According to his official website, Randy Edelman has joined the new drama The Greening of Whitney Brown. The movie centers around Whitney, a spoiled pre-teen from Philadelphia, who is forced to move to the country where she befriends an amazing horse, and undertakes a misguided journey back to her old life. The movie stars Keith David, Brooke Shields, Aidan Quinn and Kris Kristofferson. No release date has been set yet for the film. For more information, check out the movie’s Facebook page. Read the rest of this entry »
Two new projects for Randy Edelman
Posted: April 1, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Legend of the Dolphins, Na Nai'A, Randy Edelman, The Greening of Whitney Brown
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Prince of Persia soundtrack announced
Posted: March 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Prince of Persia
Walt Disney Records will release the soundtrack album for Price of Persia: The Sands of Time on May 25. The album includes 18 track of Harry Gregson-William’s score, as well as the song I Remain performed by Alanis Morissette. The movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Kingsley will be released on May 28.
Here’s the album tracklisting: Read the rest of this entry »
New interview with Danny Elfman
Posted: March 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman
FirstShowing.net recently posted a new interview with composer Danny Elfman. In the interview, Elfman talks about his score for Alice in Wonderland, working with Tim Burton, his two upcoming projects The Green Hornet and Restless and his creative approach and process to scoring movies. To read the entire interview, click here. The website also announces interviews with composers James Newton Howard, Michael Giacchino, Thomas Newman and Alexandre Desplat to be coming up in the near future.
Two new Varese Sarabande soundtracks
Posted: March 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ed Shearmur, John Corigliano, Marc Streitenfeld, Mother and Child, Revolution, Robin Hood
Varese Sarabande has announced two new CD releases to be released in May. The label will release Marc Streitenfeld’s score for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood. The movie stars Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett and opens in theaters on May 14. The movie marks Streitenfeld’s fourth collaboration with director Ridley Scott after American Gangster, A Good Year and Body of Lies. The album will be released on May 11.
On the same day, Varese Sarabande will also release Edward Shearmur’s score for the drama Mother and Child. The movie stars Naomi Watts, Annette Benning, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington and Jimmy Smits and reunites Shearmur with director Rodrigo Garcia (Nine Lives, Passengers). The movie will be released by Sony Pictures Classics on May 7. Tracklisting and album cover will follow soon. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler to score Hawaii Five-O
Posted: March 30, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Tyler, Hawaii Five-O
Brian Tyler has been hired to score the pilot of the TV show Hawaii Five-O. The show is based on the classic TV show from the 60’s with the same name revolving around an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police. The show’s cast include Daniel Dae Kim, Alex O’Loughlin, Grace Park, James Marsters and Scott Caan. The show will be produced by Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci, who wrote and produced episodes of Fringe and Alias and wrote such features as The Island, Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek and both Transformers movies. They also produced the DJ Caruso-directed Eagle Eye, which was scored by Brian Tyler. Hawaii Five-O will air on CBS starting this fall if it gets picked up. No information yet on Tyler’s involvement in the show if it goes on air. Read the rest of this entry »
Straw Dogs score released
Posted: March 29, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Child is Waiting, Ernest Gold, Jerry Fielding, Straw Dogs
Intrada Records announced today the world premiere release of Jerry Fielding’s score for Straw Dogs. The movie from 1971 directed by Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch) stars Dustin Hoffman. In the movie, a young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment. Intrada is releasing the complete score limited to 2000 copies including about 42 minutes of music. To listen to sound clips and order the CD, check out Intrada’s CD page. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Doyle to score new animation
Posted: March 29, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Main Street, Patrick Doyle, Sir Billi, Thor
Patrick Doyle will provide the score for the upcoming animated feature Sir Billi. In the movie, a retired veterinarian living in a remote Scottish village encounters a goat who thinks he’s a dog, an Admiral who’s afraid of the water and a beaver who was raised by rabbits. The movie’s voice talent includes Sean Connery, Alan Cumming and Miriam Margolyes. Doyle himself is also going to voice one of the characters in the film. The movie is currently in post production and no release date has been announced so far. Read the rest of this entry »
Death at a Funeral score album coming
Posted: March 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music NewsTags: Christophe Beck, Death at a Funeral, Hot Tub Time Machine
Sony Pictures Entertainment will release Christophe Beck’s score for the comedy Death at a Funeral on April 13. The album will be available as a download and CD-R release on Amazon. No tracklisting is available yet. To find out more about the movie, check out our previous news article. Read the rest of this entry »
Örvarsson to score The Eagle of the Ninth
Posted: March 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, The Eagle of the Ninth
Atli Örvarsson confirmed on his website that he has been hired to score the upcoming historical drama The Eagle of the Ninth. The movie stars Channing Tatum, Mark Strong, Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland. The film takes place in 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, when a young centurion arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father who commanded the team. The movie is directed by Kevin Macdonald, who previously worked with composer Alex Heffes on his features Touching The Void, The Last King of Scotland and State of Play. Focus Features is planning to release the movie on September 24. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded Eraser score released
Posted: March 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Alex North, Dragonslayer, Eraser
La-Land-Land Records has released an expanded score album for Alan Silvestri’s Eraser earlier this week. The CD includes almost 80 minutes of the score, including more than 30 minutes of unreleased material. The album is limited to 3000 copies. Eraser centers around a Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons. The movie directed by Chuck Russell stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams and James Caan. Click here to listen to soundclips and order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
