Hans Zimmer confirmed to score Superman and new Pirates movie

Posted: December 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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UPDATE 12/06/2010: Check out our new article on Zimmer saying that he is not involved in the new Superman adaptation (yet).

Original posting from 12/02/10:

According to Thompson on Hollywood, Hans Zimmer revealed in a recent interview on Tuesday’s Inception DVD and Blu-Ray release party that he is going to score the upcoming Zack Snyder-directed adaptation of Superman. The movie will be produced by Christopher Nolan and is set for a holiday 2012 release. Zimmer also talked about his thoughts on scoring Superman to NBC San Diego.

Hans Zimmer is also set to start scoring the fourth part in the Pirates of the Caribbean series in January of next year. In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too. The movie reunites producer Jerry Bruckheimer with cast members Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush and adds the new director Rob Marshall and cast members Ian McShane, Richard Griffiths, Penelope Cruz and Judi Dench. The Walt Disney Pictures movie is set to open on May 20, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Grammy Nominations announced

Posted: December 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The nominations for the 53rd Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations for the film music related categories:

Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media:

  • Alice in Wonderland (Danny Elfman) – Walt Disney Records
  • Avatar (James Horner) – Fox Music/Atlantic Records
  • Inception (Hans Zimmer) – Reprise/Water Tower Music
  • Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer) – Water Tower Music
  • Toy Story 3 (Randy Newman) – Walt Disney Records Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Tempest’ soundtrack album coming

Posted: December 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Zarathustra Records will release a soundtrack album for Julie Taymor’s feature-film adaptation of Shakespeare’s last play The Tempest. The soundtrack for the movie starring Helen Mirren marks the first release of Goldenthal’s music label and will be released on December 14. Goldenthal’s indie-rock driven original score album features vocals by Beth Gibbons (Portishead) and Reeve Carney (Carney, star of SpiderMan: Turn Off The Dark, on Broadway) and musicians Benjamin Curtis (Secret Machines), Page Hamilton (Helmet), Mark Stewart (Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman) as well as the composer himself on keyboards to bring the surreal world of the film alive. To listen to audio clips from the soundtrack, check out Elliott Goldenthal’s Facebook page and visit Amazon to order the album. To find out more about the film to be released on December 10, check out the official movie webpage. Read the rest of this entry »

‘True Grit’ soundtrack release announced

Posted: November 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Nonesuch Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming western True Grit. The album features selections of the score by composer Carter Burwell, who regularly works with the film’s directors Joel and Ethan Coen. The album will be released on December 21. In the movie starring Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin and Matt Damon, a tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father’s murderer. To find out more about the movie, which will be released on Christmas Day, check out the official movie webpage. To pre-order the soundtrack CD, visit Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Tourist’ soundtrack album details

Posted: November 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming movie The Tourist starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. The album features 21 tracks from James Newton Howard’s score, as well as one track from the original composer on the movie, Gabriel Yared. Check out our previous news article on the movie, as well as the official movie webpage for more information. Read the rest of this entry »

Gulliver’s Travels soundtrack album announced

Posted: November 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande Records will release the soundtrack album for the upcoming family adventure film Gulliver’s Travels starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt and Jason Segel. The album features 18 score tracks by composer Henry Jackman. The soundtrack will be released on December 21, one day before the movie opens in theaters. Check out the movie’s official webpage to find out more about Gulliver’s Travels. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 26, 2011)

Posted: November 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Four new movies are opening wide over Thanksgiving weekend:

Walt Disney Pictures’ Tangled features songs and score by Alan Menken. Check out our previous article announcing the soundtrack album. A short video interview on the score has been uploaded on YouTube. To listen to lenghty audio interviews with Menken talking about his work on Tangled, visit Film Music Magazine’s On the Score and WDW Radio. Entertainment Weekly also featured an in depth interview with the composer worth checking out. Also check out a short interview Menken did with The Wall Street Journal, as well as a recent article about Menken on LA Times’ Music Blog. Read the rest of this entry »

New ‘First Blood’ soundtrack release announced

Posted: November 23, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Intrada Records announced a new 2 disc soundtrack release of Jerry Goldsmith’s score for the 1982 action movie First Blood. In the movie directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Sylvester Stallone, a mentally unstable Vietnam war vet, when abused with a small town’s police force, begins a one man war with it. The album is the first release of the complete score and also includes the original 1982 soundtrack on a second disc. To listen to audio clips and to order the album, check out Intrada’s soundtrack page. Read the rest of this entry »

John Williams’ Family Plot soundtrack release announced

Posted: November 22, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Varese Sarabande has announced the first CD release of John Williams’ score for Alfred Hitchcock’s Family Plot. Only the film’s end credits has previously been released. Hitchcock’s last movie stars Bruce Dern and Barbara Harris centers around a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California. The album featuring about an hour of the score is limited to 5000 copies. For audio clips and order details, visit Varese Sarabande. Read the rest of this entry »

tomandandy to score ‘The Apparition’

Posted: November 21, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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The composer duo tomandandy has been hired to score the upcoming horror thriller The Apparition. In the movie, a couple is haunted by a supernatural presence that is unleashed during a college experiment. The film, which is currently in post-production is directed by Todd Lincoln and stars Tom Felton and Ashley Green. The Apparition is produced by Joel Silver through his Dark Castle Entertainment company and will be released by Warner Bros on September 9, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

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