BAFTA Original Music Longlist Announced

Posted: January 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The British Academy of Film and Television has released the longlist for the Orange British Academy Film Awards. The final nominations will be announced on January 17 and the awards ceremony will take place on February 12. Here are the 15 contenders in the Best Music category:

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – John Williams
The Artist – Ludovic Bource
Drive – Cliff Martinez
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Alexandre Desplat
The Help – Thomas Newman
Hugo – Howard Shore Read the rest of this entry »

‘Rampart’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: January 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records has announced the soundtrack details for the cop drama Rampart. The album includes four tracks from the film’s original score composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Last Chance Harvey), as well as the movie’s songs by artists including Billy Huff, Control Machete, Gonzales & Zuninga, Molotov, EB Black, Delinquent Habits, Gang Gang Dance and Leonard Cohen. The album will be released digitally on January 24, 2012 and the CD version is set for a February 7 release and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Rampart based on a story by James Ellroy is directed by Over Moverman and stars Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Steve Buscemi, Ice Cube, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon and Robin Wright. Read the rest of this entry »

The Sound and Music of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

Posted: January 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews
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SoundWorks Collection has published a new video feature on the sound and music of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The video includes interviews with composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, sound re-recording Mixer Michael Semanick and re-recording Mixer, sound designer and supervising sound editor Ren Klyce. Check out the full video after the jump and visit our soundtrack announcement to learn more about the score, which has been nominated for a Golden Globe. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo based on the bestselling novel by Stieg Larsson and starring Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard and Joely Richardson is now playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Back to Gaya’ Soundtrack by Michael Kamen Announced

Posted: January 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack release for the German animated film Back to Gaya. The album is dedicated to Academy Award-nominated composer Michael Kamen who passed away during the composing process and the production of the film. The score was completed with a selection of Kamen’s unused compositions from previous film projects by a team headed by the composer’s long-time associates Steve McLaughlin and Christopher Brooks, including Ilan Eshkeri and Robert Elhai. The soundtrack will be released on January 24, 2012 both digitally and on CD. For audio clips and to order the album, visit Screen Archives. Back to Gaya premiered in Germany in 2004 and has been released internationally under the title Boo, Zino and the Snurks, which featured the voice talents of Patrick Stewart and Emily Watson. Read the rest of this entry »

‘There Be Dragons: Secrets of Passion’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: January 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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20120105-121120.jpgVarese Sarabande has announced the details for the soundtrack release of the epic historical drama There Be Dragons: Secretos De Pasión (Secrets of Passion). The album includes the original score from the movie composed by Robert Folk. The soundtrack will be released on February 7, 2012 is now available for pre-order on Amazon. There Be Dragons: Secrets of Passion is directed by Roland Joffe and stars Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott, Rodrigo Santoro, Derek Jacobi and Olga Kurylenko. The film is a recut version of the drama that was released last May in the US (and featured a different score by Stephen Warbeck). Visit our previous article for more information and check out a recent interview with Joffe about the new version on The Playlist. Read the rest of this entry »

Thomas Newman to Score Sam Mendes’ James Bond Film ‘Skyfall’

Posted: January 4, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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MI6 – The World of James Bond is reporting that Thomas Newman will be scoring the newest James Bond movie Skyfall. Film Music Reporter has learned at the end of last year that Newman had been attached to the film for several months, but it appeared that he was not officially signed on yet at that point. The film is directed by Sam Mendes who worked with Newman on four of his five feature projects, including American Beauty and Road to Perdition. The previous five James Bond films have been scored by David Arnold. Skyfall stars Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem,  Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney and Ben Whishaw. In the film, Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. The screenplay is written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace) and John Logan (The Last Samurai, Rango). Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson are producing the 23rd Bond movie. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Classical to Reissue ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phanom Menace’ Soundtrack

Posted: January 4, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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According to JWfan.net, Sony Classical will be releasing a new edition of the soundtrack for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace to coincide with the release of the 3D re-release of the film in February. The album featuring the original music composed by John Williams will be a straight re-issue of the soundtrack that was released at the time of the movie’s release in 1999. The album is available to download on Amazon and audio clips can be checked out below. The 3D version of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace directed by George Lucas and starring Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Llyod, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker will be released in theaters nationwide on February 10, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

New ‘Batman Forever’ Score Album Edition Released

Posted: January 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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La-La Land Records has released a new limited edition release of the score for Joel Schumacher’s 1995 comic book adventure Batman Forever. The music is written by Academy Award winner Elliot Goldenthal. The 2-CD set includes the remastered original score album release, as well as the composer’s score in chronological order, including around an hour of previously unreleased music. The album is limited to 3500 copies. For audio clips and to order the album, visit La-La Land Records’ website. Batman Forever starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman was Schmumacher’s and Goldenthal’s first collaboration in the Batman series, which was followed in 1997 with Batman & Robin. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Contraband’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: January 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Back Lot Music has released the official soundtrack album for the thriller Contraband. The album includes the film’s original score composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9), as well as several songs from the movie by artists including J Roddy Walston and the Business, Eli “Paperboy” Reed and The True Loves, Ryan Shaw, The Heavy and Big Head Todd & The Monsters. The album is now available to download on Amazon. Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be checked out below. Contraband is directed by Baltasar Kormakur and stars Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Lukas Haas, Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna and J.K. Simmons. The film will be released in theaters on January 13, 2012 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring ‘House of Lies’

Posted: January 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Mark Mothersbaugh has written the score for the new Showtime original series House of Lies. The dark comedy created by Matthew Carnahan (Dirt) is based on Martin Kihn’s book House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time. The series stars Don Cheadle as a self-loathing management consultant who will use any means to get the information his clients need. Kristen Bell, Dawn Olivieri, Ben Schwartz, Josh Lawson, Donis Leonard Jr., Richard Schiff and Glynn Turman are co-starring. Carnahan is executive producing the comedy with Jessika Borsiczky (Flash Forward) and Stephen Hopkins (24, The Ghost and the Darkness) who also directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »

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