Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the HBO movie Too Big to Fail. The album includes the original score by Marcelo Zarvos. The soundtrack will be released on July 12, 2011 and is now available to pre-order on Amazon. Too Big to Fail is directed by Curtis Hanson and stars William Hurt, Paul Giamatti, James Woods, Billy Crudup, Matthew Modine, Tony Shalhoub, Topher Grace, Kathy Baker, Bill Pullman, Michael O’Keefe and Cynthia Nixon. The film about the financial crisis of 2008 and the group of powerbrokers who decided the fate of the world’s economy in a matter of a few weeks premiered last month on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Too Big to Fail’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Marcelo Zarvos, score, Soundtrack, Too Big to Fail
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Blake Neely to Score ABC’s ‘Pan Am’
Posted: June 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Blake Neely, Pan Am, The Mentalist
Blake Neely is set to score the upcoming ABC drama Pan Am. The show set in the 1960’s revolves around pilots and flight attendants working at the iconic and once-dominant Pan Am airline. The drama stars Christina Ricci in her first major TV gig, as well as Kelli Garner (The Aviator), Jonah Lotan (Generation Kill), Michael Mosley (Scrubs), Margot Robbie and Karine Vanasse. Jack Orman (ER, JAG) created the show and Thomas Schlamme (Parenthood, The West Wing) directed the pilot. Orman and Schlamme are also producing alongside Nancy Hult Ganis, who was a Pan Am flight attendant herself in the 70’s. Pan Am is scheduled to premiere this fall on ABC and will airing every Sunday night at 10:00pm. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Every Day’ Soundtrack released
Posted: June 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Every Day, Jeanine Tesori, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Every Day. The album includes the original score by Jeanine Tesori (Nights in Rodanthe). The soundtrack was released yesterday and is now available to download on Amazon and iTunes. Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be checked out below. Every Day is directed by Richard Levine and stars Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Brian Dennehy and Eddie Izzard. The movie about a New York couple in romantic crisis has been released in theaters earlier this year and is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD from Image Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mr. Popper's Penguins, Rolfe Kent, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has revealed the soundtrack details for Mr. Popper’s Penguins. The album includes 27 tracks of the original score composed by Rolfe Kent. The soundtrack will be released on June 28, 2011 and is now available to pre-order on Amazon. The music has recently been recorded at the Fox Alfred Newman scoring stage in Los Angeles. Mr. Popper’s Penguins is an adaptation of the 1938 children’s book and stars Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Madeline Carroll and Angela Lansbury. The movie will be released on June 17 by 20th Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring ‘Jack and Jill’
Posted: June 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Sandler, Dennis Dugan, Jack and Jill, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Zookeeper
Rupert Gregson-Williams is currently scoring the upcoming comedy Jack and Jill. The project reunites the composer with director Dennis Dugan who worked with Gregson-Williams on his last four movies, most recently on the comedies Just Go With It and Grown Ups. The film stars Adam Sandler who plays both main characters in the film, Jack and Jill. Jack is a family man who is forced to deal with Jill, his twin sister from the Bronx when she comes to Los Angeles for a visit and then won’t leave. Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, Shaquille O’Neal and Dana Carvey are co-starring. Sandler is also producing through his Happy Madison Productions company. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: June 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Patrick Doyle, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, score, Soundtrack
It has been announced today that the official soundtrack album for the upcoming sci-fi action film Rise of the Planet of the Apes will be released by Varese Sarabande Records. The soundtrack includes the score from the movie by composer Patrick Doyle on his second major summer blockbuster project after Thor. The album will be released on July 26, 2011. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. More details on the soundtrack including track list and cover art will be posted soon. Rise of the Planet of the Apes stars James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow and Brian Cox. The movie directed by Rupert Wyatt has been described as an origin story of the Planet of the Apes saga. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Soundtrack by Harry Gregson-Williams Coming in July
Posted: June 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cowboys & Aliens, Harry Gregson-Williams, Hybrid, score, Soundtrack
UPDATE (July 19, 2011): Check out our new article for more details on the soundtrack and visit Amazon to order the album.
Varese Sarabande Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for the upcoming sci-fi action western Cowboys & Aliens. The album features the original score from the film by composer Harry Gregson-Williams. The soundtrack will be released on July 26, 2011. It has been reported that the electronic music group Hybrid has collaborated with Gregson-Williams on the score. No word yet on if any of Hybrid’s contributions will be on the album. Check back on this page in a couple of weeks for more details and the full track list. Cowboys & Aliens is directed by Jon Favreau and stars Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Paul Dano and Sam Rockwell. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino’s ‘Monte Carlo’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Giacchino, Monte Carlo, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details for the soundtrack release of the teen comedy Monte Carlo. The album includes 40 tracks of Michael Giacchino‘s original score from the film. The soundtrack will be released on June 28, 2011 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Monte Carlo is directed by Tom Bezucha (The Family Stone) and stars Leighton Meester, Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Andie MacDowell. The movie tells the story of a girl and her best friend who travel to Paris with one girl’s future stepsister, where one of the girls is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress, which leads the girls to find themselves going on a dream vacation to Monte Carlo. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Yared Scoring Angelina Jolie’s ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’
Posted: June 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Angelina Jolie, Belle du Seigneur, Dado Dzihan, Gabriel Yared, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Waves and Patterns
Gabriel Yared is writing the score for the upcoming drama In the Land of Blood and Honey. The film marks the directorial debut of Angelina Jolie who also wrote the screenplay for the project. The movie starring Rade Serbedzija, Nikola Djuricko and Goran Kostic is set during the bloody civil war in the former-Yugoslavia in the early ’90s and tells the love story between a Serbian man and Bosnian woman who meet on the eve of the war and the effect the crisis has on their relationship. The movie will reportedly also feature additional music by Dado Dzihan (Dado Jehan) as Waves and Patterns. The project is produced by GK Films (The Tourist, The Town). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Art of Getting By’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alec Puro, score, Soundtrack, The Art of Getting By
Rhino Records is set to release a soundtrack album for the romantic dramedy The Art of Getting By. The album includes three score tracks by composer Alec Puro, as well as several songs from the movie from such artists as The Shins, Earlimart, Mates of State, Delphic, Leonard Cohen, Clap Your Hand Say Yeah, The Boxer Rebellion, Pavement and French Kicks. The soundtrack will receive a physical release on June 14, 2011 (visit Amazon to pre-order the CD) and will also be available digitally on the same day. Check out audio clips from each track on the album below. The Art of Getting By is written and directed by Gavin Wiesen and stars Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Elizabeth Reaser, Alicia Silverstone, Blair Underwood and Rita Wilson. Read the rest of this entry »
