Marcelo Zarvos has recently scored the comedy Friends with Kids. The movie marks the directorial debut of actress/writer Jennifer Westfeldt who also wrote the project’s screenplay. Zarvos previously scored the 2001 indie comedy Kissing Jessica Stein, which was written and produced by Westfeldt who also played the main character in the film. Friends with Kids stars Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox and Edward Burns. The film centers on a group of friends whose lives arechanged as the couples in the group begin to have children. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring ‘Friends with Kids’
Posted: September 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Friends with Kids, Jennifer Westfeldt, Marcelo Zarvos
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Carter Burwell, Trevor Morris and Garth Neustadter Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: American Masters, Carter Burwell, Emmy Awards, Garth Neustadter, John Muir in the New World, Mildred Pierce, The Borgias, Trevor Morris
The Emmy Awards in the music categories have been given out last night at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
Here are the winners:
Outstandig Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score):
Mildred Pierce – Part Five – Music by Carter Burwell
Outstandig Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score):
American Masters – John Muir in the New World – Music by Garth Neustadter
Original Main Title Theme Music:
The Borgias – Music by Trevor Morris Read the rest of this entry »
iZLER to Score ABC’s ‘Revenge’
Posted: September 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, iZLER, Mike Kelley, Revenge
iZLER is scoring the new ABC drama Revenge. The show starring Emily VanCamp, Madeleine Stowe, Gabriel Mann, Henry Czerny, Connor Paolo, Ashley Madekwe and Nick Wechsler centers on a mysterious woman who arrives in the Hamptons seeking revenge on the people who destroyed her family. The series created by Mike Kelley (Swingtown) is loosely based on Alexandre Dumas’ novel The Count of Monte Cristo. Phillip Noyce (Salt, The Bone Collector) directed the pilot and is executive producing the project with Kelley, Marty Bowen (Dear John) and Wyck Godfrey (Twilight, I Robot). iZLER has recently been nominated for a World Soundtrack Award in the Discovery of the Year category for his scores for the biopic Hamill and the comedy Natural Selection. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 9, 2011)
Posted: September 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Born to Be a Star, Bucky Larson, Cliff Martinez, Contagion, Kevin Haskins, Main Street, Mark Isham, Patrick Doyle, Roger Neill. Creature, score, Soundtrack, Tanner Hall, Waddy Wachtel, Warrior
Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the thriller Contagion directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Ehle, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Cranston and John Hawkes. The film’s music is composed by Cliff Martinez. A soundtrack album featuring the score by Martinez has been released by Watertower Music. Check out our previous article for more information and audio clips from the score. Also visit Film Music Magazine for a lengthy audio interview with the composer talking about his recent work.
Also opening wide is the drama Warrior directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison and Noah Emmerich. The movie’s score is written by Mark Isham. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album including Isham’s score, as well as a song by The National. The digital release is already out and a CD version will be released next Tuesday. For audio clips and more details, visit our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dream House’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dream House, John Debney, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the thriller Dream House. The album includes 15 tracks of the movie’s original score composed by John Debney. The soundtrack will be released on September 27, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. To listen to the main titles and the end credits of the score, visit Debney’s Facebook fanpage. Dream House is directed by Jim Sheridan and stars Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts. Universal Pictures will release the movie on September 30. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’ Score Album Announced
Posted: September 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Zigman, I Don't Know How She Does It, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a score album for the romantic comedy I Don’t Know How She Does It. The score is composed by Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, John Q, the Sex and the City movies). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 20, 2011 and a CD is coming out on October 18. Check back for audio clips to be added to this article within the next two weeks. A separate soundtrack with songs from the movie has previously been announced as reported here. I Don’t Know How She Does It is directed by Douglas McGrath and stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Christina Hendricks, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Meyers and Olivia Munn. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Straw Dogs’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Larry Groupe, score, Soundtrack, Straw Dogs
Madison Gate Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for the thriller Straw Dogs. The album includes the score from the movie by composer Larry Groupé (The Contender, Commander in Chief). The soundtrack will be released on September 13, 2011, both digitally and as an on-demand CD-R on Amazon. To listen to audio clips from the album, check out the box below. Also added below is the press release with more information about the score below. Straw Dogs directed by Rod Lurie and starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, Dominic Purcell, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland and James Woods is a remake of the 1971 Sam Peckinpah film. The movie will be released in theaters on September 16, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Gregson-Williams Scoring ‘Arthur Christmas’
Posted: September 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Cohen, Arthur Christmas, Harry Gregson-Williams, Michael Giacchino
Harry Gregson-Williams is currently scoring Aardman Animations’ and Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming feature Arthur Christmas. He is taking over scoring duties from Michael Giacchino and Adam Cohen who were originally attached to score the movie. Gregson-Williams has previously co-scored Aardman’s first full length feature Chicken Run with John Powell and was the principal composer on the company’s 2006 film Flushed Away. Arthur Christmas directed by Barry Cook (Mulan) centers on Arthur, the son of Santa and his ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. The movie’s voice talent includes James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton and Ashley Jensen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Dangerous Method’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Dangerous Method, Howard Shore, Lang Lang, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will be releasing the soundtrack for David Cronenberg’s new thriller A Dangerous Method. The album features the original score from the movie by composer Howard Shore, as well as Richard Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll performed by Lang Lang. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on September 16, 2011. A release in the US is expected closer to the movie’s domestic opening in LA and New York on November 23. (UPDATE, November 2011): The album is now scheduled for a domestic release on November 21 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. A Dangerous Method starring Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender and Vincent Cassell chronicles the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalyis. The movie premiered last week at the Venice Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
World Soundtrack Awards ‘Discovery of the Year’ Nominees Announced
Posted: September 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Disovery of the Year, World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the five nominees for the Discovery of the Year Award, via which the World Soundtrack Academy rewards up-and-coming talent from the previous year.
The nominees are:
Alex Heffes – The First Grader, The Rite
The Chemical Brothers – Hanna
iZLER – Hamill, Natural Selection
Henry Jackman – Gulliver’s Travels, X-Men: First Class
Christopher Paul Leonard-Morgan – Limitless Read the rest of this entry »
