WaterTower Music has revealed the details for the soundtrack release of the comedy sequel The Hangover Part II. The album includes 12 songs from the movie. Artists featured on the soundtrack include Wolfmother, Danzig, Billy Joel, and Curtis Mayfield. Also included are several on-screen performances from the film, including the Thai wedding band, Ska Rangers, covering I Ran and Just The Way You Are, Mike Tyson singing One Night in Bangkok, as well as the song Allentown, performed by Ed Helms’ character. None of Christophe Beck’s original score is featured on the album. The score for the first part was released closer to the film’s home video release, which makes a separate score album to come out later seem possible. The soundtrack will be released on May 24, 2011 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hangover Part II’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Beck, Ed Helms, Mike Tyson, Part II, Ska Ranger, Soundtrack, The Hangover, The Hangover 2
Nick Urata to Score ‘Grassroots’
Posted: April 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Devotchka, Dustin Lance Black, Grassroots, Nick Urata, Stephen Gyllenhaal, What's Wrong with Virginia
Nick Urata has been tapped to write the music for the upcoming political comedy Grassroots. The film is directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal (Homegrown, Losing Isaiah) and stars Jason Biggs (American Pie), Joel David Moore (Avatar), Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under), Christopher McDonald (Requiem for a Dream), Tom Arnold and Cedric the Entertainer. The movie centers on a journalist, who, after losing his job, reluctantly agrees to help his oddball friend with his bid to earn a seat on the Seattle City Council. Grassroots is produced by Peggy Rajski (The Grifters). Read the rest of this entry »
A new feature for easier navigation of this page has been added. The Upcoming Soundtrack Albums page is a listing of all currently announced upcoming soundtrack albums for movies that are going to be released theatrically in the United States. If details for the soundtracks are available, you can find out more by clicking on the movie title. The page will regularly be updated as new soundtrack announcements are being made.
Chris Bacon to Score ‘Wonder Woman’ Pilot
Posted: April 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrienne Palicki, Chris Bacon, David E. Kelley, NBC, Pilot, Wonder Woman
Chris Bacon has been hired to score the NBC pilot Wonder Woman. The project is a reimagining of the iconic D.C. comic created by William Moulton Marston and tells the story of Diana Prince, who tries to balance her life as a vigilante crime fighter, a successful corporate executive and a modern woman. Adrienne Palicki (Friday Night Lights) has been chosen for the title role. Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Saw), Elizabeth Hurley (Austin Powers), Tracie Thomas (Cold Case) and Pedro Pascal (The Good Wife) are co-starring in the pilot. The project is produced and written by David E. Kelley and the pilot is directed by Jeffrey Reiner (Friday Night Lights, The Event). Kelley has a history of hiring top film composers on his shows, including Thomas Newman who wrote the opening theme for Boston Public and Mark Isham who wrote two different main titles for Chicago Hope, as well as Marco Beltrami and Christophe Beck who both scored different seasons of his Emmy-winning hit show The Practice. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 29, 2011)
Posted: April 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13 Assassins, Brian Tyler, Dead of Night, Deborah Lurie, Dylan Dog, Fast Five, Hood Vs. Evil, Hoodwinked Too, Klaus Badelt, Koji Endo, Murray Gold, Prom
Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Expecting to enjoy the biggest box office debut of the year so far is the action sequel Fast Five. The film’s music is composed by Brian Tyler. Check out our news entry from yesterday for a video interview with Tyler and recording sessions footage from the project. A score album will be released next Tuesday by Varese Sarabande and is already available on iTunes and a song album with three score cues is coming out on ABCKO Records.
Also opening wide is the teen comedy Prom directed by Joe Nussbaum. The film’s score is by Deborah Lurie. As reported earlier this month, a soundtrack with songs from the movie has been released by Hollywood Records, but none of Lurie’s original score is included. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING NEWS: Alexandre Desplat to Score George Clooney’s ‘The Ides of March’
Posted: April 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, George Clooney, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, Soundtrack, The Ides of March
Film Music Reporter has learned that Alexandre Desplat has signed on to score the drama The Ides of March. George Clooney directs and stars in the film about a young press spokesman, played by Ryan Gosling, who falls prey to backroom politics, the treacherous manipulations of veteran operatives and the seduction of a young intern. The movie is an adaptation of the Broadway play Farragut North and co-stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Max Minghella and Jeffrey Wright. Clooney adapted the play for the screen with Grant Heslov who previously co-wrote the director’s Academy-Award-nominated drama Good Night, and Good Luck. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler on ‘Fast Five’
Posted: April 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Brian Tyler, Fast Five
Reelz Channel uploaded a new video feature today on Brian Tyler’s music for Fast Five. The composer is interviewed about his score on the action sequel and the video also offers footage from the recording sessions of the score. Tyler also recently uploaded a video from the orchestra and drumming recording of the track Fast Five from the score soundtrack album, which will be released by Varese Sarabande Records on May 3, 2011. Check out both videos after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
William Ross Scoring ‘Touchback’
Posted: April 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Balls to the Walls, Don Handfield, Touchback, William Ross
William Ross recently recorded his score for the upcoming football drama Touchback. The film stars Kurt Russell, Brian Presley, Melanie Lynsky, Christine Lahti and Marc Blucas. According to Variety, the movie written and directed by Don Handfield centers on a man whose promising high school football career was cut short when he was critically injured during a playoff game. He gets the chance to decide if he wants the life he has, or the life that could have been, when he’s unexpectedly thrust back to that fateful instant that changed his life forever. Ross’ music was recorded earlier this month with a 55-piece orchestra at Air Studios in London. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Coming
Posted: April 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Game of Thrones, HBO, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
UPDATE (May 31, 2011): Check out our new article for the track list and cover art of the album.
Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for HBO’s hit show Game of Thrones. The album includes Ramin Djawadi’s original score from the show. The soundtrack will be released on June 14, 2011. More details on the album will be published next month. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. It is expected that Djawadi’s main theme will be included on the soundtrack (check out a video of the main titles sequence below). Game of Thrones premiered on April 17 and already got picked up for a second season. The show created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and starring Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage, Mark Addy, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley and Emilia Clarke is currently airing every Sunday night on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham Scoring ‘Once Upon a Time’
Posted: April 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis, Mark Isham, Once Upon a Time, Warrior
Mark Isham has been hired to score the drama pilot Once Upon a Time. The project centers on a woman with a troubled past who is drawn into a small town in Maine where the magic and mystery of Fairy Tales just may be real. The pilot’s cast includes Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White, Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin, Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen and Josh Dallas as Prince Charming. Jennifer Morrison, Jamie Dornan and Jared Gilmore are co-starring. Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis who are best known as writers on Lost and last year’s Tron: Legacy wrote the pilot and will be serving as executive producers on the project. Damon Lindelof (Lost) acts as a consulting producer and Mark Mylod (Ali G Indahouse, the upcoming comedy What’s Your Number?) is directing the pilot. Read the rest of this entry »
