Christopher Young is scoring the upcoming horror action horror thriller Priest. The movie involves a warrior priest who turns against the church to track down a murderous band of vampires who kidnapped his niece. The film stars Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban, Lily Collins, Stephen Moyer and Christopher Plummer. Priest is directed by Scott Charles Stewart who previously directed last year’s Legion with music by John Frizzell. Screen Gems has scheduled a May 13, 2011 release date for the 3D picture. To find out more about the film, watch the trailer below and visit the official movie webpage. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Young’s Upcoming Projects
Posted: January 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruce Robinson, Christopher Young, Priest, Scott Charles Stewart, The Rum Diary
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‘The Rite’ soundtrack details
Posted: January 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Heffes, score, Soundtrack, The Rite
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack for the upcoming horror thriller The Rite directed by Mikael Hafstrom and starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue and Alice Braga. The album includes 13 tracks of Alex Heffes’ original score and has has a running time of around 56 minutes. The soundtrack will come out on January 25 as a download release, with a physical CD to follow on February 8 (click here to pre-order the CD). To listen to audio clips from all tracks on the album, visit Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Reznor and Ross win Golden Globe for ‘Best Score’
Posted: January 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, Diane Warren, Golden Globes, Trent Reznor, You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me
Trent Reznor’s and Atticus Ross’ score for David Fincher’s The Social Network won the Golden Globe Award for ‘Best Original Score’ at today’s 68th Golden Globes ceremony. Reznor and Ross beat out the other four nominees Alexandre Desplat for The King’s Speech, Hans Zimmer for Inception, Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland and A.R. Rahman for 127 Hours. The Award marks the first nomination and win for both Reznor and Ross.
In the ‘Best Original Song’, Dianne Warren won the Golden Globe Award for the song You Haven’t Seen The Last Of Me from Burlesque (performed by Cher). Songwriter Warren was nominated five times before, but this marks her first Golden Globe win.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win Critic’s Choice Award
Posted: January 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, Critics Choice Awards, Hans Zimmer, The Dark Knight Rises, The Social Network, Trent Reznor
Last night, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Critic’s Choice Award for their score for David Fincher’s The Social Network. The movie was also awarded the best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay prize. The score beat out the scores for Black Swan (Clint Mansell), Inception (Hans Zimmer), The King’s Speech (Alexandre Desplat) and True Grit (Carter Burwell). The ‘Best Song’ award went to A.R. Rahman, Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong for the song If I Rise for Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi to score ‘Fright Night’
Posted: January 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Breakout Kings, Fright Night, Ramin Djawadi, Red Dawn
Ramin Djawadi has been hired to score the upcoming horror film Fright Night. The film is remake of the comedy-horror picture about a teenager who discovers his new next-door neighbor is a vampire. The movie is directed by Craig Gillespie, who has previously worked with composers David Torn on Lars and the Real Girl and Theodore Shapiro on Mr. Woodcock. Fright Night stars Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Please, David Tennant and Toni Collette. Tom Holland’s original 1985 film featured a score by Brad Fiedel. Djawadi himself is no stranger to horror films, having previously scored 2009’s The Unborn. Fright Night is produced by Dreamworks Pictures and will be released by Walt Disney Pictures on August 19, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 14, 2011)
Posted: January 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music NewsTags: Barney's Version, Burning Palms, Every Day, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Jeanine Tesori, Lorne Balfe, Matthew Margerson, Pasquale Catalano, Sundtrack, The Dilemma, The Green Hornet
Two new movies open wide this weekend:
The comic book adaptation The Green Hornet is directed by Michel Gondry and stars Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz and Cameron Diaz. The film’s score is composed by James Newton Howard. While no soundtrack release has been announced, an album is reportedly in the works. In the movie, Britt Reid, heir to his father’s large company, teams up with his late dad’s assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team. Visit the official movie webpage to watch trailers and learn more about the film. Also check out an interview with James Newton Howard on Spectrasonics where he talks about the synthesized instruments and sounds he used to create the score and his collaboration with director Michel Gondry. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami scoring ‘Soul Surfer’
Posted: January 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marco Beltrami, Scream 4, Soul Surfer, The Thing
According to the film’s teaser trailer, Marco Beltrami is writing the music for the family sports drama Soul Surfer. The movie is directed by Sean McNamara (Raise Your Voice, Bratz) and stars AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Craig T. Nelson and Carrie Underwood. In the film, a young, teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack. Watch the film’s teaser trailer below and check out the movie’s official webpage for updates on Soul Surfer. Sony Pictures will release the movie on April 8, 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDZhxHp5Vcg
As previously reported, Beltrami also has the horror thriller The Thing and the horror sequel Scream 4 coming out this year. The Thing was recently pushed back from its original April release date to October 14, 2011, while Scream 4 is still set to open on April 15.
Ilan Eshkeri to score ‘Johnny English Reborn’
Posted: January 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ilan Eshkeri, Johnny English Reborn, Oliver Parker
Film Music Reporter has learned that Ilan Eshkeri has been tapped to compose the score the action spoof sequel Johnny English Reborn. Rowan Atkinson reprises his role from the 2003 hit comedy and is joined by cast members Rosamunde Pike, Dominic West and Gillian Anderson. In the movie, Johnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down the Chinese premier. The sequel is directed by Oliver Parker, most famous for his Oscar Wilde adaptations of An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest and Dorian Gray, as well as the Shakespeare adaptation Othello and the St. Trinian’s series, all of which have been scored by his regular collaborator Charlie Mole. Read the rest of this entry »
A.R. Rahman to score Dreamworks Animation’s ‘Monkeys of Bollywood’
Posted: January 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A.R. Rahman, Dreamworks Animation, Monkeys of Bollywood, Stephen Schwartz
Variety reports that A.R. Rahman has been hired to score the animated musical Monkeys of Bollywood from Dreamworks Animation. Also on board the project is lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Enchanted) and husband-and-wife producing team Gurinder Chadha and Paul Berge (Bend It Like Beckham, Bride and Prejudice). The project marks the studios’ first animated musical since 1998’s The Prince of Egypt, which was scored by Hans Zimmer and featured songs composed by Schwartz. The mumbai-set project is inspired by the Hindu epic poem “The Ramayana” and revolves around two monkeys who try to stop an ancient demon from conquering the world. No word yet on when the Bollywood-style animated musical is expected to come out.
Michael Wandmacher’s ‘Train’ score released
Posted: January 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Drive Angry, Michael Wandmacher, Soundtrack, Train
Lionsgate Records has released Michael Wandmacher’s score for the horror thriller Train. The film directed by Gideon Raff (The Killing Floor) stars Thora Birch.The movie is set in Europe, where a group of American college athletes unknowingly board a train that will become one deadly ride. The movie premiered at 2008’s Screamfest Film Festival and has been available on DVD for more than a year. To listen to audio clips and download the score, visit Amazon or iTunes. Read the rest of this entry »
