Lionsgate Records will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the action film The Expendables 2. The album features the film’s original score composed by Brian Tyler (Fast Five, Eagle Eye) who previously scored the first installment in the series. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 14, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Overseas, the soundtrack is also set to be released physically on Silva Screen Records (click here for the alternate cover art). The Expendables 2 is directed by Simon West (Con Air) and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Expendables 2’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 9, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Tyler, score, Soundtrack, The Expendables 2
Varese Sarabande to Release James Horner’s ‘For Greater Glory’ Soundtrack
Posted: August 9, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cristiada, For Greater Glory, James Horner
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the historical epic drama For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by James Horner. The composer’s music was recorded with a 100-piece orchestra and choir at Abbey Road Studios in London. The soundtrack will be released on September 18, 2012. Check back on this site for the full album details. For Greater Glory is directed by Dean Wright and stars Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Bruce Greenwood, Nestor Carbonell and Peter O’Toole. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Scoring ‘A Few Hours of Spring’
Posted: August 9, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Few Hours of Spring, Nick Cave, Quelques heures de printemps, Warren Ellis
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have composed the score for the French drama A Few Hours of Spring (Quelques heures de printemps). The film is directed by Stephane Brize and stars Vincent Lindon, Helene Vincent, Emmanuelle Seigner, Olivier Perrier and Sylvie Jobert. The movie follows a fortysomething man who has to go back and live with his mother, a situation that renews all the fury of their earlier relationship. Brize has also written the screenplay with Florence Vignon. Milena Poylo and Gilles Sacuto (Incendies) are producing the TS Production project. A Few Hours of Spring has just premiered at the Locarno Film Festival a couple of days ago and will also be shown at the Toronto Film Festival next month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Franklin & Bash’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 8, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Franklin & Bash, Soundtrack, TNT
Madison Gate Records has announced a soundtrack EP for the TNT series Franklin & Bash. The release features six original songs from the show performed by Pete, including the opening title song Mixture. The six-track EP is set to be released on August 14, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. Franklin & Bash created by Kevin Falls and Bill Chais stars Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar as two lawyers and lifelong friends who are recruited by a large firm’s major partner after winning a high-profile case. Malcolm McDowell , Dana Davis, Kumail Nanjiani and Reed Diamond are also starring. The comedy drama series premiered last summer and the final episodes of the second season currently air every Tuesday night on TNT. Read the rest of this entry »
Sean Callery to Score ‘Elementary’
Posted: August 8, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Elementary, Sean Callery, Small Time
Sean Callery has been tapped to score the upcoming CBS drama Elementary. The show is a modern day take on Sherlock Holmes set in New York and follows the iconic detective who has been assigned to live with his worst nightmare-sober coach, Dr. Joan Watson. Jonny Lee Miller stars as Holmes and Lucy Liu and Aidan Quinn are co-starring. Rob Doherty created the series is based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and is also executive producing with Sarah Timberman & Carl Beverly (Justified, Kidnapped) and Michael Cuesta (Homeland). Elementary is set to premiere on September 27, 2012 and will be airing every Thursday night on CBS. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hit & Run’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 7, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hit & Run, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the romantic action comedy Hit & Run. The album includes the music from the film by artists including Bob Mervak, Ishmael Jingo, Lou Rawls, Kool and the Gang, John Martyn, Dazz Band and The Highlighters. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 21, 2012 and physically on September 25. The CD is now available for pre-order on Amazon and audio clips can be checked out below. Hit & Run is directed by Dax Shepard and David Palmer and stars Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Beau Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth, David Koechner, Michael Rosenbaum, Joy Bryant and Ryan Hansen. The comedy will be released nationwide on August 22, 2012 by Open Road Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Leonard-Morgan to Score ‘The Numbers Station’
Posted: August 7, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dredd, Paul Leonard Morgan, The Numbers Station
Paul Leonard-Morgan has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller The Numbers Station. The film is directed by Kaspar Barfoed and stars John Cusack as a disgraced black-ops agent who is tasked with a job of protecting a code operator for an isolated covert CIA broadcast station. Malin Akerman, Lucy Griffiths and Liam Cunningham are co-starring in the movie written by F. Scott Frasier. Sean and Bryan Furst (Daybreakers, The Cooler) are producing the project for Furst Films and Nigel Thomas is producing for Matador Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012)
Posted: August 7, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Hamlisch has passed away at age 68. The composer died Monday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. During his career, he received twelve Academy Award nominations and was honored with the award three times for the title song and score for Sidney Pollack’s The Way We Were starring Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford and the original score for the Paul Newman- and Redford-starring The Sting in 1973. He also received multiple Golden Globes, Emmy Awards and Grammy Awards over almost four decades. Among the composer’s other film music projects are the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, for which wrote the score and the song Nobody Does It Better, the sports drama Ice Castle, 1982’s Sophie’s Choice starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, 1980’s Oscar-winning drama Ordinary People directed by Robert Redford and Woody Allen’s Take the Money and Run and Bananas. Read the rest of this entry »
Complete ‘North by Northwest’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Herrmann, North by Northwest, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1959 thriller North by Northwest starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and Martin Landau. The album features the original recording of the complete score in stereo from new masters. The music is composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann. To check out the full album details, listen to audio clips and to order the album, visit Intrada’s website. North by Northwest received three Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Editing and Writing.
Andrew Hewitt Scoring Richard Ayoade’s ‘The Double’
Posted: August 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Hewitt, Richard Ayoade, The Brass Teapot, The Double
Andrew Hewitt is scoring the upcoming indie comedy The Double. The film is directed by Richard Ayoade and stars Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska. The movie is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novella of the same name about an insignificant man who is driven to near breakdown by the appearance of his doppelganger. The comedy is co-written by Ayoade and Avi Korine (Mister Lonely) and produced by Amina Dasmal (Siren) and Robin Fox (The Caller) of Alcove Entertainment. Hewitt has previously scored Ayoade’s directorial debut feature Submarine. Read the rest of this entry »
