WaterTower Music recently released John Debney’s score for the Garry Marshall-directed romantic comedy Valentine’s Day. The album features more than 35 minutes of Debney’s score from the movie, as well as the song Every Time You Smiled co-written by John Debney and Glen Ballard and performed by Carina Round. The digital-only album can be downloaded at iTunes and Amazon. To watch a short video from the recording sessions of the score, check out our previous article.
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Tomandandy to score Resident Evil: Afterlife
The composer duo tomandandy has been chosen to provide the score for the upcoming sequel Resident Evil: Afterlife. The movie marks director Paul W.S. Anderson’s return to the directing chair to the franchise after he only wrote and produced the last two parts in the series. His original Resident Evil movie featured a score by Marco Beltrami and Marilyn Manson. The sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse was scored by Jeff Danna, while Resident Evil: Extinction received a score by Charlie Clouser. The fourth part of the series is the first entry for tomandandy and stars once again Milla Jovovich, as well as Wentworth Miller and Ali Larter. Screen Gems is planning to release the movie on September 10. For the first time in the series, the movie will be released in 3D.
Nightmare on Elm Street Soundtrack details
WaterTower Music will release Steve Jablonsky’s score for the horror remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The album will be released on April 27. The movie is a re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality. The movie directed by Samuel Bayer and produced by Michael Bay stars Jackie Earle Haley and will be released in theaters on April 30.
APRIL 8 Update: For soundclips from each track, check out the soundtrack section on the official movie webpage.
Ramin Djawadi on Clash of the Titans
ASCAP recently uploaded a new interview with composer Ramin Djawadi, who just finished working on Clash of the Titans which premieres in theaters this weekend. In the interview, Djawadi talks about his collaboration with director Louis Leterrier, the scoring process on the movie, working with composer/producer Neil Davidge from Massive Attack, his general approach to scoring movies and his work on the TV show Flash Forward, which he is currently scoring. To check out the complete interview, click here.
APRIL 7 Update: Another interview with Djawadi on his Clash of the Titans score can be found on the iF Magazine page. For an audio interview with Djawadi on the score, check out scorenotes.com.
New Badelt scores available
Two new scores by composer Klaus Badelt have just been made available. Die Jagd nach der heiligen Lanze (The Lance) is a German TV fantasy adventure which just premiered on German TV earlier this week. The music was co-written by Klaus Badelt, Christopher Carmichael and Ian Honeyman. To watch a short interview with the composers about the scoring process, check out this video clip on YouTube. The score album can be downloaded from Klaus Badelt’s online store.
Carter Burwell to score The Kids Are All Right
Film Music Reporter has learned that Carter Burwell has been hired to score the comedy The Kids Are All Right. The movie had its premiere at this year’s Sundance film festival. The movie originally had a score by Nathan Larson and Craig Wedren and Burwell has stepped in to provide a score for the nationwide release in July by Focus Features. No word yet if any of Larson’s and Wedren’s score will stay in the picture. The movie centers around two children conceived by artificial insemination who bring their birth father into their family life. The movie directed by Lisa Cholodenko (Laurel Canyon) stars Julianne Moore, Anette Bening, Mark Ruffalo and Mia Wasikowska.
Two new projects for Randy Edelman
According to his official website, Randy Edelman has joined the new drama The Greening of Whitney Brown. The movie centers around Whitney, a spoiled pre-teen from Philadelphia, who is forced to move to the country where she befriends an amazing horse, and undertakes a misguided journey back to her old life. The movie stars Keith David, Brooke Shields, Aidan Quinn and Kris Kristofferson. No release date has been set yet for the film. For more information, check out the movie’s Facebook page.
Prince of Persia soundtrack announced
Walt Disney Records will release the soundtrack album for Price of Persia: The Sands of Time on May 25. The album includes 18 track of Harry Gregson-William’s score, as well as the song I Remain performed by Alanis Morissette. The movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Kingsley will be released on May 28.
Here’s the album tracklisting:
New interview with Danny Elfman
FirstShowing.net recently posted a new interview with composer Danny Elfman. In the interview, Elfman talks about his score for Alice in Wonderland, working with Tim Burton, his two upcoming projects The Green Hornet and Restless and his creative approach and process to scoring movies. To read the entire interview, click here. The website also announces interviews with composers James Newton Howard, Michael Giacchino, Thomas Newman and Alexandre Desplat to be coming up in the near future.
Two new Varese Sarabande soundtracks
Varese Sarabande has announced two new CD releases to be released in May. The label will release Marc Streitenfeld’s score for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood. The movie stars Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett and opens in theaters on May 14. The movie marks Streitenfeld’s fourth collaboration with director Ridley Scott after American Gangster, A Good Year and Body of Lies. The album will be released on May 11.
On the same day, Varese Sarabande will also release Edward Shearmur’s score for the drama Mother and Child. The movie stars Naomi Watts, Annette Benning, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington and Jimmy Smits and reunites Shearmur with director Rodrigo Garcia (Nine Lives, Passengers). The movie will be released by Sony Pictures Classics on May 7. Tracklisting and album cover will follow soon.