John Swihart has been tapped to score the upcoming indie comedy For a Good Time, Call….. The film is directed by Jamie Travis who makes his feature directing debut on the film. The movie stars Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller as two women who move in together after a loss of a relationship and a loss of a rent controlled home and start a phone sex line. Justin Long, Mark Webber and James Wolk are co-starring and it has been reported that Seth Rogen will make a cameo appearance in the film. Lauren Miller has also co-written the screenplay for the project with Katie Anne Naylon and both are also serving as producers alongside Josh Kesselman (Death at a Funeral) and Jennifer Weinbaum. Read the rest of this entry »
John Swihart Scoring ‘For a Good Time, Call…’
Posted: December 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: For a Good Time Call..., Jamie Travis, John Swihart
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James Newton Howard to Score ‘The Hunger Games’
Posted: December 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard, The Hunger Games
James Newton Howard has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming film adaptation of The Hunger Games. He has stepped in for Danny Elfman who was originally announced to score the film and had to leave the project due to a scheduling conflict. The Hunger Games based on the bestselling novel by Suzanne Collins is directed by Gary Ross and stars Jennifer Lawrence as a young woman selected to represent her district in a televised fight to the death. Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson are co-starring in the film. The project marks Newton Howard’s third scoring assignment for the coming year following Snow White and the Huntsman and The Bourne Ultimatum. According to a recent interview with Elfman on KCRW, he is currently finishing up scoring Men in Black III and will move straight into working on Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and Dark Shadows afterwards, which likely led to the scheduling conflict. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’ to Feature Music by Jonny Greenwood
Posted: December 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonny Greenwood, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master, We Need to Talk About Kevin
According to a recent posting on Twitter by Oliver Weindling, founder of the British label Babel (via The Playlist and Cigarettes & Red Vines), Jonny Greenwood has recently recorded music for Paul Thomas Anderson’s highly anticipated religious drama The Master. The Radiohead guitarist has previously scored Anderson’s last movie, the 2007 drama There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day-Lewis. The Master stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a charismatic intellectual who hatches a faith-based organization that begins to catch on in America in 1952. Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Josh Close and Fiona Dourif are co-starring. Anderson is also producing the film with JoAnne Sellar & John Lesher (Magnolia, There Will Be Blood), Bill Pohlad (Into the Wild) and Megan Ellison (Wettest County). Read the rest of this entry »
Annie Award Nominations Announced
Posted: December 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Annie Nominations
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for the 39th Annual Annie Awards. Here are the music-related nominees:
Music in a Feature Production
- Henry Jackman – Puss In Boots – DreamWorks Animation
- John Williams – Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall
- Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, John Powell – Rio – Blue Sky Studios
- Zooey Deschannel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez – Winnie The Pooh – Walt Disney Animation Studios Read the rest of this entry »
Fall 2011 Television Music Roundup (Part 4): NBC
Posted: December 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Schwartz, Ed Alton, Free Agents, Grimm, Kurt Farquhar, Martyn LeNoble, NBC, Prime Suspect, Richard Marvin, The Playboy Club, Transcenders, Up All Night, Vincent Jones, Wendy & Lisa, Whitney
In our fourth part of our fall television music series, we are taking a look at the new and returning shows on NBC:
Among the new shows on the network that premiered this fall is the fantasy crime drama Grimm created by David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf and starring Russell Hornsby, David Giuntoli, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz and Reggie Lee. The show’s score is written by Richard Marvin (U-571, Surrogates, Six Feet Under). The drama centers on a homicide detective who learns that he is a descendent of a group known as “Grimms” who fight to keep humanity safe from the supernatural creatures of the world. Grimm currently airs every Friday night on NBC and is expected to receive a full season order in the near future. Read the rest of this entry »
Fall 2011 Television Music Roundup (Part 3): CBS
Posted: December 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 2 Broke Girls, A Gifted Man, CBS, Jacob Groth, Person of Interest, Ramin Djawadi, Unforgettable, W.G. Snuffy Walden
