Chad Fischer is scoring the upcoming drama Chasing Mavericks. The film stars Jonny Weston as Jay Moriarty, a world champion surfer from Northern California who made his reputation surfing Mavericks north of Half Moon Bay before dying in a diving accident at age 22. Gerard Butler stars as Frosty Hesson, the local legend who took Jayunder his wing in order to train him. Taylor Handley, Elisabeth Shue and Abigail Spencer are co-starring. The true life story is directed by Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential, 8 Mile) and Michael Apted (The World is Not Enough, Nell) who took over the final weeks of production. Kario Salem (The Score) and Brandon Hooper have written the film’s script. Read the rest of this entry »
Chad Fischer Scoring ‘Chasing Mavericks’
Posted: August 31, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 10 Years, Chad Fischer, Chasing Mavericks, Curtis Hanson, Michael Apted
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Academy to Celebrate 50 Years of James Bond Music
Posted: August 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, James Bond
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced an event to pay homage to the memorable title songs and indelible scores of the James Bond films. The Music of Bond: The First 50 Years hosted by music historian and writer Jon Burlingame will feature many of the people who made the music, including lyricist Don Black (title songs for Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun and The World Is Not Enough) and guitarist Vic Flick who played the guitar riff for the original version of the James Bond Theme. Read the rest of this entry »
New Oscar Rule Guarantees Five Song Nominations
Posted: August 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved a new rule for the 85th Academy Awards in the Best Original Song category, in which there will now be five guaranteed nominees. According to the Academy, “all voting members of the music branch will receive a reminder list of works submitted in the category and a DVD copy of the song clips. Members will be asked to watch the clips and then vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements in the category. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dredd’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dredd, Paul Leonard Morgan, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack release for the new comic book movie adaptation of Dredd have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 3, 2012 and physically on September 10 (overseas only) by Metropolis Movie Music. To download the album visit Amazon and click here to import the CD version. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. Dredd 3D directed by Pete Travis, written by Alex Garland and starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Jason Cope and Domhnall Gleeson is set to be released nationwide on September 21 by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna Scoring ‘World Without End’
Posted: August 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Life of Pi, Michael Caton-Jones, Mychael Danna, World Without End
Mychael Danna has composed the score for the upcoming epic mini-series World Without End. The series based on Ken Follett’s best-selling novel is directed by Michael Caton-Jones and stars Cynthia Nixon, Ben Chaplin, Peter Firth, Charlotte Riley, Rupert Evans, Nora von Waldstaetten, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Tom Weston-Jones, Megan Follows and Sarah Gadon. The eight-hour thriller is the follow up to the 2010 mini-series The Pillars of the Earth (scored by Trevor Morris) and is set over 150 years after the Pillars events during the start of the Hundred Years’ War and the outbreak of the Black Death. Read the rest of this entry »
Scott Starrett to Score FOX’s ‘The Mob Doctor’
Posted: August 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Drop Dead Diva, Fox, Lifetime, Scott Starrett, The Mob Doctor
Scott Starrett has been hired to score the new FOX drama The Mob Doctor. The show created by Josh Berman and Rob Wright stars Jordana Spiro as a doctor torn between the physician’s Hippocratic Oath and her own family’s mob ties. William Forsythe, Jaime Lee Kirchner, James Carpinello, Jesse Lee Soffer and Zach Gilford are co-starring. Michael Dinner (Sons of Anarchy, The Wonder Years) has directed the pilot episode and is executive producing the Sony Pictures Television production with Berman and Wright. Read the rest of this entry »
NIck Urata Scoring ‘What Maisie Knew’
Posted: August 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nick Urata, What Maisie Knew
Nick Urata has taken over scoring duties on the indie drama What Maisie Knew. The film is directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel (The Deep End, Bee Season) and stars Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard, Steve Coogan, Onata Aprile, Joanna Vanderham, Diana Garcia and Joel Garland. The movie based on a novel by Henry James and follows a 6-year old girl who is caught up in the bitter divorce of her art dealer father and her rock star mother. Charles Weinstock (Fracture) & William Teitler (The Polar Express) and Daniel Crown & Daniela Taplin Lundberg (The Kids Are All Right) are producing the Red Crown Productions project. Urata is replacing Peter Nashel who was previously attached to score the film as reported earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Anton Sanko to Score ‘Nurse 3-D’
Posted: August 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anton Sanko, Lifetime, Nurse 3-D, Ring of Fire
Anton Sanko is scoring the upcoming horror thriller Nurse 3-D. The movie is directed by Doug Aarniokoski (The Day, Highlander Endgame) and stars Paz De La Huerta (Boardwalk Empire) as a nurse who uses her sexuality to indulge a sinister side that finds her punishing dishonest men. Katrina Bowden, Corbin Bleu and Judd Nelson are co-starring in the film. David Loughery (Lakeview Terrace, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) has written the screenplay and Marc Bienstock is producing the Lionsgate Entertainment production. Sanko has most recently scored the horror thriller The Possession starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick for the studio. Nurse 3-D is currently in post-production and no release date has been announced yet. Read the rest of this entry »
New Limited ‘Smallville’ Soundtrack Edition Released
Posted: August 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Louis Febre, Mark Snow, score, Shane, Smallville, Soundtrack, Victor Young
La-La Land Records has released a new limited soundtrack album for the superhero TV series Smallville starring Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack and Kristin Kreuk. The album features selections from the show’s score from the first six seasons composed by Mark Snow (The X-Files) and from the final four seasons composed by Louis Febre (Swimfan). The 2-CD set includes the 2010 soundtrack download-only release, as well as a second disc featuring over 70 minutes of previously unreleased music from the show. To listen to audio clips and to order the set, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit the La-La Land Records’ online store. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Man With the Iron Fists’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: RZA, Soundtrack, The Man with the Iron Fists
Soul Temple Records will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the action adventure The Man With the Iron Fists. The film’s soundtrack is executive produced by RZA who also directed the movie. The album features music by such artists as the Wu-Tang Clan, Kanye West, The Black Keys, Corrine Bailey Rae and Pusha. The soundtrack will be released on October 23, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label is also planning a separate album featuring RZA’s original score from the film. Check back on this site for updates. The Man With the Iron Fists presented by Quentin Tarantino, co-written by RZA and Eli Roth and starring Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu tells the story of warriors, assassins and a lone outsider hero who all descend on one fabled village in China for a winner-takes-all battle for a fortune in gold. Read the rest of this entry »
