Dickon Hinchliffe has recently finished the score for the upcoming thriller The Fields. The movie marks the first major feature directorial effort for Ami Canaan Mann (daughter of Michael Mann who is producing the film). The Fields stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Moretz and Jeffrey Dean Morgan and centers on a series of unsolved murders in industrial wastelands surrounding Gulf Coast refineries, where as many as 70 bodies have turned up over the past two decades. The film, which was originally called Texas Killing Fields is expected to be released later this year.

 

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A Soundtrack album for the apocalyptic horror thriller Vanishing on 7th Street starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo has recently been released on iTunes. The album features 26 tracks of Lucas Vidal’s original score from the film, as well as 2 songs by Howard Herrick. Vidal’s music was written for prepared piano, string quartet and cello octet. To listen to audio clips and download the album, visit iTunes. Vanishing on 7th Street is now available on demand on iTunes, Amazon and several other places and will receive a limited release in theaters on February 18, 2011. For more information on the movie, watch the trailer below and visit the film’s official movie and Facebook page. Read the rest of this entry »

According to the Gorfaine/Schwartz agency, Geoff Zanelli has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Beneath the Darkness. In the movie set in Texas, a 16-year-old boy struggles to expose the grim secrets surrounding a “haunted” house after the death of his best friend. The film is directed by Martin Guigui and stars Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller, Aimee Teegarden, Stephen Lunsford, Devon Werkheiser and Brett Cullen. The indie thriller which is currently in post-production is produced by Ronnie Klemer (A League of Their Own) and written by Bruce Wilkinson, who also serves as an executive producer on the film alongside Scott Mednick (Where the Wild Things Are). Read the rest of this entry »

John Powell has won the Annie Award in the Music in a Feature Production category for his score for Dreamworks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon at tonight’s Annie Award ceremony in Los Angeles. The other contenders in the category were Sylvain Chomet (The Illusionist), David Hirschfelder (Legend of the Guardians), Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek Forever After) and Pharrell Williams & Heitor Pereira for Despicable Me. The award is Powell’s first win as a solo composer, having previously won for his collaboration with Harry Gregson-Williams on the original Shrek and his collaboration with Hans Zimmer on Kung Fu Panda. Read the rest of this entry »

Film Music Reporter has learned that Mychael Danna has started work on the upcoming drama Moneyball. The film tells the story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. The movie stars Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Chris Pratt. Moneyball is based on a book by Michael Lewis (The Blind Side) and is directed by Bennett Miller who previously worked with Mychael Danna on 2005’s Oscar nominated biopic Capote. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Danna co-scoring ‘Camelot’

Posted: February 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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As reported last year, Mychael Danna has been scoring the upcoming Starz TV show Camelot. We have learned since that his brother Jeff Danna has co-written the score for the period drama starring Jamie Campbell Bower, Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green, Tamsin Eggerton and Claire Forlani. The Danna brothers have worked together before numerous times on such movies as Green Dragon, Fracture, Lakeview Terrace and most recently on Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. Camelot will premiere on April 1, 2011 on Starz and its first season will air on ten consecutive weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Unknown’ Soundtrack details

Posted: February 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande Records will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming thriller Unknown directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger, Frank Langella and Aidan Quinn. The film’s music is written by John Ottman and newcomer Alexander Rudd. The soundtrack includes 16 tracks of original score and will be released on March 8, 2011. Unknown will open in theaters on February 18. For more information on the movie, visit our previous article announcing Ottman as the composer on the film. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Ironclad’ Soundtrack announced

Posted: February 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande Records will release Lorne Balfe’s original score for the action adventure movie Ironclad directed by Jonathan English and starring Brian Cox, Paul Giamatti, Kate Mara, James Purefoy and Derek Jacobi. The album includes 18 tracks of score. The soundtrack will be released on March 1, 2011 and will exclusively be available on iTunes in the US, while a physical CD is coming out in Europe. The movie is scheduled for a March 4 release in the UK, while no domestic release date has been announced. Read the rest of this entry »

Two new movies open in wide release this weekend.

The Roommate starring Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly features a score by John Frizzell. As reported earlier this week, Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album including Frizzell’s score.

The James Cameron-produced thriller Sanctum starring Ioann Gruffud, Richard Roxburgh and Alice Parkinson features music by David Hirschfelder. A soundtrack album has been released on Varese Sarabande Records as announced here. Read the rest of this entry »

According to the Hollywood Reporter, all Academy Award-nominated song will be performed at this year’s Oscar telecast. A.R. Rahman and Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine will perform the song If I Rise from Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, which has lyrics co-written by Dido and Rollo Armstrong. Rahman is also nominated for his original score on the movie. Alan Menken, who is nominated for writing the song I See the Light from Disney’s animated film Tangled, will accompany singers Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi on the piano. Randy Newman will perform his song We Belong Together from Pixar’s Toy Story 3. Finally, Gwyneth Paltrow will be singing the nominated song Coming Home from Shana Feste’s Country Strong. The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony will take place on February 27 and will air on ABC.