Marco Beltrami has been hired to score the upcomong gothic horror thriller The Woman in Black. The movie is directed by James Watkins (Eden Lake) and stars Daniel Radcliffe as a young lawyer who travels to a remote village in England to tend to a deceased client’s papers and soon begins to discover town’s terrible secrets. Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey and Liz White are co-starring. Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass, Stardust) wrote the screwnplay based on the novel by Susan Hill. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami to Score ‘The Woman in Black’
Posted: September 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Watkins, Marco Beltrami, The Woman in Black
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‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breaking Dawn, Carter Burwell, Part 1, Soundtrack, The Twilight Saga
Atlantic Records has announced the track list of the soundtrack release for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. The album includes one track from the score by Carter Burwell whose music has recently been recorded. Other artists featured on the soundtrack include The Joy Formidables, Angus & Julia Stone, Bruno Mars, Sleeping at Last, Christina Perri, Iron & Wine, Cider Sky and Mia Maestro. The album will be released on November 8, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate score album is expected to be announced closer to the film’s release. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is directed by Bill Condon and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Anna Kendrick and Ashley Greene. Read the rest of this entry »
Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek to Reunite with Tom Tykwer on ‘Cloud Atlas’
Posted: September 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Awake, Cloud Atlas, Johnny Klimek, NBC, Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer
Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer have recently written and recorded music for the director’s upcoming sci-fi feature Cloud Atlas. The movie written and co-directed by Andy & Lana Wachowski and Tykwer stars Tom Hanks, Jim Sturgess, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Keith David, Ben Whishaw and Jim Broadbent. The film based on the novel by David Mitchell intertwines six stories spanning different times that sees one character shaped from a murderer to a savior. Stefan Arndt (Run Lola Run) and Philip Lee are producing with Tykwer and the Wachowskis. Heil and Klimek have been collaborating with Tykwer on the music for most of the director’s previous features, most recently on the Clive Owen- and Naomi Watts-starring thriller The International and the German language film 3. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Take Shelter’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 25, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Wingo, score, Soundtrack, Take Shelter
Milan Records has revealed the details of the soundtrack album for the drama Take Shelter. The album features the original score by composer David Wingo, as well as Ben Nichols’ credit song Shelter, which was written for the film. The soundtrack will be released on September 27, 2011 and is available to pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump and visit Milan Records’ Facebook page this Thursday and Friday to stream the entire album and download a couple of tracks for free. Take Shelter is directed by Jeff Nichols and stars Michael Shannon as a family man who experiences apocalyptic visions. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Princess Kaiulani’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 24, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Princess Kaiulani, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Warbeck
MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack release for last year’s historical drama Princess Kaiulani. The album features the original score from the film composed by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love). The music is performed by the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released on CD and digitally on October 11, 2011. Princess Kaiulani is the feature directing debut of Marc Forby and tells the true story of Princess Ka’iulani’s attempts to maintain the independence of Hawaii against the threat of American colonization at the end of the 19th century. Q’orianka Kilcher stars as the princess, and Barry Pepper, Will Patton, Tamzin Merchant and Julian Glover are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Killer Elite’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 24, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Johnny Klimek, Killer Elite, Reinhold Heil, score, Soundtrack
Cutting Edge Group’s Pale Blue label has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Killer Elite. The album features the orginal score by composers Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil, as well as the song Turkish Acid Bath by the English rock band Kasabian. The soundtrack has been released this past Tuesday and is now available digitally in different formats on Pale Blue Soundtracks’ website. Killer Elite is directed by Gary McKendry and stars Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic Purcell and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 23, 2011)
Posted: September 23, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abduction, Asche & Spencer, Dolphin Tale, Edward Shearmur, Johnny Klimek, Killer Elite, Machine Gun Preacher, Mark Isham, Moneyball, Mychael Danna, Reinhold Heil, score, Soundtrack
Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the the family movie Dolphin Tale directed by Charles Martin Smith and starring Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr., Kris Kristofferson and Nathan Gamble. The film’s score is written by Mark Isham. Varese Sarabande will be releasing the soundtrack album including Isham’s music on October 11, 2011. For the soundtrack details, visit our previous article.
Also opening this weekend is the drama Moneyball directed by Bennett Mikler and starring Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Chris Pratt. The film’s music is composed by Mychael Danna. A soundtrack album featuring Danna’s score, as well as two songs by Kerris Dorsey and This Will Destroy You has been released earlier this week on Madison Gate Records. To find out more about the album and listen to audio clips, visit our soundtrack announcement, Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Newman to Score ‘The Iron Lady’
Posted: September 23, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Iron Lady, Thomas Newman
According to the movie’s new poster, Thomas Newman is scoring the upcoming biopic The Iron Lady. We have previously reported a couple of months ago that In Contention announced that Clint Mansell is writing the music for the drama. No word on whether he has written or recorded any material for the project. The Iron Lady directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!) stars Meryl Streep as former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The movie follows her career, which saw her smash through barriers of gender and class in order to be heard in a male-dominated world. Jim Broadbent is co-starring in the Abi Morgan-scripted picture. The Iron Lady is set to be released on December 16, 2011 by The Weinstein Company. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Ides of March’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 22, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, score, Soundtrack, The Ides of March
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for George Clooney’s drama The Ides of March. The album includes the original score from the film composed by Alexandre Desplat. The soundtrack will be released on November 1, 2011. More details are expected to be announced in the next couple of weeks and will be posted on this page. The Ides of March stars Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Max Minghella and Jeffrey Wright. The movie about a young press spokesman who falls prey to backroom politics recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was also shown at the Toronto Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Three Musketeers’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 22, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Paul Haslinger, score, Soundtrack, The Three Musketeers
Milan Records will be releasing the soundtrack for the upcoming 3D adaptation of The Three Musketeers in the US. The album featuring the orginal score from the movie composed by Paul Haslinger will be released on October 18, 2011. Also featured on the release is the film’s title song When We Were Young by Take That. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. As previously reported, the soundtrack has already been released overseas where the movie already opened in a number of countries earlier this month. The Three Musketeers is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and stars Logan Lerman, Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Christoph Waltz, Matthew MacFayden, Luke Evans, Mads Mikkelsen, Juno Temple and Ray Stevenson. Read the rest of this entry »
