Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack for Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey. The album includes three tracks from the score by Academy Award-winning composer Gabriel Yared, as well as Miss Sarajevo by the U2 side project Passengers featuring Luciano Pavarotti, the song When My Heart Dies composed by Yared and performed by Natasa Mirkovic-De Ro and a selection of Balkan songs from the movie. The soundtrack will be released on January 10, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. In the Land of Blood and Honey is set during the civil war in the former-Yugoslavia in the early 90s and tells the love story between a Serbian man and Bosnian woman who meet on the eve of the war and the effect the crisis has on their relationship. Read the rest of this entry »
‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angelina Jolie, Gabriel Yared, In the Land of Blood and Honey, score, Soundtrack
Rob Simonsen & Jonathan Sadoff Scoring ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’
Posted: December 9, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonathan Sadoff, Lorene Scafaria, Rob Simonsen, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Rob Simonsen and Jonathan Sadoff are scoring the romantic comedy Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. The movie stars Steve Carrell and Keira Knightley as two neighbors who embark on a road trip to find the former’s high school sweetheart before an incoming asteroid ends all life on Earth. William Peterson, Adam Brody, Connie Briton, Melanie Lynskey , T.J. Miller, Patton Oswalt, Rob Corddry, Derek Luke, Rob Huebel, Lindsay Sloane and Gillian Jacobs are co-starring. The film is written and directed by Lorene Scafaria (screenwriter of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) who makes her directorial debut on the project. Steve Golin (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Babel) & Joy Gorman of Anonymous Content and Steven Rales (Moonrise Kingdom) & Mark Royba (Doubt, Shaft) of Indian Paintbrush are producing. Read the rest of this entry »
Behind the Music of ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’
Posted: December 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: A Game of Shadows, Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes 2
Check out a behind-the-scenes look at the recording of the music for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows composed by Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack album will be released next Tuesday, December 13 on WaterTower Music. Visit our previous article for the full soundtrack details.
Hans Zimmer and Pharrell Williams to Serve as Music Consultants at the 2012 Academy Awards
Posted: December 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams
Deadline is reporting that Hans Zimmer and Pharrell Williams have been set to supervise the music for the 84th Academy Awards ceremony next February. They will be serving as music consultants, which will be the first time both of them are involved in the production of the awards show. Brian Grazer and Don Mischer are producing next year’s ceremony. Grazer has worked Zimmer on several movies, including Frost/Nixon, The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons. Zimmer has announced a few months ago that he will be sitting out as a contender at this year’s Oscar race despite having a number of qualifying movies, including Rango and the upcoming Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Zimmer has been nominated for nine Academy Awards and has received the award once in 1995 for The Lion King. Williams has co-scored last year’s animation hit Despicable Me, which marked his film scoring debut. The 84th Academy Awards will be airing on February 26, 2012 on ABC.
Jonathan Goldsmith to Score ‘Titanic’ Mini-Series
Posted: December 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Jonathan Goldsmith, Titanic
Jonathan Goldsmith has been hired to score the upcoming TV mini-series Titanic. The project is directed by Jon Jones (Northanger Abbey, Going Postal) and written by Academy Award winner Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park, The Tourist, The Young Victoria). The production stars Ben Bishop, Linus Roache, Geraldine Somerville, Toby Jones, Glen Blackhall, Ruth Bradley, Noah Reed, David Eisner, Celia Imrie and Linda Kash. It has been reported that the four-part series will focus on different characters ranging from steerage passengers to upper class guests. Each point of view will culminate in a cliff-hanger as the ship begins to flounder, building to an explosive conclusion which draws together each of the stories. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ghost Protocol, Michael Giacchino, Mission Impossible, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack for Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. The album includes the original music from the movie by composer Michael Giacchino who is scoring his second film in the series and has once again incorporated Lalo Schifrin’s classic theme into his score. The release date of the soundtrack CD has recently been pushed back January 10, 2012. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. The album will also be released digitally around the film’s opening date. Audio clips are available below. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Tom Wilkinson, Paula Patton, Ving Rhames, Josh Halloway, Anil Kapoor and Simon Pegg. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Jackman to Score ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’
Posted: December 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abraham Lincoln, Henry Jackman, Man on a Ledge, Timur Bekmambetov, Vampire Hunter
Henry Jackman has signed on to score next summer’s movie adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch, Wanted) and stars Benjamin Walker in the title role alongside Anthony Mackie, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Rufus Sewell and Alan Tudyk. The supernatural movie tells the story of the man who would become the 16th president of the United States and is portrayed as having a secret identity as a vampire hunter. Seth Grahame-Smith has written the script based on his bestselling novel. Bekmambetov is also producing with Tim Burton and Jim Lemley (Wanted, 9). As reported on this page, Trent Reznor had been in talks to score the film earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Sitter’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Wingo, Jeff McIlwain, Soundtrack, The Sitter
Sony Music has released the official soundtrack for David Gordon Green’s comedy The Sitter. The album features one track from the movie’s score by David Wingo and Jeff McIlwain, as well as several songs from the film by artists including The Sugarhill Gang, Slick Rick, Cluts, Pharcyde, The Jungle Brothers, Raphael Saadiq, Escort, Kreayshawn and Omega Watts featuring DJ DNA. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. The Sitter stars Jonah Hill as a college student who has a night to remember when he gets talked into baby-sitting the eccentric kids next door. Read the rest of this entry »
John Swihart Scoring ‘For a Good Time, Call…’
Posted: December 6, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: For a Good Time Call..., Jamie Travis, John Swihart
John Swihart has been tapped to score the upcoming indie comedy For a Good Time, Call….. The film is directed by Jamie Travis who makes his feature directing debut on the film. The movie stars Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller as two women who move in together after a loss of a relationship and a loss of a rent controlled home and start a phone sex line. Justin Long, Mark Webber and James Wolk are co-starring and it has been reported that Seth Rogen will make a cameo appearance in the film. Lauren Miller has also co-written the screenplay for the project with Katie Anne Naylon and both are also serving as producers alongside Josh Kesselman (Death at a Funeral) and Jennifer Weinbaum. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Score ‘The Hunger Games’
Posted: December 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard, The Hunger Games
James Newton Howard has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming film adaptation of The Hunger Games. He has stepped in for Danny Elfman who was originally announced to score the film and had to leave the project due to a scheduling conflict. The Hunger Games based on the bestselling novel by Suzanne Collins is directed by Gary Ross and stars Jennifer Lawrence as a young woman selected to represent her district in a televised fight to the death. Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson are co-starring in the film. The project marks Newton Howard’s third scoring assignment for the coming year following Snow White and the Huntsman and The Bourne Ultimatum. According to a recent interview with Elfman on KCRW, he is currently finishing up scoring Men in Black III and will move straight into working on Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and Dark Shadows afterwards, which likely led to the scheduling conflict. Read the rest of this entry »
