Nat Geo Music has released a soundtrack album for the seven-episode nature documentary mini-series Great Migrations. The album features the original score from the series by composer Anton Sanko (Rabbit Hole, HBO’s Big Love). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Great Migrations narrated by Alec Baldwin about the great migrations of animals across the globe premiered on the National Geographic Channel in the fall of 2010. The mini-series won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Series. All episodes are now available on Blu-Ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Great Migrations’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 8, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anton Sanko, Great Migrations, Nat Geo, score, Soundtrack
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‘Transit’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 7, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Westlake, score, Soundtrack, Transit
Pale Blue Records has released a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Transit. The album features the film’s original score written by composer Chris Westlake. The soundtrack was released this past Tuesday and is available digitally on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Transit is directed by Antonio Negret and stars Jim Caviezel, James Frain, Elizabeth Rohm, Harold Parrineau and Sterling Silver. The movie follows a family that is hunted and terrorized by violent bank robbers on a camping trip. Joel Silver is executive producing and Courteney Solomon (An American Haunting) is producing the After Dark Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Magic of Belle Isle’ to Feature Music by Marc Shaiman
Posted: April 7, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marc Shaiman, Rob Reiner, The Magic of Belle Isle
Marc Shaiman has scored the upcoming drama The Magic of Belle Isle. The film is directed by Rob Reiner and stars Morgan Freeman as a wheelchair-bound Western novelist who takes a lakeside cabin for the summer in Belle Isle and befriends the family next door – an attractive single mom and her young daughters – who help him find inspiration again. Virginia Madsen, Madeline Carroll and Kenan Thompson are co-starring. Guy Thomas has written the script with Reiner and Andrew Scheinman and Salli Newman and David Valdes (The Green Mile, The Book of Eli) are producing the Castle Rock Entertainment production. Reiner has collaborated with Shaiman on all of his major features since 1989’s When Harry Met Sally…, including on such hit films as Misery, A Few Good Men, An American President and The Bucket List. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 6, 2012)
Posted: April 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Schlesinger, American Reunion, Andrew Lancaster, ATM, Damsels in Distress, David Buckley, James Horner, Jason Staczek, Keyhole, Lyle Workman, Mark Suozzo, Matteo Zingales, Michael Lira, score, Soundtrack, The Hunter, Titanic, Titanic 3D, Tree Adams, We the Party
Two movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the comedy American Reunion directed by Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg and starring Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Eugene Levy, Tara Reid, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jennifer Coolidge and Mena Suvari. The film’s score is written by Lyle Workman (The 40-Year Old Virgin, Superbad). Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring two tracks from the composer’s score, as well as the film’s songs by artists including Good Charlotte, Spice Girls, Boyz II Men and Montell Jordan. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full details and audio clips.
Already in theaters since Wednesday is James Cameron’s Titanic 3D starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The film’s Academy Award-winning music is composed by James Horner. Sony Classical has released a new 4-disc anniversary soundtrack edition featuring a newly-remastered version of the original soundtrack, the album Back to Titanic, as well as a disc of period music recorded for the movie by I Salonisti – the five-piece quintet that appears in the film and a new compilation of songs from the early 1900s. Click here for the full album details. Also check out our previous article about the film’s world premiere in London, which featured a live performance of Horner’s score and visit Classic FM for a recent audio interview with the composer about his work on Titanic. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Coriolanus’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Coriolanus, Ilan Eshkeri, Ralph Fiennes, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details for the soundtrack album of the Ralph Fiennes-directed drama Coriolanus. The 2-CD release features the film’s original score composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake) on one disc and will be mixed with dialogue highlights from Shakespeare’s play on the second. The soundtrack will be released on May 1, 2012 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Audio clips from the score will be added to this page in a couple of weeks. Coriolanus starring Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Cox is currently playing in limited release. Read the rest of this entry »
Atticus Ross to Score ’47 Ronin’
Posted: April 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 47 Ronin, Atticus Ross, Carl Rinsch
Atticus Ross has been hired to score Universal’s upcoming epic 3D martial arts fantasy adventure 47 Ronin. The film marks the feature directorial debut of commercial/music video director Carl Erik Rinsch and stars Keanu Reeves, as well as Japanese actors Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, and Kou Shibasaki. The movie tells the fact-based story of the 47 Ronin, a band of samurai swordsmen who avenge the death of their master in 18th century Japan. Chris Morgan (Wanted, Fast Five) and Hossein Amini (Drive) have written the screenplay and Scott Stuber (Battleship, Role Models), Eric McLeod (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Tropic Thunder) and Pamela Abdy (Garden State) are producing the film. The tentpole production marks Ross’ highest profile scoring assignment to date as a solo composer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Texas Killing Fields’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, score, Soundtrack, Texas Killing Fields
Cutting Edge Group’s Pale Blue label has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Texas Killing Fields. The album features the original score from the film written by composer Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Last Chance Harvey), as well three songs performed by The Americans. The soundtrack was released earlier this week and is available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. Texas Killing Fields directed by Ami Canaan Mann and starring Sam Worthington, Chloe Moretz and Jeffrey Dean Morgan centers on a series of unsolved murders in the industrial wastelands surrounding Gulf Coast refineries. The thriller was released in theaters last fall and is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Adam Peters Scoring Oliver Stone’s ‘Savages’
Posted: April 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Peters, Oliver Stone, Savages
Adam Peters is scoring the upcoming crime drama Savages. The film is directed by Oliver Stone and stars Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Uma Thurman, Joel David Moore, Emile Hirsch, Demian Bichir and John Travolta. The film is based on the bestselling novel by Don Winslow and follows two pot growers whose shared girlfriend is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel. Winslow has written the screenplay with Stone and Shane Salerno (Shaft, Armageddon). Moritz Borman (Terminator Salvation, Alexander) and Eric Kopeloff (W., Stay) are producing the film. Peters has previously collaborated with Stone on the 2009 documentary South of the Border. The director’s other previous musical collaborators include Craig Armstrong (World Trade Center, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps), John Williams (JFK, Born on the Fourth of July), Vangelis (Alexander), Ennio Morricone (U-Turn) and James Horner (The Hand). Savages will be released on July 6, 2012 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Cabin in the Woods’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Julyan, Joss Whedon, score, Soundtrack, The Cabin in the Woods
Varese Sarabande has announced the details for the soundtrack release of the horror thriller The Cabin in the Woods. The album features the original score from the film by composer David Julyan (Memento, The Prestige). The soundtrack will be released on CD on May 1, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available below. The Cabin in the Woods written by Joss Whedon and directed by Drew Goddard starring Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford recently premiered to rave reviews at the SXSW Film Festival. The movie follows five friends who go to a remote cabin in the woods where bad things happen and will be released on April 13 by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Prometheus’ to Feature Music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Posted: April 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Hybrid, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Total Recall
Harry Gregson-Williams has revealed on his official Facebook fan page that is currently working on Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated sci-fi film Prometheus. According to the composer, he will be “supplementing the score” by Marc Streitenfeld who is the film’s primary composer. Gregson-Williams previously collaborated with Scott on 2005’s historical epic Kingdom of Heaven. Prometheus starring Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Ben Foster follows a team of explorers who discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth. The film will be released on June 8, 2012 by 20th Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
