Hans Zimmer revealed in a recent interview on KCRW that he is currently collaborating with the Mexican music duo Rodrigo y Gabriela on his score for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Rodrigo y Gabriela are known for their fast, rhythmic acoustic guitar performances. Visit the duo’s official webpage to find out more about Rodrigo and Gabriela and listen to their work. The fourth Pirates of the Caribbean directed by Rob Marshall and starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Penelope Cruz is set to open on May 20, 2011. Click here to listen to the complete audio interview with Zimmer on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. In the interview, Zimmer also talks about his Oscar-nominated score for Inception, his thoughts on the Award season and his other upcoming projects. He also goes into detail about his collaboration with Johnny Marr on Inception and mentions that Marr has been brought back to perform on the music for Gore Verbinski’s Rango. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to collaborate with ‘Rodrigo y Gabriela’ on new Pirates movie
Posted: February 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Hans Zimmer, Inception, Johnny Marr, Pirates 4, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rango, Rodrigo y Garcia
‘Battle: Los Angeles’ Soundtrack details
Posted: February 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Battle: Los Angeles, Brian Tyler, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande Records has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the upcoming sci-fi action film Battle: Los Angeles. The album includes 22 tracks of Brian Tyler’s score for the movie directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Visit the official movie webpage, where several audio clips from the score can be heard. The album will be released on March 8, 2011 and can be pre-ordered at Amazon. The movie starring Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan and Michelle Rodriquez is opening on March 11. Read the rest of this entry »
Clint Mansell to score ‘Mass Effect 3’
Posted: February 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Clint Mansell, Last Night, Mass Effect 3
While we don’t usually report video game scoring assignments, we will make exceptions for assignments by high profile film composer. According to a recent interview with Clint Mansell at The Quietus, the composer will score the upcoming game Mass Effect 3, which marks his first video game scoring assignment. The game developed by Bioware is scheduled to come out at the end of this year (watch the debut trailer below). In the interview, Mansell also talks about his work methods, his experience leading his band Pop Will Eat Itself and his collaboration with Darren Aronofsky including his scores for Black Swan, The Wrestler and Requiem for a Dream. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Leonard-Morgan scoring ‘Limitless’
Posted: February 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Limitless, Nico Muhly, Paul Leonard Morgan
Film Music Reporter has learned that composer Paul Leonard-Morgan has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming thriller Limitless. Nico Muhly was the original composer on the movie as reported last year with his name even being listed in the film’s trailer. The final recording sessions for Paul Leonard-Morgan’s score are scheduled to take place this week. Limitless marks the composer’s first big American feature project. Leonard-Morgan’s previous credits include several British TV series, such as MI-5 (aka Spooks) and Silent Witness, as well as a number of British TV documentaries. To find out more about the composer and listen to audio clips from his previous work, visit his official website. Limitless is directed Neil Burger and stars Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish and Robert De Niro. The film is set to open on March 18, 2011 by Relativity Media. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Heffes joining Brian Reitzell on ‘Red Riding Hood’
Posted: February 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Brian Reitzell, Red Riding Hood, Soundtrack, The First Grader
Film Music Reporter has learned that composer Alex Heffes has stepped in to co-score Catherine Hardwicke’s Red Riding Hood. He will be scoring the film alongside Brian Reitzell, who was announced as the composer and music supervisor on the film last year as reported here. Reitzell is also producing the songs in the movie. Heffes recently worked for the film’s studio on the recent horror thriller The Rite starring Anthony Hopkins. Watertower Music has already announced a soundtrack album to be released on March 8, 2011. We will be posting an update once more details about the soundtrack become available. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jane Eyre’ Soundtrack details
Posted: February 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dario Marianelli, Jack Liebeck, Jane Eyre, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical has announced a soundtrack album for Cary Fukunaga’s upcoming adaptation of Jane Eyre. The album includes the film’s original score by Dario Marianelli featuring violinist Jack Liebeck. The soundtrack will be released on March 8. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. The movie starring Mia Wasikowska, Judi Dench, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell and Sally Hawkins will open in theaters on March 11. For more information on the movie, watch the trailer below and visit the official movie webpage. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Menken to write music for ‘Captain America’
Posted: February 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Captain America, Joe Johnston, The First Avenger
According to Badass Digest, Alan Menken is involved in Joe Johnston’s upcoming comic book adaptation of Captain America: The First Avenger. The site doesn’t mention any specifics about Menken’s involvment, but it is expected that he would write a song or songs for the time when Captain America is in the USO. There have been many rumors going around about the composer of the score for the movie, but the last thing we’ve heard is that several composers have been approached to write the score, but there is still no official composer on board at this time. We will be posting an update as soon as we’ll find out more information. Joe Johnston previously worked with such composers as James Horner (The Rocketeer), Danny Elfman (The Wolfman), James Newton Howard (Hidalgo), Mark Isham (October Sky) and Don Davis (Jurassic Park III). Read the rest of this entry »
Dickon Hinchliffe scoring ‘The Fields’
Posted: February 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ami Canaan Mann, Dickon Hinchliffe, Project Nim, The Fields
Dickon Hinchliffe has recently finished the score for the upcoming thriller The Fields. The movie marks the first major feature directorial effort for Ami Canaan Mann (daughter of Michael Mann who is producing the film). The Fields stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Moretz and Jeffrey Dean Morgan and centers on a series of unsolved murders in industrial wastelands surrounding Gulf Coast refineries, where as many as 70 bodies have turned up over the past two decades. The film, which was originally called Texas Killing Fields is expected to be released later this year.
‘Vanishing on 7th Street’ Soundtrack released
Posted: February 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lucas Vidal, score, Soundtrack, Vanishing on 7th Street
A Soundtrack album for the apocalyptic horror thriller Vanishing on 7th Street starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo has recently been released on iTunes. The album features 26 tracks of Lucas Vidal’s original score from the film, as well as 2 songs by Howard Herrick. Vidal’s music was written for prepared piano, string quartet and cello octet. To listen to audio clips and download the album, visit iTunes. Vanishing on 7th Street is now available on demand on iTunes, Amazon and several other places and will receive a limited release in theaters on February 18, 2011. For more information on the movie, watch the trailer below and visit the film’s official movie and Facebook page. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Zanelli to score ‘Beneath the Darkness’
Posted: February 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beneath the Darkness, Geoff Zanelli, You May Not Kiss the Bride
According to the Gorfaine/Schwartz agency, Geoff Zanelli has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Beneath the Darkness. In the movie set in Texas, a 16-year-old boy struggles to expose the grim secrets surrounding a “haunted” house after the death of his best friend. The film is directed by Martin Guigui and stars Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller, Aimee Teegarden, Stephen Lunsford, Devon Werkheiser and Brett Cullen. The indie thriller which is currently in post-production is produced by Ronnie Klemer (A League of Their Own) and written by Bruce Wilkinson, who also serves as an executive producer on the film alongside Scott Mednick (Where the Wild Things Are). Read the rest of this entry »
