Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 11, 2011)

Posted: November 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the 3D action adventure Immortals directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Isabel Lucas, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, Kellan Lutz and John Hurt. The film’s music is composed by Trevor Morris. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. For audio clips and more information about the release, visit our soundtrack announcement. For a video from the recording of the score, click here and also check out audio interviews with Morris about his work on the film on Film Music Magazine and Scorenotes.

Also opening wide is the historical drama J. Edgar directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench, Stephen Root, Josh Lucas, Dermot Mulroney and Jeffrey Donovan. Eastwood has also written the score for the film. No soundtrack album has been announced, but the score can be listened to on Warner Bros’ Awards website. To learn more about the movie, visit our previous article. Read the rest of this entry »

‘I Melt With You’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: November 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the drama I Melt With You. The album includes one track from the film’s score by tomandandy, as well as songs from the movie by artists including Big Dipper, Filter, The Pixies, Galaxie 500, The Specials, Funkadelics, Love and Rockets and Modern English. The album will be released digitally on November 29, 2011 and physically on December 20. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio clips from all track on the album are available below. I Melt with You is directed by Mark Pellington (Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies) and stars Jeremy Piven, Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Christian McKay and Carlo Gugino. Read the rest of this entry »

Stephen Trask Scoring ‘So Undercover’

Posted: November 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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20111110-185327.jpgStephen Trask has recently recorded his score for the action comedy So Undercover. The film is directed by Tom Vaughan (What Happens in Vegas, Extraordinary Measures) and stars Miley Cyrus as a private investigator who is hired by the FBI to go undercover in the one place it can’t infiltrate – a college sorority. Jeremy Piven, Mike O’Malley, Kelly Osborne, Josh Bowman and Matthew Settle are co-starring. Allen Loeb (21, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps) and Steven Pearl (The Switch) wrote the script and are also producing the comedy with Tish Cyrus. The project marks the first scoring assignment for Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, In Good Company) since last year’s Little Fockers, which was the composer’s highest grossing movie of his career to date. The Weinstein Company has picked up domestic rights for So Undercover and is planning a release in 2012.

‘Albert Nobbs’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: November 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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20111109-180952.jpgVarese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming drama Albert Nobbs. The album includes the score from the movie by composer Brian Byrne, as well as the original song Lay Your Head Down co-written by Byrne and lead actress Glenn Close and performed by Sinéad O’Connor. The album will be released on December 13, 2012 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Albert Nobbs is directed by Rodrigo Garcia (Mother and Child) and stars Glenn Close as a woman who must pass as a man to survive life in 19th century Ireland. Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer, Brendan Gleeson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »

Trevor Morris to Score NBC’s ‘The Firm’

Posted: November 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Trevor Morris has signed on to score the TV series adaptation of the legal thriller The Firm. The show is based on the bestselling novel by John Grisham and the feature film adaptation starring Tom Cruise. Josh Lucas stars as attorney Mitchell McDeere who brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob. After a difficult decade, McDeere and his family now emerge from isolation to reclaim their lives and their future, only to find that past dangers are still lurking and new threats are everywhere. Juliette Lewis, Callum Keith Rennie, Molly Parker and Natasha Calis are co-starring in the show. David Straiton (House, Fringe) directed the pilot and Helen Shaver (Judging Amy) is producing alongside Lukas Reiter (Law & Order), John Morayniss (Hung), Michael Rosenberg (Hung) and Noreen Halpern (Rookie Blue). Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Ides of March’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: November 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande has revealed the details for the soundtrack of the political drama The Ides of March. The album features the original score from the film composed by Alexandre Desplat. The album will be released on CD on December 6, 2011 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. The soundtrack has also already been released digitally on iTunes, where you can check out audio clips from the album. The Ides of March is directed by George Clooney and stars Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Max Minghella and Jeffrey Wright. Read the rest of this entry »

Wendy & Lisa to Score Tim Kring’s ‘Touch’

Posted: November 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Wendy & Lisa are set to score the upcoming FOX drama Touch. The series is created by Tim Kring and centers on a widower whose mute 11-year-old son possesses the ability to detect patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events. The show stars Kiefer Sutherland, David Mazuoz, Danny Glover and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Francis Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend) directed the pilot and will also executive produce the project with Sutherland, Peter Chernin & Katherine Pope (Terra Nova) and Suzan Bymel (The War at Home). Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman have previously scored Kring’s hit shows Heroes  and Crossing Jordan. Fox has recently ordered a first season of 13 episodes for Touch, which is scheduled to air next spring on the network. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: November 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the action thriller Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. The album includes the original score from the movie composed by Michael Giacchino. The soundtrack is scheduled to be released on December 13, 2011. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. The full details of the album are expected to be revealed within the next couple of weeks. Check back on this page for the announcement. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol marks Giacchino’s second entry in the franchise. The fourth part of the series is directed by Brad Bird and stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Tom Wilkinson, Paula Patton, Ving Rhames, Josh Halloway, Anil Kapoor and Simon Pegg. Read the rest of this entry »

Marcelo Zarvos to Score ‘The Words’

Posted: November 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Marcelo Zarvos has been hired to score the thriller The Words. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Ben Barnes, John Hannah, J.K. Simmons and Nora Arnezeder. The thriller follows a successful writer who discovers he has to pay a price for stealing another man’s work. The movie is written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal who were both involved in writing the story for last year’s Tron Legacy. Michael Benaroya (Margin Call, The Romantics) is producing through Benaroya Pictures, alongside Animus Films’ Jim Young (Don McKay) and Serena Films’ Tatiana Kelly (Wristcutters: A Love Story). Read the rest of this entry »

New ‘Gremlins’ Soundtrack Edition Announced

Posted: November 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Film Score Monthly has announced a new soundtrack edition for Joe Dante’s 1984 classic Gremlins. The 2 CD-set includes the premiere release of the complete score by Jerry Goldsmith on one disc and a recreation of the 1984 soundtrack album featuring three songs from the film and a 16-minute score suite by Goldsmith. For audio clips and more information about the album, visit Film Score Monthly. Gremlins starring Zach Gilligan, Phoebe Cates and Hoyt Oxten was produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Chris Columbus. Read the rest of this entry »

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