Nico Muhly is currently scoring the upcoming drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. The project reunites the composer with director Stephen Daldry, for whom he previously scored the Academy Award-nominated 2008 drama The Reader starring Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close stars Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright and Max von Sydow. The movie is based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer and centers on a 9-year-old boy who finds a key in a vase that belongs to his father – who perished in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks – and searches to find the lock that goes with it. Read the rest of this entry »
Nico Muhly Scoring ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’
Posted: September 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Margaret, Nico Muhly, Stephen Daldry
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Expanded ‘1941’ Soundtrack by John Williams Released
Posted: September 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 1941, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg
La-La Land Records has released a new 2-CD set of the soundtrack for Steven Spielberg’s 1979 movie 1941. The album includes the remastered and expanded score composed by John Williams. The soundtrack is expanded by more than 70 minutes of previously unreleased music and also includes the content of the original 1979 soundtrack album. For audio clips and the full soundtrack details, visit La-La Land Records’ website. 1941 starring Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi and Warren Oates was Spielberg’s and Williams’ fourth collaboration on a theatrical feature project following Sugarland Express, Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary’s ‘The Cape’ Score Released
Posted: September 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, NBC, score, Soundtrack, The Cape
La-La Land Records has released a soundtrack album for the NBC superhero drama The Cape. The 2CD-set includes selections of the original score from the show by composer Bear McCreary. More than 150 minutes of music is included on the 2 disc release, which is limited to 2000 copies. To listen to audio clips and order the soundtrack, visit the label’s online store and check out McCreary’s official website for more information, including video clips about the making of the score. The Cape created by Tom Wheeler and starring David Lyons, Keith David and Summer Glau aired earlier this year on NBC and the complete series is available on DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Artist’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ludovic Bource, score, Soundtrack, The Artist
Sony Classical will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed romance The Artist. The album includes the score from the movie by composer Ludovic Bource. The soundtrack will be released in the US on November 21, 2011 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. The soundtrack has already been released in France in October, where the label has also issued a special edition that includes the soundtrack and a DVD featuring special features about the making of the music for the film (click here to order the set as an import). The Artist is directed by Michel Hazanavicius and stars Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Missi Pyle and Penelope Ann Miller. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami to Score ‘The Woman in Black’
Posted: September 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Watkins, Marco Beltrami, The Woman in Black
Marco Beltrami has been hired to score the upcomong gothic horror thriller The Woman in Black. The movie is directed by James Watkins (Eden Lake) and stars Daniel Radcliffe as a young lawyer who travels to a remote village in England to tend to a deceased client’s papers and soon begins to discover town’s terrible secrets. Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey and Liz White are co-starring. Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass, Stardust) wrote the screwnplay based on the novel by Susan Hill. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breaking Dawn, Carter Burwell, Part 1, Soundtrack, The Twilight Saga
Atlantic Records has announced the track list of the soundtrack release for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. The album includes one track from the score by Carter Burwell whose music has recently been recorded. Other artists featured on the soundtrack include The Joy Formidables, Angus & Julia Stone, Bruno Mars, Sleeping at Last, Christina Perri, Iron & Wine, Cider Sky and Mia Maestro. The album will be released on November 8, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate score album is expected to be announced closer to the film’s release. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is directed by Bill Condon and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Anna Kendrick and Ashley Greene. Read the rest of this entry »
Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek to Reunite with Tom Tykwer on ‘Cloud Atlas’
Posted: September 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Awake, Cloud Atlas, Johnny Klimek, NBC, Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer
Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer have recently written and recorded music for the director’s upcoming sci-fi feature Cloud Atlas. The movie written and co-directed by Andy & Lana Wachowski and Tykwer stars Tom Hanks, Jim Sturgess, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Keith David, Ben Whishaw and Jim Broadbent. The film based on the novel by David Mitchell intertwines six stories spanning different times that sees one character shaped from a murderer to a savior. Stefan Arndt (Run Lola Run) and Philip Lee are producing with Tykwer and the Wachowskis. Heil and Klimek have been collaborating with Tykwer on the music for most of the director’s previous features, most recently on the Clive Owen- and Naomi Watts-starring thriller The International and the German language film 3. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Take Shelter’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 25, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Wingo, score, Soundtrack, Take Shelter
Milan Records has revealed the details of the soundtrack album for the drama Take Shelter. The album features the original score by composer David Wingo, as well as Ben Nichols’ credit song Shelter, which was written for the film. The soundtrack will be released on September 27, 2011 and is available to pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump and visit Milan Records’ Facebook page this Thursday and Friday to stream the entire album and download a couple of tracks for free. Take Shelter is directed by Jeff Nichols and stars Michael Shannon as a family man who experiences apocalyptic visions. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Princess Kaiulani’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 24, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Princess Kaiulani, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Warbeck
MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack release for last year’s historical drama Princess Kaiulani. The album features the original score from the film composed by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love). The music is performed by the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released on CD and digitally on October 11, 2011. Princess Kaiulani is the feature directing debut of Marc Forby and tells the true story of Princess Ka’iulani’s attempts to maintain the independence of Hawaii against the threat of American colonization at the end of the 19th century. Q’orianka Kilcher stars as the princess, and Barry Pepper, Will Patton, Tamzin Merchant and Julian Glover are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Killer Elite’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 24, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Johnny Klimek, Killer Elite, Reinhold Heil, score, Soundtrack
Cutting Edge Group’s Pale Blue label has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Killer Elite. The album features the orginal score by composers Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil, as well as the song Turkish Acid Bath by the English rock band Kasabian. The soundtrack has been released this past Tuesday and is now available digitally in different formats on Pale Blue Soundtracks’ website. Killer Elite is directed by Gary McKendry and stars Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic Purcell and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Read the rest of this entry »
