Rolfe Kent is the recipient of the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at this year’s BMI Film & Television Awards. The Emmy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated composer has previously received 13 BMI Film & Television Awards since 2002. Kent’s best known work includes his score for Alexander Payne’s Election, About Schmidt and Sideways, as well as Jason Reitman’s Thank You For Smoking and Up in the Air. He also composed the main titles for the Showtime hit drama Dexter, which earned him an Emmy nomination. Among his other credits are the hit comedies Wedding Crashers, Legally Blonde, Freaky Friday and Mean Girls. Kent most recently scored last year’s family film Mr. Popper’s Penguins and the critic favorite Young Adult. Next up for the composer is the crime comedy Gambit directed by Michael Hoffman and starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. Read the rest of this entry »
Rolfe Kent to Receive BMI’s Richard Kirk Award
Posted: April 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI Film & Television Awards, Richard Kirk Award, Rolfe Kent
‘Natural Selection’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Curt Schneider, iZLER, Natural Selection, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Natural Selection. The album features the original score from the film composed by iZLER (ABC’s Revenge) and Curt Schneider. iZLER received a World Soundtrack Award nomination in the Disocovery of the Year category for his work on the film. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 24, 2012. Check back on this site for audio clips. Natural Selection is written and directed by Robbie Pickering and stars Rachael Harris, Matt O’Leary and Jon Gries. The comedy premiered at last year’s SXSW Film Festival (where it won the Audience Award) and also received two Indie Spirit Award nominations. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Galaxy Quest’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 10, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Newman, Galaxy Quest, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has released the premiere official soundtrack release for the 1999 Dreamworks sci-fi action comedy Galaxy Quest directed by Dean Parisot and starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Sam Rockwell. The album features the film’s original score from the film composed by David Newman. Newman’s music has previously only been released as a composer-produced promo CD. To listen to audio clips and to order the album, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit La-La Land Records’ online store. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Urata Scoring ‘Ruby Sparks’
Posted: April 10, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonathan Dayton, Nick Urata, Ruby Sparks, Valerie Faris
Nick Urata has recently scored the upcoming comedy drama Ruby Sparks. The film is directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and stars Paul Dano as a once-successful young novelist whose creativity is blocked due to heartache and loneliness. He makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him and comes to life to be his girlfriend. Zoe Kazan has written the screenplay is also co-starring in the movie alongside Annette Bening, Chris Messina, Alia Shawkat, Antonio Banderas, Deborah Ann Woll, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould and Toni Trucks. Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa (Little Children, Election) are producing the Fox Searchlight Pictures and Bona Fide Productions film. Urata has previously worked with the directors on the Academy-winning indie hit Little Miss Sunshine as part of the indie folk group DeVotchKa that co-scored the film with Mychael Danna. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 2 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 9, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Game of Thrones, HBO, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for the second season of the HBO hit series Game of Thrones. The album features selections of the score from the show’s second season by composer Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Prison Break). The soundtrack will be released on May 29, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full details, including cover art and track list. The label has previously released an album featuring music from the first season last year. Game of Thrones has been nominated nominated for 13 Emmy Awards last year and received the honor for Best Main Title Design and the supporting performance by Peter Dinklage who also won a Golden Globe earlier this year. The first season is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD and the second season currently airs every Sunday night on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
Christophe Beck to Score ‘R.I.P.D.’
Posted: April 9, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Beck, R.I.P.D., Robert Schwentke
Christophe Beck has been tapped to score Universal Pictures’ supernatural action comedy R.I.P.D. The film is directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) and stars Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon and Mary Louise-Parker. The movie based on the graphic novel by Peter Lenkov follows a cop killed in the line of duty who is recruited by a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi (Clash of the Titans) have written the screenplay and Neil H. Moritz (I Am Legend, Fast Five) amd Mike Richardson (Hellboy) are producing the film. Reynolds, David Dobkin (The Wedding Crashers) Keith Goldberg, Jonathon Komack Martin (Tangled) and Ori Marmur (Battle Los Angeles) are among the executive producers of the Dark Horse Entertainment and Original Film production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sur la piste du Marsupilami’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 8, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Coulais, score, Soundtrack, Sur la piste du Marsupilami
Chez Wamusic has released a soundtrack album for the French adventure comedy Sur la piste du Marsupilami. The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-nominated composer Bruno Coulais (The Chorus, Coraline, The Crimson Rivers), as well as the songs featured in the film by Maze feat. Frankie Beverly and Celine Dion. The soundtrack has been released as a digital release and is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. Sur la piste du Marsupilami based on the popular French comic book by Andre Franquin is directed by Alain Chabat and stars himself, Jamel Debbouze, Frederic Testot and Julie Delpy. The film has just been released this week in France. No word yet on a domestic release date. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Great Migrations’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 8, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anton Sanko, Great Migrations, Nat Geo, score, Soundtrack
Nat Geo Music has released a soundtrack album for the seven-episode nature documentary mini-series Great Migrations. The album features the original score from the series by composer Anton Sanko (Rabbit Hole, HBO’s Big Love). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. Great Migrations narrated by Alec Baldwin about the great migrations of animals across the globe premiered on the National Geographic Channel in the fall of 2010. The mini-series won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Series. All episodes are now available on Blu-Ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Transit’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 7, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Westlake, score, Soundtrack, Transit
Pale Blue Records has released a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Transit. The album features the film’s original score written by composer Chris Westlake. The soundtrack was released this past Tuesday and is available digitally on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Transit is directed by Antonio Negret and stars Jim Caviezel, James Frain, Elizabeth Rohm, Harold Parrineau and Sterling Silver. The movie follows a family that is hunted and terrorized by violent bank robbers on a camping trip. Joel Silver is executive producing and Courteney Solomon (An American Haunting) is producing the After Dark Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Magic of Belle Isle’ to Feature Music by Marc Shaiman
Posted: April 7, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marc Shaiman, Rob Reiner, The Magic of Belle Isle
Marc Shaiman has scored the upcoming drama The Magic of Belle Isle. The film is directed by Rob Reiner and stars Morgan Freeman as a wheelchair-bound Western novelist who takes a lakeside cabin for the summer in Belle Isle and befriends the family next door – an attractive single mom and her young daughters – who help him find inspiration again. Virginia Madsen, Madeline Carroll and Kenan Thompson are co-starring. Guy Thomas has written the script with Reiner and Andrew Scheinman and Salli Newman and David Valdes (The Green Mile, The Book of Eli) are producing the Castle Rock Entertainment production. Reiner has collaborated with Shaiman on all of his major features since 1989’s When Harry Met Sally…, including on such hit films as Misery, A Few Good Men, An American President and The Bucket List. Read the rest of this entry »
