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 »
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
‘Fringe’ Season 3 Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Tilton, Fringe, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the third season of the FOX sci-fi mystery series Fringe. The album features selections from the score from the show’s 2010-2011 season composed by Chris Tilton. The album will be released on April 3, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The third season of Fringe is available on Blu-Ray and DVD. The fourth season of the drama starring Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson and John Noble currently airs every Friday night on Fox. To find out more about the series, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Ilan Eshkeri to Score ‘Justin and the Knights of Valour’
Posted: March 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Austenland, Ilan Eshkeri, Justin and the Knights of Valour
Ilan Eshkeri has been hired to score the upcoming 3D animated feature Justin and the Knights of Valour. The movie is directed by Manuel Sicilia and centers on an idealistic boy who is determined to become a knight in shining armor, but his magical kingdom is in painful transition to a modern age dominated by bureaucracy. The film’s voice talent includes Freddie Highmore, Antonio Banderas, Saoirse Ronan, Julie Walters, Alfred Molina, Mark Strong, Olivia Williams and Rupert Everett. The film created by the Spanish animation production company Kandor Graphics is produced by Antonio Banderas, Kerry Fulton and Ralph Kamp for Timeless Films. Sicilia co-wrote the script with Matthew Jacobs (The Emperor’s New Groove). The project marks Eshkeri’s first animated feature film. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler Scores Universal Pictures’ 100th Anniversary Logo
Posted: March 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian Tyler, Universal Pictures
Brian Tyler has recently written the music for Universal Pictures‘ new logo to commemorate the studio’s 100th anniversary in 2012. The music is a variation of the theme written by Jerry Goldsmith, which accompanied the most recent version of the logo since 1997 and which replaced an earlier version featuring music by James Horner. Check out the full logo sequence after the jump. Also check out a behind-the-scenes look at creating the music, including an interview with Tyler and footage from the recording sessions of the orchestral score and the choir section. Tyler also composed a piece called Centennial Suite for the studios’ anniversary. The new logo will bow with release of the animated feature Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax this Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Speed’ Soundtrack by Mark Mancina Released
Posted: March 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Young, Jennifer 8, Jerry Fielding, Mark Mancina, Maurice Jarre, score, Soundtrack, Speed, The Mechanic
La-La Land Records has released a new soundtrack edition for the 1994 action hit film Speed directed by Jan De Bont and starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock and Dennis Hopper. The album includes the remastered and expanded score composed by Mark Mancina (Training Day, Con Air). The release presents its tracks in film order and includes the end titles song Speed performed by Billy Idol. For audio clips and to order the release, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit La-La Land Records’ online store. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Nashel to Score ‘What Maisie Knew’
Posted: February 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, David Siegel, NYC 22, Peter Nashel, Scott McGehee, What Maisie Knew
Peter Nashel is scoring the upcoming indie drama What Maisie Knew. The project reunites the composer with directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel who previously collaborated on the features The Deep End starring Tilda Swinton, Bee Season starring Richard Gere and most recently, the Joseph Gordon-Levitt starring drama Uncertainty. What Maisie Knew stars Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard, Steve Coogan, Diana Garcia and Joel Garland. The film based on a novel by Henry James and adapted for the screen by Nancy Doyne and Carroll Cartwright (Where the Money Is) centers on 6-year old girl who is caught up in the bitter divorce of her art dealer father and her rock star mother. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bel Ami’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bel Ami, Lakshman Joseph De Saram, Rachel Portman, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details for the upcoming period drama Bel Ami. The album includes the original score from the film written by Lakshman Joseph De Saram and Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman. The soundtrack will be released on March 20, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bel Ami is directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod and stars Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci and Colm Meaney. The film revolves around a young man’s rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women. The drama recently premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and will be released in the UK on March 9, 2012. A domestic release through Magnolia Pictures is expected later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Project X’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Project X, Soundtrack, Todd Phillips
Watertower Music has released a soundtrack album for the teen comedy Project X. The album features the film’s songs by 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. The soundtrack is coming out today and is now available digitally on iTunes. Project X directed by Nima Nourizadeh and produced by Todd Phillips follows three seemingly anonymous high school seniors as they attempt to finally make a name for themselves by throwing a party that no one will forget. Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Dax Flame, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Brady Hender, Nick Nervies, Alexis Knapp and Miles Teller are starring in the Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures production, which is being released in theaters on March 2, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
‘To the Arctic 3D’ to Feature Music by Paul McCartney and Steve Wood
Posted: February 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Greg MacGillivray, IMAX, Paul McCartney, Steve Wood, To the Arctic 3D
Steve Wood has written the score for the upcoming IMAX documentary To the Arctic 3D. The movie is narrated by Meryl Streep and follows the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. Two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Greg MacGillivray has directed the MacGillivray Freeman Films production, the company behind such IMAX hit films as Everest and The Living Sea. Wood is best known for scoring several movies from the production company, including the Oscar-nominated short Dolphins and Coral Reef Adventure. In addition to the score, the movie will also feature original songs by Paul McCartney who has written a number of songs for movies before, most recently for 2009’s Everybody’s Fine. He received his last Oscar nomination for the title song to Cameron Crowe’s 2001 film Vanilla Sky. To the Arctic 3D is scheduled for release on April 20, 2012 in IMAX theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures. To learn more about the project, visit the official movie website.
Complete ‘Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country’ Score by Cliff Eidelman Released
Posted: February 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cliff Eidelman, Ron Goodwin, score, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the complete score for the 1991 sci-fi movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Cliff Eidelman has composed the music for the film directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley and Christopher Plummer. The 2-CD set features the complete score written by the composer on one disc and the original 1991 soundtrack album on the other disc. Also included are several alternates plus both trailer scores, to date the only original trailer music recorded for a Star Trek film. For a number of lengthy audio clips and to order the album, visit Intrada’s online store. Read the rest of this entry »
