BT has signed on to score the upcoming comedy drama Reach Me. The film is directed by John Herzfeld (2 Days in the Valley, 15 Minutes) and stars Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Berenger, Kevin Connolly, Thomas Jane, Kelsey Grammer, Nelly, Danny Aiello, Terry Crews, David O’Hara, Omari Hardwick, Lauren Cohan, Elizabeth Henstridge, Cary Elwes and Ryan Kwanten. The movie follows a group of characters whose lives intertwine and eventually collide as a result of a self-published motivational book and its anonymous author. Rebekah Chaney is producing the Seraphim Films and Paradox Entertainment production with Cassian Elwes (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, The Paperboy). Read the rest of this entry »
BT Scoring John Herzfeld’s ‘Reach Me’
Posted: September 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Betrayal, BT, John Herzfeld, Patty Jenkins, Reach Me
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‘Runner Runner’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brad Furman, Christophe Beck, Runner Runner, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Runner Runner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Beck (The Hangover, The Muppets, The Sentinel). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 1, 2013 and physically on October 29. Check out audio clips from the score after the jump. Runner Runner is directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) and stars Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Ben Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Michael Esper, Oliver Cooper and Ben Schwartz. The movie follows a young man who is cheated out of his tuition money playing online poker and flies to Costa Rica in the hope of reclaiming his losses from the site’s billionaire owner and ends up becoming the corrupt CEO’s right-hand man. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blue Jasmine’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blue Jasmine, Soundtrack, Woody Allen
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for Woody Allen’s comedy drama Blue Jasmine. The album features the songs and jazz pieces from the film by artists including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Jimmie Noone, Conal Fowkes, Julias Block, Stephen Dudas, Trixie Smith and David Chesky. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Blue Jasmine written and directed by Allen stars Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg. The film about a New York socialite who moves into her sister’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again after her marriage to a wealthy businessman falls apart was released this summer by Sony Pictures Classics and is currently playing in theaters. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Battle of the Year’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Battle of the Year, Christopher Lennertz, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the dance drama Battle of the Year. The album features the songs from the film by artists including The Roots, Chubb Rock, Kool Kojak, Speedometer, Digital Underground, PC’s Ltd. and more. Also included is a suite from the film’s score composed by Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Revolution, Identity Thief). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Battle of the Year is directed by Benson Lee and stars Josh Holloway, Laz Alonso, Josh Peck, Caity Lotz and Chris Brown. The movie centers on an all-star American b-boy crew that is training to compete in France at the Battle of the Year (BOTY) International Championships. The film will be released nationwide this Friday, September 20 by Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems label. Read the rest of this entry »
Laurent Eyquem to Score ‘Momentum’
Posted: September 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Laurent Eyquem, Momentum, Stephen Campanelli, Where the Road Runs Out
Laurent Eyquem is set to score the upcoming action thriller Momentum. The film marks the directorial debut of Stephen Campanelli who has been Clint Eastwood’s camera operator since The Bridges of Madison County and stars Olga Kurylenko, Vincent Cassel and Shea Whigham. The movie follows a thief who is trying to avoid both the law and a deadly gang of assassins. Adam Marcus & Debra Sullivan (Texas Chainsaw 3D) have written the screenplay. Anton Ernst who has previously collaborated with Eyquem on last year’s South African Oscar submission Little One is producing the film for Thaba Media and Azari Media. Momentum is set to start shooting in January against the backdrop of Cape Town. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Mancini’s ‘The White Dawn’ Score Released
Posted: September 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Henry Mancini, Raging Angels, score, Soundtrack, Terry Plumeri, The White Dawn
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1974 adventure drama The White Dawn directed by Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff, Henry & June, Rising Sun) and starring Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms and Lou Gossett, alongside the Eskimo People of the Canadian Arctic. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer Henry Mancini (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Pink Panther). The soundtrack for the Paramount Pictures production is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Zanelli to Score Hallmark’s ‘Christmas in Conway’
Posted: September 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Christmas in Conway, Geoff Zanelli, Hallmark Hall of Fame
Geoff Zanelli is scoring the upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie Christmas in Conway. The film is directed by John Kent Harrison and stars Mary-Louise Parker, Andy Garcia and Mandy Moore. The movie follows a man who builds a Ferris wheel in the backyard of his house as the perfect Christmas present for his wife, as he proposed to her many years ago. Stephen P. Lindsey (Hachi: A Dog’s Tale) and Luis Ugaz have written the script. Brent Shields (Remember Sunday, The Makeover) and Howard Koch Jr. (Source Code, Gorky Park) are executive producing the project. Christmas in Conway will become the 250th presentation of the Hallmark Hall of Fame when it premieres later this year on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Sondheim to Write New Song for ‘Into the Woods’ Film Adaptation
Posted: September 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Into the Woods, Rob Marshall, Stephen Sondheim
Walt Disney Pictures has announced today that composer Stephen Sondheim is composing a new original song for the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Into the Woods. The film is directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) and stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, MacKenzie Mauzy, Billy Magnussen, Tammy Blanchard and Lucy Punch. The movie based on the Tony-winning original musical by James Lapine and Sondheim is a modern twist on the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. Marshall is producing the project with John DeLuca (Nine), as well as Marc Platt (Drive, Legally Blonde, Wanted) and Callum McDougall. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna, Bear McCreary and John Lunn Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Schlesinger, Bear McCreary, David Javerbaum, Elliot Lawrence, Emmy Awards, John Lunn, Mychael Danna
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out this afternoon at the NOKIA Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. John Lunn has received his second Emmy for his music for Downtown Abbey in the Outstandig Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) category after last year’s win. Mychael Danna won his first Emmy Award for the mini-series World Without End in the Outstandig Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) category. Bear McCreary received his first Emmy Award for his main titles theme for Da Vinci’s Demons. In the Original Music and Lyrics category, Adam Schlesinger (music) and David Javerbaum (lyrics) were honored with an Emmy for the song If I Had Time written for the 66th Annual Tony Awards ceremony. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 15, 2013)
Posted: September 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Cork, Adrian Johnston, Brian Tyler, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dads, Dan Marocco, Fox, Great Performances, Henry IV, Henry V, PBS, Richard II, Seth MacFarlane, Sleepy Hollow, Stephen Warbeck, The Hollow Crowns, The Ryan Brothers
Premiering tomorrow, September 16, on Fox is the new mystery adventure drama Sleepy Hollow created by Alex Kurtzman & Bob Orci (Star Trek, Transformers), Len Wiseman (Underworld, Live Free or Die Hard) & Phillip Iscove and starring Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, John Cho and Katia Winter. Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast Five, Now You See Me) is composing the score for the series, which is based on The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow and follows Ichabod Crane as he partners with Sleepy Hollow’s Detective Abbie Archer to solve the mysteries of a town ravaged by the battle between good and evil. Sleepy Hollow will air every Monday night on Fox. For updates on the supernatural drama, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
