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.
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
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 »
‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, David Fincher, score, Soundtrack, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor
Null Records has announced the details of the soundtrack for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The album features the original score from the movie by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, as well as Reznor’s and Karen O’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 9, 2011 (visit iTunes to pre-order the album) and later in the month as a 3-CD set, which is now available for pre-order on Amazon. To order a limited edition deluxe package of the album, visit Null Corporation’s online store, where you can also download a six-track, 35 minute sampler with no purchase necessary. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo marks Reznor’s and Ross’ second collaboration with David Fincher after last year’s The Social Network, which led to an Academy Award win for the composers. The movie based on the bestselling novel by Stieg Larsson stars Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard and Joely Richardson. Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Duncan to Score ABC’s ‘Missing’
Posted: December 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Castle, Missing, Robert Duncan
Robert Duncan is set to score the upcoming ABC drama Missing. The show stars Ashley Judd as a mother who travels to Europe to track down her son who disappeared while studying abroad. It soon becomes clear that she is a former CIA agent who will stop at nothing to bring her son home alive. Sean Bean, Cliff Curtis, Adriano Giannini, Nick Eversman and Tereza Voriskova are co-starring. The series is created by Gregory Poirier (Rosewood, Gossip) and executive produced by Gina Matthews (What Women Want, 13 Going on 30), Grant Scharbo (The Gates), Steve Shill (The Tudors, Obsessed) and James Parriott. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Darkest Hour’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, The Darkest Hour, Tyler Bates
The details of the soundtrack release for the sci-fi horror film The Darkest Hour have been revealed. The album includes the original score from the movie by composer Tyler Bates, as well the songs I Like That by Richard Vission and Static Revenger feat. Luciana and Mockba (Moscow) by Marselle. The soundtrack is set for a release on December 13, 2011 by Lakeshore Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips from all 19 tracks on the album can be checked out below. The Darkest Hour directed by Chris Gorak and starring Emile Hirsch, Rachael Taylor, Olivia Thirlby and Max Minghella will be released in theaters on December 25. Read the rest of this entry »
2012 Grammy Nominations Announced
Posted: December 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Clint Mansell, Daft Punk, Grammy Awards, Grammy Nominations, Ryan Shore
The nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film music related categories:
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Black Swan (Clint Mansell) – Sony Classical/Fox Music
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow – Part 2 (Alexandre Desplat) – WaterTower Music
- The King’s Speech (Alexandre Desplat) – Decca
- The Shrine (Ryan Shore) – Screamworks
- Tron Legacy (Daft Punk) – Walt Disney Records Read the rest of this entry »
‘Welcome to the Punch’ to Feature Music by Harry Escott
Posted: November 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eran Creevy, Harry Escott, Welcome to the Punch
Eaton Music has announced that composer Harry Escott is set to score the upcoming British crime thriller Welcome to the Punch. The movie is directed by Eran Creevy and stars James McAvoy as a detective who forms an unlikely union with a criminal as they uncover a conspiracy. Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough and Peter Mullan are co-starring in the film. Ridley Scott is executive producing via Scott Free Productions and Rory Aitken & Ben Pugh (Shifty), as well as Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Insidious) are the producers of the project. Escott previously collaborated with Creevy on the director’s 2008 feature debut Shifty, for which the filmmaker was nominated for a BAFTA award. Read the rest of this entry »
Ilan Eshkeri to Score ‘Austenland’
Posted: November 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Austenland, Ilan Eshkeri, Jerusha Hess
Ilan Eshkeri has been hired to score the indie romantic comedy Austenland. The film based on a novel by Shannon Hale marks the directorial debut of Jerusha Hess who is best known for co-writing the screenplay of the 2004 indie hit Napoleon Dynamite with her husband Jared Hess. Austenland stars Keri Russell as a single woman in her 30’s who is obsessed with Mr. Darcy of the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. When she decides to decides to spend her life savings on a trip to a Jane Austen-themed resort in England, the woman’s dream of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman becomes more real than she could have imagined. JJ Feild, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, Rupert Vansittart and James Callis are co-starring. Stephanie Meyer, author of the Twilight books, is among the producers on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
