Madison Gate Records has released a score album for the musical drama Sparkle. The album features the film’s original score composed by Salaam Remi. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. A CD-R version is available to order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack album featuring the film’s songs by Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks and CeeLo Green was released this summer. Check out our previous article for the full details. Sparkle directed by Salim Akil (Jumping The Broom) and starring Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Omari Hardwick and CeeLo Green opened in theaters this summer and will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD on November 30. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sparkle’ Score Album Released
Posted: October 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Salaam Remi, score, Soundtrack, Sparkle
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 26, 2012)
Posted: October 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Akira Yamaoka, Chad Fischer, Chasing Mavericks, Christopher Young, Cloud Atlas, Deborah Lurie, Fun Size, Jeff Danna, Johnny Klimek, Orbital, Pusher, Reinhold Heil, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, The Black Tulip, Tom Tykwer
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
One of the most talked about and ambitious film of the season is the epic adventure drama Cloud Atlas directed by Tom Tykwer and Andy & Lana Wachowski and starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Xun Zhou, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. The film’s music is composed by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score earlier this week. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, check out our previous article. Also visit Film Music Magazine for an audio interview with the composers and ASCAP’s website for another interview with Klimek and Heil.
Also opening wide is the horror sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D based on the video game, directed by Michael J. Bassett and starring Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Radha Mitchell, Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell. Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka who preciously scored the first installment in the series have written the music for the film. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album digitally on October 30 and physically on December 18. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Score Disney’s ‘Maleficent’
Posted: October 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Newton Howard, Joe Roth, Maleficent, Robert Stromberg
James Newton Howard has signed on to score the upcoming fantasy movie Maleficent. The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning production designer Robert Stromberg (Avatar, Alice in Wonderland) and stars Angelina Jolie as the green-skinned wicked witch from Disney’s 1959 animated feature Sleeping Beauty. The movie tells the fairy tale from the perspective of Aurora’s evil nemesis, revealing the back story that led her to curse the girl as a baby. Elle Fanning portrays Princess Aurora and Sharlto Copley, Juno Temple, Sam Riley, Miranda Richardson and Imelda Staunton are also starring. Linda Woolverton (Alice in Wonderland) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Milan Records to Release Clint Mansell’s ‘Stoker’ Soundtrack
Posted: October 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music EventsTags: Clint Mansell, score, Soundtrack, Stoker
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Park Chan-wook’s psychological trailer Stoker. The album features the film’s original score composed by Clint Mansell, an original song by Emily Wells and additional music by Philip Glass. The soundtrack will be released on February 26, 2013. Check back on this site for the full album details early next year. Stoker starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney and Jacki Weaver centers on a teenage girl who must deal with the unexpected appearance of a mysterious uncle following the death of her father. Read the rest of this entry »
A.R. Rahman and Tuomas Kantelinen to Score ‘The Seventh Son’
Posted: October 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A.R. Rahman, Sergei Bodrov, The Seventh Son, Tuomas Kantelinen
A.R. Rahman and Tuomas Kantelinen have been tapped to score the fantasy action adventure The Seventh Son. The film is directed by Sergei Bodrov and stars Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Antje Traue, Olivia Williams and Djimon Hounsou. The film is based on the young adult series The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney and follows a teen who’s the seventh son of a seventh son, and who learns about wizardry from a forbidding spook. Matt Greenberg (1408), Charles Leavitt (Blood Diamond) and Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband) have written the screenplay. Thomas Tull (Pacific Rim), Basil Iwanyk (The Town, Clash of the Titans) and Lionel Wigram (Sherlock Holmes) are producing the Legendary Pictures and Thunder Road Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Celeste and Jesse Forever’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Celeste and Jesse Forever, Soundtrack
Big Sounds International has released a soundtrack album for the indie romantic comedy Celeste and Jesse Forever. The album features the film’s songs by artists including Lily Allen, Brenda Russell, Vetiver, Mr. Little Jeans, Shabazz Palaces and Boogaloo Assassins, as well as two songs by Sunny Levine who also co-scored the film with DJ Zach Cowie (also known as Turquoise Wisdom). None of the film’s score is included on the soundtrack, which is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. Celeste and Jesse Forever is directed by Lee Toland Krieger and written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack who are also starring in the film alongside Andy Samberg, Chris Messina, Emma Roberts, Ari Graynor and Elijah Wood. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released in theaters this summer by Sony Pictures Classics. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fly Me to the Moon, Klaus Badelt, score, Soundtrack, Un plan parfait
Labelzero has released a soundtrack album for the French action romantic comedy Fly Me to the Moon (Un plan parfait). The album features the film’s original score composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Time Machine). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon or for the price of your choice in the label’s online store. The soundtrack will also be released on CD, Music DVD and Music Blu-Ray on November 1, 2012. Fly Me to the Moon is directed by Pascal Chaumail who previously worked with Badelt on Heartbreaker and stars Diane Kruger and Dany Boon. The movie follows a successful woman in love who tries to break her family curse of every first marriage ending in divorce, by dashing to the alter with a random stranger before marrying her boyfriend. The film will be released in France on October 31, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
Ennio Morricone to Score ‘The Canterville Ghost’
Posted: October 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ennio Morricone, The Canterville Ghost
Ennio Morricone is set to score the upcoming animated feature The Cantervile Ghost. The movie is directed by Kim Burden and features the voice talent of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. The Memoth Films and Arc Productions project is based on the classic story by Oscar Wilde and is written by Keiron Self and Giles New (That Mitchell And Webb Look). Robert Chandler and Gina Carter (Snow Cake) are producing the movie. Arc Productions has previously been involved in animated films including Gnomeo & Juliet and 9, as well as last year’s family hit film Dolphin Tale. The Canterville Ghost marks Morricone’s first CG-animated film project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Silent Hill: Revelation 3D’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Akira Yamaoka, Jeff Danna, score, Silent Hill, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack album for the horror sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka who preciously scored the first installment in the film series based on the video game. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 30, 2012. A physical release is scheduled to come out in December and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is directed by Michael J. Bassett and stars Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Radha Mitchell, Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell. The movie will be released this Friday, October 26, 2012 by Open Road Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red Dawn’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ramin Djawadi, Red Dawn, score, Soundtrack
The details for the soundtrack album for the action adventure movie Red Dawn have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Game of Thrones). The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2012 by Sony Masterworks and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Red Dawn is directed by Dan Bradley and stars Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The film is a remake of the 1984 feature directed by John Milius and follows a group of teenagers who have to save their town from an invasion of Chinese and Russian soldiers. Film District will release the movie on November 21. Read the rest of this entry »
