Chris Bacon has been hired to score A&E Network’s upcoming TV series Bates Motel. The show is a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movie Psycho and chronicles how Norman Bates’ psyche unravels through his teenage years. Freddie Highmore stars as Norman Bates and Vera Farmiga plays his mother Norma. Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz, Nestor Carbonell and Mike Vogel are co-starring. Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights) are executive producing the Universal Television production. Bates Motel is set to premiere on March 18, 2013 on A&E. The first season of ten episodes will be airing every Monday night.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 11, 2013)
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the action drama Gangster Squad directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi and Michael Pena. The film’s score is composed by Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, Battleship). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring songs Jonny Mercer & The Pied Pipers, Imelda May, Pee Wee King, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Peggy Lee, Delta Rae and St. Vincent. Click here for the full details and audio clips. Varese Sarabande has released a separate album featuring Jablonsky’s score. The soundtrack is now available digitally and will be released on January 22, 2013 on CD. Visit our previous article for more information.
‘Justified’ Soundtrack Released
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the FX hit drama Justified. The album features the show’s title song Long Hard Times to Come by Gangstagrass feat. T.O.N.E-z, as well as other songs from the series by artists including Dave Alvin, Beverley Staunton, Lynda Kay, Robert J. Walsh and Ryan Kickland. The soundtrack is now available as an On-Demand CD-R on Amazon and digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Justified starring Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea and Walton Goggins just returned for a fourth season this past Tuesday. The show’s remaining episodes of the season will air every Tuesday night on FX.
John Williams Wins Critics’ Choice Movie Award for ‘Lincoln’
John Williams was honored with the Critics’ Choice Movie Award in the Best Score category for his music for Steven Spielberg’s historical drama Lincoln at tonight’s 18th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Alexandre Desplat (Argo, Moonrise Kingdom), Mychael Danna (Life of Pi) and Jonny Greenwood (The Master). Williams is also nominated for a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award and has just received his 49th Academy Award nomination earlier today. The composer’s soundtrack for Lincoln is available on Sony Classical.
‘Stoker’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Stoker have been revealed. The soundtrack features the film’s original score composed by Clint Mansell (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream). Also included is the original song Becomes the Color by Emily Wells, an original piano piece by composed by Philip Glass, as well as Nancy Sinatra’s & Lee Hazelwood’s Summer Wine. The soundtrack will be released on February 26, 2013. Stoker directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney and Jacki Weaver centers on a teenage girl who must deal with the unexpected appearance of a mysterious uncle following the death of her father.
Academy Awards Nominations Announced
This morning, the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced. Here are the music-related nominations:
Best Original Score
- Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
- Argo – Alexandre Desplat
- Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
- Lincoln – John Williams
- Skyfall – Thomas Newman
‘Broken City’ Soundtrack Details
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for Allen Hughes’ crime thriller Broken City. The album features the film’s original score composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network), Claudia Sarne and Leopold Ross who previously worked with the director on The Book of Eli and the TV series Touching Evil. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 15, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article within the next week. Broken City stars Mark Wahlberg as a Brooklyn detective who is hired by a powerful politician, played by Russell Crowe, to identify his wife’s lover, who is subsequently found and killed. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kyle Chandler, Barry Pepper, Natalie Martinez, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Chambers, James Ransone and Griffin Dunne are co-starring. The movie will be released nationwide on January 18, 2013 by 20th Century Fox.
Theodore Shapiro and Ludwig Göransson Scoring ‘We’re the Millers’
Ludwig Göransson and Theodore Shapiro are co-scoring the upcoming comedy We’re the Millers. The film is directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and stars Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudekis, Emma Roberts, Ed Helms, Will Poulter and Kathryn Hahn. The movie follows a veteran pot dealer who creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico. Tucker Tooley & Vincent Newman (A Man Apart, Felon), Happy Walters and David Heyman (Harry Potter series, I Am Legend) are producing the New Line Cinema production. Shapiro has previously scored the director’s first two features Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.
Soundtrack for ‘Smash’ Musical ‘Bombshell’ Announced
Columbia Records will release the soundtrack for Bombshell, the musical within NBC’s hit show Smash. The album features 22 original songs that make up the Broadway-caliber cast recording of the musical. The songs composed by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on the Bombshell soundtrack span both seasons of Smash. The soundtrack will be released on February 12, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. A previous soundtrack album featuring songs from the first season has been released last spring. Smash starring Katherine McPhee, Megan Hilty, Debra Messing, Tom Levitt, Christian Borle and Anjelica Huston has been nominated for several Emmy Awards (including two nods for the music) and is up for Best Comedy/Musical at this year’s Golden Globe Awards. The first season of the musical show has just been released on DVD earlier this week. The second season of the series will premiere on Tuesday, February 5 on NBC.
2013 BAFTA Nominations Announced
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2013 Orange British Academy Film Awards. Here are the nominations in the ‘Original Music’ category:
Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
Lincoln – John Williams
Skyfall – Thomas Newman