The first snippet of the music from David Fincher’s upcoming thriller The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has been uploaded to the official movie website. The film’s music is composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Listen to first tease of the score after the jump and check back on this page for updates on the soundtrack. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo based on the bestselling novel by Stieg Larsson stars Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard and Joely Richardson. Sony Pictures will release the movie on December 21, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Score Preview
Posted: August 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor
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The Newton Brothers to Score ‘High School’
Posted: August 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harold Faltermeyer, High School, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers have signed on to score the comedy High School. The composer duo is replacing Harold Faltermeyer who finished writing music for the film a while ago. The original version of the film also featured music by Freescha. The movie marks the directorial feature debut of John Stalberg and stars Adrien Brody, Michael Chiklis and Colin Hanks. The comedy centers on a high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner and finds himself the subject of a drug test. Stalberg also co-wrote the script with Stephen Cusco (The Grudge). Warren Zide (American Pie, Final Destination) is producing with Ray Markovich. High School premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and is currently awaiting a release date. Read the rest of this entry »
‘True Blood’ Volume 3 Soundtrack announced
Posted: August 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, True Blood, Volume 3
Watertower Music has announced a new soundtrack release for the HBO hit show True Blood. The album includes songs from the show by artists including Karen Olsen featuring Donovan, Neko Case and Nick Cave, Damien Rice, Massive Attack, Nick Lowe and Jace Everett. True Blood – Music from the Series Vol. 3 will be released on September 13, 2011. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. Separate score albums featuring Nathan Barr’s music from the first two seasons are available on Varese Sarabande. The fourth season of True Blood created by Alan Ball and starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten and Sam Trammell currently airs every Sunday night on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
W.G. Snuffy Walden to Score ‘A Gifted Man’
Posted: August 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Gifted Man, CBS, Susannah Grant, W.G. Snuffy Walden
W.G. Snuffy Walden has been hired to score the upcoming CBS drama A Gifted Man. The show is created by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich, The Soloist) and stars Patrick Wilson as a well-known surgeon begins seeing his dead ex-wife he starts questioning the meaning of life and his place in the world. Jennifer Ehle, Julie Benz, Liam Aiken and Margo Martindale are co-starring. Carl Beverly and Neal Baer (ER) are executive producing the drama alongside Grant. Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) directed the pilot. A Gifted Man is set to premiere on September 23, 2011 and will be airing on CBS every Friday night. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Footloose’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: August 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Brewer, Footloose, Soundtrack
Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville have announced the details of the soundtrack release for the upcoming remake of Footloose. The album includes a new version of the title song Footloose performed by country star Blake Shelton. Also featured on the soundtrack are Zac Brown, The Smashing Pumpkins, Lissie, Cee Lo Green feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ella Mae Bowen, Victoria Justice & Hunter Hayes and Big & Rich. Check out the complete track list below. None of the film’s score by Deborah Lurie is included on the album. The soundtrack will be released on September 27, 2011. Check out audio clips from the album below and visit Amazon to download the soundtrack. Footloose is directed by Craig Brewer and stars Kenny Wormaid, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell. The movie will be released on October 14 by Paramount Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino and Andrea Datzman to Score Fox’s ‘Alcatraz’
Posted: August 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alcatraz, Andrea Datzman, Fox, J.J. Abrams, Michael Giacchino, Prep & Landing
According to Music by Michael Giacchino, the composer has recently recorded music for the pilot of the new FOX drama Alcatraz. While Giacchino is scoring the pilot, Andrea Datzman will be writing the music for the rest of the season. Datzman previously co-scored last year’s J.J. Abrams-produced NBC drama Undercovers with Chris Tilton after Giacchino also scored the pilot. Alcatraz is created by Elizabeth Sarnoff (Lost, Deadwood) and stars Sarah Jones as a San Francisco detective involved in a grisly homicide case that takes her to America’s most infamous prison, where her prime suspect becomes an inmate who died more than 30 years before. Jorge Garcia (Lost), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Robert Forster (Jackie Brown) are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman Taking Over ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’
Posted: August 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, I Don't Know How She Does It, Jess + Moss, Rachel Portman
Aaron Zigman has taken over scoring duties on the romantic comedy I Don’t Know How She Does It. He is replacing Rachel Portman who was originally attached to score the movie as reported earlier this summer. The film directed by Douglas McGrath stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Christina Hendricks, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Meyers and Olivia Munn. The comedy follows a working mother who is desperately trying to juggle marriage, children and a high-stress job as a financial executive. Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, Morning Glory) wrote the screenplay based on a novel by Allison Pearson. Zigman has previously scored the Sarah Jessica Parker-starring film adaptations of Sex and the City. I Don’t Know How She Does It is scheduled to be released on September 16, 2011 by The Weinstein Company. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dream House’ Soundtrack Coming in September
Posted: August 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dream House, John Debney, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the thriller Dream House. The album includes the original score from the movie composed by John Debney. The soundtrack will be released on September 27, 2011. Check back on this page for the full details to be announced in a couple of weeks. Dream House is directed by Jim Sheridan and stars Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts. The movie revolves on on a successful publisher who quits his job in New York and relocates his wife and daughters to a quaint New England town, only to discover that their perfect new home was the murder scene of a mother and her two children. Universal Pictures will release the movie on September 30. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release John Williams’ ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ Soundtrack
Posted: August 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Adventures of Tintin, The Secret of the Unicorn
Film Music Reporter has learned that Sony Classical is the label to release the highly anticipated soundtrack for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. The album includes the score from the movie by John Williams. The soundtrack marks the composer’s first new film score release in over three years since 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. No release date has been set yet, but a release around the movie’s release date overseas in October is expected. The Adventures of Tintin starring Simon Pegg, Daniel Craig, Cary Elwes and Andy Serkis follows Tintin and his friends discover directions to a sunken ship commanded by Capt. Haddock’s ancestor and go off on a treasure hunt. Read the rest of this entry »
Marc Streitenfeld Scoring Joe Carnahan’s ‘The Grey’
Posted: August 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joe Carnahan, Marc Streitenfeld, The Grey
Marc Streitenfeld is scoring the upcoming action drama The Grey. The movie is directed by Joe Carnahan and star Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, JoeAnderson and James Badge Dale. The film is based on a short story by Ian Jeffers and centers on a group of oil-rig roughnecks who are left stranded on the sub-arctic tundra after their plane experiences a complete mechanical failure and crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. The survivors, battling mortal injuries, biting cold and ravenous hunger, are relentlessly hunted and pursued by a vicious pack of rogue wolves. The project is produced by Ridley and Tony Scott, as well as Carnahan, Jules Daly (The A-Team) and Mickey Liddell (Go, Everwood). Streitenfeld has previously scored Ridley Scott’s last four directorial efforts, as well as last year’s drama Welcome to the Rileys produced by Scott. Read the rest of this entry »
