Elia Cmiral is currently scoring the thriller Rites of Passage. The film marks the feature directorial debut of screenwriter W. Peter Iliff (Point Break, Patriot Games, Varsity Blues) and stars Christian Slater, Wes Bentley, Kate Maberley, Ryan Donowho and Stephen Dorff. The movie centers around an anthropology bookworm who laments his place in a society that lacks a ceremony to mark his transition into manhood and leads his hard-partying, stressed-out classmates to his family’s abandoned ranch — where his brother lives in a psychotic world of drugs, guilt and Chumash Indian rituals. Rites of Passage is currently in post-production and no release date has been announced. Read the rest of this entry »
Elia Cmiral Scoring ‘Rites of Passage’
Posted: March 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elia Cmiral, Rites of Passage, W. Peter Iliff
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Ilan Eshkeri Scoring ‘Retreat’
Posted: March 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blooded, Ilan Eshkeri, Jeff Toyne, Retreat
Ilan Eshkeri has recently recorded his score for the British thriller Retreat. The film is directed by Carl Tibbetts and stars Jamie Bell, Cillian Murphy and Thandie Newton. The movie centers on a married couple who rent a cottage on a remote island to fix their marriage. Their plans are cut short when a soldier wearing a biohazard suit washes up on the beach claiming that everyone on the mainland has been killed by a virus. Eshkeri’s score features violin solos by Jack Liebeck who recently performed on Dario Marianelli’s score for Jane Eyre. No release date has been set for the movie, but a release towards the end of the year is expected. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Brook’s Upcoming Projects
Posted: March 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Darwin, Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson, Michael Brook, Undefeated, Wrecked
Composer Michael Brook who is coming off his arguably most successful year, having scored the Oscar-winning drama The Fighter has a number of movies coming up this year. Opening this spring is the thriller Wrecked. The film stars Adrien Brody and marks the feature directing debut of Michael Greenspan. In the movie, a man wakes up from a car wreck at the bottom of a cliff, having no memory of who he is or how he got there, leaving him forced to discover his true identity. The film is now available on Video on Demand and opens in theaters on April 1 in New York and April 8 in Los Angeles. To find out more about the film, watch the trailer below and visit IFC’s movie webpage.
Theodore Shapiro to Score ‘The Change-Up’
Posted: March 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Dobkin, The Change-Up, Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro has been hired to score the upcoming comedy The Change-Up. The film tells the story of a married guy who accidentally changes bodies with his single best friend and ends up pursuing a female coworker. The movie stars Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Alan Arkin and Olivia Wilde. The film is written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover) and directed by David Dobkin. Dobkin previously worked together with composers Randy Edelman (Shanghai Knights), Rolfe Kent (The Wedding Crashers) and Christophe Beck (Fred Claus) on his previous movies. Universal Pictures will release The Change-Up on August 5, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino Scoring ‘The Ballad of Nessie’
Posted: March 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney, Michael Giacchino, The Ballad of Nessie
Michael Giacchino will be providing the music for Walt Disney Animation Studio’s short The Ballad of Nessie. Disney’s press release describes the short as “a whimsical and colorful tall tale about the friendly Loch Ness monster, Nessie, and how she and her best friend MacQuack the rubber duck came to live in the moor they now call home”. Scottish comedian Billy Connolly is narrating the film, which is animated in the classic Disney hand-drawn style. The short movie is directed by Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters who previously worked with Giacchino on 2009’s Emmy-winning animated short Prep Landing. Giacchino also has previously scored numerous shorts for Pixar, including the Academy Award-nominated films Day & Night, Partly Cloudy, Lifted and One Man Band. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Limitless’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: March 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Limitless, Paul Leonard Morgan, score, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack album for the thriller Limitless. The soundtrack includes Paul Leonard-Morgan’s original score from the film directed by Neil Burger. The album will be released digitally on March 15, 2011. To listen to audio clips and download the album, visit Amazon. Limitless stars Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish and Robert De Niro and will be released on March 18, 2011 by Relativity Media. To find out more about the film, visit our previous article. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman to Write Music for Disneyland Hong Kong’s ‘Mystic Manor’ ride
Posted: March 13, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, Disneyland Hong Kong, Mystic Manor
Danny Elfman has signed on to compose music for the ride Mystic Manor at Disneyland Hong Kong. The attraction is a new version based on the classic Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland in California and is due to make its debut in early 2013. Visit Time Out Hong Kong for an interview with Elfman on the project. Also watch a video with Elfman talking about his motivation to be involved in the project after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard Scoring ‘Darling Companion’
Posted: March 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Darling Companion, James Newton Howard, Lawrence Kasdan
Film Music Reporter has learned that James Newton Howard is currently working on the score for the upcoming drama Darling Companion. The film is directed by Newton Howard’s long time collaborator Lawrence Kasdan. They have previously worked together on such movies as Grand Canyon, Wyatt Earp, French Kiss, Mumford and Dreamcatcher. The project marks Kasdan’s first directorial effort in over eight years. The film centers around a woman who loves her dog more than her husband, and the drama that ensues after he loses the dog after attending a wedding at their vacation home in the Rockies. The independently financed movie stars Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Richard Jenkins and Elizabeth Moss. The film was shot last fall and is currently in post-production. No release date has been set. Read the rest of this entry »
Trent Reznor No Longer Involved in ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’
Posted: March 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor announced on the NIN message board (via /Film) that he is no longer involved in Timur Bekmambetov’s upcoming horror thriller Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. As announced earlier this month, it was reported that Reznor had been tapped to score the film and possibly have a cameo appearance in the movie starring Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Anthony Mackie. Here’s the exact quote from Reznor:
Don’t believe everything you read. As it turns out, I WON’T be working on (acting or scoring) ALVH after all. There’s no juicy story here, it’s just that when the news mysteriously leaked out about my involvement I hadn’t made up my mind completely, because various aspects of the project were changing. I felt the need to say something earlier this week because my inbox was filling up with speculation, and at that moment I thought I would be doing it. Confused yet? Apparently I am. Bottom line, I wish them the best with the film and I’m sure it will still be great. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 11, 2011)
Posted: March 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Heffes, Battle: Los Angeles, Brian Reitzell, Brian Tyler, Cary Fukunaga, Dario Marianelli, Jane Eyre, John Powell, Mars Needs Moms, Red Riding Hood, score, Soundtrack
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Battle: Los Angeles starring Aaron Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Pena and Michelle Rodriquez and directed by Jonathan Liebesman is expected to be the number one movie of the weekend at the domestic box office. The film’s music is written by Brian Tyler. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album with Tyler’s score (click here to check out our announcement of the soundtrack). To check out interviews with Tyler talking about his work on the project, visit AintItCoolNews and Film Music Magazine for a lengthy audio conversation with the composer.
Also opening today is Simon Wells’ Mars Needs Moms from Walt Disney Pictures. The film marks John Powell’s first out of four scores for animated movies to be released this year. A soundtrack album for the Robert Zemeckis-produced film has been released digitally by Walt Disney Records. Visit our previous article to find out more about the film and soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
