Relativity Music Group will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the upcoming family fantasy comedy Mirror Mirror. The album includes the original score from the film composed by eigth-time Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken, as well as the original song I Believe in Love performed by the movie’s lead actress Lily Collins. The album will be released on March 27, 2012 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Sony Classical is releasing the soundtrack digitally overseas later this week on March 9. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. Mirror Mirror is directed by Tarsem Singh and stars Lily Collins as Snow White, Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen, Armie Hammer as Prince Andrew Alcott, Sean Bean as the King and Nathan Lane as the servant to the queen. Relativity Media will release the movie nationwide on March 30, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mirror Mirror’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Lily Collins, Mirror Mirror, score, Soundtrack, Tarsem Singh
Robert B. Sherman (1925 – 2012)
Posted: March 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Robert B. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman passed away yesterday in London at age 86. The songwriter was born on December 19, 1925 in New York City. Together with his brother Richard, he has written countless classic songs for movie musicals. He received two Academy Awards for the Disney classic Mary Poppins, both for the score and the song Chim Chim Cheer-ee. The Sherman Brothers’ other Oscar-nominated songs include The Age of Not Believing from 1971’s Bednobs and Broomsticks, The Slipper and the Rose Waltz from The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella and When You’re Loved for 1978’s The Magic of Lassie. They also shared an Academy Award nomination with John Williams for the score for 1973’s Tom Sawyer. Among Sherman’s other best known credits are the Disney animated classics The Jungle Book, The Aristocats and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as well as the theme park song It’s a Small World (After All). Over his career, he also earned five Golden Globe nominations, two Grammy Awards and four Grammy Award nominations.
Alex Heffes to Score ‘AWOL’
Posted: March 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, AWOL
Alex Heffes has been tapped to score the upcoming Vietnam War-set drama AWOL. The film marks the directorial debut of Danny Mooney and stars Liam Hemsworth, Teresa Palmer, Austin Stowell, Aimee Teegarden, Chris Howell and Max Adler. The movie is based on the true story about a young soldier in Vietnam who is dumped by his hometown girlfriend and – together with his best friend – returns to the States to win her back. Jim Burnstein (Renaissance Man) and Garrett Schiff have written the screenplay and also serve as executive producers. Chip Diggins and Patrick Olson are producing the Deep Blue Pictures, Red 56 and Peninsula Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Columbus Circle’ Soundtrack by Brian Tyler Announced
Posted: March 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Tyler, Columbus Circle, Frederik Wiedmann, Hostel: Part III, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande Records has announced two new limited soundtrack editions. First up is a soundtrack album for the thriller Columbus Circle. The album includes the film’s original score composed by Brian Tyler who is also among the executive producers of the film. The soundtrack is available to order on Varese’s website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Columbus Circle is directed by George Gallo and stars Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Jason Lee, Giovanni Ribisi, Kevin Pollak and Beau Bridges. The thriller will be released on March 6, 2012 on Blu-Ray and DVD and can be pre-ordered here. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Beal Scoring ‘GCB’
Posted: March 4, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, GCB, HBO, Jeff Beal, Luck
Jeff Beal is scoring the new ABC comedy drama GCB (previously entitled Good Christian Belles). The show created by Robert Harling (Steel Magnolia, The First Wives Club) is based on Kim Gatlin’s book Good Christian Bitches and centers on a recently divorced mother of two who moves back to the affluent Dallas neighborhood where she grew up to find herself in the whirling midst of salacious gossip, Botox, and fraud. The series’ cast includes Leslie Bibb (Iron Man, Popular), Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies), Marisol Nichols (24), as well as Mark Deklin, Miriam Schor, Jennifer Aspen, Annie Potts, David James Elliott and Brad Beyer. Darren Starr (Sex and the City) is executive producing the show with Harling, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Aaron Kaplan and Alan Poul (The Back-up Plan) who also directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 4, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrea Guerra, Elsa, Michele Von Büren, score, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, Soundtrack
Decca Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the drama Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You. The album includes the film’s music by Italian composer Andrea Guerra (The Pursuit of Happyness, Letters to Juliet) with lyrics by Michele Von Büren and performed by Elisa. The soundtrack will be released on April 24, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You is directed by Roberto Faenza and stars Toby Regbo, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter Gallagher, Lucy Liu, Stephen Lang, Deborah Ann Woll and Ellen Burstyn. The film just opened in Italy and will have its North American premiere at the Miami Film Festival on March 8. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring ‘That’s My Boy’
Posted: March 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Rupert Gregson-Williams, That's My Boy
Rupert Gregson-Williams has recently scored the upcoming comedy That’s My Boy. The movie is directed by Sean Anders & John Morris (Sex Drive) and stars Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, James Caan, Susan Sarandon, Milo Ventimiglia and Will Forte. The film centers on a father who moves in with his son on the eve of the young guy’s wedding and begins feuding with the bride. David Caspe (ABC’s Happy Endings) has written the screenplay and David Wain and Ken Marino (Role Models, Wanderlust) perfomed a rewrite. Sandler is producing the film with Jack Giarraputo (Grown Ups, Click), Heather Parry & Allen Covert (The House Bunny). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 2, 2012)
Posted: March 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Badly Drawn Boy, Being Flynn, Being Fynn, Cinco Paul, Davin Wood, John Powell, Project X, score, Soundtrack, The Lorax, Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is Universal Pictures’ and Illumination Entertainment’s animated feature Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. The film features original songs by John Powell and director Cinco Paul. A soundtrack album featuring the movie’s songs has been released on Interscope Records. Check out our previous article for the details and audio clips. Powell has also written the orchestral score for the film. Varese Sarabande has already released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s score digitally and the CD version is set for a release on March 6. Click here for more information and audio clips from the score.
Also opening wide is the found footage teen comedy Project X directed by Nima Nourizadeh and produced by Todd Phillips. While there is no original score in the film, the movie features several songs. Watertower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the comedy’s music from artists including Pusha T, AMC, J-Kwon, Far East Movement & Pitbull, Nas, Kid Cudi, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, A-Trak, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dog, Wale, D12, MGK and Shiny Toy Guns. For more information about the soundtrack, which is available on iTunes, visit our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cloclo’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Cloclo, Florent Emilio Siri, score, Soundtrack
Sony Music will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the French biopic Cloclo. The album includes songs from the movie performed by the film’s title character, as well as Frank Sinatra, Otis Redding and KC & The Sunshine Band among other artists. Also included are more than 15 minutes from the film’s original score written by Academy Award-nominated composer Alexandre Desplat. The album will be released on March 12, 2012 in France. No word yet on a domestic release of the soundtrack or film. Cloclo is directed by Florent Emilio Siri (Hostage) who has worked with Desplat several times before. The movie stars Jérémie Renier as the French singer Claude François who was a star of “chanson française” in the 1960s and 70s and died in a tragic accident in 1978, at the age of 39. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeremy Sams to Score ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’
Posted: March 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hyde Park on Hudson, Jeremy Sams, Roger Michell
Jeremy Sams has signed on to score the upcoming period drama Hyde Park on Hudson. The film directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) stars Bill Murray as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, alongside Laura Linney, Olivia Colman, Samuel West, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, Eleanor Bron and Olivia Williams. In the film, the President and his wife host the King and Queen of England for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York – the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. Richard Nelson has written the screenplay based on his radio play and Michell is producing the film with David Aukin (Mrs. Henderson Presents) and Kevin Loader (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, In the Loop). Read the rest of this entry »
