Patrick Cassidy is currently recording his score for the Calvary. The film is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh and stars Brendan Gleeson, Kelly Reilly, David Wilmo, Chris O’Dowd, Domhnall Gleeson and Aidan Gillen. The movie follows a priest who is being tormented by his community and is told in the confessional that somebody is going to kill him within a week. The Reprisal Films production is produced by Chris Clark (Johnny English Reborn), Flora Fernandez-Marengo (The Guard) and Elizabeth Eves. The film marks McDonagh’s second directorial effort following 2011’s Brendan Gleeson-starring The Guard, which featured a score by Calexico. Cassidy is best known for composing the piece Vide Cor Meum for Ridley Scott’s Hannibal, which was also used in the director’s Kingdom of Heaven. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Cassidy Scoring John Michael McDonagh’s ‘Calvary’
Posted: February 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Calvary, John Michael McDonagh, Patrick Cassidy
‘Upstream Color’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Shane Carruth, Soundtrack, Upstream Color
ERPB has released a soundtrack album for the romantic thriller Upstream Color. The album features the film’s original music composed by Shane Carruth who has also written, produced and directed the movie. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Listen to the full score after the jump. Upstream Color is Carruth’s second film following the 2004 cult hit Primer and stars himself, Amy Seimetz, Andrew Sensenig and Thiago Martin. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is set for a theatrical release in select cities on April 5, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mindless Behavior: All Around the World’ to Feature Music by Ryan Shore
Posted: February 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mindless Behavior: All Around the World, Ryan Shore
Ryan Shore has composed the score for the concert documentary Mindless Behavior: All Around the World. The film is directed by Steven Goldfried and centers on the hit teen R&B/hip-hop boy band Mindless Behavior. The movie follows the band’s members Roc Royal, Ray Ray, Princeton and Prodigy as they travel across the US on their first major headlining tour. Brian Robbins (Varsity Blues, Smallville), Joe Davola and Walter M. Millsap III are producing the project. The Grammy-nominated composer, whose previous credits include such films as Prime, Harvard Man, Numb and the recent video game Spy Hunter, has written a multi-styled score ranging from hip hop, R&B and pop music, to orchestra, guitar and solo piano based emotional scoring for Mindless Behavior: All Around the World. The documentary will be released in AMC Theaters nationwide on March 15, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Riddle’ and ‘Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Diego Navarro, Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead, Riddle, score, Scott Glasgow, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced two new limited edition soundtrack releases. First up is a soundtrack album for the thriller Riddle. The album features the film’s score composed and conducted by Scott Glasgow (Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, Taking Chances). To listen to audio clips and to order the CD, visit the label’s official website. Riddle directed by John O. Hartman & Nicholas Mross and starring Elisabeth Harnois, Val Kilmer, Diora Baird and William Sadler follows a college student who is drawn to the mysterious small town of Riddle, Pennsylvania in search of her missing brother and begins to unravel a mystery connected to an abandoned psychiatric hospital on the edge of town. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos to Score Showtime’s ‘Ray Donovan’
Posted: February 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Allen Coulter, Marcelo Zarvos, Ray Donovan, Showtime
Marcelo Zarvos is currently scoring the upcoming Showtime original series Ray Donovan. The drama is created by Ann Biderman (Southland, Primal Fear) and stars Liev Schreiber in the title role as a go-to guy who makes the problems of LA’s celebrities, superstar athletes, and business moguls disappear and experiences his own problems when his father, played by Jon Voight, is unexpectedly released from prison. Paula Malcomson, Eddie Marsan, Katherine Moennig, Dash Mihok, Kerris Dorsey, Pooch Hall, Steven Bauer and Devon Bagby are co-starring. Biderman is executive producing the show with Mark Gordon (Source Code, Grey’s Anatomy) and Bryan Zuriff (The Details). Allen Coulter has directed the pilot episode. Zarvos has previously scored the 2006 drama Hollywoodland starring Ben Affleck and 2010’s Remember Me starring Robert Pattinson for the director. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Möbius’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonathan Morali, Mobius, score, Soundtrack
L’R Du Trésor and Because Music have released a soundtrack album for the romantic thriller Möbius. The album features the film’s score composed by Jonathan Morali who is best known as the frontman of the French band Syd Matters and made his film scoring debut on the project. Also included are two electronic tracks by Olga Kouklaki and Bot’Ox. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Möbius is written and directed by Eric Rochant and stars Jean Dujardin, Cecile de France, Tim Roth and John Lynch. The movie follows an experienced spy who is tracking a powerful oligarch suspected of laundering money through his bank. The thriller will be released in France later this week. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 24, 2013)
Posted: February 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, Dirk Brosse, Golden Boy, Parade's End
Premiering on Tuesday night in the US is the mini-series Parade’s End based on the tetralogy of novels by Ford Madox Ford starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Rupert Everett, Miranda Richardson, Anne-Marie Duff, Roger Allam, Janet McTeer, Stephen Graham and Jack Huston. Dirk Brossé has composed the score for the drama. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score has been released on Varese Sarabande Records. For audio clips and the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement. The five-part series is set to premiere on February 26 on HBO. To learn more about the project, visit HBO’s official series website. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna Wins Oscar for ‘Life of Pi’
Posted: February 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adele, Joel McNeely, Life of Pi, Mychael Danna, Paul Epworth, Skyfall, William Ross
Mychael Danna has won his first Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his music for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. The composer was also nominated for the first time. The other contenders in the category were John Williams (Lincoln), Alexandre Desplat (Argo), Dario Marianelli (Anna Karenina) and Thomas Newman (Skyfall). All five nominated composers were in attendance at the awards ceremony.
In the Best Original Song category, Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth received the award for the title song of the James Bond film Skyfall. Read the rest of this entry »
’21 & Over’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 21 & Over, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group has released soundtrack album for the comedy 21 & Over. The album features songs featured in the film by artists including Langhorne Slim & The Law, Dropkick Myrphys, 4th Pyramid, Spaceman, T. Mills, The Blue Van, Big Freedia, Benny Benassi, Ben Gidsjoy, Iman Shumpert, The Naked and Famous and The Gaslight Anthem. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. 21 & Over is directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (writers of The Hangover, The Change-Up) and stars Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Skylar Astin and Sarah Wright. The movie follows two childhood friends who drag their friend out to celebrate his 21st birthday the night before an all-important medical school interview. The comedy will be released nationwide on March 1, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
SCL Hosts Annual Oscar Nominees Reception
Posted: February 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alain Boublil, Alexandre Desplat, Bombay Jayashri, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Dario Marianelli, Herbert Kretzmer, J. Ralph, John Williams, Mychael Danna, Paul Epworth, SCL, Thomas Newman, Walter Murphy
This afternoon, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Academy Award-nominated composers and songwriters in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song category at the home of composer John Cacavas in Beverly Hills. All five nominated composers in the score category attended the event: John Williams (Lincoln), Dario Marianelli (Anna Karenina), Alexandre Desplat (Argo), Mychael Danna (Life of Pi) and Thomas Newman (Skyfall). Among the attendants in the Best Original Song category were J. Ralph (nominated for the song Before My Time from Chasing Ice), Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer & Alain Boublil (nominated for the original song Suddenly from Les Miserables), Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri (who received a nomination for Pi’s Lullaby from Life of Pi), Walter Murphy (nominated for the song Everybody Needs a Best Friend from Ted with Seth MacFarlane) and Paul Epworth (nominated for the title song of Skyfall with Adele). Read the rest of this entry »
