band Dinosaur Jr. whose music has been used in numerous films, including Reality Bites, Young Adult and Grace of my Heart. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 24, 2013)
Posted: March 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, HBO, Marcelo Zarvos, Orphan Black, Phil Spector, Trevor Yuile
Premiering tonight is the HBO original movie Phil Spector written and directed by David Mamet and starring Al Pacino the t he legendary music producer and Helen Mirren as his defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden. Jeffrey Tambor, James Tolkan and Martin Jarvis are co-starring. The film’s original score is composed by Marcelo Zarvos who has previously scored a number of HBO films, including You Don’t Know Jack for Barry Levinson who is executive producing Phil Spector. No word yet on a soundtrack release. Phil Spector premieres tonight on HBO. To learn more about the film, check out our previous article and visit HBO’s official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Englishby Scoring ‘Sunshine on Leith’
Posted: March 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dexter Fletcher, Paul Englishby, Sunshine on Leith
This week, Paul Englisby has recorded his score for the film adaptation of the stage musical Sunshine on Leith. The movie is directed by Dexter Fletcher (Wild Bill) and stars Peter Mullan, Jane Horrocks, George McKay, Kevin Guthrie, Antonia Thomas and Freya Mavor. Stephen Greenhorn has written screenplay based on his musical, which takes the lyrics of songs from the Scottish pop-folk band The Proclaimers and uses them in story about a young man and a woman who have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Andrew Macdonald (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) & Allon Reich (Dredd, Never Let Me Go) are producing the project for DNA Films and Arabella Page Croft & Kieran Parker (Outpost, Legacy) are producing for Black Camel Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 22, 2013)
Posted: March 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Admission, Alan Silvestri, Alex Heffes, Hunky Dory, Joby Talbot, Love and Honor, Olympus Has Fallen, Stephen Trask, The Croods, The Sapphires, Trevor Morris
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature The Croods directed by Chris Sanders & Kirk DeMicco and featuring the voice talent of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future Forrest Gump) has composed the film’s score. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Shine Your Way performed by Yuna feat. Owl City earlier this week. To listen to audio clips and to check out the full soundtrack details of the Dreamworks Animation production, visit our previous article.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Olympus Has Fallen directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Gerard Butler, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell and Rick Yune. The film’s score is composed by Trevor Morris (Immortals, The Tudors, The Borgias). Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring Morris’ score earlier this week. For audio clips and to learn more about the soundtrack release, check out our soundtrack announcement. Check out articles on Yahoo! Voices, ASCAP and Film School Rejects to find out more about the composer’s work on the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘To the Wonder’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hanan Townshend, score, Soundtrack, Terrence Malick, To the Wonder
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for Terrence Malick’s new drama To the Wonder. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend. Also included are two classical pieces used in the movie by Richard Wagner and J.S. Bach. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 16, 2013 and physically on May 21. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. To the Wonder is written and directed by Malick (Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line) and stars Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Olga Kurylenko. The movie follows a Parisian single mother and a Midwestern tourist who fall madly in love in France and relocate to Oklahoma with Marina’s young daughter to start a life together. The drama premiered at last year’s Venice and Toronto Film Festival and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures for a domestic release on April 12. Read the rest of this entry »
Elliot Goldenthal to Be Inducted Into New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame
Posted: March 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Elliot Goldenthal, NYFA Hall of Fame
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced that composer Elliot Goldenthal will be inducted into the NYFA Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 23 at Espace (635 West 42nd Street). Goldenthal’s best known work for film includes his score for Julie Taymor’s Frida, for which he won his first Academy Award and was nominated for the original song Burn It Blue. He also received two more Oscar nominations for Interview With the Vampire and Michael Collins. His other work includes the original two-act opera Grendel, the three-act ballet of Othello and the large-scale symphonic piece Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio. He is currently composing the original music for a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to be directed by Taymor for Theatre for a New Audience this fall. The NYFA Hall of Fame was created to both honor the work of artists to whom NYFA provided critical support early in their careers and recognize philanthropists and patrons of the arts who have had an impact of the City’s cultural community. The other honorees to be inducted on April 23 include author and co-director of the Acquavella Gallery Michael Findlay, filmmaker Mira Nair and visual artist Fred Wilson. For tickets to the event, click here.
Henry Jackman Scoring Dreamworks Animation’s ‘Turbo’
Posted: March 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Henry Jackman, Turbo
Henry Jackman is scoring the upcoming Dreamworks Animation feature Turbo. The movie is directed by David Soren (Merry Madagascar) and follows an underdog snail who kicks into overdrive when he miraculously attains the power of super-speed. The film’s voice talent includes Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena, Luis Guzmán, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Kurtwood Smith, Snoop Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson. Lisa Stewart (Monsters vs Aliens) is producing the project. Jackman has previously scored Dreamworks Animation’s features Puss in Boots and Monsters vs Aliens. Turbo is set to be released on July 19, 2013 by Dreamworks and 20th Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Music That Makes You Scream’ Panel at Wondercon
Posted: March 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: The Music that Makes You Scream, Wondercon
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and White Bear PR have announced a film music panel at this year’s Wondercon. The Music That Makes You Scream features a panel discussion on the art of composing for the horror genre, which will be followed by a Q&A session. Participating composers include Tyler Bates (Dawn of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s Halloween), Anton Sanko (The Possession, the upcoming Nurse 3-D and Ghosts), Frederik Wiedmann (Hostel: Part III, Green Lantern: The Animated Series) and Dino Meneghin (Teen Wolf). BMI Director, Film/TV Relations Anne Cecere and White Bear PR Founder Chandler Poling will be moderating the event, which will take place at Anaheim Convention Center on Saturday, March 30, 2013 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Room 208. To find out more about the panel and on how to get tickets, visit the official Wondercon website.
