TV Squad reports that Ramin Djawadi has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming HBO series Game of Thrones. He is replacing composer Stephen Warbeck who was originally scoring the project as reported last year. The fantasy drama based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire stars Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey and will have its premiere on April 17, 2011 on HBO. Djawadi will score all 10 episodes of the show’s first season. For more information on the show, watch the teaser trailer below and visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi taking over ‘Game of Thrones’
Posted: February 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Game of Thrones, HBO, Ramin Djawadi, Stephen Warbeck
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‘The Roommate’ soundtrack details
Posted: February 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Frizzell, score, Soundtrack, The Roommate
Madison Gates Records has released a soundtrack album for the Screen Gems teen thriller The Roommate starring Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly and Cam Gigandet. The album includes 20 tracks of original score from composer John Frizzell. The album is currently available as a digital release. For audio clips and to download the album, visit iTunes. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Wurman scoring ‘Something Borrowed’
Posted: February 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Wurman, Luke Greenfield, Something Borrowed
Film Music Reporter has learned that Alex Wurman is the composer of the upcoming romantic comedy Something Borrowed. The movie centers around a Manhattan attorney who becomes involved with her best friend’s fiance following her 30th birthday. The film is an adaptation of the first in a series of novels from Emily Giffin and is directed by Luke Greenfield who has previously worked with composers Paul Haslinger on The Girl Next Door and Teddy Castellucci on The Animal. Something Borrowed stars Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, John Krasinski and Colin Egglesfield. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rango’ Soundtrack album announced
Posted: February 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gore Verbinski, Hans Zimmer, Rango, Soundtrack
Anti Records has announced a soundtrack album for Gore Verbinski’s upcoming animated film Rango. The album includes the original score by Hans Zimmer, as well as songs by Los Lobos. For an audio preview of Los Lobos’ Rango theme song, check out this LA Times article. The soundtrack will be released on Februray 25 as a digital release and on March 15 on CD. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
John Barry dies aged 77
Posted: January 31, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: John Barry
Various websites including the BBC reported this morning that John Barry has passed away at age 77 of a heart attack. Barry was born on November 3, 1933 in York, England and is considered one of the most accomplished and successful composers in film music history. Most famous for scoring 11 films in the James Bond series, among them Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice, Barry has been an active film composers in over four decades and scored close to a 100 feature films. He won five Academy Awards for such movies as Born Free, The Lion in Winter, Out of Africa and Dances With Wolves. His last film score for Michael Apted’s Enigma was released in 2001, after which the composer retired from film composing.
Alberto Iglesias scoring ‘The Monk’
Posted: January 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alberto Iglesias, The Monk, The Skin That I Inhabit
Alberto Iglesias has two new projects coming out this year. He is currently finishing up the score for the French/Spanish co-production The Monk. The thriller is directed by German director Dominik Moll (Lemming) and stars Vincent Cassel and Geraldine Chaplin. The film is produced by Alvaro Longoria, who produced Steven Soderbergh’s Che movies which featured music by Iglesias. The Monk is an adaptation of the classic 1796 Gothic novel by Mathew Gregory Lewis and centers around Capucin Ambrosio, a pious, well-respected monk in Spain and his violent downfall. The film is currently scheduled to open in June in France and Spain. Read the rest of this entry »
Rolfe Kent to score ‘Young Adult’
Posted: January 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jason Reitman, Rolfe Kent, Young Adult
Jason Reitman revealed at the recent Power of Story – The Big Picture Panel at this year’s Sundance Film Festival (which included composer Thomas Newman) that he is about to reunite with composer Rolfe Kent on his new comedy drama Young Adult. The film marks the Reitman’s fourth feature directing effort. Kent previously wrote the score for the director’s Thank You For Smoking! and Up in the Air. Young Adult is scripted by Diablo Cody who worked with Reitman on 2007’s hit indie comedy drama Juno. The movie centers around a divorced writer from the Midwest who returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who’s now married with a family. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 28, 2011)
Posted: January 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music NewsTags: Alex Heffes, Biutiful, From Prada to Nada, Gustavo Santaolalla, Heitor Pereira, Mark Isham, score, Soundtrack, The Mechanic, The Rite
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
The Rite directed by Mikael Hafstrom and starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue and Alice Braga features music by Alex Heffes. A soundtrack album has been released digitally on Silva Screen Records and will be available as a physical CD in February. Check out our previous article on the announcement.
Also coming out is Simon West’s The Mechanic starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster. The film is scored by Mark Isham. A soundtrack has been released in three different versions on Isham’ own label MIM Records. The Assassin’s Edition is a six track EP of selections from the score (visit Amazon or iTunes to download and listen to clips from the album). The Complete Collector’s Edition features the complete underscore that includes bonus tracks not used in the film (visit Amazon or iTunes). Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh to score ‘Hotel Transylvania’
Posted: January 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Born to be Wild, Hotel Transylvania, Mark Mothersbaugh, Private Perez, Sony Pictures Animation
Film Music Reporter has learned that Mark Mothersbaugh has been tapped to score the upcoming animation Hotel Transylvania. The movie centers around a group of monsters including Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula, and the Werewolf who are hiding out in a hotel on the outskirts of Transylvania now that modern technology has made them seemingly irrelevant. The film is produced by Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind 2009’s hit film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs which was scored by Mothersbaugh and also has Arthur Christmas (with music by Michael Giacchino) coming out later this year. Hotel Transylvania is helmed by Jill Culton who directed the 2006 animation Open Season which featured a score by Ramin Djawadi who was originally slated to score his new movie. Read the rest of this entry »
David Sardy scoring ‘Premium Rush’
Posted: January 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Koepp, David Sardy, Premium Rush
According to the Gorfaine/Schwartz agency, David Sardy is attached to score the upcoming action thriller Premium Rush. The movie centers around a New York City bike messenger who picks up a package at Columbia University and subsequently catches the attention of a dirty cop. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Chung and Michael Shannon and is co-written and directed by David Koepp. The writer/director previously worked with James Newton Howard on his first two directorial efforts The Trigger Effect and Stir of Echoes and more recently with Geoff Zanelli on Secret Window (alongside Philip Glass) and Ghost Town. Premium Rush is produced by Gavin Polone who worked with Sardy on 2009’s hit horror comedy Zombieland. Read the rest of this entry »
