Johan Söderqvist will be recording his orchestral score for the epic drama Kon-Tiki this weekend at Abbey Road Studios in London. The film directed by Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning (Bandidas, Max Manus) marks Norway’s most expensive feature film to date and tells the story of Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s voyage on a balsa-wood raft across the Pacific Ocean in 1947. Heyerdahl and his crew traveled across open sea to prove his scientific theory that the Polynesian people originally came from Peru in South America. The film’s cast includes Pål Sverre Hagen, Agnes Kittelsen, Odd-Magnus Williamson, Tobias Santelmann, Donald Baasmo Christiansen, James Oftebro and Gustaf Skarsgård and Søren Pilmark. Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor, A Dangerous Method, Sexy Beast) and Aage Aaberge (Strings) are producing the Nordisk Film Production project. Read the rest of this entry »
Johan Söderqvist Scoring ‘Kon-Tiki’
Posted: June 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Johan Söderqvist, Kon-Tiki, Love is All You Need
Ilan Eshkeri and Tim Wheeler to Score ‘Spike Island’
Posted: May 31, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ilan Eshkeri, Spike Island, Tim Wheeler
NME.com is reporting that composer Ilan Eshkeri and Tim Wheeler are scoring the upcoming British music drama Spike Island. The film is directed by Mat Whitecross (The Road to Guantanamo) and stars Elliott Tittensor (Shameless) and Matthew McNulty (Misfits) as the members of an aspiring band who take a trip to see their idols, the Stone Roses, play the now-legendary Spike Island concert, which is also known as the “baggy Woodstock” and took place in 1990 as the Madchester scene was at its height. The Stone Roses have given permission to use their music for the film. Lesley Manville (Another Year) and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) are also among the cast members. Chris Coghill has written the screenplay and Fiona Neilson and Esther Douglas are producing the Fiesta Productions film. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cowgirls n’ Angels’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 31, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Williams, Cowgirls n' Angels, score, Soundtrack
Silverscreen Music has released a soundtrack album for the family drama Cowgirls n’ Angels. The album features the film’s original score composed by Alan Williams. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon. Audio clips from all 25 tracks on the album can be checked out after the jump. Cowgirls n’ Angels is directed by Timothy Armstrong and stars Bailee Madison, Alicia Witt, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Frankie Faison, Madison Burge, Jackson Rathbone and James Cromwell. The film follows a rebellious young girl who is searching for her father, a rodeo rider, whose identity her mom has kept from her. The movie was released in theaters last weekend in select cities by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Lyle Workman Scoring ’21 and Over’
Posted: May 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 21 and Over, Lyle Workman
Lyle Workman is the composer of the upcoming comedy 21 and Over. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriters Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (The Hangover, The Change-Up) and centers on a group of friends who drag their straight-arrow buddy out to celebrate his 21st birthday the night before an important medical school interview. The movie’s cast includes Miles Teller (Footloose), Justin Chon (The Twilight Saga), Skylar Astin (Taking Woodstock) and Sarah Wright (The House Bunny). David Hobermann & Todd Lieberman (The Fighter, The Proposal), Andy Yan and Hugo Shong are producing the Relativity Media and Sky Land Entertainment production. 21 and Over marks the first project which partners the US company with an arm of the Chinese government. The comedy was also partially shot in China and is the first of many projects that Relativity plans to shoot and do post-production work in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Ride’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjy Gaither, Hank Williams, Soundtrack, The Last Ride
Curb Records has announced the official soundtrack album for the drama The Last Ride inspired by the mysterious final days of country star Hank Williams’ mercurial life. The album features two tracks from the film’s score by Benjy Gaither, as well as a number of the country songs featured in the movie performed by artists including Jett Williams, Russ Taff, Rebecca Frasier, Wes Hampton, Sarah Johns, Doug Anderson, Michael English, Nathan Young and Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings. The sountrack will be released digitally on June 19, 2012. To download the album, visit Amazon and check out audio clips from the release below. The Last Ride directed by Harry Thomason and starring Henry Thomas, Jessie James, Fred Dalton Thompson, Kaley Cuoco and Stephen Tobolowsky tells the fact-based story about Hank Williams and his fateful last ride across country with an innocent young driver. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Barr to Score Eli Roth’s ‘Hemlock Grove’
