RCA Records has revealed the details of the soundtrack release for the upcoming musical drama Sparkle. The album features recorded performances from the late Whitney Houston, as well as tracks from Jordin Sparks and CeeLo Green including I’m A Man, Hooked On Your Love and Look Into Your Heart. Also included on the album is the first single Celebrate produced by R. Kelly featuring Sparks and Houston (check out the music video after the jump). The soundtrack will be released on July 31, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sparkle directed by Salim Akil (Jumping The Broom, Soul Food) stars Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps and CeeLo Green. Sony Pictures will release the film in theaters nationwide on August 17. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sparkle’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, Sparkle, Whitney Houston
‘Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present, Nathan Halpern, score, Soundtrack
Copticon Music has released soundtrack album for the documentary Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nathan Halpern. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips from all 15 tracks on the release. Also visit Copticon’s website for more audio previews. Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present directed by Matthew Akers follows the life of the controversial, transgressive performance artist through to her headline-grabbing MOMA retrospective in 2010. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and went on to win awards at the Berlin International Film Festival (Audience Award), the Champs Elysees Film Festival (Audience Award), and the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival (Special Jury Prize). Read the rest of this entry »
William Ross Scoring Lifetime’s ‘Steel Magnolias’
Posted: July 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alone Yet Not Alone, Lifetime, Steel Magnolias, William Ross
William Ross has recently recorded his music for the Lifetime drama Steel Magnolias. The film is a remake of the 1989 feature written by Robert Harling, directed by Herbert Ross and starring Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine and Julia Roberts. The movie follows the lives and friendship of six Louisiana-based women who congregate regularly at Truvy’s beauty shop and stars Queen Latifah as M’Lynn, Alfre Woodard as Ouiser, Phylicia Rashad as Clairee, Jill Scott as Truvy, Adepero Oduye as Annelle and Condola Rashad as Shelby. Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun) is directing the film and Sally Robinson (Iron Jawed Angels) has adapted the material for television. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Used Cars’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music EventsTags: Ernest Gold, Patrick Williams, score, Soundtrack, Used Cars
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1980 comedy Used Cars directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Kurt Russell, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, Deborah Harmon and Jack Warden. The album features the film’s original score composed by Patrick Williams, along with the title song Used Cars penned by the composer and performed by Bobby Bare. The CD also features the unused score composed by Ernest Gold (It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World). The soundtrack will be released on July 31, 2012. The label and Creature Feature will also be holding a soundtrack celebration, which includes a screening of the film and a live panel with composer Williams, writer Bob Gale (Back to the Future) and Deborah Harmon who are all scheduled to attend. The event will take place on July 31 at 7:30 pm at Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood. Visit Creature Features’ website for the full details and to order tickets.
Philip Miller Scoring ‘The Girl’
Posted: June 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, HBO, Julian Jarrold, Philip Miller, The Girl
Philip Miller is scoring the upcoming drama The Girl. The film is directed by Julian Jarrold and stars Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock and Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren who starred in the filmmaker’s The Birds and Marnie. The movie chronicles the obsessive relationship the director had with the actress. Also starring are Imelda Staunton as Alma Hitchcock and Penelope Wilton as Peggy Robertson, Hitchcock’s loyal assistant. Gwyneth Hughes (Miss Austen Regrets) has written the screenplay for the BBC Two production and Amanda Jenks (An Englishman in New York) is producing the project. HBO Films is co-producing the TV drama. Jarrold has previously collaborated with composer Adrian Johnston on his previous four features, including Becoming Jane, Brideshead Revisited and Kinky Boots. Miller’s best known previous credit is Phillip Noyce’s 2006 drama Catch a Fire starring Tim Robbins and Derek Luke. The Girl is expected to air later this year on BBC Two.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 29, 2012)
Posted: June 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A.R. Rahman, Aaron Zigman, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer, Jonathan Goldsmith, Madea's Witness Protection, Magic Mike, People Like Us, Take This Waltz, Ted, Walter Murphy
Four new movies are opening wide in theaters this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the comedy Ted directed by Seth MacFarlane and starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Giovanni Ribisi and Joel McHale. The film’s score is composed by Walter Murphy (Family Guy, American Dad). Universal Republic has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well the original song Everybody Needs a Best Friend performed by Norah Jones and tracks by Queen, Daphne, Hootie and the Blowfish, Rita Coolidge and Tiffany. Check out our previous article for more information and visit ASCAP for an interview with Murphy on his major studio feature scoring debut.
Also opening wide is the dramedy Magic Mike directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn, Matt Bomer, Riley Keough, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez and Gabriel Iglesias. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Alice Russell, Countre Black, Foreigner, The Unknown, Black Daniel, Cloud Control, Joe Tex, Win Win featuring Blaqstarr and Beth Thornley. To check out audio clips and find out more about the release, visit our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Five Film Composers Invited to Join the Academy
Posted: June 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alberto Iglesias, Conrad Pope, Ludovic Bource, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Theodore Shapiro
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 176 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are five film composers, including former Oscar nominee Albert Iglesias who has received three Academy Award nominations for The Constant Gardener, The Kite Runner and last year’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, previous Oscar recipient Ryuichi Sakamoto who won the award for co-scoring 1988’s The Last Emperor with David Byrne and Cong Su, as well as the most recent Academy Award winner in the Best Original Score category Ludovic Bource who received the award for his music for The Artist at this year’s ceremony. Read the rest of this entry »
New Oscar Rule in Music Category
Posted: June 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved rules for the 85th Academy Awards, including a change in one of the music categories. The organization announced that in the Original Song category, the “Executive Committee may recommend that a fourth songwriter for an individual song be considered in rare and extraordinary circumstances. This amends the rule that has been in effect since 2005, whereby up to two songwriters could be eligible per song, although a third songwriter could be added if he or she were found to be an essentially equal contributor.” Check out the full announcement on the Academy’s official website.
M83 to Score Joseph Kosinski’s ‘Oblivion’
Posted: June 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joseph Krasinski, M83, Oblivion
The Playlist is reporting that the electronic music band M83 is attached to score the sci-fi action adventure Oblivion. The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Tom Cruise as one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth whose soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo are co-starring in the picture. William Monahan (The Departed), Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) have written the film’s screenplay based on an original story by Kosinksi. The director is also producing the project with Peter Chernin & Dylan Clark (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Duncan Henderson (Battleship) and former music supervisor Barry Levine. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Character of Music’ Panel at Comic-Con 2012
Posted: June 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Blake Neely, Christopher Lennertz, Comic-Con, Joseph Trapanese, Nathan Johnson, The Character of Music
A number of film composers will be taking part at this year’s The Character of Music panel at Comic-Con. Among the participants are Blake Neely and Mark Guggenheim, executive producer and show-runner of the upcoming CW show Arrow. Neely has already recorded music for the pilot a few months ago with a 80-piece orchestra at Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage. Also taking part in the panel is Christopher Lennertz who has already written music for the pilot of the NBC drama Revolution created by Eric Kripke and produced by J.J. Abrams and is also using a live orchestra for the score to the series. The panelists also include composer Joseph Trapanese and executive producer Charlie Bean who will be talking about their work on the animated series Tron: Uprising. Read the rest of this entry »
