Aaron Zigman has been tapped to score the upcoming dance movie Step Up Revolution. The fourth movie in the Step Up series is directed by music video/commercials director Scott Speer and stars Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman and Stephen Boss. The film follows the daughter of a wealthy businessman who arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer, but soon falls in love with a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs. Adam Shankman (Hairspray) is producing the film with Jennifer Gibgot (17 Again), Erik Feig (I Know What You Did Last Summer) and Patrick Wachsberger (Mr. & Mrs. Smith). Jon Chu who helmed the previous two films is executive producing. Zigman has previously scored the original Step Up film in 2006, as well as the 2008 sequel Step Up 2: The Streets, while Bear McCreary scored the third installment Step Up 3D in 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman to Score ‘Step Up Revolution’
Posted: March 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, Scott Speer, Step Up, Step Up Revolution
Rob Simonsen to Score ‘Imogene’ and ‘The English Teacher’
Posted: March 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Battleground, Craig Zisk, Imogene, Rob Simonsen, Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Sperman, The English Teacher
Rob Simonsen has been hired to score the upcoming indie comedy Imogene. The film is directed by Shari Springer Sperman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor) and stars Kristen Wiig as a New York playwright who stages a fake suicide attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend, only to end up being forced into the custody of her gambling-addict mother. Annette Benning, Darren Criss, Natasha Lyonne, June Diane Raphae and Matt Dillon are co-starring. Michelle Morgan has written the screenplay and Alix Madigan (Winter’s Bone), Celine Rattray (The Kids Are All Right) and Trudie Style are producing the Anonymous Content and Maven Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Cold Light of Day’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lucas Vidal, score, Soundtrack, The Cold Light of Day
The details of the soundtrack album for the upcoming thriller The Cold Light of Day have been revealed. The album features the original score from the movie composed by Spanish composer Lucas Vidal. The soundtrack has just been released digitally in the UK. UPDATE (August 2012): The soundtrack is now also available to download in the US on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. The Cold Light of Day directed by Mabrouk El Mechri and starring Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver marks Vidal’s second high profile project to be released overseas within weeks of each other following James McTeigue’s The Raven starring John Cusack. The thriller about a man whose family is kidnapped while on vacation in Spain opens in the UK and several other international markets in April. A release in the US is scheduled for September 7, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham to Score ‘Upside Down’
Posted: March 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Juan Diego Solanas, Mark Isham, Upside Down
Mark Isham confirmed in a recent interview with BuzzFocus.com that he is currently working on the music for the upcoming sci-fi romance Upside Down. The film directed by Juan Diego Solanas and starring Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess centers on a a man searching an alternate universe for a long-lost love from his youth. Jayne Heitmeyer, Larry Day and Holly O’Brien are co-starring in the co-production of Studio 37, Onyx Films and Transfilm. Claude Léger (Grey Owl), Dimitri Rassam, Alexis Vonarb & Aton Soumache (Renaissance) and Jonathan Vanger are producing the romantic drama. No word yet on if any of the score by Benoit Charest who has previously been announced as the composer of the project will remain in the film. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner Attends ‘Titanic 3D’ Premiere
Posted: March 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: James Cameron, James Horner, Titanic, Titanic 3D
Last night, James Horner attended the world premiere of James Cameron’s Titanic 3D at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Before the movie started, the composer conducted an orchestral 20-minute suite from his Academy Award-winning score from the film. Check out a video interview with the composer on the red carpet after the jump, in which he talks about his experience writing the score and the hit song My Heart Will Go On, his collaboration with Cameron and the concert piece he has composed for the premiere. Sony Classical has released a new four-disc soundtrack edition for the film starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet earlier this week. Visit our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Avengers’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Joss Whedon, score, Soundtrack, The Avengers
