Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 12, 2013)

Posted: April 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

42Expected to top the weekend box office is the sports drama 42 written and directed by Brian Helgeland and stars Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Alan Tudyk, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman, Brad Beyer and T.R. Knight. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It). WaterTower Music has released two soundtracks, including an album featuring the songs from the movie and a track from Isham’s score (click here for our announcement including audio clips), as well as an album featuring the composer’s score (audio clips and the full details are available here). Check out a video featuring an interview with Isham and footage from the recording sessions from ET Online. Also visit Film Music Magazine for a lengthy audio interview with the composer, as well as The Credits and al.com for more interviews.

scary-movie-5Also opening wide is the horror comedy sequel Scary Movie 5 directed by Malcolm Lee and stars Ashley Tisdale, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Snoop Dogg, Katt Williams, Molly Shannon, Terry Crews, Simon Rex, Jerry O’Connell, Sarah Hyland, Katrina Bowden, Tyler Posey, Shad Moss aka Bow Wow, Kate Walsh, Heather Locklear, Mac Miller and Mike Tyson. James L. Venable (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, EuroTrip) has composed the film’s score. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Hyper Crush, Latief Scott, Bellringer, Blind Truth featuring Georgia Harris and Tarik NuClothes on April 23. Check out our previous article for the full details. The label will also release a separate album featuring Venable’s score. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Endeavour’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: April 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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endeavourSony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the detective drama Endeavour. The album features one track from the show’s original score composed by Barrington Pheloung (Hilary and Jackie, Shopgirl), as well as numerous classical pieces used in the series. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on May 6, 2013 (visit Amazon to order the CD version as an import). No word yet on a domestic release date. Endeavour created by Russell Lewis based on characters created by Colin Dexter and stars Shaun Evans, Roger Allam and Patrick Malahide. The series is set as a prequel to Inspector Morse and follows the young detective Endeavour Morse and his partner Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. The pilot episode premiered last year on ITV in the UK and on PBS in the US. Read the rest of this entry »

Jóhann Jóhannsson to Score ‘Prisoners’

Posted: April 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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johann-johannssonJóhann Jóhannsson has been hired to score the upcoming dramatic thriller Prisoners. The film is directed by Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) and stars Hugh Jackman, Melissa Leo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard and David Dastmalchian. The movie follows a small-town carpenter whose young daughter and best friend are kidnapped and discovers that elderly neighbors have been kidnapping and murdering children for years. Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband) has written the screenplay. Andrew Kosove & Broderick Johnson (The Blind Side, Insomnia, The Book of Eli) are producing for Alcon Entertainment, along with Kira Davis for 8:38 Productions and Adam Kolbrenner for Madhouse Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »

Bear McCreary’s ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’ Theme to Be Released

Posted: April 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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da-vincis-demonsComposer Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead) has launched his own record label Sparks & Shadows and announced the first couple of releases. Coming out on April 12, 2013 as a digital single is his main theme for the new Starz original series Da Vinci’s Demons. The single will be released on April 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A full soundtrack album will be available digitally to coincide with the season one finale and a limited edition CD, with exclusive bonus content, is planned for the summer. Da Vinci’s Demons created by David S. Goyer and starring Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Lucrezia Donati, Elliot Cowan, Lorenzo Medici and Lara Pulver premieres this Friday, April 12 on Starz. To learn more about the historical fantasy series, show, visit the official show website. Sparks & Shadows’ other upcoming releases include soundtracks for the Syfy series Defiance (an album for the video game has already been released) and the feature film Europa Report. Read the rest of this entry »

Justin Burnett Scoring ‘Getaway’