In our third part of our roundup of this fall’s television music, we are taking a look at the new and returning shows on CBS:
Among the network’s new shows is the drama Person of Interest created by Jonathan Nolan (brother of Christopher Nolan) and starring Michael Emerson, Jim Caviezel, Taraji B. Henson and Kevin Chapman. The score for the show is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Game of Thrones). The show produced by J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Greg Plageman and David Semel centers on a presumed dead former-CIA agent who teams up with a mysterious billionaire to prevent violent crimes by using their own brand of vigilante justice. Person of Interest has already received a full season order and the show airs every Thursday night on CBS. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludovic Bource Wins European Film Award for ‘The Artist’
Posted: December 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: European Film Awards, Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Ludovic Bource has won the European Film Award for his score for Michel Hazanavicius‘ black-and-white romance The Artist in the European Composer cateogory at tonight’s EFA Night 2011. The composer accepted his first European Film Award in person at the EFA ceremony in Berlin. The other composers nominated in the music category were Alexandre Desplat for The King’s Speech, Alberto Iglesias for The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) and Mihály Vig for The Turin Horse (A Torinoi Lo). Bource is also considered to be one of the frontrunners for this season’s Academy Awards. Bource’s soundtrack for The Artist has been released by Sony Classical. For the full details of the album including audio clips, check out our soundtrack announcement. For the full list of EFA winners, visit the official European Film Awards website.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 2, 2011)
Posted: December 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Warrior's Heart, Alec Puro, Answers to Nothing, Ben Frost, Coriolanus, Craig Richey, Eric Serra, Harry Escott, Ilan Eshkeri, score, Shame, Sleeping Beauty, Soundtrack, The Lady
While there are no movies opening wide this weekend, a number of films are receiving a limited release:
The most talked about movie opening this week is the drama Shame directed by Steve McQueen and starring Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie and Hannah Ware. The film’s score is composed by Harry Escott. A soundtrack album featuring three tracks from the score, as well as several songs from the film performed by artists including Blondie, Howlin’ Wolf and actress Carey Mulligan will be released on December 6 by Sony Music. Visit our soundtrack announcement for the full album details, including audio clips.
Receiving an Oscar qualifying run this weekend before opening wider next year is the drama The Lady directed by Luc Besson and starring Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis. The film’s music is written by the director’s regular musical collaborator Eric Serra. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the song Soldier of Love by Sade has been released overseas by Strategic Marketing Group. No domestic release has been announced yet, but to find out how import the album and learn more about the album, visit our previous article. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Answers to Nothing’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Answers to Nothing, Craig Richey, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the indie drama Answers to Nothing. The album features the original score by composer Craig Richey (Friends with Money, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Dollars), as well as several songs from the movie by artists including Nico Vega, Brian Vander Ark and Imagine Dragons. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 20, 2011 and on CD on January 31, 2012. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. Check back for audio clips on this page in a few weeks. Answers to Nothing is directed by Matthew Leutwyler and stars Dane Cook, Elizabeth Mitchell, Julie Benz, Barbara Hershey, Kali Hawk and Zach Gilford. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrea Guerra Scoring ‘Playing the Field’
Posted: December 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrea Guerra, Gabriele Muccino, Playing the Field, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Andrea Guerra is scoring the upcoming romantic comedy Playing the Field. The movie is directed by Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds) and stars Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The film revolves around the homecoming of a retired soccer star whose glory days are behind him. He moves back to Virginia to reconnect with his ex-wife and neglected son and starts to coach the boys’ soccer team. Butler is also producing the NuImage/Millennium Films production with Alan Siegel (Law Abiding Citizen), Kevin Misher (Public Enemies, The Interpreter), Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, U-571), Heidi Jo Markel (Trust) and John Thompson (The Expendables, Rambo). Read the rest of this entry »
