The teaser trailer for Peter Jackson’s upcoming fantasy film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey premiered last night and features new original music composed Howard Shore, including what appears to be a new theme. Check out the trailer after the jump. The first prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Graham McTavish, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving, James Nesbitt, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm and Elijah Wood will be released on December 14, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Teaser Trailer
Posted: December 21, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: An Unexpected Journey, Howard Shore, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings
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‘One for the Money’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 20, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deborah Lurie, One for the Money, score, Soundtrack
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Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the action comedy One for the Money. The album includes 21 tracks from the movie’s original score by Deborah Lurie (Footloose, Dear John), as well as songs from the film by artists including Colbie Caillat, Vanessa Bryan & Mista Youngblood, Kristina & The Dolls, Amy Loftus and Delilah Bright. The soundtrack is scheduled to be released on January 24, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. One for the Money is directed by Julie Anne Robinson and stars Katherine Heigl as an unemployed and newly-divorced woman who lands a job at her cousin’s bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham to Score Simon West’s ‘Stolen’
Posted: December 20, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Isham, Medallion, Simon West, Stolen, The Lucky One
Mark Isham has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Stolen. The project marks the second collaboration between the composer and director Simon West (Con Air, Tomb Raider) who previously worked together on the Jason Statham-starring action film The Mechanic, which was released earlier this year. Stolen (which was recently renamed from its original title Medallion) stars Nicolas Cage as a former criminal who has to track down his kidnapped daughter who has been locked in the trunk of a taxi cab in New York City. Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston, Mark Valley and M.C. Gainey are co-starring. David Guggenheim (Safe House) has written the script and Matthew Joynes and Jesse Kennedy are producing the Nu Image/Millennium Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
Academy Awards Original Song Short List Announced
Posted: December 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Songs
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the short list of 39 songs that are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 84th Academy Awards. On January 5, 2012, the Academy will screen clips featuring each song for voting members of the Music Branch in Los Angeles. Following the screenings, members will determine the nominees by an averaged point system of voting. A maximum of two songs may be nominated from any one film and the nominations will be announced on January 24.
Here are songs in alphabetical order of the films:
“The World I Knew” from African Cats
“Lay Your Head Down” from Albert Nobbs
“Star Spangled Man” from Captain America: The First Avenger
“Collision of Worlds” from Cars 2 Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell to Score ‘Gangster Squad’
Posted: December 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carter Burwell, Gangster Squad, Ruben Fleischer
Carter Burwell has signed on to score next year’s crime drama Gangster Squad. The film is directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, 30 Minutes or Less) and stars Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi and Michael Pena. The movie is based on L.A. Times’ seven-part series Tales of the Gangster Squad written by Paul Lieberman, which chronicles LAPD’s struggle with crime and corruption in the 1940s by forming a unit called Gangster Squad to keep organized crime figures from the East Coast out of Los Angeles. Will Beall (Castle) is adapting the material for the screen. Read the rest of this entry »
The Sound and Music of ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’
Posted: December 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Ghost Protocol, Michael Giacchino, Mission Impossible
SoundWorks Collection has posted a new profile on the sound and music of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. The video includes interviews with composer Michael Giacchino, director Brad Bird, as well as the film’s supervising ADR editor Gwen Whittle Yates and supervising sound editor Richard Hymns. Check out the full video that also features some footage from the score’s recording sessions after the jump. As previously announced, the soundtrack for the movie is coming out on CD on January 10, 2012 and it has recently already been released digitally and is now available to download on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Fall 2011 Television Music Roundup (Part 6): Cable
Posted: December 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, American Horror Story, Boss, Brian Reitzell, Carter Burwell, Cesar Davila-Irizarry, Charlie Clouser, Enlightented, FX, Gabriel Mann, Gustavo Santaolalla, HBO, Hell on Wheels, Homeland, James Levine, Kevin Kiner, Mark Mothersbaugh, Ryan Murphy, Sean Callery, Showtime, Starz, The Exes, TV Land
In our sixth and final part of our fall television series, we are taking a look at the major new shows on the cable networks:
One of this fall’s most talked about new shows is American Horror Story created by Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk and starring Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton, Jessica Lange, Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga and Denis O’Hare. The series has recently received two Golden Globe nominations for Best TV Drama and for Lange’s performance. The show’s score is composed by James Levine who has worked on most of Murphy’s projects in the last decade, including Nip/Tuck, Glee and the feature film Running with Scissors. The drama has also been using a lot of pre-existing score music from composers such as Bernard Herrmann and Alan Silvestri. The series’ opening theme is written by Charlie Clouser (Saw, Numbers) and sound designer Cesar Davila-Irizarry. Visit EW.com for more information and to watch the opening credits sequence. Read the rest of this entry »
‘John Carter’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: December 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Andrew Stanton, John Carter, Michael Giacchino
Last night, WQXR’s Movies on the Radio show premiered the first couple of tracks of the score for Disney’s upcoming sci-fi adventure John Carter. The music is composed by Michael Giacchino who recently recorded his orchestral score for the film in Los Angeles. During the one-hour show, Giacchino also talked about his other recent projects, including Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Super 8. To listen to the full interview and the world premiere of more than 10 minutes of the John Carter score, check out the audio stream below or visit WQXR’s website.
The segment with the tracks from John Carter starts around the 44:00 minute mark. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Baseline’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Baseline, Michael Csányi-Wills, Nigel Clarke, score, Soundtrack
Cutting Edge Group’s Pale Blue soundtrack label has released a soundtrack album for the British urban crime drama Baseline. The album includes the original score from the movie composed by Nigel Clarke and Michael Csányi-Wills (The Little Vampire, Will). The digital-only release is available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. Baseline is directed by Brendon O’Loughlin and stars Jamie Forman, Zoe Tapper, Gordon Alexander, Freddie Connor, Gary Stretch and Dexter Fletcher. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website and Facebook page. Read the rest of this entry »
Christian Henson to Score ‘Trap for Cinderella’
Posted: December 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Henson, Grabbers, Iain Softley, Trap for Cinderella
Christian Henson is the composer of the upcoming British psychological thriller Trap for Cinderella. The movie is directed by Iain Softley and based on Sebastien Japrisot’s novel of the same name centering on the mystery surrounding two women who are trapped inside a beach house at a French resort that is gutted by a fire of suspicious origin. Tuppence Middleton, Alexandra Roach, Kerry Fox and Frances de la Tour are starring in the film produced by Robert Jones (Dirty Pretty Things) and Dixie Linder (The War Zone). Softley has previously worked with composers Edward Shearmur (K-Pax, The Wings of the Dove) and Javier Navarrete (Inkheart) on his last couple of features. Read the rest of this entry »
