Varèse Sarabande Records will host a 35th anniversary concert with a performance by the Golden State Pops Orchestra on May 11, 2013 at the Warner Grand Theatre at 478 W 6th Street in San Pedro, CA. The concert will feature a performance by Michael Giacchino who will conduct the world premiere of his music from the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness. Composers John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon), John Debney, Mark Isham (Dolphin Tale), Brian Tyler (Fast Five), Christopher Lennertz, Joel McNeely and Diego Navarro will also be guest conducting. Also in attendance as a special guest will be composer Danny Elfman. Varèse Sarabande Executive Producer Robert Townson will be hosting the event. To purchase tickets for the concert, visit GSPO’s official website.
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‘Hell & Back’ to Feature Music by Richard Gibbs
Richard Gibbs is composing the score for the upcoming R-rated stop motion animated feature comedy Hell & Back. The film is directed by Tommy Gianas (Human Giant) & Ross Shuman and follows two best friends as they rescue a buddy who has been accidentally dragged to Hell. The movie’s voice cast includes Mila Kunis, Nick Swardson, Danny McBride, Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Coolidge, Maria Bamford, TJ Miller, Rob Riggle, Brian Posehn and Kumail Najiani. Corey Campodonico, Eric Blyler and Alex Bulkley (Robot Chicken, Moral Orel) are producing the ShadowMachine Films production. Gibbs’ previous scoring credits include 10 Things I Hate About You, Doctor Dolittle, Big Momma’s House, 28 Days, I Spy and Battlestar Galactica. Hell & Back is currently in post-production and is expected to be completed later this year.
Ennio Morricone Rejoins Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency
Honorary Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone has rejoined the Gorfaine/Schwartz agency. The Italian composer was previously represented by the talent agency up until a couple years ago and the company has just become again the exclusive representation of the legendary composer whose credits include Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables, Roland Joffe’s The Mission, Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven and Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America. Morricone has recently composed the scores for various Italian productions, including the English language drama The Best Offer directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starring Geoffrey Rush and Jim Sturgess. His music was also recently featured in Quentin Tarantino’s international box office hit Django Unchained, for which he has written the original song Ancora Qui.
‘The Great Gatsby’ Soundtrack Details
Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Music Group’s Interscope Records have announced the details of the soundtrack album for Baz Luhrmann’s epic drama The Great Gatsby. The album features the songs from the film, including Jay-Z’s original track No Church in the Wild, as well as his hit song 100$ Bill. Also included are the original songs Over the Love by Florence + the Machine and Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey, which will also be released as a single on April 23, 2013. Also featured are Beyonce x Andre 3000 (collaborating on Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black), Fergie + Q Tip + GoonRock, Coco O. of Quadron, Gotye, Nero and Sia, Jack White (who performs U2’s Love Is Blindness, Bryan Ferry and Emeli Sande. The soundtrack will be released on May 7 in the US and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A deluxe edition with three additional bonus tracks will be available exclusively at Target.
Ryan Amon Scoring Neil Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’
Ryan Amon is the composer of Neil Blomkamp’s upcoming sci-fi action drama Elysium. The movie written and directed by Blomkamp stars Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga, William Fichtner, Diego Luna and Carly Pope. The film is set on a space station occupied by the very wealthy while the rest of humanity lives on a ravaged, overpopulated Earth. Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class, Jumper) is producing the Media Rights Capital production. Elysium marks Amon’s first major film scoring assignment. The composer has previously written the music for numerous trailers and is the founder of the trailer music company City of the Fallen.
‘Labyrinth’ Mini-Series Soundtrack Released
Contemporary Media Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the mini-series Labyrinth. The album features the original score from the series composed by Trevor Jones (The Dark Crystal, The Last of the Mohicans). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Labyrinth based on the bestseller by Kate Mosse is set against the backdrop of the Crusades and the Cathar massacres and tells two connected stories of a woman living in Carcassonne in 1209 and an archaeologist who makes a startling discovery in a cave in the South of France. The four-hour mini-series is directed by Christopher Smith (Severance, Triangle) and stars Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Felton, John Hurt, Sebastian Stan, Vanessa Kirby, Emun Elliott, Tony Curran, John Lynch and Bernhard Schir.
Lucas Vidal to Score ‘Mindscape’
Lucas Vidal has been tapped to score the upcoming dramatic thriller Mindscape. The film marks the feature directorial debut of commercials director Jorge Dorado and stars Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Sherlock Holmes), Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, Braveheart). The movie scripted by Guy Holmes centers on a man who can enter peoples’ memories and who takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled and dangerous teenage girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a trauma victim. Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown, Orphan) and Juan Sola are producing for their Ombra Films production company, along with Peter Safran (Buried) for The Safran Company and Mercedes Gamero (Intruders) for Antena 3 Films.
Varèse Sarabande: A 35th Anniversary Celebration Album Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced a new 4CD set in celebration of the label’s 35th anniversary. The album features highlights from Varese Sarabande’s soundtrack releases of the past five years. Among the scores/composers featured on the album are Star Trek (Michael Giacchino), How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell), I Am Legend (James Newton Howard), The Help (Thomas Newman), Frost/Nixon(Hans Zimmer), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Patrick Doyle), The Ghost Writer (Alexandre Desplat), Fast Five (Brian Tyler), Real Steel (Danny Elfman), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Alan Silvestri), Cowboys & Aliens (Harry Gregson-Williams), Black Gold (James Horner) and Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi). The 4CD set will be released on April 23, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
Aaron Zigman to Score ‘Baggage Claim’
Aaron Zigman has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy Baggage Claim. The film is written and directed by David E. Talbert and is based on his 2003 novel about a flight attendant who is determined not to show up to her baby sister’s engagement party without a fiance of her own and begins searching for a man while on the job. Paula Patton stars as the flight attendant, alongside Derek Luke, Adam Brody, Trey Songz, Taye Diggs, Christina Milian and Djimon Hounsou. Steven J. Wolfe (500 Days of Summer, Miss March) is producing the picture. Talbert’s previous directorial feature effort First Sunday starring Ice Cube featured a score by Stanley Clarke.
‘Filly Brown’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Filly Brown. The album features the film’s original score composed by Reza Safinia. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 16, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. Filly Brown is directed by Youssef Delara & Michael D. Olmos and stars Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, Emilio River, Noel Gugliemi, Kerry Norton and Chrissie Fit. The drama about a raw young Los Angeles hip-hop artist premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Pantelion Films on April 19, 2013.