Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming sci-fi romance thriller The Adjustment Bureau. The album includes Thomas Newman’s original score from the film, as well as the song The Future’s Bright, which was written for the film by Newman and singer/songwriter Richard Ashcroft (former frontman of The Verve). The album will be released on March 1, 2011. To download the album and listen to audio clips, visit Amazon. The Adjustment Bureau is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick and is directed by George Nolfi. The movie starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and Terence Stamp centers around a charismatic congressman who meets a beautiful ballet dancer, only to find strange circumstances keeping them from getting closer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Adjustment Bureau’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: February 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Richard Ashcroft, score, Soundtrack, The Adjustment Bureau, The Future's Bright, Thomas Newman
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 18, 2011)
Posted: February 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music Albums, Film Music NewsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Alex Wurman, Alexander Rudd, Big Mommas, David Newman, Even the Rain, I Am Number Four, John Ottman, Like Father Like Son, Lucas Vidal, score, Soundtrack, Tambien La Lluvia, The Last Lions, Trevor Rabin, Unknown, Vanishing on 7th Street
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
The teen sci-fi action movie I Am Number Four directed by D.J. Caruso and starring Alex Pettyfer, Dianne Agron, Timothy Olyphant and Teresa Palmer features a score by Trevor Rabin, as well as many songs from such artists as Beck, Kings of Leons and The Black Keys. No soundtrack album has been announced for the Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg-produced movie. There is about 45 minutes of Rabin’s score in the film, which would make a soundtrack release a definite possibility. Check back on this site if an announcement will be made.
Also opening is the mystery thriller Unknown directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger, Frank Langella and Aidan Quinn. The music for the Joel Silver-produced movie is written by John Ottman and Alexander Rudd. Visit our previous article announcing the soundtrack release, which will be released on Varese Sarabande Records on March 8. Also visit Film Music Magazine for an interview with Ottman on his newest project. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Larson’s Sundance titles
Posted: February 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Margin Call, My Idiot Brother, Nathan Larson, Our Idiot Brother, Silent House, Trust
Nathan Larson recently scored three movies that premiered at this year’s Sundance film festival and have been picked by major distributors:
Margin Call is a thriller that revolves around the key people at a investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis. The film marks the feature directing debut of J.C. Chandor and stars Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Stanley Tucci and Demi Moore. Lionsgate has picked up rights for the film and is planning a release this fall. Visit the film’s official movie webpage and Facebook page for updates on the film. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Drive Angry’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: February 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 3D, Drive Angry, Michael Wandmacher, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the action movie Drive Angry 3D. The album includes the original score by composer Michael Wandmacher. The soundtrack will be available digitally on February 22, 2011 and will get a CD release on March 8. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. An iTunes link will be added once the album becomes available. Drive Angry 3D centers around a vengeful father, who chases after the men who killed his daughter. The film directed by Patrick Lussier and starring Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard will be released in theaters on February 25. To find out more about the film, visit the official movie webpage and watch the trailer below. Read the rest of this entry »
‘In Treatment’ Soundtrack album released
Posted: February 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: In Treatment, Richard Marvin, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the TV show In Treatment. The album includes the original score from the first two seasons of the HBO drama composed by Richard Marvin. Marvin is most well known for his features scores for U-571 and Surrogates, as well as for his music for the HBO show Six Feet Under. The soundtrack was released digitally earlier this week and can be downloaded on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips from the album. In Treatment centers around a psychotherapist played by Gabriel Byrne, who questions his abilities and gets help by reuniting with his old therapist, whom he has not seen for ten years. Byrne has won a Golden Globe Award for his lead performance. Read the rest of this entry »
Cliff Martinez to score ‘Contagion’
Posted: February 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cliff Martinez, Contagion, Steven Soderbergh
Cliff Martinez has been hired to score the upcoming action thriller Contagion. The film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant!) centers on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. The movie’s cast includes Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Ehle, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Cranston and John Hawkes. Soderbergh and Martinez previously collaborated on such movies as Sex, Lies and Videotape, Kafka, Underneath, The Limey, Traffic and Solaris. Read the rest of this entry »
Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil scoring ‘The Killer Elite’
Posted: February 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 3, Drei, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Soundtrack, The Killer Elite, Tom Tykwer, Tomorrow When the War Began
Film Music Reporter has learned that the composer duo of Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil is scoring the upcoming action thriller The Killer Elite. The film directed by Gary McKendry stars Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic Purcell and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. The movie is based on the Ranulph Fiennes novel The Feather Men and and follows a group of former British special forces members who are being hunted by assassins. Among the film’s producers is Michael Boughen, who produced last year’s Australian hit movie Tomorrow, When the War Began, which featured a score by Klimek & Heil. No release date has been set yet for the Australian/American co-production, but the movie is expected to open later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman scoring ‘Madea’s Big Happy Family’
Posted: February 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, Madea's Big Happy Family, Tyler Perry
Aaron Zigman is currently scoring the upcoming comedy Madea’s Big Happy Family starring and directed by Tyler Perry. Zigman has become Perry’s regular film composer, having scored the director’s last seven movies, most recently last year’s drama For Colored Girls. Madea’s Big Happy Family co-stars Loretta Devine, Bow Wow. The film is scheduled to be released on April 22, 2011 by Lionsgate. For more information on the film, watch the trailer below and visit the movie’s official webpage. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Broken Arrow’ Soundtrack released
Posted: February 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Broken Arrow, Chase Masterson, Hans Zimmer, Kristopher Carter, score, Soundtrack, Yesterday was a Lie
La-La Land Records has released an expanded soundtrack for the 1996 action movie Broken Arrow. The film’s music is written by Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack album comes in a 2 disc-set and features more than 30 minutes of previously unreleased music for a total running time of almost two hours. The soundtrack is limited to 3000 copies and can be ordered on La-La Land Record’s webpage. Also check out the page for audio clips from the score. Broken Arrow is directed by John Woo and stars John Travolta and Christian Slater. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rango’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: February 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hans Zimmer, Rango, Soundtrack
Paramount Pictures has revealed a new clip from the upcoming animated movie Rango directed by Gore Verbinski. The clip features Hans Zimmer’s orchestral arrangement of the Rango theme song by Los Lobos that was previewed a few weeks ago on the Los Angeles Times Music Blog. Watch the clip below after the jump and visit our previous article announcing the soundtrack release for the movie. For a high definition version of the clip, visit Yahoo Movies. The soundtrack album will be released on March 15, 2011 and Paramount will release the film on March 4. Read the rest of this entry »
