Two new movies opened wide earlier this week on Wednesday:
The Coen Brothers-directed western True Grit starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin was scored by Carter Burwell. Check out our news article announcing the soundtrack album on Nonesuch Records. Read the rest of this entry »
The composer duo tomandandy has been chosen to score the upcoming thriller I Melt with You. The film focuses on four lifelong friends who, during their annual get-together, realize that their lives haven’t exactly turned out the way they expected. The movie is directed by Mark Pellington, who previously collaborated with tomandandy on Arlington Road (alongside Angelo Badalamenti) and The Mothman Prophecies. He recently used composer John Frizzell on his last movie Henry Poole Is Here. I Melt with You stars Carla Gugino, Jeremy Piven, Thomas Jane and Rob Lowe. The independently financed movie will premiere at the upcoming Sundance film festival in January. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming animation musical Gnomeo & Juliet. The album includes two new songs by Elton John, as well as new versions of classic Elton John hits, such as a new arrangement of Crocodile Rock featuring Nelly Furtado. The album also includes a number of cues from James Newton Howard’s original score. The soundtrack will be released on February 8, 2011. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. To watch the movie’s trailer, visit the official webpage. Gnomeo and Juliet features the voice talent of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Maggie Smith, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart and Michael Caine and will be released in theaters on February 11. Read the rest of this entry »
Film Music Reporter has learned that Dario Marianelli has been hired to score Focus Features’ upcoming movie adaptation of Jane Eyre. The movie is directed by Cary Fukunaga, who previously directed 2009’s indie hit Sin Nombre which featured a score by Marcelo Zarvos. The new adaptation stars Mia Wasikowska in the title role, as well as Judi Dench, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell and Sally Hawkins. Jane Eyre centers around a mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer and soon discovers that he’s hiding a terrible secret. To get more information on the movie, check out the official movie webpage, as well as the official Facebook page. Focus Features will release the movie on March 11, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Trylee True Records has released an official soundtrack album for the upcoming documentary Hood To Coast. The score for the film was written by composer Nathan Barr. The album features 30 cues from Barr’s score for a running time of around 57 minutes. The documentary directed by Christoph Baaden and Marcie Hume centers around the annual Hood To Coast Relay race, the world’s largest relay race and follows several race teams on their journey. To download the score and listen to audio clips from the album, visit iTunes or Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
George S. Clinton recently scored the upcoming comedy thriller Salvation Boulevard. The movie stars Greg Kinnear, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Pierce Brosnan and Marisa Tomei. The film is directed by George Ratiff who previously directed the 2007 thriller Joshua with a score by Nico Muhly. Clinton replaced composer Jeff Beal who was previously assigned to score the film. Salvation Boulevard is set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor. The movie will premiere at next year’s Sundance film festival. No distribution deal or release date has been announced. Read the rest of this entry »
Film Music Reporter has learned that Paul Cantelon has recently completed writing the music for the upcoming drama The Music Never Stopped. The films stars Julia Ormond, J.K. Simmons, Tammy Blanchard and Mia Maestro and marks the feature directorial debut for Jim Kohlberg. The movie tells the tale of a father who struggles to bond with his estranged son Gabriel, after Gabriel suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. The movie will have its premiere at the 2011 Sundance film festival. No release date has been set for The Music Never Stopped, but a release is expected in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
UPDATE (January 10, 2011): John Swihart has taken over scoring duties on the film.
Original article:
Film Music Reporter has learned that the upcoming crime comedy Flypaper will feature a score by composer Mark Mancina. The film centers around a man who is caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank and desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he’s secretly in love. The film is directed by Rob Minkoff, who previously worked with Mancina on the Disney fantasy The Haunted Mansion starring Eddie Murphy. The director also has worked with such composers as Hans Zimmer (The Lion King), Alan Silvestri (Stuart Little 1 & 2) and David Buckley (The Forbidden Kingdom). Flypaper stars Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Tambor, Mekhi Phifer and Tim Blake Nelson. Read the rest of this entry »
According to Variety, the scores for Black Swan by composer Clint Mansell and True Grit by Carter Burwell have been disqualified from Oscar consideration by the Academy music branch. Both scores were deemed ineligible because they are “diluted by the use of tracked themes or other pre-existing music”. The Black Swan score was heavily adapted by Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” and much of the True Grit score was based on 19th century hymns.
Also disqualified are the scores for The Fighter composed by Michael Brook and The Kids Are All Right by Carter Burwell, because they are being considered “diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs”. Alexandre Desplat’s score for The King’s Speech, which has been discussed as being potentially disqualified for its use of classical music in some key scenes was ruled eligible for Oscar consideration by the music branch committee. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming 3D thriller Sanctum produced by James Cameron. The album will contain 18 tracks from David Hirschfelder’s score including a 6 minute suite. Check out our previous article on Hirschfelder’s assignment. The soundtrack will be released on February 1, 2011, three days before the domestic release of the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