Posted: May 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eli Roth, Hemlock Grove, Nathan Barr, Netflix
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athan Barr has revealed in a recent interview at the BMI Film and Television Music Awards that he will be scoring Eli Roth’s upcoming Netflix original series Hemlock Grove. The show created by Brian McGreevey & Lee Shipman and based on McGreevy’s upcoming goth horror novel revolves around the murder of a young girl found close to the former Godfrey steel mill. The series’ cast includes Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, Landon Liboiron and Bill Skarsgard. Roth is directing the pilot as well as the final two episodes. The Gaumont International Television production is executive produced by McGreevy, Eric Newman (The Last Exorcism, Dawn of the Dead, Children of Men) Michael Connolly (How to Train Your Dragon) and Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Gallactica). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Duplass, Ryan Miller, Safety Not Guaranteed, score, Soundtrack
ABKCO Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for the indie comedy Safety Not Guaranteed. The album features the original score by Ryan Miller who is best known as the lead singer and principal songwriter for the alt-rock band Guster that also has a song featured on the soundtrack. Also included is the song Big Machine by actor/director Mark Duplass, as well as tracks by Summer Fiction, Hearts on Fire and The Hoppin’ Haole Brothers. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 5, 2012 and will be available to download on Amazon. Audio clips from all tracks on the album can be checked out after the jump. Safety Not Guaranteed is directed by by Colin Trevorrow and stars Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Lynn Shelton and Kristen Bell. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Yezerski Scoring P.J. Hogan’s ‘Mental’
Posted: May 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Drift, Mental, Michael Yezerski, P.J. Hogan, Storm Surfers 3D
Michael Yezerski has recently scored the comedy drama Mental. The film is directed by P.J. Hogan (Muriel’s Wedding) and stars Toni Collette as a crazy hotheaded hitchhiker who is brought on to nanny five misfit girls by their father, a philandering politician, after he hospitalizes his wife for a nervous breakdown. Liev Schrieber, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney, Kerry Fox, Caroline Goodall and Deborah Mailman are co-starring. Jerry Zucker (Airplane!, The Naked Gun), Janet Zucker (Fair Game, Friends with Benefits), Todd Fellman (Daybreakers), Jocelyn Moorhouse (Muriel’s Wedding) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
WaterTower Music to Release Hans Zimmer’s ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Soundtrack
Posted: May 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer, score, Soundtrack, The Dark Knight Rises
WaterTower Music will be releasing the official soundtrack album for Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated comic book adaptation The Dark Knight Rises. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack album will be released on July 17, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full soundtrack details are expected to be revealed next month. The Dark Knight Rises stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, Tom Hardy as Bane, Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake, Michael Caine as Alfred, Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon and Morgan Freeman reprises the role of Lucius Fox. Read the rest of this entry »
Federico Jusid & Lucio Godoy to Score ‘Everyone Has a Plan’
Posted: May 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Everyone Has a Plan, Federico Jusid, Lucio Godoy, Todos tenemos un plan
Federico Jusid and Lucio Godoy are co-scoring the crime drama Everyone Has a Plan (Todos tenemos un plan). The film marks the feature directorial debut of Ana Piterman and stars Viggo Mortensen as a man who takes on the identity of his dead twin brother. Soledad Villamil & Javier Godino (The Secret in Their Eyes), Daniel Fanego, Carolina Román and Sofía Gala are co-starring in the Argentinian film. Vanessa Ragone, Mariela Besueivski & Gerardo Herrero (Son of the Bride) are producing Haddock Films, Tornasol Films and Castafiore Films production, which will be distributed by Fox International Prods. Jusid has previously collaborated with the producing team on the drama The Secret in Their Eyes, which received the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category in 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
