Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 3, 2012)

Posted: August 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi thriller Total Recall directed by Len Wiseman and starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel, Bill Nighy, John Cho and Ethan Hawke. Harry Gregson-Williams has composed the film’s original score. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. The album is available digitally on iTunes and a physical release is reportedly in the works. Visit our previous news article for the full soundtrack details. Also check out a short interview with Gregson-Williams about his work on the project in Beatweek Magazine.

Also opening wide is the family movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days directed by David Bowers and starring Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris and Steve Zahn. The film’s score is composed by Edward Shearmur (Charlie’s Angels, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) who previously scored last year’s second installment in the series. No plans for a soundtrack release have been announced. To watch the trailer and learn more about the third part of the franchise, visit 20th Century Fox’s official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Hell on Wheels’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: August 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Entertainment One Music will be releasing a soundtrack album for the AMC hit series Hell on Wheels. The album features the show’s main theme composed by Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel) who has recently received his first Emmy nomination for his work on the show, as well as selections from the series’ score from the first season composed by Kevin Kiner (CSI: Miami, Star Wars: The Clone Wars).  The soundtrack will be released on August 7, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips from all 34 tracks on the release. Hell on Wheels created by Joe and Tony Gayton (Faster) is set in 1865 and centers on a former Confederate soldier, who is determined to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. The series stars Anson Mount, Common, Dominique McElligott, Colm Meaney, Tom Noonan, Ben Esler, Phil Burke and Eddie Spears. Read the rest of this entry »

‘For a Good Time, Call…’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: August 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the indie comedy For a Good Time, Call…. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Operator Please, Generationals, Mack Winston & The Reflections, Hanni El Khatib, Mary Wells, Timbre Timbre and The Dig. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 28, 2012 and physically in September. The CD is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available below. For a Good Time, Call… is directed by Jamie Travis and stars Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller as two women who move in together after a loss of a relationship and a loss of a rent controlled home and start a phone sex line. Justin Long, Mark Webber and James Wolk are co-starring in the comedy, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released on August 31 by Focus Features. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Words’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: August 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the thriller The Words. The album features the film’s original score composed by Marcelo Zarvos (The Good Shepherd, Remember Me). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 4, 2012 and physically on September 18. Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be checked out below. The Words is written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal and stars Bradley Cooper, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Ben Barnes, John Hannah, J.K. Simmons and Nora Arnezeder. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and has been picked up by CBS Films for domestic distribution. The thriller will be released nationwide on September 7. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Lawless’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: August 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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The details of the soundtrack album for John Hillcoat’s gangster movie Lawless have been revealed. The album features selections from the film’s original score composed by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis who formed the band The Bootleggers for the project and are collaborating with such artists as Mark Lenegan, Ralph Stanley and Emmylou Harris. Also featured is a previously unreleased song by Willie Nelson. The soundtrack will be released on August 28, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. Lawless based on the novel The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant stars Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska. Read the rest of this entry »

Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil Scoring ‘I, Frankenstein’

Posted: August 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek are currently scoring the action monster movie I, Frankenstein. The film is directed by Stuart Beattie and stars Aaron Eckhart as Frankenstein’s monster Adam, who has survived to present day due to a genetic quirk in his creation and is being pursued by demons wanting to gain the secret of his reanimated corpse. Yvonne Strahovski, Bill Nighy and Miranda Otto are co-starring in the movie, which is based on the comic by Kevin Grevioux. Tom Rosenberg & Gary Lucchesi (Million Dollar Baby, Underworld), Andrew Mason (Dark City) and Richard Wright (Underworld, The Lincoln Lawyer) are producing the Lakeshore Entertainment and Hopscotch Features production. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Sapphires’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: August 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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The details of the soundtrack album for the Australian comedy The Sapphires have been revealed. The album features the songs featured in the film including such soul classics as Heard It Through The Grapevine, What A Man and Ill Take You There performed by one of the films stars, Jessica Mauboy. The soundtrack will be released in France and Australia next week by Sony Music and is available as an import on Amazon. No word yet on a domestic release date. Audio clips can be checked out here. The Sapphires is directed by Wayne Blair and stars Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell. The movie follows four talented Australian Aboriginal girls from a remote mission as they learn about love, friendship and war when their all girl group The Sapphires entertains the U.S. troops in Vietnam in 1968. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Goats’ Score Album Details

Posted: August 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Coconut Records will be releasing a soundtrack album for the coming-of-age indie comedy  Goats. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jason Schwartzman and Woody Jackson. The soundtrack will be released on August 7, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be checked out after the jump. Goats is directed by Christopher Neil and stars David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Ty Burrell and Graham Phillips. The film is based on a novel by Mark Jude Poirier about a guy who leaves his unconventional desert home to attend the disciplined and structured Gates Academy. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in select cities on August 10 by Image Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »

The Sound and Music of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

Posted: August 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews
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SoundWorks Collection has published a new video profile on the sound and music of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. In the 9-minute video, composer Hans Zimmer and supervising sound editor and sound designer Richard King talk about their work on the final chapter in Nolan’s Batman trilogy. Check out the full video after the jump. The soundtrack for the film has been released by WaterTower Music and can be ordered or downloaded on Amazon (click here for the full details and audio clips). In addition, the composer has created the The Dark Knight Rises Z+ app for iPhone and iPod touch. Read the rest of this entry »

Moby Records New Version of ‘Extreme Ways’ for ‘The Bourne Legacy’

Posted: August 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews
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Spinner has published a short video from the recording sessions of a new version of Moby‘s song Extreme Ways for Tony Gilroy’s action thriller The Bourne Legacy. The track was partly recorded with a 110-piece orchestra with the help of composers James Newton Howard (who also composed the film’s score) and Joseph Trapanese (Tron: Uprising). Check out the video after the jump. The new version of Extreme Ways, as well as as purely orchestral version of the track has just been released digitally and can be downloaded on Amazon. The soundtrack for The Bourne Legacy featuring the song and James Newton Howard’s score is now available digitally on iTunes from Back Lot Music and will be released on CD on August 7 by Varese Sarabande. Read the rest of this entry »

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