Atli Orvarsson is currently scoring the new NBC drama Chicago Fire. The show is created by Michael Brandt & Derek Haas (3:10 to Yuma, Wanted) and stars Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Lauren German, Monica Raymund, Charlie Barnett, Teri Reeves, David Eigenberg and Eamonn Walker. The series follows the lives of the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics working at the Chicago Fire Department at the firehouse of Engine 51. Brandt and Haas are also executive producing the Universal Television and Wolf Films Production with Dick Wolf (Law & Order), Matt Olmstead (Prison Break), Joe Chappelle (Fringe), Danielle Gelber and Peter Jankowski. Jeffrey Nachmanoff (Traitor) directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
Atli Orvarsson Scoring NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire’
Posted: September 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Chicago Fire, Dick Wolf, NBC
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‘The Good Doctor’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Byrne, score, Soundtrack, The Good Doctor
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama The Good Doctor. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Byrne who recently was nominated in the Discovery of the Year category at the World Soundtrack Awards for his work on last year’s Albert Nobbs. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 30, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips from the score can be checked out after the jump. The Good Doctor directed by Lance Daly and starring Orlando Bloom, Riley Keough, Taraji B. Henson, Rob Morrow and Michael Pena follows a doctor who meets an 18-year-old patient suffering from a kidney infection and begins tampering with her treatment when her health starts improving. The film was recently released in theaters and on VOD by Magnolia Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 16, 2012)
Posted: September 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amy Miles, Christopher Lennertz, Fox, Guys With Kids, John MacDonald, Michael Robertson, NBC, Revolution, Scott Starrett, The Mob Doctor
A number of new TV shows are premiering this week:
Premiering this Monday, September 17 on NBC is the new drama Revolution created by Eric Kripke, produced by J.J. Abrams and starring Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridako, Elizabeth Mitchell, Anna Lise Phillips, Zak Orth and Giancarlo Esposito. Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Hop) who is also scoring the Kripke-created CW series Supernatural is writing the original music for the sci-fi show, which follows follows a group of people struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously ceased to exist. Jon Favreau (Iron Man) has directed the pilot episode, which is now available to download for free on iTunes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cleanskin’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cleanskin, score, Simon Lambros, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the British thriller Cleanskin. The album features the film’s original music composed by Simon Lambros (The Last Horror Movie). The soundtrack has been released digitally earlier this week and is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Cleanskin is written and directed by Hadi Hajaig and stars Sean Bean as a Secret Service Agent who is faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a suicide bomber and his terrorist cell. Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Tuppence Middleton, Shivani Ghai and Michelle Ryan are co-starring in the film. The movie opened in the UK this past march and was just released in the US on Blu-Ray and DVD last Tuesday by Entertainment One. Read the rest of this entry »
Javier Navarrete, Paul Englishby and John Lunn Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Schlesinger, David Jaberbaum, Downton Abbey, Emmy Awards, Hemingway & Gellhorn, Javier Navarrete, John Lunn
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out this afternoon at the NOKIA Theatre LA LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. Javier Navarrete won his first Emmy Award for his score for HBO’s original movie Hemingway & Gellhorn in the Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) category. John Lunn received the award for his music for Downtown Abbey in the Outstandig Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) category. Paul Englishby also received his first Emmy in the Outstanding Main Title Theme Music category for his theme for BBC’s Page Eight directed by David Hare and starring Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz and Ralph Fiennes. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Posted: September 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Alexandre Desplat has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Zero Dark Thirty. The film is helmed by Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and stars Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Fares Fares, Jason Clarke, Mark Strong, Edgar Ramirez, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Nash Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle and Harold Perrineau Jr. Mark Boal who collaborated with Bigelow on The Hurt Locker has written the screenplay and is also producing the film with the director and Megan Ellison. Bigelow has previously worked with such composers as Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders (The Hurt Locker), Mark Isham (Point Break), Klaus Badelt (K-19: The Widowmaker) and Graeme Revell (Strange Days). Zero Dark Thirty is set to be released on December 19, 2012 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 14, 2012)
Posted: September 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Arbitrage, Ben Toth, Cliff Martinez, Finding Nemo, Jonny Greenwood, Liberal Arts, Mark Isham, Resident Evil: Retribution, Stolen, The Master, Thomas Newman, tomandandy
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the video game adaptation sequel Resident Evil: Retribution directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Johann Urb, Li Bingbing, Shawn Roberts, Kevin Durand, Oded Fehr, Boris Kodjoe and Michelle Rodriguez. The film’s score is composed by tomandandy (The Strangers) who have scored the previous installment in the series. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer duo’s score, as well the end credits song Hexes produced by Bassnectar featuring Chino Moreno (of the Deftones) on vocals. Check out our previous article for the full soundtrack details and audio clips.
Also opening wide is the 3D re-release of Pixar’s animated hit feature Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton and featuring the voice talent of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks and Alexander Gould. The film’s music is composed by Thomas Newman who received an Academy Award-nomination for his work on the film. No new soundtrack has been released, but the original 2003 album is still in print (click here to download the album). To learn more about the 3D version of the film, visit the official movie website. Playing in front of Finding Nemo 3D is the new Toy Story short Partysaurus Rex, which features music by BT (The Fast and the Furious). Read the rest of this entry »
Orbital’s ‘Pusher’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Orbital, Pusher, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the crime thriller remake of Pusher have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by the British electronic dance music duo Orbital (Phil and Paul Hartnoll). The soundtrack will be released in the UK on October 8, 2012 by Silva Screen Records. To download the album, visit Amazon. To order a physical version as an import, click here. Audio clips are available below. Pusher is directed by Luis Prieto and executive produced by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) who directed the 1996 original Danish film. The movie starring Richard Coyle, Agyness Deyn, Bronson Webb, Paul Kaye, Rupert Preston, Chris Simon and Felix Vossen is coming out in the UK on October 12 and will be released in New York and Los Angeles on October 26 by the Weinstein Company’s Radius label. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘Wreck-It-Ralph’ Soundtrack
Posted: September 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Henry Jackman, Skrillex, Soundtrack, Wreck-It-Ralph
Walt Disney Records has announced a soundtrack album for Disney’s upcoming animated feature Wreck-It-Ralph. The album features selections from the film’s original score composed by Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Puss in Boots), as well as music by Grammy-winning electronic music artist Skrillex who wrote the game-play music Bug Hunt, which was remixed for the album by Noisia. Also included on the release is the theme song Sugar Rush performed by Japan’s pop phenomenon AKB48, When Can I See You Again? by Owl City and the end credits song Wreck-It, Wreck-It Ralph by Buckner & Garcia and co-produced with Jamie Houston. The soundtrack will be released on October 30, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full album details and the album cover art will be posted on this site within the next few weeks. Wreck-It-Ralph is directed by Rich Moore and features the voices of actors John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch. The movie will be released on November 2, 2012 . Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dexter’ Season 6 Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Licht, Dexter, Rolfe Kent, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will be releasing a new soundtrack album for the Showtime hit series Dexter. The album features music from the sixth season of the show, featuring the score by composer Daniel Licht, an extended version of the main theme composed by Rolfe Kent, several Latin tracks from the show, as well as a remix of Licht’s Blood Theme by DJ/Producer, Alaksa in Winter. The soundtrack will be released on September 25, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. The sixth season of Dexter starring Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, Lauren Velez, David Zayas and James Remar has been released on Blu-Ray and DVD last month and the seventh season is set to premiere on September 30. Read the rest of this entry »
