Deadline Hollywood reported this week that composer Alan Menken has teamed with lyricist David Zippel and comedy writer Marco Pennette for a musical comedy set up at ABC. The show is described as St. Elmo’s Fire meets Rent and centers on a young female musician living with other musicians as they try to make their way into the world. Unlike the currently airing musical TV hit show Glee and other musical TV show in development, Menken’s untitled project would feature in 2-3 songs in every episode, which given network TV’s usual yearly episode order of 22 or more would make it an extremely ambitious undertaking. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Menken developing TV musical comedy show
Posted: December 9, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alan Menken, David Zippel, Marco Pennette, Musical
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Aaron Zigman to score ‘What’s Your Number?’
Posted: December 9, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, The Company Men, What's Your Number?
Aaron Zigman has been hired to score the upcoming comedy What’s Your Number? The comedy stars Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Zachary Quinto and Ryan Phillippe. The film is directed by Mark Mylod, who previously directed the features Ali G Indahouse and The Big White, as well as episodes of several TV shows including United States of Tara, Entourage and the upcoming Showtime show Shameless starring William H. Macy. What’s Your Number? centers around a woman, who looks back at the past twenty men she’s had relationships with in her life and wonders if one of them might be her one true love. 20th Century Fox will release the movie on April 29, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
David Hirschfelder scoring James Cameron’s Sanctum
Posted: December 8, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Hirschfelder, James Cameron, Sanctum
David Hirschfelder is attached to score the upcoming action adventure Sanctum. The movie is produced by James Cameron and will be one of the first 3D movies that was shot in 3D and not going through a post-production conversion. In the movie, an underwater cave diving team experiences a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world. The movie stars Ioann Gruffud, Richard Roxburgh and Alice Parkinson. Sanctum marks another big assignment for Hirschfelder, who scored Zack Snyder’s Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING NEWS: Mychael Danna to score Camelot
Posted: December 7, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Camelot, Mychael Danna, The Whistleblower
Film Music Reporter has learned that composer Mychael Danna will be scoring the upcoming TV show Camelot. According to Collider, the epic period drama takes a fresh approach to the powerful story of the legendary King Arthur , weaving it with the authenticity of the most classic medieval tale of all time. The show’s cast includes Jamie Campbell Bower, Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green, Tamsin Eggerton and Claire Forlani. According to our sources, the show’s budget allows for an orchestral score. The fantasy drama is expected to air in the spring of 2011 on Starz. The first season will have 10 episodes, while more seasons are already being planned. Read the rest of this entry »
Klaus Badelt’s ‘Point Blank’ (A Bout Portant) score online
Posted: December 7, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Bout Portant, Klaus Badelt, Point Blank
Klaus Badelt’s score for the French thiller Point Blank (A Bout Portant) has been made available online at Badelt’s online store webpage. The soundtrack album includes 22 tracks from Badelt’s score, all of which can be previewed and downloaded for free on the page. Apart from downloading the score in 320k mp3 or FLAC format, you can also order a physical CD on the webpage. Point Blank is directed by Fred Cavaye, who previously worked with Badelt on the 2008 thriller Anything for You (Pour elle), which recently has been remade in Hollywood as The Next Three Days starring Russell Crowe and scored by Danny Elfman. Read the rest of this entry »
Annie Awards nominations announced
Posted: December 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Nominations
Today, the International Animation Society announced the nominations for this year’s Annie Awards, which will take place on February 5, 2011. Here are the music-related categories:
Music in a Feature Production
Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films
David Hirschfelder “Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” – Warner Bros. Pictures
John Powell “How To Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
Harry Gregson Williams “Shrek Forever After” – DreamWorks Animation
Pharrell Williams, Heitor Pereira “Despicable Me” – Illumination Entertainment
Music in a Television Production
J. Walter Hawkes “The Wonder Pets!” – Nickelodeon Production & Little Airplane Productions
Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer and John Powell “Kung Fu Panda Holiday” – DreamWorks Animation
Tim Long, Alf Clausen, Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement “The Simpsons: Elementary School Musical” – Gracie Films
Shawn Patterson “Robot Chicken’s DP Christmas Special” – ShadowMachine
Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr, Tuck Tucker “SpongeBob SquarePants” – Nickelodeon Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer not involved in Superman
Posted: December 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer, Superman, Zack Snyder
The Hollywood Reporter had a chance to talk to composer Hans Zimmer about his involvement in the upcoming Superman adaptation directed by Zack Snyder, which was reported last week by NBC San Diego as reported here. The news spread last week after Zimmer did some interviews at the DVD/Blu-Ray release party for Incpetion, which according to the composer had been taken out of context. Zimmer says that at this point he has not talked with Superman‘s director Zack Snyder and is not involved in any way in the new adaptation of the comic book franchise. This, of course, doesn’t mean that he won’t be asked to score the movie, especially given his relationship with producer Christopher Nolan, but he refers to the assignment of scoring the movie and following the footsteps of John Williams as “a thankless task”, implying some hesitation in taking on scoring duties on the movie.
Nicholas Hooper scoring ‘African Cats’
Posted: December 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: African Cats, Kingdom of Courage, Nicholas Hooper
Nicholas Hooper has been hired to score the upcoming Disney Nature documentary African Cats: Kingdom of Courage. The movie centered on two cat families and how they teach their cubs the ways of the wild is directed by Alastair Fothergrill and Keith Scholey. Fothergrill previously directed the highly acclaimed documentaries Deep Blue, Earth and the TV series Planet Earth, all of which have been scored by composer George Fenton. The project marks Hooper’s first theatrical feature film assignment since scoring the fifth and sixth parts in the Harry Potter series directed by David Yates. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Fighter’ soundtrack release coming
Posted: December 5, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David O. Russell, Michael Brook, Soundtrack, The Fighter
Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack release for the upcoming drama The Fighter directed by David O. Russell and starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Amy Adams. The album features 15 tracks of the original score by composer Michael Brook. The movie has been getting a lot of positive critical reaction and is considered to be among the main contenders in some of the main categories (including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor) during the upcoming Award season. Check out our previous posting announcing Michael Brook’s involvement in the film. To listen to audio clips and to download the soundtrack, which will be released on December 7, visit Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Little Fockers’ soundtrack album announced
Posted: December 5, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Little Fockers, Soundtrack, Stephen Trask
Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming comedy Little Fockers. The album includes the original score by composer Stephen Trask, who has collaborated with the movie’s director Paul Weitz numerous times (In Good Company, American Dreamz, The Vampire’s Assistant). The comedy sequel stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Jessica Alba, Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand. In the movie, the Focker and the Byrnes families brace themselves for the arrival of a baby. The album will be released on January 11, 2011, while the movie opens nationwide on December 22. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
