La-La-Land Records announced the world premiere release of Alan Silvestri’s score for the 1991 comedy Dutch. The John Hughes produced movie stars Ed O’Neill, Ethan Embry and JoBeth Williams. The CD is limited to 1200 copies and can be ordered at the label’s webpage where you can also listen to clips from the score.
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Watertower Records recently released Carter Burwell’s score for the drama The Blind Side. The Oscar-nominated movie has been in theaters since last November and has grossed more than $250 Mio. at the domestic box office. On Sunday, Sandra Bullock was awarded for her lead performance with an Academy Award. The soundtrack album is currently only available as a download-only release, but Watertower Records is planning to release a CD on March 23. The album contains 19 tracks and almost 30 minutes from Burwell’s score, as well as four songs from the movie. To listen to clips from the soundtrack and download the entire album, check out Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Last night, Michael Giacchino won his first Academy Award for his original score for Pixar’s animated movie Up. He was nominated before for Ratatouille in 2008. To watch Giacchino’s acceptance speech, check out Oscars.com. On there, you can also find Giacchino’s speech for the Thank You Cam.
For Best original song, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett took home the statue for The Weary Kind from the movie Crazy Heart.
All the score nominees were featured in a street dance performance during the Oscar show. Marc Shaiman was the musical director of the night and the orchestra was conducted by Harold Wheeler.
George Fenton’s score for the romantic comedy The Bounty Hunter will be released on March 16 by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The movie is directed by regular Fenton collaborater Andy Tennant (Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama, Ever After, Fool’s Gold) and stars Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The movie will be released in theaters on March 19.
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Mark Mothersbaugh (Cloudu with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums) recently shot a video for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in which he discusses this years’ five Oscar nominated scores including Avatar (James Horner), The Hurt Locker (Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders), Fantastic Mr. Fox (Alexandre Desplat), Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer) and Up (Michael Giacchino). To watch the video, visit the Academy webpage or check it out on YouTube.
Relativity Media Soundtracks has announced to release Atli Örvarsson’s score for the fantasy adventure Season of the Witch. The album is scheduled to come out on March 16 and features about 50 minutes of Örvarsson’s music. In the movie directed by Dominic Sena (Swordfish, Gone in 60 Seconds), 14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce her powers could be the source of the Black Plague. Season of the Witch stars Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman and Christopher Lee. Lionsgate will release the movie later this year.
Marcelo Zarvos’ score for the romantic drama Remember Me will be released next Tuesday, March 9 by E 1 Music. The album features 12 cues from the score for a total of 45 minutes of music. The album will be a download-only release available iTunes or Amazon. To listen to clips from the score, check out this link on Amazon. A separate song album will also be released the same day. Remember Me stars Robert Pattinson, Emilie DeRavin, Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper and will be released on March 12 by Summit Entertainment. To find out more about the movie and watch the trailer, check out the official Facebook movie page. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos recently finished work on his score for the HBO biopic You Don’t Know Jack. The projects marks Zarvos’ second collaboration with award-winning director Barry Levinson who previously worked together on the satire What Just Happened?. You Don’t Know Jack offers a look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, played by Al Pacino. Pacino is joined by Danny Huston, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman. The movie will premiere on HBO this April. To find out more about movie and watch the trailer, check out HBO’s official movie page.
Brooklyn’s Finest, another Zarvos project opens in theaters today. The score to the crime thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke and Wesley Snipes will be released by Varese Sarabande Records on March 23. Read the rest of this entry »
Film Music Reporter has learned that Michael Giacchino will host an evening of Animation & Classical Music on May 14 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA. The event is organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and if previous events of the Academy are any indication, the evening will feature many appearances by special guests of the film music industry. Tickets will go on sale on April 28 at www.oscars.org and more details on the event will be announced soon.
Silva Screen Records will release Mychael Danna’s score for the erotic thriller drama Chloe on March 22. The music has been describes as a lush, Bernard Herrman-style score. The movie is directed by Atom Egoyan (Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Where The Truth Lies, Felicia’s Junrney, Ararat, Adoration) who regularly works with Danna. Chloe stars Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore and will be released in late march by Sony Pictures Classics.
Here’s the tracklisting:
1. In My Line Of Business
2. People Like You
3. Chardonnay
4. When Did We Stop?
5. I Felt Him
6. Shower
7. You Look Just Like Her
8. Windsor Arms
9. The First Time
10. Conservatory
11. Touch You
12. Have This
13. Waiting Room
14. Do You Want To Count It?
15. Don’t Want This To Be Over
16. Told You Not To Call
17. She Was Nobody
18. This Person
19. Your Parent’s Room
