Sony Classical will release the soundtrack album for the upcoming fantasy adventure sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. The album features the film’s original score composed by Andrew Lockington (Journey to the Center of the Earth, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island). Also included is the song I Feel Alive by IAMEVE. The soundtrack will be released overseas on August 5, 2013. Check back on this page for the domestic release date and audio clips. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is directed by Thor Freudenthal and stars Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Jake Abel, Leven Rambin, Stanley Tucci, Sean Bean, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Head, Missi Pyle, Yvette Nicole Brown and Mary Birdsong. The movie follows Percy Jackson and his friends as they head into the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece. The film is set to be released on August 7, 2013 by 20th Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release ‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’ Soundtrack
Posted: July 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Lockington, Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, score, Soundtrack
John Paesano to Score ‘The Maze Runner’
Posted: July 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Crisis, John Paesano, NBC, Rand Ravich, The Maze Runner
John Paesano has signed on to score the upcoming sci-fi mystery drama The Maze Runner. The movie is based on the bestselling young adult novel by James Dashner and is set in a post-apocalyptic era where a group of teenage boys trapped in an enormous maze seek their freedom. The film is directed by Wes Ball and stars Dylan O’Brien, Will Poulter, Patricia Clarkson, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Jacob Lattimore, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper and Aml Ameen. Noah Oppenheim wrote the screenplay for the Temple Hill Entertainment and the Gotham Group production. The movie marks Paesano’s first major studio feature film project. The Maze Runner is set to be released on February 14, 2014 by 20th Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Crooked Arrows’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Ralston, Crooked Arrows, score, Soundtrack
Perseverance Records will release a soundtrack album for the sports drama Crooked Arrows. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Brian Ralston (Graduation, Don’t Fade Away) and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra. To pre-order the soundtrack, which is set to be released on July 27, 2013 and to listen to audio clips, click here. Also check out a trailer for the soundtrack after the jump. Crooked Arrows is directed by Steve Rash (Can’t Buy Me Love) and stars Brandon Routh, Gil Birmingham, Crystal Allen and Chelsea Ricketts. The movie centers on a rag-tag Native American high school lacrosse team that is forced to join the elite New York Prep League, which is comprised of better trained and equipped rivals. The film opened in domestic theaters in May 2012 and is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red 2’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Red 2, score, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy sequel Red 2. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 16, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips from the score. La-La Land Records has announced a CD version to be released on July 30. Red 2 is directed by Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest) and stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung Hun Lee, Brian Cox and Neal McDonough. The film follows the team around retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses on a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. Read the rest of this entry »
David Holmes & Keefus Ciancia Take Over Scoring Duties on ‘Diana’
Posted: July 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia, Keefus Green, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Rachel Portman
David Holmes and Keefus Ciancia have taken over scoring duties on Oliver Hirschbiegel’s biographical drama Diana. The movie stars Naomi Watts in the title role of Princess Diana and follows her the last two years of her life and the secret love affair she had shortly before her tragic death. Naveen Andrews is co-starring as Dr. Hasnat Khan, alongside Douglas Hodge, Geraldine James, Charles Edwards and Juliet Stevenson are co-starring. Stephen Jeffreys (The Libertine) wrote the screenplay and Robert Bernstein & Douglas Rae (Becoming Jane, The Water Horse, Nowhere Boy) are producing the project. Holmes is best known for his numerous collaborations with Steven Soderbergh, including the Ocean’s trilogy, Out of Sight and last year’s Haywire. Ciancia who is also known as Keefus Green has collaborated with T Bone Burnett on a number of projects and has most recently co-scored the first season of ABC’s Nashville. Read the rest of this entry »
Abel Korzeniowski Scoring Carlo Carlei’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’
Posted: July 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Carlo Carlei, James Horner, Romeo & Juliet
Abel Korzeniowski has recently composed a new score for the new film adaptation of Romeo & Juliet. The composer recorded his music on the Eastwood Scoring Stage in Los Angeles, CA at the end of last month with a full orchestra and choir. James Horner previously recorded a score for the film at the end of last year at Abbey Road Studios in London. Romeo & Juliet based on Shakepeare’s play is directed by Carlo Carlei and adapted for the screen by Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park). The film stars Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld in the title roles. The movie’s cast also includes Damian Lewis, Natascha McElhone, Lesley Manville, Ed Westwick, Paul Giamatti, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Stellan Skarsgard. The movie will be released in the UK on July 26. Realtivity Media has picked up domestic rights for the movie for a release on October 11, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Wolverine’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: July 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack, The Wolverine
Audio clips from the soundtrack album for the superhero film The Wolverine have been published. Check out excerpts from the film’s music composed by Marco Beltrami (World War Z, Scream, 3:10 to Yuma) after the jump. The soundtrack album will be released on July 23, 2013 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Since our last update, a couple of changes have been made to the track titles. Check out the revised track list below. The Wolverine is directed by James Mangold and stars Hugh Jackman, as well as Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushim. Read the rest of this entry »
Academy to Present Live Concert featuring Oscar-nominated Scores & Songs
Posted: July 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) music branch governors Charles Fox, Arthur Hamilton and David Newman have announced in an email to music branch members today that the Oscar-nominated songs and scores will be performed in a live concert for the first time in 2014. The special concert will take place during Oscar Week, on Thursday, February 27, 2014, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, CA. A symphony orchestra of Los Angeles studio musicians will perform a suite from each nominated score of up to 10 minutes in length. Subject to availability, each original composer will conduct his/her own work. The Academy is also planning a brief onstage conversation with composers and their directors about the process of creating music for motion pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Machete Kills’ to Feature Music by Carl Thiel
Posted: July 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carl Thiel, Machete Kills, Robert Rodriguez, When Angels Sing
Carl Thiel has composed the score for the upcoming action sequel Machete Kills. The film is written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and stars Danny Trejo in the title role of ex-Federale agent Machete who is recruited by the President of the United States to take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet. Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas, Jessica Alba, Demián Bichir and Mel Gibson are co-starring in the Troublemaker Studios production. Kyle Ward has written the screenplay based on a story by Robert & Marcel Rodriguez. Thiel previously scored Rodriguez’s Shorts and Spy Kids: All the Time in the World 4D and the Planet Terror segment from Grindhouse. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The full details of the soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones have been revealed. The album features the film’s songs by artists including Zedd, Jessie J, AFI, Demi Lovato, Youngblood Hawke, Colbie Caillat, Seven Lions with Myon & Shane 54 feat. Tove Lo, Pacific Air, He Is We feat. Owl City, Jetta, Bassnectar and Bryan Ellis. The soundtrack will be released on August 20, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. As previously reported, a separate album featuring the film’s score by Atli Orvarsson will be released on Milan Records. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is directed by Harald Zwart and stars Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Aidan Turner, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Durand and Jared Harris. The film based on the first book of the bestselling Young Adult book series by Cassandra Clare is set to be released on August 23, 2013 by Sony’s Screen Gems. Read the rest of this entry »