Posted: April 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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getawayJustin Burnett is currently scoring the upcoming action crime thriller Getaway. The movie is directed by Courtney Solomon (An American Haunting) and Yaron Levy and stars Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez and Jon Voight. The film follows a burned out race car driver forced to get behind the wheel for a criminal scheme when his wife is kidnapped. Gregg Maxwell Parker and Sean Finegan wrote the script and Solomon is producing the project with Moshe Diamant (The Black Dahlia, Tristan + Isolde) and Chris Milburn. Joel Silver (The Matrix, Die Hard), Alan Zeman and Steve Richards are executive producing the Dark Castle Entertainment and After Dark Films production. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Scary Movie 5’ Soundtrack Announced

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scary-movie-5Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the horror spoof sequel Scary Movie 5. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Hyper Crush, Latief Scott, Bellringer, Blind Truth featuring Georgia Harris and Tarik NuClothes. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 23, 2013. Check back on this page for audio clips. Scary Movie 5 is directed by Malcolm Lee and stars Ashley Tisdale, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Snoop Dogg, Katt Williams, Molly Shannon, Terry Crews, Simon Rex, Jerry O’Connell, Sarah Hyland, Katrina Bowden, Tyler Posey, Shad Moss aka Bow Wow, Kate Walsh, Heather Locklear, Mac Miller and Mike Tyson. The comedy will be released nationwide this Friday, April 12 by Dimension Films. Read the rest of this entry »

Danielle Diego to Head Fox Music

Posted: April 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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foxmusic20th Century Fox Film has promoted Danielle Diego to EVP of Fox Music. In her new position, she will be responsible for overseeing music supervision for films across all Fox Film Divisions, including 20th Century Fox Film, Fox Searchlight, Fox 2000 and Fox Animation. Diego worked at Fox for 17 years and previously served as SVP of Fox Music and music supervised such hit films as Life of Pi, Night at the Museum, Rio, X-Men: The Last Stand, Ice Age: Continental Drift and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, as well as the upcoming animated feature Epic.

Son Lux Scoring ‘The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His/Hers’

Posted: April 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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son-luxSon Lux is composing the score for the upcoming movies The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers. The double feature is written and directed by Ned Benson and stars Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, William Hurt, Jess Weixler, Nina Arianda, Viola Davis, Isabelle Huppert, Bill Hader and Ciaran Hinds. The films follow a New York City couple during a difficult time in their marriage from the perspectives of the restaurant-owner husband and of the wife, who goes back to college. Cassandra Kulukundis and Kirk D’Amico (Kinsey, Margin Call) are producing the Unison Films and Myriad Pictures production. The project marks Son Lux’s first major film scoring assignment. Read the rest of this entry »

Cliff Martinez to Receive BMI’s Richard Kirk Award

Posted: April 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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cliffmartinezBroadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has announced today that Cliff Martinez will be honored with the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at this year’s BMI Film & Television Awards. The Grammy-nominated composer will be the first recipient of the award who is also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Martinez started out in bands including Captain Beefheart, The Weirdos, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Dickies before scoring his first movie, Sex, Lies, and Videotape directed by Steven Soderbergh. He went on to collaborate with the director multiples times on such films as Kafka, The Limey, Traffic, Solaris and Contagion. The composer’s other film scoring credits include Drive (for which he received a Broadcast Film Critics Award nomination), Arbitrage, The Lincoln Lawyer, Narc, Wicker Park and Wonderland. He has recently scored two movies currently playing in theaters: Robert Redford’s The Company You Keepand Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers (co-composed with Skrillex). He also wrote the music for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives starring Ryan Gosling, which is set to be released in the US on July 19, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

James Newton Howard’s ‘Grand Canyon’ Score Released

Posted: April 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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grand-canyonLa-La Land Records has announced an expanded release of the original motion picture score to the 1991 feature film Grand Canyon written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Kline, Mary McDonald, Danny Glover and Steve Martin. The album features the movie’s original score composed by James Newton Howard. The special limited edition soundtrack contains more than 25 minutes of score not found on the original soundtrack release. To listen to audio clips and to order the album, which is limited to 2000 copies, visit the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »

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