Alexandre Azaria has been tapped to score the upcoming sci-fi adventure Lockout. The movie is directed by James Mather & Stephen St. Leger and stars Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare and Tom Hollander. The film centers on a falsely convicted ex-government agent whose only chance of freedom is to accept a mission to rescue the president’s daughter from rioting prisoners at an outer space maximum security prison. Luc Besson co-wrote the script with the directors and also serves as an executive producer on the EuropaCorp production. Azaria has previously scored the production company’s two The Transporter sequels, which were also produced by Besson. FilmDistrict has picked up domestic rights for Lockout and is planning a theatrical release on April 13, 2012.
Alexandre Azaria to Score ‘Lockout’
Posted: November 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Azaria, Lockout, Luc Besson
‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas’ Score Album Details
Posted: November 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, score, Soundtrack, William Ross
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the score album for the comedy A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas. The soundtrack includes the original score from the movie composed by William Ross. The album will be released on November 15, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously announced, Watertower Music has released a separate soundtrack with the songs from the film, two of which feature Ross’ arrangements. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmasis directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson and stars Kal Penn, John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, Patton Oswalt and Tom Lennon. Read the rest of this entry »
Dario Marianelli to Reunite with Joe Wright on ‘Anna Karenina’
Posted: October 31, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli, Joe Wright
Dario Marianelli is set to reunite with Joe Wright on the director’s upcoming movie adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina. The movie stars Keira Knightley in the title role, Jude Law as her husband Aleksei Karenin and Aaron Johnson as Count Vronsky. Kelly Macdonald, Emily Watson, Matthew Macfayden, Olivia Williams, Domhnall Gleeson, Alice Vikander and Ruth Wilson are co-starring in the film. Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Empire of the Sun) adapted Tolstoy’s novel for the screen and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Love Actually, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Richard Webster (Atonement, Eastern Promises) are producing the Working Title Films production. Marianelli and Wright have previously collaborated on Pride and Prejudice, The Soloist and Atonement, the latter of which earned the composer his first Academy Award. The director’s most recent film Hanna featured a score by The Chemical Brothers. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph LoDuca to Score ‘Freaky Deaky’
Posted: October 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freaky Deaky, Joseph LoDuca
Joseph LoDuca is scoring the upcoming action comedy Freaky Deaky. The film directed by Charles Matthau is based on the novel by Elmore Leonard (Jackie Brown, Out of Sight). The movie starring Billy Burke, Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, Breanne Racano and Roger Bart centers on a LAPD bomb squad officer who stumbles upon a plot by two former hippie activists who plan to use their bomb-making skills to trick an alcoholic movie mogul into handing over millions of dollars. An adaptation of the Leonard’s crime novel has been in development for years with Quentin Tarantino and John Malkovich being attached to the project at one point. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fastest’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fastest, score, Soundtrack, tomandandy
Milan Records has announced a soundtrack release for the documentary Fastest. The album features the score composed by tomandandy (Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Strangers). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 1, 2011 and a CD version is scheduled for a December 6 release and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be checked out after the jump. Fastest is directed by Mark Neale who previously helmed the 2003 documentary Faster. The movie about the intense and thrilling reality of the MotoGP World Championship, documenting a pivotal moment in the sport was shot around the world in 2010 and 2011 and is narrated by Ewan McGregor. Read the rest of this entry »
Elia Cmiral to Score ‘Piranha 3DD’
Posted: October 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elia Cmiral, Piranha 3DD
Elia Cmiral has been hired to score the horror sequel Piranha 3DD. The movie is directed by John Gulager who is best known for helming the Feast trilogy. Ving Rhames, Christopher Llyod and Paul Scheer are reprising their roles from last year’s original film. They are joined by new cast members Danielle Panabaker, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, David Koechner, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, Megan Tandy and David Hasselhoff. The film is reportedly set in a newly opened waterpark. Marcus Dunston and Patrick Melton (Saw IV, V, VI and The Final Chapter) wrote the project’s screenplay and Mark Canton (300, Immortals), Joel Soisson (Dracula 2000) and Marc Toberoff (My Favorite Martian) are producing. Michael Wandmacher was the composer of last year’s first part of the rebooted horror series. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 28, 2011)
Posted: October 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anonymous, Christopher Young, Craig Armstrong, Dustin O'Halloran, Harald Kloser, Henry Jackman, In Time, John Debney, Like Crazy, Puss in Boots, score, Soundtrack, The Double, The Rum Diary, Thomas Wander
Three movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters this week is Dreamworks Animation’s Puss in Boots directed by Chris Miller and featuring the voice talent of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis and Billy Bob Thornton. The film’s music is composed by Henry Jackman. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring Jackman’s music, as well as two tracks by Rodrigo y Gabriela this past Tuesday. For audio clips and the full album details, visit out our soundtrack announcement. Also check out a video interview with the composer talking about his work on the animated movie on Traileraddict.
Also opening wide is the sci-fi thriller In Time directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Cillian Murphy and Alex Pettyfer. The film’s score is composed by Craig Armstrong. A soundtrack album featuring Armstrong’s music has been released digitally earlier this week by Lakeshore Records. A CD release is planned for November 29, 2011. For audio clips and more information about the soundtrack, visit our previous article. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: October 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Harold & Kumar, score, Soundtrack, William Ross
Watertower Music has announced the details for the soundtrack album of the comedy A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas. The album features songs from the movie performed by RZA & Da’vone Mc Donald, Bing Crosby, Augie Rios, Johnny Mathis, CJ Webbe and Neil Patrick Harris who also stars in the film . Also included on the release is one track by Paul Oakenfold and the film’s composer William Ross. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 1, 2011 on Amazon and iTunes. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. A separate soundtrack featuring the score from the film by William Ross will be released on November 15, 2011 by Varese Sarabande and is available to pre-order here. Check back for the full album details to be published soon. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathaniel Mechaly to Score ‘The Transporter’ TV series
Posted: October 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cinemax, HBO, Luc Besson, Nathaniel Mechaly, The Transporter
Nathaniel Mechaly has signed on to score the upcoming TV adaptation of Luc Besson’s action franchise The Transporter. The show centers on professional transporter Frank Martin, who opertates in a seedy underworld of dangerous criminals and desperate players. Chris Vance (Prison Break stars in the title role that was played by Jason Statham in the film series. Andrea Osvart, Francois Berleand (Tell No One), who will reprise his role as Inspector Tarconi from the Transporter features, Delphine Chaneac (Splice) and Rachel Skarsten (Birds of Prey) are co-starring. Stephen Williams (Lost) directed the pilot and Luc Besson is among the executive producers on the show. The Transporter is a co-production of HBO, HBO Canada, France’s M6 and Germany’s RTL Television. Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell’s ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -Part 1’ Score Coming in December
Posted: October 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breaking Dawn, Carter Burwell, score, Soundtrack, The Twilight Saga
Atlantic Records will be releasing a score album for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -Part 1. The music is composed by Carter Burwell who previously scored the first installment in the series directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The soundtrack will be released on December 13, 2011 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Check back for the cover art and track list to be revealed on this page within the next couple of weeks. As previously reported, a soundtrack with songs from the movie and one track of Burwell’s score is coming out on November 8. The album will be live-streamed this Saturday on the official Facebook movie page. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 directed by Bill Condon and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Anna Kendrick and Ashley Greene will be released in theaters on November 18. Read the rest of this entry »
