Milan Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller sequel Resident Evil: Retribution. The album features the film’s original score composed by tomandandy (Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Mothman Prophecies, The Strangers), as well the movie’s end credits song Hexes produced by Bassnectar featuring Chino Moreno (of the Deftones) on vocals. The soundtrack will be released on September 11, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips from all tracks on the album. Resident Evil: Retribution is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and stars Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Johann Urb, Li Bingbing, Shawn Roberts, Kevin Durand, Oded Fehr, Boris Kodjoe and Michelle Rodriguez. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Resident Evil: Retribution’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Retribution, score, Soundtrack, tomandandy
Mark Kilian to Score ‘Don’t Look Back’
Posted: August 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Don't Look Back, Gus, Mark Kilian, Vipaka
Mark Kilian has signed on to score the psychological thriller Don’t Look Back. The film that was previously entitled Vipaka is directed by Philippe Caland (Ripple Effect, Boxing Helena) and stars Forest Whitaker and Anthony Mackie as two adversaries who go head-to-head in a game that tests each man’s belief in what he believes is the truth. Sanaa Lathan, Nicole Ari Parker and Mike Epps are co-starring in the movie, which is set against the voodoo backdrop of New Orleans. Shintaro Shimosawa (co-producer of The Grudge) has written the screenplay Caland is producing the project with Whitaker and Nina Yang (The Children of Huang Shi) for Significant Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Master’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonny Greenwood, Paul Thomas Anderson, score, Soundtrack, The Master
Nonesuch Records has announced the details of the soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama The Master. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonny Greenwood performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra and AUKSO Chamber Orchestra, as well as four recordings from the post–World War II era in which the film is set by artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford and Helen Forrest. As previously reported, the album is set to be released on September 11, 2012 and is now available on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Master starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Josh Close and Fiona Dourif is set to premiere at the Venice and Toronto Film Festival and will be released in the US on September 14 by the Weinstein Company. 
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‘Arbitrage’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arbitrage, Cliff Martinez, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the indie drama Arbitrage. The album features the film’s original score composed by Cliff Martinez (Drive, Traffic), as well as songs by Bjork, Billie Holiday, Jobim/Getz and a cover of My Foolish Heart. The soundtrack will be released on September 11, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips from the album can be checked out below. Abitrage is directed by Nicholas Jarecki and stars Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Laetitia Casta, Brit Marling and Nate Parker. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and has been picked up by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions for a theatrical release and VOD release on September 14. Read the rest of this entry »
Hanan Townshend Scoring Terrence Malick’s ‘To the Wonder’
Posted: August 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hanan Townshend, Terrence Malick, To the Wonder
Hanan Townshend is the composer of Terrence Malick’s upcoming drama To the Wonder. The film starring Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Olga Kurylenko follows a man who reconnects with a woman from his hometown after his marriage to a European woman falls apart. Malick has written and directed the film and Nicolas Gonda and Sarah Green are producing the project. Townshend’s music has previously been used in Malick’s last film The Tree of Life, which was scored by Alexandre Desplat. Visit the composer’s official website to learn more about his work. Read the rest of this entry »
2012 World Soundtrack Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: August 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Nominations, World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2012 World Soundtrack Awards to be presented in three categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Saturday, October 20, the closing night of the Ghent International Film Festival. Here are the nominations:
Film Composer of the Year
Alexandre Desplat
A Better Life, Carnage, De Rouille Et d’Os (Rust & Bone), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Moonrise Kingdom, The Ides Of March
Alberto Iglesias
Le Moine (The Monk), La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I Live In), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Read the rest of this entry »
London Olympics Closing Ceremony Soundtrack Features Music by David Arnold
Posted: August 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Arnold, Olympics, Soundtrack
Decca Music has released the soundtrack album A Symphony of British Music -Music from the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The album includes selections from the original music from the ceremony written by film/TV composer David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day, Stargate) who acted as the music director of the event. Among the songs featured on the release are Blur’s Parklike, Russell Brand’s take on I Am The Walrus and Eric Idle’s performance of Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life. Also included are songs by Muse, Elbow, The Who, Spice Girls, Take That, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J and George Michael. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. A physical version is scheduled to be released on August 20, 2012 in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ombline’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 12, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cyrille Aufort, Ombline, score, Soundtrack
Naïve Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the French drama Ombline. The album features the film’s original score composed by Cyrille Aufort (Splice, A Royal Affair), as well as two tracks by La Kumpania Zelwer and a song by Casey. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 10, 2012 (and physically as an import) and will be available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. Ombline is written and directed by Stéphane Cazes and stars Mélanie Thierry as a 20-year-old woman who finds out that she is pregnant and obliged to give birth while incarcerated. Nathalie Becue, Corinne Masiero and Catherine Salee are co-starring. The film premiered at the Paris Cinema Fest last month and will be released in France on September 12, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
James Levine Scoring TNT’s ‘Major Crimes’
Posted: August 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Levine, Major Crimes, TNT
James Levine is scoring the new TNT crime drama Major Crimes. The show is a spin-off of the hit procedural The Closer, which will air its series finale next Monday, August 13. The series stars Mary McDonnell, G. W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz and Phillip P. Keene who are all reprising their roles from The Closer. They are joined by new cast members Kearran Giovanni and Graham Patrick Martin. James Duff, Michael M. Robin, Rick Wallace and Greer Shephard are executive producing the show. Levine whose TV scoring credits include such hit shows as Glee, Nip/Tuck, Damages, Rizzoli & Isles and American Horror Story has written the music for all seven seasons of The Closer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Soundtrack Collection Announced
Posted: August 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series
La-La Land Records has announced a new limited edition box set of music from the sci-fi TV show Star Trek: The Original Series. The 15-CD box set features all episode scores as heard in all three original seasons of the original Star Trek series (1966-1969). The show’s music is composed by Alexander Courage, George Duning, Jerry Fielding, Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan, Samuel Matlovsky and Joseph Mullendore. In addition to the the complete scores featured in the series (including hours of previously unreleased material), the soundtrack collection also includes music that didn’t make the final cut. The box set will be released this fall. Check out a behind the scenes video after the jump and visit La-La Land Records’ website for updates on the release. Read the rest of this entry »
