Milan Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the second season of the Syfy series Warehouse 13. The album includes the original score from the show by composer Edward Rogers, including his Emmy-nominated main theme. The soundtrack will be released on August 30, 2011. Check back on this page for audio clips. A score album was previously released for Season 1 and is available to download on iTunes. For recent audio interviews with Rogers about his music for the series, visit SciFi Talk and Film Music Media. Warehouse 13 stars Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek and Allison Scaglietti. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Warehouse 13’ Season 2 Soundtrack announced
Posted: July 21, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Season 2, Soundtrack, Warehouse 13
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‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 21, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Patrick Doyle, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has revealed the details for the soundtrack release of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The album features the original score by Patrick Doyle. The soundtrack’s release date has been pushed back to August 16 since our last update. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. For audio clips and to download the album, check out the box below. Rise of the Planet of the Apes stars James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow and Brian Cox. The origin story of the Planet of the Apes saga is directed by Rupert Wyatt. 20th Century Fox is releasing the film on August 5. Read the rest of this entry »
Deborah Lurie to Score ‘Dorothy of Oz’
Posted: July 20, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deborah Lurie, Dorothy of Oz
Deborah Lurie has signed on to score the upcoming animated 3D musical Dorothy of Oz. The movie’s story is an update on The Wizard of Oz and centers on Dorothy Gale who is returning to a tornado-devastated Kansas and then being transported back to Oz to help her friend. The movie’s voice cast includes Lea Michele, Jim Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Kelsey Grammer, Oliver Platt, Martin Short, Megan Hilty and Hugh Dancy. Dorothy of Oz is directed by Dan St. Pierre (Everyone’s Hero). While Lurie is writing the score, the film’s songs are written by Bryan Adams, Tift Merritt and Jim Vallance. Jim Dooley is providing additional songs and lyrics. The film is set for a spring 2012 release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Attack the Block’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Attack the Block, score, Soundtrack, Steven Price
Decca Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for the action comedy Attack the Block in the US. The soundtrack includes the original score from the film by Steven Price, as well as the songs The Ends by Basement Jaxx and Get That Snitch by Mikis Michaelides. The album has previously only be released overseas and will be coming out stateside on July 26, 2011. The soundtrack will be available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks below. Attack the Block is directed by Joe Cornish and stars Jodie Whittaker and Nick Frost. The movie follows a London gang of inner-city kids fighting alien creatures. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham Scoring ‘The Lucky One’
Posted: July 19, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dolphin Tale, Mark Isham, The Lucky One
Mark Isham has recently recorded his score for the upcoming drama The Lucky One. The composer has taken over scoring duties from Hal Lindes who was originally attached to write the music for the film as reported earlier this year. The movie based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, Dear John) follows a Marine who survives three tours in Iraq and attributes his good fortune to a photograph he carried of a woman he has never met. He sets out to meet his good-luck charm when he returns to North Carolina. The drama starring Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner is directed by Scott Hicks (Hearts in Atlantis, The Boys Are Back). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cowboys & Aliens, Harry Gregson-Williams, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details for the soundtrack release of Cowboys & Aliens. The album features the original score from the film by Harry Gregson-Williams. The release date for the soundtrack has been pushed back two weeks since our last update and is now scheduled to come out on August 9, 2011. Check out the audio clips after the jump and pre-order the CD on Amazon where you can also download the album. Cowboys & Aliens is directed by Jon Favreau and stars Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Paul Dano and Sam Rockwell. Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg (creator of the original graphic novel) and co-writers Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are producing. The movie will be released on July 29 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniele Luppi to Score Starz’s ‘Magic City’
Posted: July 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniele Luppi, Magic City, Starz
Daniele Luppi is scoring the upcoming Starz series Magic City. The show is set in the 1950’s and centers around mobsters and other colorful characters in Miami Beach. Magic City stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olga Kurylenko, Jessica Marais, Steven Strait, Christian Cooke, Kelly Lynch, Seymour Cassel and Danny Huston. The project is created by Mitch Glazer (The Recruit, Great Expectations). Dwayne Shattuck (Mad Men) and Ed Bianchi (The Killing, Deadwood) are producing alongside Glazer. The 10-episode drama is expected to premiere in 2012 on Starz. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Smurfs’ Score Album announced
Posted: July 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heitor Pereira, score, Soundtrack, The Smurfs
Madison Gate Records has announced a score album for the live-action/animated hyrbid film adaptation of The Smurfs. The album includes the original score by composer Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Beverly Hills Chihuaha). The album will be released on July 26, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page later this week for audio clips and the full track list. The Smurfs is directed by Raja Gosnell and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria and Sofia Vergara in the primary live-action roles. The film’s voice talent includes Jonathan Winters, George Lopez, Alan Cummings and Katy Perry. The movie will be released in 2D and 3D on July 29. Read the rest of this entry »
2011 Summer Television Music Roundup (Part 1)
Posted: July 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Adam Gorgoni, Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner, Brandon Jay, Burn Notice, CBS, Chaos, Christopher Tyng, Combat Hospital, Covert Affairs, Danny Lux, David Schwartz, Edmund Butt, Evan Frankfort, Flashpoint, Gwendolyn Sanford, In Plain Sight, James Levine, John Dickson, John Swihart, Jon Ehrlich, Liz Phair, Love Bites, Marc Dauer, Marcelo Zarvos, NBC, Necessary Roughness, Ron Sures, Rookie Blue, Royal Pains, Samuel Sim, Showtime, Suits, The Big C, Toby Chu, Tree Adams, USA, Web Therapy, Weeds, White Collar
With an increasing number of major TV shows premiering during the summer months, Film Music Reporter presents a listing of this summer’s original shows and their composers. Featured in Part 1 of the Summer TV Roundup are the original shows on the networks (ABC, NBC, CBS), as well as on USA and Showtime. Check back for Part 2 to appear on this page soon.
ABC:
Airing every Tuesday night on the network is the drama Combat Hospital. The show centers on a group of doctors and nurses from Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and other allied countries saving lives and limbs in a war zone military hospital modeled on a real facility in Afghanistan. Deborah Kara Unger, Michelle Borth, Elias Koteas, Terry Chen, Arnold Pinnock and Luke Mably are starring. The show’s music is composed by Edmund Butt (The Dark, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes) and additional music is written by Samuel Sim (The Deep). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 15, 2011)
Posted: July 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, George S. Clinton, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Henry Jackman, John Kusiak, John Swihart, Love Etc., Lucky, Rachel Portman, Rob Simonsen, Salvation Boulevard, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Tabloid, Winnie The Pooh
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Already beating box office records is the fantasy sequel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The film’s music is composed by Alexandre Desplat who scored his second Harry Potter film. A soundtrack album featuring Desplat’ score has been released on Watertower Music (click here for our soundtrack announcement including audio clips). To watch a short video from the score’s recording sessions and to listen to an audio interview with the composer, check out our previous article. Also check out Classic FM’s short interview with Desplat talking about his music for the final Harry Potter installment.
Also opening wide is Walt Disney Pictures’ animated film Winnie the Pooh. Henry Jackman composed the score for the movie. A soundtrack album featuring Jackman’s score, the film’s songs written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez and an original song by Zooey Deschanel has been released on Walt Disney Records. For more information and audio clips, visit our soundtrack announcement. For a short video interview with Jackman from the red carpet at the movie’s Hollywood premiere, click here. Read the rest of this entry »
