Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 19, 2010)

Posted: November 19, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music News
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Two movies open wide this weekend:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is already breaking pre-sales records and is expected to beat the opening weekend grosses from the previous films in the series. Alexandre Desplat wrote the score for the movie as the fourth composer in the series. To find out more about the soundtrack which has been released earlier this week, check out our previous news article. For several links to interviews with the composer on the Harry Potter score, click here. Also check out an in depth interview with the composer on the fansite Harry Potter’s Page, which has just been published today. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Andrews to score ‘Bridesmaids’

Posted: November 18, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Michael Andrews will compose the score for the upcoming comedy Bridesmaids. The movie is centered around two women battling to plan their friend’s wedding party. The comedy directed by Paul Feig (Unaccompanied Minors) stars Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm and Rose Byrne. Bridesmaids is produced by Judd Apatow, who worked with Andrews on his last directorial effort Funny People. Universal Pictures is planning to release the movie on May 13, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Harry Gregson-Williams to score ‘Cowboys & Aliens’

Posted: November 17, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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According to the film’s new trailer, Harry Gregson-Williams has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi action movie Cowboys & Aliens. The Dreamworks movie is directed by Jon Favreau, who worked with composer John Debney on most of his movies including Elf, Zathura and Iron Man 2. Cowboys & Aliens stars Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Paul Dano and Sam Rockwell.The movie is set in Silver City, Arizona, where Apache Indians and Western settlers must lay their differences aside when an alien spaceship crash lands in their city. The movie is produced by Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and co-writers Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The movie is scheduled for a July 29, 2011 release date. To watch the trailer, check out Yahoo Movies or visit the official movie webpage to find out more about the film. Read the rest of this entry »

Lorne Balfe to join Hans Zimmer on ‘The Dilemma’

Posted: November 16, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Film Music Reporter has learned that Lorne Balfe will be the co-composer of Ron Howard’s upcoming comedy The Dilemma alongside Hans Zimmer, who previously has been announced as the film’s composer. In the movie, a man discovers that his best friend’s wife is having an affair. The Dilemma stars Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Connelly and Queen Latifah. Ron Howard and Zimmer have worked together several times before, including Backdraft, The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons and Frost/Nixon. Balfe and Zimmer recently co-composed the score for Megamind, which is the current #1 movie in the US. Universal Pictures has scheduled a January 14, 2011 release date for the movie. To find out more about the movie and watch the trailer, visit the movie’s official webpage. Read the rest of this entry »

Tron: Legacy Soundtrack details

Posted: November 16, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Walt Disney Records will release soundtrack album for the upcoming sci-fi movie Tron: Legacy. The soundtrack set for a December 7 release will include the score for the movie by Daft Punk. The electronic duo assembled a symphony of eighty-five world-class musicians in London and recorded the orchestra at AIR Lyndhurst Studios. The movie about a virtual-world worker who looks to take down the Master Control Program stars Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges and Michael Sheen is coming out on December 17.  A number of cues from the score can be heard on Disney’s official movie webpage. For more audio samples, also check out Walt Disney Studio Awards page and the soundtrack’s Facebook page. To watch the music video to Daft Punk’s Derezzed cue from the movie, check out this YouTube link. To listen to audio clips from every track on the album, visit Amazon UK. To pre-order the CD, click here. Read the rest of this entry »

Heitor Pereira scores ‘A Little Bit of Heaven’

Posted: November 14, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Heitor Pereira recently recorded the score for the upcoming romantic comedy A Little Bit of Heaven. The movie centers around a guarded woman who finds out she’s dying of cancer, but when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death. The comedy is directed by Nicole Kassell who previously directed the 2004 indie drama The Woodsman starring Kevin Bacon. A Little Bit of Heaven stars Kate Hudson, Whoopi Goldberg, Gael Garcia Bernal and Kathy Bates. No release date or domestic distribution deal has been announced so far, but the movie is expected to open in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Black Swan soundtrack album coming

Posted: November 13, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Sony Masterworks will release the soundtrack album for Darren Aronofsky’s thriller Black Swan starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Kassel, Mila Kunis and Winona Ryder. The album will include Clint Mansell’s original score from the movie using elements Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. The album will be released on November 30, three days before the movie’s release date on December 3. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 12, 2010)

Posted: November 12, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music News
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Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:

Tony Scott’s new thriller Unstoppable starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson features a score by Harry Gregson-Williams. The movie has received the best reviews for any movie by the director in over a decade. The score has been described as a hybrid electronic/orchestral score in the vein of Gregson-Williams’ other scores for the director (Man on Fire, The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3). La-La-Land Records will be releasing a soundtrack album, featuring the score on December 7. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon.

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Trevor Rabin to score ‘I Am Number Four’

Posted: November 12, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Film Music Reporter has learned that Trevor Rabin has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi action movie I Am Number Four. The movie is directed by D.J. Caruso, who previously worked with such composers as Thomas Newman (The Salton Sea), Philip Glass (Taking Lives), Christophe Beck (Two for the Money), Geoff Zanelli (Disturbia) and Brian Tyler (Eagle Eye). The movie stars Timothy Olyphant, Kevin Durand and Teresa Palmer and centers around the character of John, an extraordinary teen, masking his true identity and passing as a typical high school student to elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him. The movie is produced by Michael Bay, who previously worked with Trevor Rabin on such movies as Armageddon and Bad Boys 2. The Dreamworks movie will be the first film released by Walt Disney Pictures and is scheduled to open on February 18, 2011. To watch the trailer, check out the official movie webpage. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Faster’ soundtrack album announced

Posted: November 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records has announced a digital release of the upcoming soundtrack to the action thriller Faster starring Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton. The album will be released on November 23 and features the score by composer Clint Mansell, as well as songs by Iggy Pop, The Heavy among others.

11/18/10 Update:  Check out the Faster soundtrack page on MySpace for audio clips from the soundtrack.

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