Composer Mark Kilian has signed on to score the upcoming drama Bless Me, Ultima. The movie is based on the bestselling novel by Rudolfo Anaya and tells the coming-of-age story of a young man growing up in New Mexico during World War II and his relationship with an elderly medicine woman who helps him navigate the battle between good and evil that rages in his village. The film is directed by Carl Franklin (Devil in a Blue Dress, One True Thing, High Crimes, Out of Time) and stars Luke Ganalon and Miriam Colon. Mark Johnson (Rain Man, Donnie Brasco, The Chronicles of Narnia) is among the film’s producers. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Kilian to Score ‘Bless Me, Ultima’
Posted: April 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bless Me Ultima, Carl Franklin, John Carpenter, Mark Kilian, The Ward
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Expanded ‘First Knight’ Score released
Posted: April 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Lennertz, First Knight, Jerry Goldsmith, Medal of Honor, Michael Giacchino, Ramin Djawadi
Earlier this week, La-La Land Records has released an expanded soundtrack album of Jerry Goldsmith’s score for First Knight. The album comes in a 2 disc-set featuring the film’s score, the original 1995 album version and 7 alternate tracks not used in the film. The music has been expanded over the original soundtrack album by more than an hour. Limited to 5000 copies, the 2 CD presentation is now available to order on La-La Land Records’ website, where the album also can be previewed with several audio clips. First Knight is directed by Jerry Zucker and stars Sean Connery, Richard Gere and Julia Ormond. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 15, 2011)
Posted: April 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music NewsTags: Atlas Shrugged, Elia Cmiral, John Powell, Marco Beltrami, Mark Isham, Philippe Sarde, Rio, score, Scream 4, Sergio Mendes, Soundtrack, The Conspirator, The Princess of Montpensier, Wes Craven
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Scream 4 reunites director Wes Craven with composer Marco Beltrami. Two different soundtracks have been released for the horror sequel. A score album featuring Beltrami’s music will be released next Tuesday and a song soundtrack with two score tracks is available on Lakeshore Records. To listen to a lengthy audio interview with Craven and Beltrami on their collaboration, check out the latest ‘On The Score’ episode on Film Music Magazine. Also visit Examiner for a short interview with the composer.
Also opening is the animated feature Rio, which already opened in several foreign territories last weekend generating the highest grossing international opening of the year. The film’s score is by John Powell and Sergio Mendes served as the movie’s executive music producer. Rio‘s music team also includes percussionist Carlinhos Brown, lyricist Siedah Garrett, pop singer Taio Cruz and The Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am. A score album will be released next week by Varese Sarabande and the official soundtrack featuring the film’s songs is already out on Interscope Records. Read the rest of this entry »
C.C. Adcock Scoring William Friedkin’s ‘Killer Joe’
Posted: April 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 30 Beats, C.C. Adcock, Killer Joe, William Friedkin
C.C. Adcock is scoring the upcoming black comedy Killer Joe. The movie stars Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon and Juno Temple. The film is based on a play by Tracy Letts (Bug) about a family who hires a police detective-turned-hitman to kill their mother for her life insurance policy. Killer Joe is directed by William Friedkin. The Academy Award-winning director has worked with composer Brian Tyler on his two most recent features (The Hunted, Bug). Five-time Oscar nominee Caleb Deschanel is lensing the picture. C.C. Adcock is best known as a rock’n roll musician, noted for his electric blues and swamp pop-influenced sound. He has learnt composition and arranging during his years as an apprentice to Oscar-winning composer Jack Nitzsche. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bridesmaids’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: April 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bridesmaids, Michael Andrews, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack release for the comedy Bridesmaids. The album features one score track by composer Michael Andrews, as well as several songs from the movie. Artists on the soundtrack include Wilson Phillips, Blondie, Fiona Apple, Kate Nash and Hole. The album will be released on May 10, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from the soundtrack below. Bridesmaids directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow stars Kirsten Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph and Jon Hamm. The comedy is opening in theaters on May 13. Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias to Score Roman Polanski’s ‘Carnage’
Posted: April 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Carnage, God of Carnage, Roman Polanski
According to a press release by Sony Pictures Classics, Alberto Iglesias has been hired to write the music for the upcoming drama Carnage. The film is directed by Roman Polanski and stars Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly. The movie is an adaptation of the Tony-winning play God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza who is also responsible for adapting the play to the screen with Polanski. Carnage centers on two pairs of parents one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, who meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening devolving into chaos. The movie marks Iglesias’ first collaboration with the Academy Award-winning director who most recently worked with Alexandre Desplat on last year’s The Ghost Writer. Read the rest of this entry »
Deborah Lurie Scoring ‘Footloose’
Posted: April 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Brewer, Deborah Lurie, Footloose, Prom, Soundtrack
Deborah Lurie is writing the score for the upcoming remake of Footloose. The film is directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan) and stars Kenny Wormaid, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell. The movie is a remake of the 1984 hit film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest. Miles Goodman served as the music adaptor on the original film. The remake is said to focus more on the drama of the original movie about a city kid who moves to a conservative town where dancing and rock music has been banned and less on elaborate musical numbers of the Footloose stage adaptation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: April 13, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hood Vs. Evil, Hoodwinked Too, Murray Gold, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a score soundtrack release for the animated film Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil. The album includes the original score by Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Torchwood) and will be released digitally on April 26, 2011 and on CD on May 17. To pre-order the soundtrack, visit Amazon. Hoodwinked Too is directed by Mike Disa and features the voice talent of Glenn Close, Cheech and Chong, Hayden Panetierre, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Martin Short, Brad Garrett and Joan Cusack. The movie is the sequel to the 2005 animated hit film Hoodwinked and will be released on April 29 by the Weinstein Company. Read the rest of this entry »
Cliff Martinez Scoring ‘Drive’
Posted: April 13, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cliff Martinez, Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn, Talk Show, Xavier Giannoli
Cliff Martinez has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller Drive. The film based on James Sallis’ crime novel of the same name and adapted for the screen by Hossein Amini (the Wings of the Dove, The Four Feathers) revolves around a Hollywood stunt drive who moonlights as a getaway driver in L.A.’s criminal underworld. He finds himself a target after agreeing to aid the ex-con boyfriend of his beautiful neighbor in a job that goes dangerously awry. The movie stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman and Oscar Isaacs. Drive is directed by Nicolas Winding Refn who is best known for directing the Pusher trilogy and 2008’s action biopic Bronson. FilmDistrict is planning to release the film on September 16, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Monte Carlo’ Soundtrack Album Coming
Posted: April 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Giacchino, Monte Carlo, score, Soundtrack
UPDATE (June 1, 2011): The soundtrack is now available to pre-order on Amazon.
The first trailer of the upcoming teen comedy Monte Carlo recently surfaced online. A closer look to the trailer’s credits reveals that a soundtrack album for the film will be released by Varese Sarabande Records. Given the label’s relationship with composer Michael Giacchino, we expect the album to feature the original score from the movie. Monte Carlo 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. The movie stars Leighton Meester, Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Andie MacDowell. The film reunites Giacchino with director Tom Bezucha who previosuly worked with the composer on the holiday drama The Family Stone. Read the rest of this entry »
