Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming HBO comedy Silicon Valley. The show is created by Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Office Space), John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky (Blades of Glory) and stars T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, Josh Brener, Lindsey Broad, Christopher Evan Welch, Amanda Crew, Angela Trimbur, Zach Woods and Kumail Nanjiani. The series follows a group of self-proclaimed sexless, classless geeks as they make their way through the quirky and hilarious world of young tech-entrepreneurship. Judge, Altschuler and Krinsky are also executive producing the project with Scott Rudin (The Social Network, No Country for Old Men, Captain Phillips), Michael Rotenberg (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reign Over Me) and Tom Lassally (Stay, The To Do List).
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 14, 2014)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Already in theaters since Wednesday is the sci-fi action movie RoboCop directed by José Padilha and starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish, Jennifer Ehle, Jay Baruchel, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams and Samuel L. Jackson. Pedro Bromfman who previously scored Padilha’s Elite Squad movies has composed the film’s original score. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to listen to audio clips. Also visit ET Online for a video featurette about the score and check out ASCAP’s We Create Music blog for an interview with Bromfman about his wok on the film.
Opening today is the fantasy romance Winter’s Tale directed by Akiva Goldsman and starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Russell Crowe, Eva Marie Saint,, Ripley Sobo and Mckayla Twiggs. The film’s music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception) and Rupert Gregson-Williams (Bee Movie, Click). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as the song Miracle performed by KT Tunstall. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here to listen to audio clips.
Jeff Beal Scoring Lifetime’s ‘A Day Late and a Dollar Short’
Jeff Beal has recently composed the score for the upcoming Lifetime original movie A Day Late and a Dollar Short. The film is based on the New York Times bestseller by Terry McMillan (Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back) and stars Whoopi Goldberg as Viola Price, the irascible matriarch who tries to create some order within her family after learning her next asthma attack might kill her. Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Anika Noni Rose and Kimberly Elise are co-starring. Stephen Tolkin is directing the drama and Shernold Edwards (Haven) has written the screenplay. Goldberg and Tolkin producing the project alongside Tom Leonardis (Ruby’s Bucket of Blood), Jeffrey Hayes (The Starter Wife, Crusoe) and Bill Haber (Rizzoli & Isles).
‘Charlie Countryman’ Soundtrack Released
Psychedelic Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie romantic drama Charlie Countryman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Hangover, The Muppets) and Dead Mono. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Charlie Countryman is directed by Fredrik Bond and stars Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Melissa Leo and Rupert Grint. The film follows a man who falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex. The drama premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released in select theaters last fall by Millennium Entertainment. The movie is now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Harry Escott Scoring ‘New Worlds’ Mini-Series
Harry Escott is currently recording his score for the upcoming mini-series New Worlds. The historical drama is written and created by Peter Flannery (Funny Bones, Our Friends In The North) & Martine Brant and stars Jamie Dornan, Freya Mavor, Alice Englert and Joe Dempsie. The four-parter is set in the 1680s during the Restoration period and follows the bitter struggles of two young men and two young women caught up in the events of the time in England and America. Charles Martin (Skins, Run) is directing the series and Johann Knobel (Shameless) is producing the Channel 4 production. Flannery, Brant and John Yorke are executive producing for Company Pictures. The project is the follow-up to 2008’s mini-series The Devil’s Whore starring Andrea Riseborough, Michael Fassbender & Dominic West, which featured a score by Murray Gold (Doctor Who). Escott’s previous scoring credits include Steve McQueen’s Shame, David Slade’s Hard Candy and last year’s Welcome to the Punch.
Academy to Present Live Concert Celebrating Nominated Scores and Songs
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will present the first-ever live “Oscar Concert” celebrating this year’s nominated scores and songs on Thursday, February 27, at 8 p.m. at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles. The program will feature an 80-piece orchestra performing suites from each of the nominated original scores, conducted by their composers:
William Butler and Owen Pallett – Her
Alexandre Desplat – Philomena
Thomas Newman – Saving Mr. Banks
Steven Price – Gravity
John Williams – The Book Thief
The composers will also participate in a brief onstage conversation with film critic and radio host Elvis Mitchell about creating their scores.
‘Rio 2’ Soundtrack Details
Atlantic Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Rio 2. The album features the songs from the film, including the original track What Is Love by Janelle Monae, which can be checked out after the jump. Also featured is the song Rio Rio, a new version of the track by Take You to Rio by Ester Dean featuring B.o.B., new tracks by Bruno Mars and his musical collaborator Philip Lawrence, as well as songs by director Carlinhos Brown and the film’s voice talent. The soundtrack will be released on March 25, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack featuring John Powell’s original score will also be released. Details will be announced on this page soon. Rio 2 features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am, Jemaine Clement, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro and Jamie Foxx, as well as Rita Moreno, Bruno Mars and Kristin Chenoweth.
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Nominations Announced
The Guild of Music Supervisors announced the nominations for its 4th Annual awards ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday, February 26, at Mack Sennett Studios in Hollywood. The awards will recognize outstanding Music Supervisors in 14 categories representing Motion Picture, Television, Games, Trailers and Advertising. Below are the nominations for some of the major categories. For the full list of nominations, visit the organization’s official website.
Best Music Supervision in Motion Picture – Independent Motion Pictures Under 10M
The Bling Ring – Brian Reitzell
Francis Ha – George Drakoulias
The Place Beyond The Pines – Gabe Hilfer
Thanks For Sharing – Robin Urdang
The Spectacular Now – Gabe Hilfer & Season Kent
Photek to Score Fox’s ‘Gang Related’
Photek is composing the music for the upcoming Fox drama Gang Related. The show is created by Chris Morgan (Fast Five, Wanted) and stars Ramon Rodriguez, RZA, Sung Kang, Inbar Lavi, Terry O’Quinn, Shantel VanSanten, Cliff Curtis and Jay Hernandez. The series follows a rising star in Los Angeles’ elite Gang Task Force who teams up with a longtime Task Force member to take on the city’s most dangerous gangs, including one he has an allegiance to. Morgan is also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Entertainment production with Scott Rosenbaum (The Shield, Chuck), Brian Grazer (24, Friday Night Lights, A Beautiful Mind) and Francie Calfo (The Great Escape, The Playboy Club). Allen Hughes (The Book of Eli, From Hell) directed and served as an executive producer on the pilot episode.
Karen O to Perform ‘The Moon Song’ from ‘Her’ on the Oscars
Oscars show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that singer-songwriter Karen O will, for the first time, perform the Academy Award-nominated original song The Moon Song for a global television audience on the Oscars on March 2, 2014. The song from Spike Jonze’s romantic drama Her starring Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams and Rooney Mara is one of the four nominated titles in the Best Original Song category. It was previously announced that all the three other songs (Happy from Despicable Me 2, Let It Go from Frozen and Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) will also be performed at the event. Karen O who is the lead singer of the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs and has previously written songs for Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are is Oscar-nominated for the first time.