Jim Dooley will be scoring the new CW drama Emily Owens, M.D.. The show stars Mamie Gummer (daughter of Meryl Streep) in the title role, alongside Justin Hartley, Michael Rady, Aja Naomi King, Kelly McCreary and Necar Zadegan. The series, which was previously entitled First Cut, follows a newly minted doctor who, glad to leave her past behind for a fresh start in the adult professional world, discovers that life at the hospital where she works is no different than high school. Jennie Snyder Urman (90210, Something Borrowed), Dan Jinks (American Beauty, Milk) and Bharat Nalluri (Tsunami) are executive producing the CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television production. Read the rest of this entry »
Jim Dooley to Score the CW’s ‘Emily Owens, M.D.’
Posted: June 22, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Emily Owens MD, Jim Dooley, The CW
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Erran Baron Cohen Scoring ‘Talhotblond’
Posted: June 21, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Courteney Cox, Erran Baron Cohen, Lifetime, Talhotblond
Erran Baron Cohen has scored the Lifetime TV movie Talhotblond. The drama marks the longform directorial debut of Courteney Cox and follows the life of Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters who gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man. Garret Dillahunt, Laura San Giacomo and Ashley Hinshaw are starring in the TV production. The film is executive produced by Brad Krevoy (HBO’s Taking Chance, Dumb & Dumber) Alexandre Coscas and Francisco Gonzalez. Trent Haaga wrote the screenplay which is based on the documentary talhotblond by Barbara Schroeder. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Odyssey’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antonio Pinto, Dudu Amar, score, Soundtrack, The Odyssey
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for Asif Kapadia’s documentary The Odyssey. The album features the film’s original score composed by Antonio Pinto (City of God, Lord of War) and Dudu Aram. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 3, 2012 and is now available on Amazon. Audio clips are available below. The Odyssey canvases the opinions of Londoners from the point where the Olympics were first won by London up to the point when it happens. Pinto has previously scored the director’s critically acclaimed documentary Senna. The Odyssey is backed by BBC Films and Film4 is set to premiere at the London Film Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival later this month. Read the rest of this entry »
Gustavo Dudamel to Score ‘Libertador’
Posted: June 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, Libertador
Los Angeles Philharmonic musical director Gustavo Dudamel has been tapped to score the Spanish, French and English-language biopic Libertador. The film is directed by Alberto Arvelo (Cyrano Fernandez) and stars Edgar Ramírez as Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar who was instrumental in Latin America’s struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire. Danny Huston, María Valverde, Imanol Arias and Gary Lewis are co-starring. The movie traces Bolívar’s quests, military campaigns and vision to wrestle independence from Spain and unify South America. Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men) has written the screenplay for the Spanish-Venezuelan co-production and Winfried Hammacher and Ana Loehnert are producing. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to Score ‘Man of Steel’
Posted: June 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer, Man of Steel, Superman, Zack Snyder
Hans Zimmer has signed on to score Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot Man of Steel. The film stars Henry Cavill in the title role, alongside Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent and Diane Lane as Martha Kent. Christopher Meloni, Laurence Fishburne and Michael Shannon are also starring. David Goyer (Batman Begins, Blade) has written the screenplay. Christopher Nolan who has worked with Zimmer on Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception and the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises is producing the DC Entertainment production with Emma Thomas, Charles Roven (Three Kings, Twelve Monkeys) and Deborah Snyder (Watchmen). Snyder has previously collaborated with composer Tyler Bates on his previous features, including Watchmen, Sucker Punch, Dawn of the Dead and 300. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chernobyl Diaries’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chernobyl Diaries, Diego Stocco, score, Soundtrack
Cutting Edge Group’s Pale Blue Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the horror film Chernobyl Diaries. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Diego Stocco. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 8, 2012 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Check out audio clips from the score after the jump. Chernobyl Diaries based on a story by Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity), directed by Bradley Parker and starring Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolso Berdal and Dimitri Diatchenko follows six tourists who take an extreme tour of Pripyat, the abandoned city near the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The film was released last month by Warner Bros. Pictures and is now playing in theaters. Read the rest of this entry »
Rolfe Kent to Score Jason Reitman’s ‘Labor Day’
Posted: June 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jason Reitman, Labor Day, Rolfe Kent, The Scapegoat
Rolfe Kent revealed at a composer panel at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival that he has already started work on Jason Reitman’s coming-of-age drama Labor Day. The film stars Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffiths, Lucas Hedges, Alexie Gilmore and Micah Fowler. The movie based on the novel by Joyce Maynard (To Die For) and adapted for the screen by Reitman follows a 13-year old boy who must care for his reclusive mother while dealing with the typical troubles of adolescence. Reitman is producing the Indian Paintbrush production with Helen Estabrook, Liane Halfon & Russell Smith (Juno, Ghost World). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Queen of Versailles’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Beal, score, Soundtrack, The Queen of Versailles
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for the documentary The Queen of Versailles. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jeff Beal (Appaloosa, Rome). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 3, 2012 and will be available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the release after the jump. The Queen of Versailles directed by Lauren Greenfield (Thin) follows a billionaire couple who live in a 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles, built on the success of the time-share industry. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and has been picked up for US distribution by Magnolia Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rodriguez, Searching for Sugar Man, Soundtrack
Sony Legacy will be releasing a soundtrack album for the documentary Searching for Sugar Man. The album includes a selection of songs by the film’s title character Rodriguez, which are featured in the movie but originally found on his records Cold Fact and Coming from Reality. The soundtrack will be released on July 24, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Searching for Sugar Man directed by Malik Bendjelloul tells the story of Rodriguez, a 70′s US rock icon whose albums were critically well-received, but never achieved commercial success and faded away into obscurity among rumors of a gruesome death until a record made its way to South Africa, where his music became a phenomenal success. The film produced by Simon Chinn (Man on Wire) premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 15, 2012)
Posted: June 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Anders, Max de Wardener, Peer Astrom, Rock of Ages, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap, Soundtrack, That's My Boy, The Woman in the Fifth, Vince Smith, Your Sister's Sister
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the film adaptation of the musical Rock of Ages directed by Adam Shankman and starring Juliannne Hough, Diego Bonito, Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Paul Giamatti, Mary J. Blige and Alec Baldwin. WaterTower Music has released the official soundtrack featuring film’s cover versions of classic rock songs by Guns N’Roses, Def Leppard, Foreigner, Journey, Poison, Reo Speedwagon, Joan Jett, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar and Twisted Sister performed by the film’s cast members. Visit our previous article for audio clips and the full album details. Adam Anders and Peer Astrom have written the film’s score.
Also opening wide is the comedy That’s My Boy directed by Sean Anders & John Morris (Sex Drive) and starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, James Caan, Susan Sarandon, Milo Ventimiglia and Will Forte. Rupert Gregson-Williams has composed the movie’s original score. The composer has been scoring most films produced by Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions over the last couple of years. No soundtrack album has beem released. To find out more about the film, check out our previous news article and visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
