The soundtrack details for the comedy drama People Like Us have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman, as well as two songs by Liz Phair and Michael ‘Nomad’ Ripoll. The soundtrack will be released on June 19, 2012 by Lakeshore Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. People Like Us is directed by Alex Kurtzman and stars Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Pfeiffer and Mark Duplass. The film centers on a man who is directed by his father’s will to deliver $150.000 to his sister he didn’t know he had. The Dreamworks Production will be released on June 29, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
‘People Like Us’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A.R. Rahman, People Like Us, score, Soundtrack
Stephen Warbeck to Score ‘Henry IV’
Posted: May 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Cork, Adrian Johnston, Henry IV, Henry V, Papadopoulos & Sons, Richard Eyre, Richard II, Stephen Warbeck, Walking the Dogs
Stephen Warbeck is currently recording his score for the upcoming BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play Henry IV. The television production is directed by Richard Eyre (Notes on a Scandal, Iris) and stars Jeremy Irons in the title role, as well as Tom Hiddleston as Prince Hal and Simon Russell Beale as Falstaff. Sam Mendes (American Beauty), Neal Street Production’s Pippa Harris (Starter for Ten) and NBC Universal’s Gareth Neame (Downtown Abbey) are executive producing and Rupert Ryle-Hodges (Cranford) is co-producing the project. Warbeck has previously scored the Eyre’s drama The Other Man starring Laura Linney and Antonio Banderas. Henry IV is one of BBC’s three new adaptations of Shakespeare’s second historical tetralogy and will be premiering in two parts this summer in the UK to coincide with the 2012 Cultural Olympiad – the largest celebration of culture in the history of the modern Olympics and Paralympics. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Europe's Most Wanted, Hans Zimmer, Madagascar 3, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for Dreamworks Animation’s Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted have been revealed. The album features several tracks of the film’s original score composed by Hans Zimmer. Also included is an original song perfomed by Peter Asher, Yolanda Be Cool’s Americano, Katy Perry’s Firework, as well as several cover versions performed by the film’s voice cast including Chris Rock and Frances McDormand. The soundtrack will be released on June 5, 2012 by Interscope Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be checked out after the jump. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted is directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath & Conrad Vernon and also features the voice talent of Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston and Martin Short. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘Chinatown’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Alien, Amazing Grace and Chuck, Bill Conti, Chinatown, Elmer Bernstein, Eye of the Needle, Jerry Goldsmith, Miklos Rosza, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Karate Kid: Part III
Varese Sarabande Records has announced the latest batch of titles in the Varese CD Club series. Most notably, the label will be relasing a remastered soundtrack edition for Roman Polanski’s classic 1974 thriller Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. The album features the Academy Award-nominated score composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The release is limited to 3000 copies and is available for pre-order on Varese’s website, where you can also check out a number of audio clips. The previous soundtrack CD has been out-of-print for more than a decade. The release coincides with the Blu-Ray debut of the film. Apart from the score nomination, Chinatown has also received 10 other Oscar nods, including in the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor/Actress categories. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring ‘Renoir’
Posted: May 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Argo, Gilles Bourdos, Renoir
Alexandre Desplat has recently scored the French drama Renoir. The film directed by Gilles Bourdos is set in 1915 when the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, at the end of his life, is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy when a young girl miraculously enters his world. The drama stars Michel Bouquet is the title role, alongside Christa Theret, Vincent Rottiers and Thomas Doret. Bourdos has co-written the screenplay with Jérôme Tonnerre and Michel Spinosa. Desplat has previously collaborated with the director several times, most recently on the 2008 thriller Afterwards (Et Apres). Renoir is set to premiere at the Cannes Festival next week, where it will close this year’s Un Certain Regard section. Read the rest of this entry »
Film Music Festival in Krakow to Celebrate Elliot Goldenthal
Posted: May 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Elliot Goldenthal, Johnny Klimek, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Wojciech Kilar
