Opening in most theaters this weekend is the thriller Nightcrawler written and directed by Dan Gilroy and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton and Riz Ahmed. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense, King Kong). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 31, 2014)
Posted: 31st October 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Before I Go to Sleep, Charlie Clouser, David Wingo, Edward Shearmur, Horns, James Newton Howard, Nightcrawler, Private Peaceful, Rachel Portman, Rob, Saw, The Great Invisible
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 26, 2014)
Posted: 26th October 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Poet in New York, BBC America, Benched, CBS, David Schwartz, Death Comes to Pemberley, Debbie Wiseman, PBS, The Insects, The McCarthys, USA
Premiering tonight on PBS as part of Masterpiece is the two-part movie Death Comes to Pemberlay directed by Daniel Percival and starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Rhys, Matthew Goode, Jenna Coleman, Trevor Eve, Rebecca Front, James Fleet, Tom Ward, Tom Canton and Eleanor Tomlinson. The film’s original music is composed by The Insects. Visit Soundcloud to […]
Alexandre Desplat Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards 2014
Posted: 25th October 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Daniel Pemberton, Michelino Bisceglia, Pharrell Williams, World Soundtrack Awards
Alexandre Desplat was chosen as Film Composer of the Year 2014 at the World Soundtrack Awards 2012, tonight’s closing event of the 41st Ghent Film Festival. Desplat also received an award for his score for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel in the Best Original Film Score of the Year category. Desplat also composed the […]
Matthew Sklar & Christopher Guardino Scoring NBC’s ‘Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas’
Posted: 24th October 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Guardino, Elf, Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, Matthew Sklar, NBC
NBC announced today that Matthew Sklar and Christopher Guardino are composing the score for the upcoming NBC holiday event Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas. The stop-motion animated special is directed by Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh and features the voice talent of Jim Parsons, Mark Hamill, Ed Asner, Fred Armisen, Jay Leno, Matt Lauer, Rachael MacFarlane, […]
‘White Bird in a Blizzard’ – Songs from the Film Album Announced
Posted: 24th October 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gregg Araki, Soundtrack, White Bird in a Blizzard
Lakeshore Records has announced a second soundtrack album for the indie drama White Bird in a Blizzard. The release features the songs from the film by Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Tears For Fears, Pet Shop Boys, Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd, Psychedelic Furs, New Order, Echo and The Bunnymen, Love and Rockets, Everything But The […]
WaterTower Music to Release Hans Zimmer’s ‘Interstellar’ Soundtrack
Posted: 23rd October 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christoper Nolan, Hans Zimmer, Interstellar, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Lion King, The Thin Red Line, Man of Steel) who previously scored the director’s Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy. The soundtrack will be released on November 18, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. […]
‘Fan Girl’ to Feature Music by All Time Low
Posted: 23rd October 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All Time Low, Fan Girl
The pop punk band All Time Low is providing the soundtrack for the upcoming teen comedy Fan Girl. The film is directed by Paul Jarrett and stars Kiernan Shipka, Meg Ryan, Scott Adsit, Joshua Boone and Bill Sage. The movie follows a 15-year-old teen who lives for making movies and worshiping her favorite band and […]
Gregg Alexander & Antonio Sanchez to Perform at Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Posted: 22nd October 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Antonio Sanchez, Gregg Alexander, Hollywood Music in Media Awards
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMAs) announced the performers today for the 5th Annual HMMAs. Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer Gregg Alexander will perform the original song Lost Stars from this year’s comedy drama Begin Again, which is performed in the film by Adam Levine and Keira Knightley. It will mark the former New Radicals frontman’s first live performance in 15 […]
Alan Silvestri to Compose New Music for ‘Back to the Future’ 30th Anniversary Special Presentation
Posted: 21st October 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Back to the Future
IMG Artists and the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency announced a new partnership with Universal Pictures today that will see Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future return to the big screen, accompanied by a live orchestra performing the film’s original score composed by Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away, Captain America: The First Avenger). The events will […]
