Mario Grigorov is the composer of the thriller The Paperboy. The film reunites Grigorov with director Lee Daniels. They have previously collaborated on the 2009 indie hit Previous and 2005’s Shadowboxer. Lee’s third directorial feature stars Matthew McConaughey, Zak Efron, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack and Scott Glenn. The movie is based on the 1995 novel by Pete Dexter and centers around two brothers who team up to investigate a possible miscarriage of justice surrounding a death row inmate convicted of killing the local sheriff. Dexter has also written the film’s screenplay. Daniels is producing the independent movie alongside Hilary Shor (Children of Men). The Paperboy is currently in post-production. No word yet on when the film will be released.
Mario Grigorov Scoring Lee Daniels’ ‘The Paperboy’
Posted: December 31, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lee Daniels, Mario Grigorov, The Paperboy
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 30, 2011)
Posted: December 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Angels Crest, Pariah, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Warbeck, The Iron Lady, Thomas Newman
While no new movies are opening wide this week, a couple of new films are receiving a release in select cities:
The highest profile title among this week’s openings is The Iron Lady directed by Phyllida Lloyd and starring Meryl Streep as former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Thomas Newman has composed the original score for the movie. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a song from the musical The King and I, a track from the opera Norma and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude No. 1 in C Major. For audio clips and the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement.
Also opening in limited release is the drama Pariah written and directed by Dee Rees about a 17-year-old African-American woman in Brooklyn struggling with her sexuality. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the movie’s songs from artists such as as Tamar-kali and Sparlha Swa. To listen to audio clips and learn more about the soundtrack release, visit our previous news article. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sherlock’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: BBC, David Arnold, Michael Price, score, Sherlock, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack release for the BBC series Sherlock. The album includes the original score from series one of the show, which includes the three ninety minute episodes A Study In Pink, The Blind Banker and The Great Game. The music is written by David Arnold and Michael Price who were nominated for a BAFTA for their work on the series. The soundtrack will be released overseas both digitally and on CD on January 30, 2012. No word yet on a domestic release. Audio clips can be checked out on Amazon.co.uk. The soundtrack release coincides with the UK premiere of the second season with three new ninety minutes films. Read the rest of this entry »
James Seymour Brett to Score Stephen Frears’ ‘Lay the Favorite’
Posted: December 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Batman Live, James Brett, James Seymour Brett, Lay the Favorite, Stephen Frears
James Seymour Brett is currently scoring the comedy Lay the Favorite. The film is directed by Stephen Frears and stars Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson, Laura Prepon and Vince Vaughn. Recording sessions for the music are scheduled to take place in early January. The movie follows a young woman as she goes from in-home stripper in Tallahassee to gambler’s assistant in Las Vegas, working for one of the most successful sports gamblers in the business. D.V. DeVincentis (High Fidelity) has written the screenplay based on Beth Raymor’s memoir. DeVincentis is also producing the independent film with Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Randall Emmett & George Furla (16 Blocks) and Paul Trijbits (Jane Eyre). Read the rest of this entry »
Spike Lee’s ‘Red Hook Summer’ to Feature Music by Bruce Hornsby
Posted: December 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruce Hornsby, Red Hook Summer, Spike Lee
Bruce Hornsby is the composer of the upcoming indie drama Red Hook Summer. The film is written and directed by Spike Lee and stars Clarke Peters (The Wire), Jules Brown, Toni Lysaith, Nate Parker, James Ransone and Thomas Jefferson Byrd. The movie centers 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. Lee is co-producing the film with James McBride who has written the script for Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna. The director has previously worked with composer Terence Blanchard on most of the his features in the last two decades, including such films such as Malcolm X and Inside Man. Hornsby is a multiple Grammy Award winner and best known for his song The Way It Is with Bruce Hornsby and the Range (which also included film composer David Mansfield) in the 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
New ‘Frantic’ Soundtrack Edition Announced
Posted: December 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ennio Morricone, Frantic, Roman Polanski, score, Soundtrack
Film Score Monthly has announced a new soundtrack edition for the 1988 thriller Frantic. Ennio Morricone has written the music for the Roman Polanski-directed movie. The album includes a newly remastered presentation of the original soundtrack album released in 1988 by Elektra Records, which has been out of print for years and features a lot of music that does not appear in the film. In addition, the release also includes the premiere release of Morricone’s complete score as it appears in the film. For more information on the soundtrack, check out Film Score Monthly’s website, where you can also listen to audio clips from the album. Frantic starring Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner and Betty Buckley marks Morricone’s only collaboration with Polanski.
Palm Springs Film Festival to Honor Howard Shore
Posted: December 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Frederick Loewe Music Award, Howard Shore, Hugo, Palm Springs Film Festival
Howard Shore will be honored with the Frederick Loewe Music Award at the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. The composer will be receiving the award for his work on Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, for which he already received a Golden Globe, as well as a Broadcast Film Critics Association Movie Award nomination. Shore has previously won the prize in 2005 for his score for Scorsese’s The Aviator. The composer will be be recognized at a gala on January 7, 2012 at the Palm Springs Convention Center along with other honorees George Clooney, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Michelle Williams and directors Stephen Daldry and Michel Hazanavicius.
Watertower Music to Release ‘Rock of Ages’ Soundtrack
Posted: December 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Anders, Adam Shankman, Matt Sullivan, Peer Astrom, Rock of Ages, Soundtrack
Watertower Music has announced that they will release the soundtrack album for the upcoming movie musical Rock of Ages. (UPDATE April 2012: Pre-order the soundtrack on Amazon). The film is an adaptation of the 2006 Broadway musical by Chris D’Arienzo built around classic rock hits from the 1980s and features music by artists including Def Leppard, Foreigner, Journey, Poison, Reo Speedwagon, Joan Jett, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake and Twisted Sister. Adam Anders serves as the film’s music executive producer. Anders who is best known for producing and arranging the songs of the hit TV show Glee is also co-writing the score for Rock of Ages with Peer Astrom (also known as a music producer on Glee). Matt Sullivan (Dreamgirls, Hairspray) is the project’s music supervisor. The movie stars Julianne Hough (Footloose), Diego Boneta (90210), Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin and Tom Cruise. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami to Score ‘World War Z’
Posted: December 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Good Day to Die Hard, Alex Proyas, John Moore, Marc Forster, Marco Beltrami, Paradise Lost, World War Z
Marco Beltrami has signed on to score the post-apocalyptic horror thriller World War Z. The movie is directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball, Quantum of Solace) and stars Brad Pitt as a U.N. employee who scours the world, interviewing survivors of a Zombie apocalypse. Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Bryan Cranston and David Morse are co-starring. The film is based on the bestselling novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War written by Max Brooks, which is set 10 years after a global zombie epidemic. J. Michael Straczynski (The Changeling) and Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom) have written the screenplay and Pitt is producing the big-budget film with Dede Gardner (The Tree of Life) and Jeremy Kleiner. Read the rest of this entry »
Bruno Coulais’ ‘La Clé Des Champs’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Coulais, La cle des champs, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album for the French family movie La clé des champs has recently been released. The album features the original music from the movie written by Academy Award-nominated composer Bruno Coulais (Coralime, The Chorus). The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon and the CD version is set to be released on January 17, 2012 in France (currently only available to pre-order as an import). Check out the audio clips after the jump. La clé des champs is directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou and tells the story of two solitary children who come across a small undisturbed lake which exerts a sudden and intense control over them. The film premiered last week in France. Read the rest of this entry »
