Benoit Charest is scoring the upcoming sci-fi romance Upside Down. The movie is directed by Juan Diego Solanas and stars Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess. The film centers on a a man searching an alternate universe for a long-lost love from his youth. James W. Skotchdopole (Man on Fire, Spy Game) is executive producing the big budget French/Canadian production and Alex McDowell (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Watchmen) is the project’s production designer. Charest’s best known film credit is the animated film The Triplets of Bellville, which earned the composer an Academy Award nomination for co-writing the song Belleville Redez-Vous. Upside Down already has distributors in place in several European countries. A domestic distribution deal has yet to be announced and a release later this year is expected.
Benoit Charest Scoring ‘Upside Down’
Posted: July 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benoit Charest, Upside Down
‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: July 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Crazy Stupid Love, Soundtrack
Watertower Music has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love. The album features songs from the movie from artists including Thievery Corporation, The Acorn, Gram Rabbit, Nina Simone, Miike Snow, Goldfrapp, Say Hi, Doris Troy, The Bamboos and The Middle East. None of the original score by Christophe Beck and Nick Urata is included on the album. The soundtrack is set to be released on July 26, 2011 and will be available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from the soundtrack below. Crazy, Stupid, Love is directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and stars Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei. The movie will be released on June 29. Read the rest of this entry »
Carlo Siliotto Scoring ‘Without Men’
Posted: July 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carlo Siliotto, Without Men
Composer Carlo Siliotto has recently scored his first English language feature film in several years. The comedy Without Men starring Eva Longoria, Christian Slater, Kate del Castillo and Oscar Nunez centers on a group of women of a small, remote Latin American mountain village that’s forever altered the day all of its men are recruited to go fight in the country’s civil war. The movie is based on James Canon’s Tales From the Town of Widows: A Novel and written for the screen and directed by Gabriela Tagliavini. The music for the film was recorded earlier this year in Bulgaria. Siliotto is best known internationally for his music for the 2004 comic book adaptation The Punisher and his Golden Globe-nominated score for Nomad: The Warrior. Maya Entertainment has picked up domestic rights for Without Men and is planning a theatrical release later this year.
‘Horrible Bosses’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Horrible Bosses, score, Soundtrack
Watertower Music has announced the details for the soundtrack release of the comedy Horrible Bosses. The album includes the original score by Christopher Lennertz who collaborated with numerous rock musicians, including Money Mark (Beastie Boys), Mick McCready (Pearl Jam), Dave Levita (Eminem), Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction), Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band),Victor Indrizzo (Beck) and DJ Cheapshot (Fort Minor, Linkin Park) to create the film’s music. Visit our previous article for more information on the collaboration and also check out a “making of the soundtrack” video featuring an interview with Lennertz after the jump. Audio clips from each track on the album can also be found below. The soundtrack will be released on July 5, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 1, 2011)
Posted: July 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dark of the Moon, James Newton Howard, John Swihart, Larry Crowne, Mandy Hoffman, Michael Giacchino, Monte Carlo, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jablonsky, Terri, The Perfect Host, Transformers
Three new movies are opening wide this holiday weekend:
Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whitley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Malkovich, Patrick Dempsey, Ken Jeong, Alan Tudyk, Frances McDormand and John Turturro already opened on Wednesday. The film’s music is composed by Steve Jablonsky. A score album has been released digitally and is available to download on iTunes (check out our soundtrack announcement for more information). A physical CD release is expected later this year. For an audio interview with Jablonsky talking about his score for the film, visit Film Music Magazine. A separate soundtrack with songs from the movie is also available. Click here for more details on the song album.
Also opening wide this weekend is the Tom Hanks-directed comedy drama Larry Crowne starring Hanks and Julia Roberts. The movie is scored by composer James Newton Howard. A soundtrack album featuring twelve songs from the film and one track of Newton Howard’s score has been released earlier this week on Rhino Records. Check out our previous article for more information and audio clips from the soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner to Score ‘Black Gold’
Posted: July 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Gold, James Horner, Jean-Jacques Annaud
James Horner has signed on to write the music for the epic adventure Black Gold. The film is directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud who has previously collaborated with Horner on the 1986 thriller The Name of the Rose starring Sean Connery and the 2001 war drama Enemy at the Gates. Black Gold is based on the classic novel The Great Thirst by Hans Reuschand and tells the story of the rivalry between two Emirs in Arabia in the 1930’s just as oil is being discovered, and the rise of a young, dynamic leader who unites the various tribes of the desert kingdoms. The film stars Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim, Freida Pinto and Liya Kebede. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Jackman Scoring ‘Man on a Ledge’
Posted: June 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Asger Leth, Henry Jackman, Man on a Ledge
Henry Jackman is scoring the upcoming cop thriller Man on a Ledge. The movie starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Ed Harris, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns and Kyra Sedgwick centers on an ex-cop and now wanted fugitive who stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while an NYPD hostage negotiator tries to talk him down. The film is directed by Asger Leth who previously helmed the documentary Ghosts of Cite Soleil. Pablo Fenjves, Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door) and Erich & Jon Hoeber (Red, the upcoming Battleship) wrote the project’s script. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers, Salt), David Ready and Mark Vahradian (Red) are producing. Read the rest of this entry »
Harald Kloser to Co-Write and Co-Produce Roland Emmerich’s ‘Singularity’
Posted: June 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anonymous, Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich, Singularity, Thomas Wander
Deadline reports that composer/screenwriter/producer Harald Kloser co-wrote the screenplay for Roland Emmerich’s upcoming science fiction movie Singularity, which he is also co-producing. No word yet on if he will be writing the score for the film as well, but given his previous work with the director, it is assumed that he will also be involved in the music for the project. No information about the movie’s plot has been revealed yet. Kloser previously co-wrote the scripts for Emmerich’s 10’000 BC and 2012 and co-scored both movies with composer Thomas Wander. Sony Pictures has set a May 17, 2013 release date for Singularity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Little Help’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: June 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Little Help, Austin Wintory, Jakob Dylan, Soundtrack
Columbia Records has announced a soundtrack release for the comedy drama A Little Help. The album includes two score tracks by composer Austin Wintory (Captain Abu Raed, Grace), as well as the original song I’m Lucky co-written by Wintory and Céleigh Chapman. Also featured on the soundtrack are Jakob Dylan with three original songs, Rob Benedict’s band Louden Swain, Dion, Zach Page and Céleigh Chapman. The album will be released digitally on July 19, 2011. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. A Little Help is directed by Michael J. Weithorn (The King of Queens) and centers on a recently widowed single mom who reconnects with an old flame – her sister’s husband. The film stars Jenna Fischer, Chris O’Donnell and Rob Benedict. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino & J.J. Abrams – Full Conversation
Posted: June 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: J.J. Abrams, Michael Giacchino
UCLA’s Hammer Museum has published the full conversation between Michael Giacchino and director J.J. Abrams that took place on June 12 as previously reported on this page. Check out the almost 90 minutes video after the jump. Giacchino and Abrams talk about their influences, their working process, how they first met and started working together on Alias, and their collaboration on such projects as Star Trek, Lost and their most recent project Super 8. Read the rest of this entry »
