Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 19, 2012)

Posted: October 19, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Two new movies are opening in wide release this week:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the found footage horror film Paranormal Activity 4 directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, produced by Jason Blum & Oren Peli and starring Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Aiden Lovekamp, Brady Allen, Stephen Dunham, Alexondra Lee and Katie Featherston. As the previous three movies in the series, Paranormal Activity 4 doesn’t feature an original score and no soundtrack has been released. The sequel follows a suburban family who witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in. To find out more about the film, visit the official movie website.

Also opening wide is the thriller Alex Cross directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) and starring Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols and Jean Reno. The film’s score is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music will be released next Monday, October 22 by Metropolis Movie Music. For audio clips and the full album details, visit our soundtrack announcement. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Private Peaceful’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: October 19, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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August Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Private Peaceful. The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman (Emma, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 22, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips and the full track list after the jump. Private Peaceful directed by Pat O’Connor and starring Jack O’Connell, George Mackay, Alexander Roach, Richard Griffiths and Frances de la Tour is set in the fields of Devon and the WWI battlefields of Flanders tells the story of two brothers who fall in love with the same girl. The film based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo (War Horse) opened in the UK last weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Life of Pi’ Soundtrack Preview

Posted: October 19, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Cinema Musica has published a soundtrack preview of the soundtrack album for Ang Lee’s highly anticipated 3D adventure movie Life of Pi. The film’s music is composed by Mychael Danna (Moneyball, Little Miss Sunshine). Check out 50-second audio clips from all 28 tracks on the album after the jump. The soundtrack is set for a release on November 19, 2012 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Life of Pi starring Suraj Sharma, Shravanthi Sainath, Tabu and Gerard Depardieu follows a man who survives a tragic disaster at sea and forms a connection with a fearsome Bengal tiger while marooned on a lifeboat. 20th Century Fox will release the movie on November 21, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Rise of the Guardians’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: October 19, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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The details of the soundtrack album for Dreamworks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians have been revealed. The album features the film’s score composed, conducted and produced by Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as the original song Still Dream performed by Renée Fleming and composed by Desplat with lyrics by the film’s screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire. The soundtrack will be released on November 13, 2012 by Varese Sarabande Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Rise of the Guardians based on the book series The Guardians of Childhood by William Joyce is directed by Peter Ramsey and tells the story of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost. The film’s voice talent includes Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law. The animated feature will be released on November 21. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Person of Interest’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: October 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the CBS drama Person of Interest. The album features selections from the score from the show’s first season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Game of Thrones) and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Also included is the series’ main titles theme composed by the show’s executive producer J.J. Abrams. The soundtrack’s release date has been pushed back to November 13, 2012 since our last update. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Person of Interest is created by Jonathan Nolan and stars Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson and Taraji P. Henson. The first season of the Bad Robots production is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD and the show’s second season air every Thursday night on CBS. Read the rest of this entry »

Joby Talbot to Score John Crowley’s Untitled International Suspense Thriller

Posted: October 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Joby Talbot has been hired to score John Crowley’s upcoming currently Untitled International Suspense Thriller. The film stars Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall as two ex-lovers who find their loyalties tested and their lives at risk when they are joined together on the defense team in a terrorism trial. Julia Stiles, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds, Riz Ahmed, Kenneth Cranham and Anne-Marie Duff are co-starring. Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) has written the screenplay and Eric Fellner & Tim Bevan (Atonement, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) are producing the Focus Features and Working Titles Films production with Chris Clark (The Guard). Adriano Goldman (Jane Eyre) is the film’s cinematographer. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: October 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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The details of the soundtrack album for David O. Russell’s comedy drama Silver Linings Playbook have been revealed. The album features two tracks from the film’s original score composed by Danny Elfman, as well as the movie’s songs by such artists as Stevie Wonder, Alabama Shakes, alt-K, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Rare Earth and Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash. The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2012 by Sony Masterworks and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Silver Linings Playbook starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Jacki Weaver and Chris Tucker is based on the novel by Matthew Quick and follows a former high-school teacher who returns to his family home after eight months in a mental institution and begins to slowly rebuild his life. The movie is considered to be one of the frontrunners in this year’s awards race and will be released this Thanksgiving weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Roque Banos to Score ‘Evil Dead’ Remake

Posted: October 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Roque Banos has signed on to score the upcoming remake of the horror comedy Evil Dead. The film is written and directed by Fede Alvarez and stars Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas, Lou Taylor Pucci and Elizabeth Blackmore. The movie is a reinvention of Sam Raimi’s 1981 cult classic about a group of teens who holed up in a remote cabin and discover a Book of the Dead that unleashes demons they cannot control. Raimi is producing the remake with Rob Tapert (Drag me to Hell, The Grudge) and Bruce Campbell through his Ghost House Pictures company. Joseph LoDuca scored the original 1981 film and the two sequels Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtracks for ‘Spiders 3D’, ‘Truth or Dare’ and ‘Dead Souls’ Released

Posted: October 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Screamworks Records has recently released a couple of new soundtrack albums. Among the label’s new titles is the horror thriller Spiders 3D. The soundtrack features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Conlan (Toolbox Murders, NCIS). The album is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Spiders 3D is directed by Tibor Takacs and stars William Hope, Christa Campbell, Patrick Muldoon, Sydney Sweeney, Shelly Varod and Lincoln Frager. In the movie, a new species of giant spiders is discovered that wreak havoc on New York City following the crash of an old Soviet space station into a subway tunnel. The Nu Image production premiered at various film festivals and will be released in 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

James Horner to Score Carlo Carlei’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Posted: October 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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James Horner is currently scoring Carlo Carlei’s upcoming film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. The film stars Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld in the title roles. The movie’s cast also includes Damian Lewis as Lord Capulet, Natascha McElhone as Lady Capulet, Lesley Manville as the Nurse and Ed Westwick as Tybalt. Other actors include Paul Giamatti as Friar Laurence, Ed Westwick & Kodi Smit-McPhee as the lovers’ cousins, Tybalt and Benvolio and Stellan Skarsgard as Prince of Verona. Academy Award-winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park, Downton Abbey) has penned the screenplay based on William Shakespeare’s play and is also producing the Amber Entertainment production with Ileen Maisel (Ripley’s Game) and Lawrence Elman. Read the rest of this entry »

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