Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller In Time. The album includes the original score by composer Craig Armstrong. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 25, 2011. A physical release has been set for November 29 and the CD is available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the release after the jump. In Time is directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, Lord of War) and stars Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Cillian Murphy and Alex Pettyfer. The movie will be released in theaters on October 28 by 20h Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
‘In Time’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Niccol, Craig Armstrong, In Time, score, Soundtrack
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 7, 2011)
Posted: October 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Danny Elfman, Dirty Girl, Jeff Toyne, Real Steel, score, Soundtrack, The Ides of March, The Way, Tyler Bates
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Expecting to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action film Real Steel directed by Shawn Levy and starring Hugh Jackman, Kevin Durand, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie and Hope Davis. The movie’s score is composed by Danny Elfman. A soundtrack album featuring his score will be released on November 1 by Varese Sarabande (click here for the details). A separate soundtrack featuring songs from the movie by artists including Bad Meets Evil, Beastie Boys and Foo Fighters, as well as one track from Elfman’s score has been released on Interscope Records. To find out more about the album and to listen to audio clips, check out our previous article.
Also opening wide is the drama The Ides of March directed by George Clooney and starring Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Max Minghella and Jeffrey Wright. The film’s music is written by Alexandre Desplat. As reported on this page last month, Varese Sarabande has announced a score album to be released on November 1. More details are expected to be revealed soon and will be posted on this site. Read the rest of this entry »
Cliff Martinez to Score ‘Arbitrage’
Posted: October 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arbitrage, Cliff Martinez, Nicholas Jarecki, Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives
Cliff Martinez is currently scoring the indie drama Arbitrage. The movie is directed by Nicholas Jarecki and stars Richard Gere as a troubled hedge fund magnate who is forced to turn to an unlikely ally when he makes an error. Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon, Laetitia Casta, Brit Marling and Josh Pais are co-starring in the drama produced by Laura Bickford (Duplicity), Robert Salerno (21 Grams), Kevin Turen (An American Crime) and Justin Nappi. Bickford has previously produced the Martinez-scored drama Traffic. No word yet on whether any music by J. Ralph who was originally announced as the composer of Arbitrage will remain in the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Real Steel’ Score Album Details
Posted: October 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Real Steel, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details for the score album for the sci-fi action movie Real Steel. The soundtrack features 19 tracks of the score composed by Danny Elfman. The album will be released on November 1, 2011 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack featuring a number of songs from the movie and one score track by Elfman has been released earlier this week by Interscope Records (click here for more details and audio clips). Real Steel is directed by Shawn Levy and revolves around 2,000-pound robots that look like humans do battles. 
The movie starring Hugh Jackman, Kevin Durand, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie and Hope Davis is opening in theaters today. Read the rest of this entry »
Clint Eastwood Scoring ‘J. Edgar’
Posted: October 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clint Eastwood, J. Edgar
Clint Eastwood has recently recorded his original music for his latest directorial effort J. Edgar. The orchestral score was recorded at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. J. Edgar stars Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench, Stephen Root, Josh Lucas, Dermot Mulroney and Jeffrey Donovan are co-starring. The biopic is written by Dustin Lance Black (Milk). Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) is producing with Eastwood and Robert Lorenz (Gran Torino, Changeling). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Greatest Miracle’ Score Released
Posted: October 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark McKenzie, score, Soundtrack, The Greatest Miracle
BSX Records has released the soundtrack album for the 3D animated family movie The Greatest Miracle. The album includes the original score from the film by Mark McKenzie. The composer incorporated over 100 musicians and performers into the score including an 80 piece orchestra, a choir, a women’s choir, and the acclaimed London boys choir “Libera”. The soundtrack is available on the label’s website, as well as on iTunes, where you also check out audio clips from the album. The Greatest Miracle (El Gran Milagro) is directed by Bruce Morris (Finding Nemo, The Princess and the Frog) and produced by Mexico City-based Pablo Barosso and Claudia Nemer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Adventures of Tintin’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Willams, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin, The Secret of the Unicorn
Sony Classical will be releasing the official soundtrack album for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin. The album includes the original score from the movie by composer John Williams. The soundtrack is scheduled to come out at the end of October in several international territories and is scheduled to be released in the US on December 13, 2011. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon and check out the audio clips from the score below. The Adventures of Tintin stars Simon Pegg, Daniel Craig, Cary Elwes and Andy Serkis and follows Tintin and his friends who go off on a treasure hunt when they discover directions to a sunken ship commanded by Capt. Haddock’s ancestor. Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias to Receive Hollywood Film Composer Award
Posted: October 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Hollywood Film Awards, The Skin I Live In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alberto Iglesias is the recipient of the Hollywood Film Composer Award at this year’s Hollywood Film Festival for his scores for the John Le Carre film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Tom Hardy and Pedro Almadovar’s The Skin I Live In starring Antonio Banderas. Iglesias will collect his statuette at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton on Oct. 24. Iglesias is having one of his busiest years of his film scoring career to date with three movies being released in 2011 (The Monk being the third one). Read the rest of this entry »
Badly Drawn Boy Scoring ‘Another Bullshit Night in Suck City’
Posted: October 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Badly Drawn Boy, Damon Gough
Badly Drawn Boy (aka Damon Gough) has recently recorded his score for the comedy drama Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. The movie based on the memoir of Nick Flynn is adapted for the screen and directed by Paul Weitz (Little Fockers, In Good Company). The film starring Robert De Niro and Paul Dana tells the story of a young writer who takes a job at a homeless shelter in Boston where one night he discovers his long-absent father seeking a bed. Julianne Moore and Olivia Thirlby are co-starring. Weitz is also producing the project with Michael Costigan (Cyrus, Smart People) and Andrew Miano (A Single Man, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rampage’ Score by Elmer Bernstein Released
Posted: October 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elmer Bernstein, Rampage, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a soundtrack for the 1963 adventure movie Rampage. The album marks the premiere release of the complete score by composer Elmer Bernstein. To listen to audio clips and order the CD, visit Intrada’s online store. Rampage is directed by Phil Karlson and stars Robert Mitchum, Jack Hawkins, Elsa Martinelli and Sabu. In the movie, a German zoo hires two hunters to catch a rare breed of panther in Malaysia
