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 »
‘Baseline’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Baseline, Michael Csányi-Wills, Nigel Clarke, score, Soundtrack
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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 »
Patrick Doyle’s ‘Man to Man’ Score Album Announced
Posted: December 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric Neveux, Hideaways, Man to Man, Patrick Doyle, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack album for Régis Wargnier’s 2005 drama Man to Man. The album includes the score from the film written by Academy Award-nominated composer Patrick Doyle (Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes). The music is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The album will be released both digitally and on CD on December 27, 2011. For audio clips and to pre-order the album, visit Screen Archives. Man to Man starring Joseph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas and Hugh Bonneville centers on three anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 16, 2011)
Posted: December 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Game of Shadows, Alexandre Desplat, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Carnage, Chip-Wrecked, Ghost Protocol, Hans Zimmer, Mark Mothersbaugh, Michael Giacchino, Mission Impossible, Sherlock Holmes
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action adventure sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams,Stephen Fry, Jared Harris and Noomi Rapace. The film’s music is written by Hans Zimmer and produced by Zimmer & Lorne Balfe. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. For the full details, including audio clips, visit our previous article. For a behind-the-scenes video from the recording of the score, click here and also check out two junket video interviews with Zimmer on Trailer Addict. For more recent interviews with the composer talking about his music for the sequel, visit Collider, MTV, ARTISTdirect and The Playlist.
Also opening wide this week is the family movie sequel Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked directed by Mike Mitchell and starring Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Anna Faris and Christina Applegate. A soundtrack album featuring the movie’s songs performed by The Chipmunks & The Chipettes has been released on Atlantic Records. For more information and audio clips, check out our soundtrack announcement. The film’s score is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh and no score album has been released. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’
Posted: December 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson
Alexandre Desplat has recently recorded his music for the upcoming indie drama Moonrise Kingdom. The film marks the composer’s second collaboration with director Wes Anderson after 2009’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox, for which Desplat earned an Academy Award nomination. The movie stars Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Francis McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. The film is co-written by Anderson and Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited) and is set in a small New England town that is turned upside down when a young boy and girl who fall in love run away together. Anderson is producing the project alongside Scott Rudin (The Social Network, No Country for Old Men), Steven Rales (Young Adult) and Jeremy Dawson (Fantastic Mr. Fox). Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi’s ‘Safe House’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ramin Djawadi, Safe House, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming action thriller Safe House. The album includes the original score by composer Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Game of Thrones). The music has just been recorded this week at Air Studios in London. The soundtrack will be released on February 7, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full details of the release will be posted on this site early next year. Safe House is directed by Daniel Espinosa and stars Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Liam Cunningham, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Patrick and Sam Shepard. Universal Pictures is planning a release of the film on February 10. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Beneath the Darkness’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Beneath the Darkness, Soundtrack
Concord Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Beneath the Darkness. The album features songs from and inspired by the film by artists including Dennis Quaid and the Sharks, Bret Michaels, Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Gabe Dixon, Ellis Hall, Edgar Winter, The Aerolites, Moreland & Arbuckle, Jamie James and the Kingbees. The soundtrack will be released on January 10, 2012 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips from all tracks on the album are available below. None of the film’s score composed by Geoff Zanelli is included on the release. Beneath the Darkness is directed by Martin Guigui and stars Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller, Aimee Teegarden, Stephen Lunsford, Devon Werkheiser and Brett Cullen. Read the rest of this entry »
Golden Globe Nominations Announced
Posted: December 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Golden Globes, Nominations
The nominations for the 69th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories and nominations:
Best Original Score:
The Artist – Ludovic Bource
W.E. – Abel Korzeniowski
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Hugo – Howard Shore
War Horse – John Williams
Marc Streitenfeld to Reunite with Ridley Scott on ‘Prometheus’
Posted: December 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alien, Marc Streitenfeld, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, The Grey
Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that Marc Streitenfeld will be scoring Ridley Scott’s upcoming sci-fi epic Prometheus. The composer’s involvement has been expected given his relationship with the director. Streitenfeld has scored Scott’s previous four movies American Gangster, A Good Year, Body of Lies and last year’s Robin Hood. Prometheus stars Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Ben Foster. Very little information has been revealed about the film’s plot so far, but it has been reported that the story will involve a team of scientists whose spaceship gets marooned on a distant planet and that the storyline will be connected to Scott’s 1979 classic Alien. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Joyful Noise’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joyful Noise, Mervyn Warren, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the gospel-choir comedy Joyful Noise. The album includes a score suite by composer Mervyn Warren who is also involved in arranging and producing the film’s songs performed by Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Kirk Franklin, Jeremy Jordan, Angela Grovey, Ivan Kelley, Jr. and Karen Peck. The soundtrack will be released on January 10, 2012 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. Joyful Noise is written and directed by Todd Graff and stars Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Kris Kristofferson, Courtney B. Vance and Jesse L. Martin. Read the rest of this entry »
