Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack release for the family comedy Mr. Popper’s Penguins. The album includes the original score from composer Rolfe Kent, who collaborated on the project with director Mark Waters for the sixth time. The orchestral score was recorded earlier this month on the Fox Alfred Newman scoring stage in Los Angeles. The soundtrack will be released on June 28, 2011 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Check back on this page for the cover art and track list of the album. Mr. Popper’s Penguins is an adaptation of the 1938 children’s book and stars Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Madeline Carroll and Angela Lansbury. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: May 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mr. Popper's Penguins, Rolfe Kent, score, Soundtrack
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Ludovic Bource Scoring ‘The Artist’
Posted: May 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ludovic Bource, Michel Hazanavicius, OSS 117, The Artist
Over the last couple of days, the romance The Artist has been getting a lot of attention at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Likewise, the film’s music composed by French composer Ludovic Bource has been receiving a lot of praise from critics and might be an early contender for the upcoming Awards season. The black-and-white silent film takes place in 1927 Hollywood and focuses on a silent movie star whose career seems about to be ended because of the arrival of the talkies. At the same time, a pretty young extra sees the new format as an opportunity to launch her star. The movie stars Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Missi Pyle and Penelope Ann Miller. Read the rest of this entry »
Klaus Badelt Taking Over ‘Seven Days in Utopia’
Posted: May 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Klaus Badelt, L'ordre et la morale, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rebellion, Seven Days in Utopia, William Ross
Klaus Badelt is the new composer of the upcoming sports drama Seven Days in Utopia. He is replacing William Ross, who was originally attached to the project as reported last year. The film starring Robert Duvall, Melissa Leo and Lucas Black tells the story of Luke Chisolm, a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour. When his first big shot turns out to be a very public disaster, Luke escapes the pressures of the game and finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas. A trailer for the movie directed by Matt Russell recently premiered and can be watched below. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Big C’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: May 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Game Called Life, Leftover Cuties, Marcelo Zarvos, score, Soundtrack, The Big C
Epic Records has announced a soundtrack release for the Showtime show The Big C. The album includes the show’s main title song Game Called Life by the Leftover Cuties, as well a suite from Marcelo Zarvos‘ score for the first season of the hit show. Other artists featured on the album are The Staple Singers, Sara Bareilles, Franz Ferdinand, Delta Spirit and Modest Mouse. Profits from sales of the soundtrack will reportedly be donated to Stand Up To Cancer, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation. The album will be released on June 7, 2011, the same day as the show’s first season is released on Blu-Ray and DVD. To pre-order the soundtrack, visit Amazon and check out the audio clips below. The Big C stars Laura Linney as a suburban mom, who is diagnosed with cancer and tries to find the humor in the disease. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman to Score ‘Good Deeds’
Posted: May 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Mann's World, Aaron Zigman, Good Deeds, Tyler Perry
Aaron Zigman is set to reunite with Tyler Perry on the director’s latest project Good Deeds. Perry is directing, writing, producing and starring in the romantic drama about an affluent and successful entrepreneur who’s about to get married when he becomes enamored with a down-on-her-luck single mom. His co-stars include Thandie Newton, Rebecca Romijn, Gabrielle Union and Jamie Kennedy. The project, which is currently being shot in Atlanta will be Zigman’s and Perry’s ninth collaboration following the comedy We the Peeples, which is produced by the filmmaker and is currently in post-production. Lionsgate has yet to set a release date for Good Deeds, but a release in early 2012 seems likely. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer Joins WME Talent Agency
Posted: May 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Elliott, Amos Newman, David Holmes, David Newman, Hans Zimmer, WME
As reported by Variety and Deadline last week, the talent agency WME has signed composer Hans Zimmer, who was previously with the Gorfaine-Schwartz agency. WME has only recently started getting into representing film composers by hiring Amos Newman, the son of Academy Award-winning composer and songwriter Randy Newman. Deadline reported last month that he will be leading a newly formed film, TV, game, online and mobile division of the agency’s music department. The new unit will work to integrate WME music clients, including Kanye West, Lady Gaga, The Chemical Brothers, and Nine Inch Nails into film, television, gaming, online, and mobile platforms. Newman himself has been working for the Gorfaine-Schwartz agency for the last couple of years, where he oversaw the career of Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman. According to Variety, composers David Holmes, David Newman and Alan Elliott are also among WME’s other recent signees.
Howard Shore: A Composer’s Dream
Posted: May 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Composer's Dream, Governor's General Awards, Howard Shore
This weekend, Howard Shore was among the recipients of the Governor’s General’s Performing Arts Awards. The awards celebrate Canadian performers whose extraordinary lifetime achievements have contributed significantly to the enrichment of Canada’s cultural life. The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films reports that the National Board of Canada has produced six short films to celebrate the lives of the 2011 recipients. The short about Shore is called A Composer’s Dream and demonstrates how the Academy Award-winner has distinguished himself as one of Canada’s most accomplished and versatile composers. Watch the full short film after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Dave Stewart Scoring ‘Unlawful Killing’
Posted: May 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Stewart, David A. Stewart, Keith Allen, Unlawful Killing
Dave Stewart has scored the documentary Unlawful Killing, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last Friday. The film about the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed on August 31, 1997 is directed by British actor and filmmaker Keith Allen (Trainspotting, Shallow Grave). The movie mixes interviews with recreations of some of the key moments from the official inquest. According to the film’s press release, the questions the film asks will inevitably shake the public’s perceptions of how Diana and her partner Dodi Fayed died. Guest contributors on the film include Tony Curtis, Howard Stern, Kitty Kelley, Mohamed Al Fayed, Piers Morgan and Michael Mansfield QC. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ Soundtrack Coming in July
Posted: May 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Alan Silvestri, Captain America, David Zippel, score, Soundtrack, The First Avenger
UPDATE (June 12, 2011): Check out our new article for the full track list of the album.
Buena Vista Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for the comic book adaptation of Captain America: The First Avenger. The album is set to be released on July 19, 2011. No announcement has been made yet about the soundtrack’s contents, but it is expected that Alan Silvestri‘s score, as well as composer Alan Menken‘s and lyricist David Zippel‘s song for the film will be included on the release. Check back on this page for updates. The orchestral score and the song have been recorded in London a few weeks ago. To pre-order the soundtrack, visit Amazon. Captain America: The First Avenger is directed by Joe Johnston and stars Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci and Dominic Cooper. The movie is scheduled to open on July 22. Read the rest of this entry »
W.G. Snuffy Walden Scoring Pilots for ‘Hail Mary’ and ‘Good Christian Belles’
Posted: May 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, CBS, Good Christian Belles, Hail Mary, Other People's Kids, W.G. Snuffy Walden
W.G. Snuffy Walden has recently scored a couple of new pilots for the upcoming TV season. The crime drama Hail Mary centers on a suburban single mom living in Atlanta who teams up with a hustler to solve crimes. The pilot stars Minnie Driver, Brandon T. Jackson, Stephen Tobolowsky and Enrique Murciano. The project is created by Jeff Wadlow (Cry Wolf, Never Back Down) and the pilot is directed by Brad Silberling (Casper, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events). Joel Silver and Ilene Chaiken serve as executive producers on the project. CBS is expected to announce next week if the show gets picked up. Read the rest of this entry »
