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.
‘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
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 »
Hans Zimmer’s Oscars Theme Released
Posted: February 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Academy Awards, Celebrate the Music, Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams
Following last night’s Oscar ceremony, the compilation album Celebrate the Music – The 84th Annual Academy Award featuring music from the show has been released. The album includes the theme for this year’s show entitled Celebrate the Oscars composed by Hans Zimmer. Also featured are a number of tracks inspired by or derived from Zimmer’s thematic framework by the members of the all-star band that Zimmer and Pharrell Williams brought together for the show, including A.R. Rahman, Giorgio Moroder, Junkie XL, Sheila E. and Esperanza Spalding. Finally, the album also includes the cover version of What a Wonderful Life performed by Esperanza Spalding and the Southern California Children’s Chorus, which played during the ceremony’s In Memoriam sequence. To listen to audio clips and download the album, visit iTunes. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi to Score Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim’
Posted: February 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Guillermo Del Toro, Pacific Rim, Ramin Djawadi
DelToroFilms.com is reporting that Ramin Djawadi has signed on to score the sci-fi monster movie Pacific Rim. The film is directed by Guillermo del Toro and stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi and Ron Perlman. The movie is set in the future where soldiers piloting giant robots battle against giant monsters who have mysteriously risen five miles beneath the ocean. Travid Beacham (Clash of the Titans) has written the screenplay and Del Toro is producing the film with Thomas Tull & Jon Jashni for Legendary Pictures and Mary Parent (Role Models). Del Toro has beem quoted as saying “After many months we have finally closed the scoring with Ramin Djawadi – whose scores for Game of Thrones, Prison Break and Iron Man are amongst my favorites in the last few years.” The director has previously collaborated with composers Marco Beltrami (Hellboy, Mimic), Danny Elfman (Hellboy II: The Golden Army) and Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth). Read the rest of this entry »
Ludovic Bource Wins Oscar for ‘The Artist’
Posted: February 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Ludovic Bource has won his first Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his music for Michel Hazanavicius’ black-and-white silent film The Artist. The other contenders in the category were John Williams (The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse), Alberto Iglesias (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) and Howard Shore (Hugo). All four nominated composers were in attendance at the awards ceremony.
In the Best Original Song category, Bret McKenzie has received the award for the song Man or Muppet from Walt Disney Pictures’ The Muppets. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Ralston Scoring ‘Crooked Arrows’
Posted: February 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Ralston, Crooked Arrows, Steve Rash
Brian Ralston is currently scoring the upcoming sports drama Crooked Arrows. The movie directed by Steve Rash (Can’t Buy Me Love, The Buddy Holly Story) follows a rag-tag Native American high school lacrosse team that is forced to join the elite New York Prep League, which is comprised of better trained and equipped rivals. The film starring Brandon Routh, Gil Birmingham, Crystal Allen and Chelsea Ricketts is written by Brad Riddell and Todd Baird. J. Todd Harris (Jeepers Creepers) and Mitchell Peck (Priest) are producing the project, which is co-produced by Sports Studio (Miracle). Ralston will be recording his Native American influenced score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony next month. Crooked Arrows will be released in theaters this spring. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Menken Featured on CBS News
Posted: February 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alan Menken, Mirror Mirror
This morning, CBS News featured a lengthy video segment on composer Alan Menken, focusing on the composer’s eight Academy Awards for Disney musicals. The video also shows Menken working on his most recent feature project, Mirror Mirror directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Sean Bean, Armie Hammer and Nathan Lane (visit our previous article for more details) at his home studio near New York. In the segment, Menken also talks his work for the stage. The composer will be having three shows playing simultaneously on Broadway this spring, including Newsies, Sister Act and Leap of Faith. Check out the full 8-minute video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Ilan Eshkeri on ‘Coriolanus’
Posted: February 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Coriolanus, Ilan Eshkeri, Ralph Fiennes
Ilan Eshkeri has recently published a video interview about his music for the drama Coriolanus. In the video, the composer talks about his collaboration with Ralph Fiennes who made his directorial debut on the project and the process of creating the score for the film based on the play by William Shakespeare. Also shown is footage from the recording sessions of the avant-garde score performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra. Check out the full video after the jump. A soundtrack album featuring Eshkeri’s score is scheduled to be released on March 20, 2012 by Varese Sarabande and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full soundtrack details. Coriolanus starring Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Cox is currently playing in select cities. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney to Score ‘Hatfields & McCoys’
Posted: February 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hatfields & McCoys, John Debney, Kevin Reynolds, The Three Stooges
John Debney has announced on his official Facebook fan page that he will be scoring the upcoming period drama mini-series Hatfields & McCoys. The three-parter directed by Kevin Reynolds (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Waterworld) stars Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton as two lose friends and comrades during the Civil War who return to their neighboring homes – Hatfield in West Virginia, McCoy just across the Tug River border in Kentucky – to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments that soon exploded into all-out warfare between the two families. Tom Berenger, Powers Boothe and Mare Winningham are co-starring. Leslie Greif (Walker, Texas Ranger) is producing and Ted Mann (Deadwood) & Ron Parker (Broken Trail) have written the script for the Thinkfactory Media production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red Lights’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Red Lights, Rodrigo Cortéz, score, Soundtrack, Victor Reyes
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack release for the psychological thriller Red Lights. The album includes the original music from the movie composed by Victor Reyes (Buried). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 13, 2012. Audio clips are available after the jump. Red Lights is directed by Rodrigo Cortéz and stars Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Joely Richardson, Toby Jones and Elizabeth Olsen. The movie about a psychologist and her assistant whose study of paranormal activity leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it has been acquired by Millennium Films for US distribution. No domestic release date has been set yet. The soundtrack release coincides with the opening of the film in Spain, where it it scheduled to come out on March 2. Read the rest of this entry »
