Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 28, 2011)

Posted: October 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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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 Albums
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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 Assignments
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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 Albums
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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 »

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Happy Feet Two’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: October 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Watertower Music will be releasing the soundtrack for the animated feature Happy Feet Two. The album features the original score by composer John Powell who is also involved in the film’s songs performed by the movie’s voice cast including Pink, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria and Benjamin Flores. In addition, a new version of the hit song Tightrope by R&B artist Janelle Monáe is also included on the soundtrack. The album will be released on November 21, 2011 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be checked out after the jump. Happy Feet Two is directed by George Miller and features the voice talent of Elijah Wood, Elizabeth Daily, Sofía Vergara, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Hugo Weaving and Anthony LaPaglia in addition to the actors listed before. Read the rest of this entry »

Ed Shearmur to Score ‘Have a Little Faith’

Posted: October 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Edward Shearmur is scoring the upcoming TV drama Have a Little Faith. The movie directed by Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes, Up Close & Personal) is based on the best-selling book by Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven) and stars Laurence Fishburne as a Detroit teacher who overcame a life mired in drugs and crime. Bradley Whitford portrays Mitch Albom who met the reverend-in-recovery when he wrote newspaper columns about homeless people and homeless shelters. Anika Noni Rose and Martin Landau are co-starring in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production. Shearmur has previously worked with Avnet a number of times, including on the director’s most recent theatrical features 88 Minutes and Righteous Kill. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Anonymous’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: October 25, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Madison Gate Records has released the official soundtrack album for Roland Emmerich’s period thriller Anonymous. The album features the original score by composers Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander. The album is available as an on demand CD-R on Amazon, as well as digitally on iTunes. Anonymous stars Rhys Ifans, Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Jamie Campbell Bower and David Thewlis and revolves around the widespread theory that William Shakespeare was not the real author of his plays. The movie will be released in theaters this Friday, October 28. Read the rest of this entry »

Gabriel Yared and Cyrille Aufort to Score ‘A Royal Affair’

Posted: October 25, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Gabriel Yared and Cyrille Aufort are co-scoring the historical drama A Royal Affair. The film directed by Nicolaj Arcel (King’s Game, screenwriter of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) centers on the affair between Chr. VII’s German physician, Johan Struensee, and the English born queen of Denmark, Caroline Mathilda in the early 1770’s. The movie stars Mads Mikkelsen as Johan Struensee and Alicia Vikander as Caroline Mathilda. Trine Dyrholm and David Dencik are co-starring and Graum Jørgensen (In a Better World, Meta Louise Foldager (Melancholia and Peter Aalbæk Jensen are producing the Zentropa Entertainment production. The movie is set for a release on March 15, 2012 in several European countries. Read the rest of this entry »

Max Richter’s ‘Perfect Sense’ Score Released

Posted: October 25, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Metropolis Movie Music has released a soundtrack album for the romantic thriller Perfect Sense. The album features the original score from the movoe composed by Max Richter. At the moment, the album is available ezclusively on the British iTunes. No word yet on a domestic release. Perfect Sense is directed by David Mackenzie (Yong Adam) and stars Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Connie Nielsen and Ewen Bremner. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and has been picked up by IFC Films for domestic distribution. Read the rest of this entry »

Nicholas Hooper to Score ‘Chimpanzee’

Posted: October 24, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Nicholas Hooper is currently scoring the Disneynature documentary Chimpanzee. The movie is directed by Alastair Fothergrill (The Blue Planet, Deep Blue) and Mark Linfield (Earth) and centers on a family of chimps living in the Ivory Coast and Ugandan rain forests. Hooper who is best known for his scores for Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince previously worked with Fothergrill on Disneynature’s African Cats, which was released earlier this year. Chimpanzee is set to debut in theaters on April 20, 2012. Check out the trailer below and visit the official movie website for updates on the film. Read the rest of this entry »

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