Composer Elliot Goldenthal will be celebrated in concert at the Film Music Festival in Krakow on Saturday, May 26 at the Tinning Plant of ArcelorMittal Poland in Krakow. The concert will be performed by the Polish Orchestra Sinfonietta Cracovia accompanied by Pro Musica Mundi Choir and the boys’ choir Pueri Contores Sancti Nicolai and conducted by composer Diego Navarro. The first part of the concert program – Alien – The Biomechanical Symphony – will be devoted to music from all four Alien films in the sci-fi saga and will feature suites from Goldenthal’s music for Alien 3, as well as from Jerry Goldsmith’s Alien, James Horner’s Aliens and John Frizzell’s Alien: Resurrection scores. The second part of the program – Elliot Goldenthal’s Cinema of Art & Blood – will feature music from some of Goldenthal’s collaborations with director Julie Taymor including Frida (for which the composer received his first Academy Award) and Titus in addition to his music from Neil Jordan’s Interview with a Vampire and Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever. Read the rest of this entry »
John Paesano to Score ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ TV Series
Posted: May 12, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Crossmaglen, Dragons, John Paesano
John Paesano has been tapped to score Dreamworks Animation’s upcoming TV series Dragons based on the 2010 hit animated feature How to Train Your Dragon. The show follows the adventures of Hiccup, Toothless, and a community of Viking warriors, as they discover the world of dragons is a lot larger than they thought. It has been reported that the voice cast of the feature film, including Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and T. J. Miller will be returning for the TV version. Composer John Powell has received an Academy Award nomination for his score for the original film. Dragons marks the Dreamworks Animation’s first project for Cartoon Network. The show is set to premiere this fall. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 11, 2012)
Posted: May 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music NewsTags: Bruce Rowland, Christopher Lennertz, Danny Elfman, Dark Shadows, Girl in Progress, The Cup, Tim Burton
The only movie opening wide this weekend is the supernatural comedy Dark Shadows starring Johnny Depp, Chloe Moretz, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bella Heathcoate and Eva Green. The film marks the fourteenth collaboration between the director and composer Danny Elfman. WaterTower Music has released two soundtrack albums, including the original score by the composer. For audio clips and the full album details, check out our previous article. The other soundtrack features the film’s classic songs by artists The Moody Blues, Iggy Pop, Donovan, The Carpenters, Barry White, T.Rex and Alice Cooper. Audio clips can be checked out in our soundtrack announcement article.
Several interviews with Elfman have been published online over the last week. Check out a video feature on Reelz about his collaboration with Burton, a behind-the-scenes interview on YouTube, an audio interview on East Village Radio’s Morricone Youth show as well an video interview from the film’s red carpet premiere in Hollywood this past Monday. On Tuesday night, the composer hosted a Q&A at Warner Bros Records in Burbank in front of a live audience. Click here to check out the full 90 minutes talk. Finally, also visit Ain’t It Cool News and The A.V. Club for more interviews. Read the rest of this entry »
Exclusive Video: Writing and Recording the Music for ‘The Raven’
Posted: May 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: James McTeigue, Lucas Vidal, The Raven
Film Music Reporter presents a behind-the-scenes look at the writing and recording process of Lucas Vidal‘s original music for James McTeigue’s The Raven starring John Cusack, Alice Eve and Brendan Gleeson. The exclusive video takes a look at the creation the composer’s orchestral and electronic score. Also featured is footage from the score’s orchestral recording sessions at Air Studios in London. Check out the full video after the jump. The Raven about the final days of author Edgar Allan Poe is currently playing in theaters. A soundtrack album featuring Vidal’s music has been released by Relativity Music Group. For the album details including audio clips, check out our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham Scoring ABC’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Pilot
Posted: May 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Beauty and the Beast, Gary Fleder, Mark Isham
Mark Isham has been hired to score the pilot for the ABC drama Beauty and the Beast. The reimagining of the classic fairy tale stars Darius Campbell, F. Murray Abraham, Ruth Bradley, Chris Egan, Karen LeBlanc and Meegan Warner. The show written and executive produced by Jon Steinberg (Jericho, Human Target) is set in a dangerous world where a beautiful and tough princess discovers an unlikely connection with a mysterious beast. Yves Simoneau (V, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) has directed the pilot of the ABC Studios production. Also executive producing is Gary Fleder (Runaway Jury) through his Mojo Films production company. Isham has previously collaborated with Fleder on several movies, including the thrillers Kiss the Girls and Don’t Say a World. He is also scoring ABC’s other fairy tale-themed show Once Upon a Time, which is about to air its first season finale. Read the rest of this entry »