Hollywood Records and Marvel Music have announced the details of the soundtrack release for the superhero film The Avengers. The album features 14 songs from and inspired by the film, including Soundgarden’s end credits song Live to Rise. Also included are tracks by Shinedown, Rise Against, Papa Roach, Black Veil Brides, Scott Weiland, Bush, Evanescence and Cherri Bomb. The soundtrack will be released on May 1, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article within the next couple of weeks. A separate soundtrack album featuring the film’s original score composed by Alan Silvestri will also be released on the same day. Check back on this page for the details of the score album. The Avengers is directed by Joss Whedon and stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Mark Ruffalo as Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. Read the rest of this entry »
Jim Dooley to Score Bryan Fuller’s ‘Hannibal’
Posted: March 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Best Friends Forever, Bryan Fuller, Epic Mickey 2, Hannibal, Jim Dooley, NBC
Jim Dooley revealed at the film composer panel Behind the Music: Composing for WonderCon’s Favorite Projects at the WonderCon 2012 earlier this month that he will be scoring the upcoming TV drama Hannibal. The series is created and executive produced by Bryan Fuller who previously worked with the composer on the critically acclaimed show Pushing Daisies, for which Dooley has received an Emmy Award. The Hannibal TV show is based on the iconic literary and film character Hannnibal Lector created by Thomas Harris and centers on the character’s budding relationship with FBI agent Will Graham. Hugh Dancy has been cast as Graham who was played by Edward Norton in 2002’s Red Dragon. No word yet on who will portray the title character. Martha De Laurentiis who produced the film versions of Hannibal, Red Dragon and Hannibal Rising is an executive producer on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Hook’ Soundtrack by John Williams Released
Posted: March 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hook, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release of the remastered and expanded original score to the 1991 adventure/fantasy epic Hook directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams and Julia Roberts. The 2-CD release features more than 65 minutes of unreleased music composed by Spielberg’s regular musical collaborator John Williams and contains more than 140 minutes of music in total, including bonus alternate and unused cues. The album assembly was supervised by John Williams and the completed project approved by both Williams and Steven Spielberg. To order the soundtrack, which is limited to 5000 copies and to listen to audio clips from the release, visit La-La Land Records’ official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Sister Bliss Scoring ‘Knife Fight’
Posted: March 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bill Guttentag, Knife Fight, Sister Bliss
Sister Bliss has recently scored the upcoming indie drama Knife Fight. The movie is written and directed by Bill Guttentag who has won two Academy Awards for two of his short documentaries, most recently the 9/11-centric Twin Towers in 2003. The film stars Rob Lowe as a maverick political strategist who is struggling to keep his wayward clients, including a philandering Kentucky governor and a California senator being blackmailed – in office and out of the scandal sheets. Julie Bowen, Eric McCormack, Jennifer Morrison, Jaime Chung, Saffron Burrows and Carrie-Anne Moss are co-starring. Guttentag co-wrote the script with political consultant Bill Lehane, best known as a White Hous advisor to Bill Clinton. Guerrino De Luca, Catherine Davila and Daniel Davila (Harrison Montgomery are the producers of the project. Sister Bliss is best known for her work with Rollo Armstrong as part of the electronica band Faithless. Knife Fight marks her first major solo film scoring assignment. The movie is set to debut at the Tribeca Film Festival next month. No word yet on a release date of the film.
Jeff Beal to Score David Fincher’s ‘House of Cards’
Posted: March 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Fincher, House of Cards, Jeff Beal, John Melfi
Jeff Beal has signed on to composer the score for David Fincher’s highly anticipated Netflix original series House of Cards. The show starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright follows an ambitious politician with his eye on the top job. The political thriller based on the book and BBC mini-series of the same name, which explored the ruthless underside of British politics at the end of the Thatcher era, has been reset against the backdrop of modern-day U.S. electoral politics. Kate Mara, Kristen Connolly, Corey Stoll and Constance Zimmer are co-starring. Beau Willimon (The Ides of March) has written the show’s pilot. Fincher is directing the first two episodes and serves as an executive producer of the Media Rights Capital production alongside Josh Donen (Spartacus: Blood and Sand), Academy Award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), as well as Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti of Trigger Street Productions (The Social Network, 21). House of Cards reunites Beal with producer John Melfi, a prior collaborator as an executive producer on HBO’s Rome. Read the rest of this entry »
