Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the indie thriller Brake. The album features the original score from the film composed by Brian Tyler (The Expendables, Eagle Eye). The soundtrack will be released on March 20, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Brake is directed by Gabe Torres and stars Stephen Dorff as a man who is captured in the trunk of a moving car and won’t be set free until he gives up the whereabouts of “Roulette,” a secret location where the U.S. President is taken in the event of a terrorist attack. IFC Films will release the movie in select theaters on March 23. The thriller will also be coming out on VOD this Friday, February 17. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Brake’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brake, Brian Tyler, score, Soundtrack
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Cliff Martinez to Score Robert Redford’s ‘The Company You Keep’
Posted: February 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ciff Martinez, Robert Redford, The Company You Keep
Cliff Martinez has been hired to score the upcoming thriller The Company You Keep. The movie is directed by Robert Redford who also stars in the film alongside Shia LaBeouf, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Brendan Gleeson, Terrence Howard, Anna Kendrick, Brit Marling, Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Richard Jenkins, Susan Sarandon, Stephen Root and Stanley Tucci. The thriller is written by Lem Dobbs (The Score, The Limey) based on a novel by Neil Gordon and centers on a former militant wanted by the FBI who must go on a run after his true identity is exposed by an ambitious young reporter. Redford is producing the film with Bill Holderman (The Conspirator) through his Wilwood Enterprises production company and Nicholas Chartier (The Hurt Locker) is producing through Voltage Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande to Release ‘Cabin in the Woods’ and ‘Fringe: Season 3’ Soundtrack
Posted: February 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Tilton, David Julyan, Fringe, score, Soundtrack, The Cabin in the Woods
Varese Sarabande has announced two new soundtrack albums today to be released in April. Among the new releases is the soundtrack for the horror thriller The Cabin in the Woods. The album includes the original score form the film by David Julyan (Memento, The Descent) and will be released on April 4, 2012. Check back on this page for the full details to be revealed within the next couple of weeks. The Cabin in the Woods written by Joss Whedon and directed by Drew Goddard stars Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford. The movie about five friends who go to a remote cabin in the woods where bad things happen will be released on April 13 by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
Angelo Badalamenti Scoring ‘A Late Quartet’
Posted: February 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Late Quartet, Angelo Badalementi, Stalingrad, Yaron Zilberman
Angelo Badalamenti is scoring the upcoming indie drama A Late Quartet. The movie is directed by Yaron Zilberman and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir and Christopher Walken as a world-renowned string quartet struggling to stay together as they mark their 25th anniversary. Imogen Poots and Wallace Shawn are co-starring. Zilberman co-wrote the script with Seth Grossman based on his original story. Vanessa Coifman (The Informers, Fireflies in the Garden), David Faigenblum (The Big White), Emanuel Michael (Boy) and Mandy Tagger are producing the project. A Late Quartet is currently in post-production. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Planet of the Apes’ Score by Danny Elfman Released
Posted: February 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Walk in the Clouds, Danny Elfman, Maurice Jarre, Planet of the Apes, score, Soundtrack, Tim Burton
La-La Land Records has announced two new limited editon soundtrack albums. First up is an expanded release of the original score from Tim Burton’s 2001 version of Planet of the Apes composed by Danny Elfman. The 3-disc set includes the film version of the score, including source cues and alternates, on two discs, as well as the original 2001 soundtrack album, which includes the Rule the Planet remix by Paul Oakenfold. To order the album, which is limited to 3500 copies and listen to lengthy audio clips, visit La-La Land Records’ website. Read the rest of this entry »
Dory Previn Dead at 86
Posted: February 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dory Previn
Lyricist Dory Previn has passed away today at age 86 at her home in Southfield, Mass. Previn has been nominated for three Academy Awards for her songs Faraway Part of Town from the 1960 musical Pepe and Second Chance from the 1962 drama Two For The Seesaw, both co-written by her then husband Andre Previn, as well as Come Saturday Morning from the 1969 film The Sterile Cuckoo co-written by Fred Karlin. Probably her best known collaboration with Andre Previn was the theme song for 1967’s Valley Of The Dolls, which became a massive hit for Dionne Warwick. She also received two shared Emmy nominations for the songs We’ll Win This World from 1982’s Two from a Kind with James Di Pasquale and Home Here from the TV show Two Marriages with Bruce Broughton. Dory Previn is survived by her husband, Joby Baker.
Marc Shaiman to Score ‘Parental Guidance’
Posted: February 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Billy Crystal, Marc Shaiman, Parental Guidance
Marc Shaiman has signed on to score the upcoming family comedy Parental Guidance. The movie is directed by Andy Fickman (The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain) and stars Billy Crystal and Bette Middler as two grandparents who struggle with their grandkids’ modern ways and soon resort to an old-school style of parenting. Marisa Tomei, Bailey Madison and Tom Everett Scott are co-starring. Crystal, Peter Chernin & Dylan Clark (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) and Samantha Sprecher are producing the 20th Century Fox and Walden Media co-production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Once Upon a Time’ Score EP Released
Posted: February 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Mark Isham, Once Upon a Time, score, Soundtrack
ABC Studios has released a score album for the ABC hit show Once Upon a Time. Once Upon a Time: Extended Play includes four themes from the show written by Academy Award-nominated composer Mark Isham. The four-track EP is available to download on iTunes. A full score album will be coming out this spring. Once Upon a Time created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (Lost) stars Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Jamie Dornan and Jared Gilmore. The series currently airs every Sunday night on ABC. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hunger Games’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, The Hunger Games
The full track list of the soundtrack album for the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games has been revealed. The album includes 16 songs from the movie by artists including Taylor Swift, Arcade Fire, Kid Cudi, Miranda Lambert, The Civil Wars, Glen Hasard, The Low Anthem, Punch Brothers and Birdy. The soundtrack will be released on March 20, 2012 by Universal Republic Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for audio clips from all tracks on the album. A separate album featuring James Newton Howard’s score is also scheduled to be released on the same day and can be pre-ordered on here. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Last Night’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clint Mansell, Last Night, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has revealed the details of the soundtrack release for the drama Last Night. The album includes the original score by Grammy- and Golden Globe-nominated composer Clint Mansell. Also included is the song Not At Home by Mansell and Peter Broderick. The soundtrack will be released on March 27, 2012 digitally, on digipak CD and limited 180g vinyl. To pre-order the CD version, visit Amazon and for the vinyl edition, click here. To support the release of the album, Mansell and the Sonus Quartet will perform pieces of the score, as well as his other music at three exclusive concerts at the Largo in Los Angeles on April 4-6, all of which have been sold out within a couple of days after they were announced. Check out our previous article for more details. Read the rest of this entry »
