Lucas Vidal has started to work on the music for the upcoming biopic jOBS. The drama stars Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs and covers the iconic Silicon Valley visionary from his early years as an impressionable youth and wayward hippie, through his initial successes and infamous ousting, to his storybook return and ultimate triumphs as a man who set out to change the world and did just that. The film is directed by Joshua Michael Stern and co-stars Josh Gad (Love and Other Drugs) as Apple co-founder Steve Woznikak and Matthew Modine will be portraying John Sculley, Apple’s CEO from 1983 to 1993. Dermot Mulroney, Ahna O’Reilly, Ron Eldard, John Getz, Lesley Ann Warren and James Woods are also starring in the drama. Matt Whiteley has written the screenplay and Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Russell Carpenter (Titanic) is also involved in the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Lucas Vidal to Score Steve Jobs Biopic
Posted: July 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: jOBS, Lucas Vidal, Steve Jobs
Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau Scoring ‘Bachelorette’
Posted: July 21, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, Bachelorette, John Nau
Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau have composed the score for the indie comedy Bachelorette. The comedy is written and directed by Leslye Headland (Terriers) and stars Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan as three best friends who are invited to act as bridesmaids at the wedding of a girl they called “Pigface” in high school. James Marsden, Adam Scott, Rebel Wilson and Kyle Bornheimer are co-starring in the comedy produced Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Jessica Elbaum for Gary Sanchez Productions. Feltenstein and Nau have previously scored the production company’s Spanish-language comedy Casa De Mi Padre starring Ferrell. Bachelorette premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival back in January and featured a different score by composer Michael Wandmacher. The Weinstein Company’s Radius label picked up rights for the film and is planning a release on iTunes on August 10 followed by a theatrical release on September 6. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 20, 2012)
Posted: July 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 30 Beats, Alexandre Desplat, C.C. Adcock, Hans Zimmer, Jeff Beal, La fille du puisatier, The Dark Knight Rises, The Queen of Versailles, The Well Digger's Daughter
Only one movie is opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in over 4000 theaters is the final chapter in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, starring Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman. The film’s music is composed by Hans Zimmer. Watertower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. For audio clips and the full album details, visit our previous article. The composer and app developer RjDj have created the app The Dark Knight Rises Z+ for iPhone and iPod touch. The app is available in iTunes app store and includes a special “Origins” pack that features an extra 55 minutes of music and allows users to download an exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion with Zimmer and Nolan. For a number of video interviews with the composer from the European premiere of the film, click here and also check out an interview with Empire where you can also stream the entire soundtrack album.
Opening in limited release is the documentary The Queen of Versailles directed by Lauren Greenfield about a billionaire couple who live in a 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles, built on the success of the time-share industry. Jeff Beal (Appaloosa, HBO’s Rome) has composed the film’s score. A soundtrack album featuring Beal’s music has been released digitally on Lakeshore Records. Visit our soundtrack announcement to listen to audio clips and find out more about the album and the documentary. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Little Birds’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elgin James, Little Birds, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack for the indie drama Little Birds. The album features the film’s music including tracks by the film’s director Elgin James & The Suicide Gang, Tift Merritt, Linée, Big Star and Brian Jonestown Massacre. The soundtrack is set to be released on August 11, 2012. Check out the full track list after the jump and visit Amazon to download the album. Audio clips are available after the jump. Little Birds is written and directed by Elgin James and stars Juno Temple, Kay Panabaker, Kyle Gallner, Chris Coy, Carlos Pena, Neal McDonough, JR Bourne, Kate Bosworth and Leslie Mann. The film premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released on August 31 by Millennium Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Dario Marianelli to Score Steven Knight’s ‘Hummingbird’
Posted: July 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli, Hummingbird, Steven Knight
Dario Marianelli has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Hummingbird. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) and stars Jason Statham as an Afghanistan veteran haunted by tragic events of the past who assumes the identity of an upper class Londoner. When his pregnant girlfriend is found dead, he uses his connections in the Chinese mob to find the man responsible Knight has also written the screenplay and Paul Webster (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) who has worked with Marianelli a number of times before is producing the IM Global production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red Hook Summer’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Hornsby, Judith Hill, Red Hook Summer, score, Soundtrack, Spike Lee
The details for two different soundtrack albums for Spike Lee’s indie drama Red Hook Summer have been revealed. First up is a soundtrack featuring the film’s songs by Judith Hill. The album will be released on July 31, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full track list and audio clips are available after the jump. Coming out on the same day is a soundtrack featuring the film’s music by Bruce Hornsby who makes his major film scoring debut on the project. The album can be pre-ordered here and audio clips are also available below. Red Hook Summer written and directed by Lee enters on a boy from Atlanta who lands at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met. Read the rest of this entry »
Richard Hartley Scoring Mike Newell’s ‘Great Expectations’
Posted: July 19, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Great Expectations, Mike Newell, Richard Hartley
Richard Hartley has composed the score for Mike Newell’s upcoming film adaptation of Great Expectations. The film based on Charles Dickens’ famous novel stars Jeremy Irvine as the young orphan Pip who is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Helena Bonham Carter co-stars as Miss Havisham, alongside Ralph Fiennes, Robbie Coltrane, Ewen Bremner, Jason Flemyng, Sally Hawkins, Tamzin Outhwaite, David Walliams and Holliday Grainger. David Nicholls (One Day, Starter for 10) has adapted Dickens’ novel for the screen. Read the rest of this entry »
2012 Emmy Nominations Announced
Posted: July 19, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards, Emmy Nominations
The nominations for the 64th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories:
Outstandig Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score):
Hemingway & Gellhorn – Javier Navarrete, Composer
Game Change – Music by Theodore Shapiro
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia – Music by Michael Price & David Arnold
Missing – The Hard Drive – Music by Robert Duncan
Hatfields & McCoys – Episode 1 – Music by John Debney & Tony Morales
Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty Vs. Nice – Music by Michael Giacchino Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer at ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ European Premiere
Posted: July 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Hans Zimmer, The Dark Knight Rises
Hans Zimmer attended today’s European premiere of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises at Leicester Square in London. Red Carpet News TV caught the composer on the red carpet and talked to him about his music and process of scoring the final installment in Nolan’s Batman trilogy. Zimmer also discusses the chance of a sequel to Inception and his involvement in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. Check out the full video interview after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Joss Whedon Scoring ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Posted: July 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joss Whedon, Much Ado About Nothing
Joss Whedon announced at a panel at last week’s Comic-Con that he has composed his first full film score for the independent production Much Ado About Nothing. The film written and directed by Whedon is a modern version of Shakespeare’s classic comedy and stars Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof (Angel) as Beatrice and Benedick, the world’s least likely lovers headed for their inevitable tumble into love. Nathan Fillion (Castle, Serenity), Clark Gregg (The Avengers), Fran Kranz (The Cabin in the Woods, Dollhouse), Reed Diamond (Moneyball), Tom Lenk (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Sean Maher (Firefly) are co-starring in the Bellwether Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
