Javier Navarrete is the composer of the upcoming supernatural drama Byzantium. The film is directed by Neil Jordan and stars Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton as two female vampires who wreak havoc on an unsuspecting English seaside community. Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller and Caleb Landry Jones are co-starring. Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre, Tamara Drewe) has written the movie’s screenplay based on her own play. Stephen Woolley (Interview with the Vampire, The Crying Game) and Elizabeth Karlsen (Made in Dagenheim) are producing the Number 9 Films production. Jordan has previously collaborated with composers including Elliot Goldenthal (Interview with the Vampire, Michael Collins), Michael Nyman (The End of the Affair), Anne Dudley (The Crying Game) and Dario Marianelli (The Brave One). Read the rest of this entry »
Javier Navarrete Scoring Neil Jordan’s ‘Byzantium’
Posted: July 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Byzantium, Javier Navarrete, Neil Jordan
Quincy Jones to Score Lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’
Posted: July 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lee Daniels, Quincy Jones, The Butler
Variety is reporting that Quincy Jones has signed on to score the drama The Butler. The film is directed by Lee Daniels and stars Forest Whitaker as Eugene Allen, a White House employee who served eight First Families over the course of three decades. Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Ami Ameen, Alan Rickman, James Marsden, Jane Fonda and Robin Williams who plays President Dwight Eisenhower are co-starring in the film written by Daniels and Danny Strong (Recount) based on Wil Haygood’s Washington Post article about Allen. Daniels is also producing the drama with Hilary Shor (Children of Men), Cassian Elwes and Pam Williams for Laura Zisken Productions. The film marks the first scoring assignment of the multiple Academy Award-nominated composer (The Color Purple, The Wiz) in several years. Daniels’ last two films Precious and The Paperboy featured scores by Mario Grigorov. The Butler is currently being shot in New Orleans and is expected to be released in 2013.
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘Frankenweenie’ Soundtrack
Posted: July 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Frankenweenie, score, Soundtrack, Tim Burton
Walt Disney Records will be releasing the official soundtrack album for Tim Burton’s upcoming stop-motion animated feature Frankenweenie. The album features the film’s music composed by Danny Elfman. The soundtrack will be released on September 25, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full album details are expected to be announced in a couple of weeks. Frankenweenie based on Burton’s 1984 short film about a pet dog brought back to life by his loyal owner after it is struck by a car features the voice talent of Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short and Winona Ryder and will be released in theaters on October 5, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Scoring ‘The Time Being’
Posted: July 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Richard N. Gladstein, The Time Being
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek is scoring the upcoming indie mystery drama The Time Being. The film is written and directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain and stars Wes Bentley, Frank Langella, Ahna O’Reilly, Sarah Paulson and Corey Stoll. The movie follows young artist who accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be trying to either help further his career or destroy his life. Richard N. Gladstein (The Bourne Identity) who previously worked with Kaczmarek on the Oscar-nominated drama Finding Neverland starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet is producing the FilmColony production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘ParaNorman’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jon Brion, ParaNorman, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Brion (Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Magnolia). The soundtrack will be released on August 14, 2012 by Relativity Music Group and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. ParaNorman directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler follows a boy who is the only person in a small town that has the abilities to prevent an attack from zombies. The film’s voice cast includes Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Read the rest of this entry »
Lyle Workman to Score ‘Stand Up Guys’
Posted: July 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fisher Stevens, Lyle Workman, Stand Up Guys
Lyle Workman has announced on Twitter that he will be scoring the upcoming action comedy Stand Up Guys. The film is directed by actor/director Fisher Stevens who received an Academy Award for his documentary The Cove and stars Al Pacino and Christopher Walken as two aging criminals, one of whom has been hired to kill his friend. They decide to enjoy one last night of debauchery, but also face the choices they made in their lives. Alan Arkin, Julianna Margulies, Vanessa Ferlito and Katheryn Winnick are co-starring in the comedy. Noah Hydle has written the script and Sidney Kimmel (The Lincoln Lawyer, Lars and the Real Girl), Gary Lucchessi (Underworld, Crank), Tom Rosenberg (Million Dollar Baby) and Jim Tauber are producing the Simmy Kimmel Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment production. Read the rest of this entry »
Complete ‘The Shadow’ Soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith Released
Posted: July 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Safan, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The Shadow, Wolfen
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the complete soundtrack for the 1994 superhero film The Shadow directed by Russall Mulcahy and starring Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Ian McKellen and Peter Boyle. The 2-CD release features both the film’s complete original score composed by Jerry Goldsmith, as well as the original 1994 soundtrack album, which includes selections of the composer’s score, as well as a couple of songs, among them Taylor Dane’s Original Sin. To listen to audio clips and order the 2-CD set, visit Intrada’a online store. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Bourne Legacy’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: July 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, score, Soundtrack, The Bourne Legacy, Tony Gilroy
Cinema Musica has published audio clips from all tracks on the soundtrack release for Tony Gilroy’s action thriller The Bourne Legacy. The album features the film’s score composed by James Newton Howard who previously collaborated with the director on Michael Clayton and Duplicity. Also included is a new version of Moby’s Extreme Ways, which is used again in the end credits as in the previous films in the series. Check out the audio clips embedded aftet the jump. The release date of the soundtrack has recently been pushed back a week and is now scheduled to come out on August 7, 2012 (click here to pre-order the CD). Visit our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Lucas Vidal to Score Steve Jobs Biopic
Posted: July 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: jOBS, Lucas Vidal, Steve Jobs
Lucas Vidal has started to work on the music for the upcoming biopic jOBS. The drama stars Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs and covers the iconic Silicon Valley visionary from his early years as an impressionable youth and wayward hippie, through his initial successes and infamous ousting, to his storybook return and ultimate triumphs as a man who set out to change the world and did just that. The film is directed by Joshua Michael Stern and co-stars Josh Gad (Love and Other Drugs) as Apple co-founder Steve Woznikak and Matthew Modine will be portraying John Sculley, Apple’s CEO from 1983 to 1993. Dermot Mulroney, Ahna O’Reilly, Ron Eldard, John Getz, Lesley Ann Warren and James Woods are also starring in the drama. Matt Whiteley has written the screenplay and Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Russell Carpenter (Titanic) is also involved in the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau Scoring ‘Bachelorette’
Posted: July 21, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, Bachelorette, John Nau
Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau have composed the score for the indie comedy Bachelorette. The comedy is written and directed by Leslye Headland (Terriers) and stars Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan as three best friends who are invited to act as bridesmaids at the wedding of a girl they called “Pigface” in high school. James Marsden, Adam Scott, Rebel Wilson and Kyle Bornheimer are co-starring in the comedy produced Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Jessica Elbaum for Gary Sanchez Productions. Feltenstein and Nau have previously scored the production company’s Spanish-language comedy Casa De Mi Padre starring Ferrell. Bachelorette premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival back in January and featured a different score by composer Michael Wandmacher. The Weinstein Company’s Radius label picked up rights for the film and is planning a release on iTunes on August 10 followed by a theatrical release on September 6. Read the rest of this entry »
