Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack album for the dramedy Beginners. The album includes the original score by Roger Neill, David Palmer and Brian Reitzell. Also featured on the soundtrack are several songs from the movie from artists including Hoagy Carmichael, Gene Austin, Josephine Baker and Jolly Roll Morton. The album will be released on May 31, 2011 and is available to pre-order on Amazon. Also check out the audio clips below. Beginners is directed by Mike Mills (Thumbsucker) and stars Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Melanie Laurent. Focus Features will release the film on June 3. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Beginners’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Beginners, Brian Reitzell, David Palmer, Roger Neill, score, Soundtrack
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Paul Englishby Scoring David Hare’s ‘Page Eight’
Posted: May 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, David Hare, Outcasts, Page 8, Page Eight, Paul Englishby
Paul Englishby is the composer of the upcoming political thriller Page Eight. The BBC production centers on a long-serving M15 officer who is forced to quit his job in order to find the truth behind a mystery file which threatens its stability. The movie stars Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Felicity Jones, Judy Davis and Ewen Bremner. Page Eight is written and directed by Oscar-nominated screenwriter David Hare (The Reader, The Hours) who wrote his first original (non-adapted) script in 20 years for the project. Scott Rudin (The Social Network, No Country for Old Men) is acting as one for the film’s executive producer. The project marks Englishby’s first high profile feature project since he scored the 2009 Academy Award-nominated drama An Education starring Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard and Alfred Molina. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Young’s ‘Priest’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Young, Priest, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has announced a soundtrack release for the action horror thriller Priest. The album includes Christopher Young’s original score from the film. The score was recorded with 83 piece orchestra and a 32 member choir. The album will be released tomorrow, May 10 and is available to order as an on demand CD-R on Amazon. To download the score, visit Amazon or iTunes. Also check out audio clips from all tracks on the album below. Priest is the first collaboration between Young and director Scott Charles Stewart and stars Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban, Lily Collins, Stephen Moyer and Christopher Plummer. The 3D film will be released on May 13, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos’ ‘The Beaver’ Score released
Posted: May 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, score, Soundtrack, The Beaver
A score soundtrack album for Jodie Foster’s drama The Beaver has recently been released digitally. The album includes 19 tracks of Marcelo Zarvos‘ original score from the movie. To download the album, visit Amazon. Also check out the audio clips from all tracks on the album below. The Beaver starringMel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence opened select theaters last weekend and is expanding to more cities in the next couple of weeks. Check out the official movie webpage to learn more about the film. Read the rest of this entry »
William Ross to Score ‘A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas’
Posted: May 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, Harold & Kumar, William Ross
William Ross has been hired to score the comedy A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas. The second sequel in the series is directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson and Kal Penn, John Cho and Neil Patrick Harris are reprising their roles from the previous movies. They are joined by new cast members Patton Oswalt, Tom Lennon and Danny Trejo. Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg are once again writing the screenplay and Greg Shapiro returns as the producer. The movie follows the pair on a journey through New York City on Christmas Eve in search of the perfect Christmas tree after inadvertently burning down Harold’s father-in-law’s prize tree. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Something Borrowed’ Soundtrack released
Posted: May 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Something Borrowed, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Something Borrowed. The album includes 12 songs from the movie from such artists as Tyrone Wells, Natasha Bedingfield, Peter Bradley Adams, Hipjoint, King Floyd, Pt Walkley and Collective Soul. No score tracks from composer Alex Wurman are featured on the soundtrack. The album is available to download on Amazon. Check out the audio clips below. Something Borrowed directed by Luke Greenfield and starring Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, John Krasinski and Colin Egglesfield is now playing in theaters. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer on ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’
Posted: May 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Hans Zimmer, On Stranger Tides, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rodrigo y Gabriela
Trailer Addict has recently uploaded a new short video interview with Hans Zimmer on his score for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The composer talks about working with director Rob Marshall and his collaboration with Rodrigo y Gabriela on the music for the fourth installment in the Pirates series. Check out the video after the jump. To listen to the full track Angelica from the soundtrack, visit Spinner. As announced, the soundtrack will be released by Walt Disney Records on May 17, 2011. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon and check out audio clips from all 18 tracks below. More interviews and features on the soundtrack are expected to appear over the next couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Byrne Scoring ‘Albert Nobbs’
Posted: May 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Albert Nobbs, Brian Byrne, Glenn Close, Rodrigo Garcia, The Good Doctor
Brian Byrne is scoring the upcoming drama Albert Nobbs. The movie stars Glenn Close as a woman who must pass as a man to survive life in 19th century Ireland. Close also co-wrote the script based on a short story by Irish author George Moore and makes her feature producing debut on the project. Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer, Brendan Gleeson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers are co-starring. The film is directed by Rodrigo Garcia who has worked with composer Edward Shearmur on most of his previous features, including Mother and Child and Passengers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Make Believe’ Soundtrack released
Posted: May 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Lucas Vidal, Make Believe, score, Soundtrack, The Cold Light of Day, The Raven, Vanishing on 7th Street
MuMo Record has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Make Believe. The album includes the original score by Lucas Vidal, as well as a couple of tracks by Serialmusique. For audio clips and to download the soundtrack, visit iTunes. Make Believe follows six of the world’s best young magicians as they battle for the title of Teen World Champion. The documentary is directed by J. Clay Tweel and is executive produced by Seth Gordon & Ed Cunningham (The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters). The film won the Best Documentary Award at last year’s Los Angeles Film Festival and is set to be released in theaters on May 13, 2011 in New York and two weeks later in Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
Max Richter Scoring ‘The Congress’
Posted: May 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ari Folman, How to Die in Oregon, Impardonnables, Max Richter, Perfect Sense, Sarah's Key, The Congress, Womb
Max Richter has recently been working on the score for the sci-fi movie The Congress. The project reunites Richter with director Ari Folman who previously collaborated with the composer on the Academy Award-nominated animated documentary Waltz with Bashir. The film is an adaptation of the novella The Congress from sci-fi writer Stanislaw Lem (Solaris) and will be half live action and half 2D animation. Robin Wright stars as a struggling actress who is offered one last job by a major studio. They want to scan her body, own her image and likeness and use it anyway they want, with the catch being that she will never be able to act again. Paul Giamatti, Harvey Keitel, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Danny Huston are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »
