Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action thriller The Equalizer directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, David Harbour, Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo. The film’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek series, Man on Fire, Unstoppable) who previously scored […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 26, 2014)
Posted: 26th September 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Christopher Nightingale, Claire van Kampen, Dario Marianelli, Days and Nights, Dionysos, Field of Lost Shoes, Frederik Wiedmann, Good People, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, Matthew de Luca, Neil Davidge, Neil de Luca, Pride, The Boxtrolls, The Equalizer, The Song, The Two Faces of January, Two Night Stand, Vince Emmett
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‘Zombie Broadway’ to Feature Music by Dave Stewart and Michael Bradford
Posted: 25th September 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Stewart, Michael Bradford, Zombie Broadway
Dave Stewart and Michael Bradford are writing original songs and music for the upcoming horror musical Zombie Broadway. The film based on Stewart’s own graphic novel of the same title is set in a Zombie-ridden, apocalyptic New York where the fate of the city lies in the hands of the only surviving musical theatre troop putting on the show of […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 21, 2014)
Posted: 21st September 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Black-ish, Brian Kirk, Brian Tyler, CBS, David E. Russo, Forever, Gotham, Graeme Revell, Josh Kramon, Madam Secretary, NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, Tony Morales, Transcenders
Premiering tonight on CBS is the new drama Madam Secretary created by Barbara Hall (Joan of Arcadia) and starring Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Geoffrey Arend, Patina Miller, Erich Bergen, Katherine Herzer and Evan Roe. The show’s original music is composed by the Transcenders (Gossip Girl, Harry’s Law, Our Family Wedding, Joey). For more […]
BBC’s ‘The Driver’ to Feature Music by Lorne Balfe
Posted: 20th September 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Lorne Balfe, The Driver
Lorne Balfe has composed the music for the new BBC mini-series The Driver. The drama is created by Danny Brocklehurst and Jim Poyser and stars David Morrissey, Claudie Blakeley, Sacha Parkinson, Ian Hart, Colm Meaney, Shaun Dingwall and Lee Ross. The three-parter follows a taxi driver who blames himself for a family mystery and accepts […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 19, 2014)
Posted: 19th September 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Walk Among the Tombstones, Alec Puro, Asche & Spencer, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Christopher Drake, Dan Mangan, Dave Grusin, Fort Bliss, Garth Stevenson, George Fenton, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Inon Zur, Jesse Zubot, John Paesano, Justin Kauflin, Keep On Keepin' On, Michael Giacchino, Reclaim, Steve Moore, The Guest, The Maze Runner, The Scribbler, The Zero Theorem, This Is Where I Leave You, Tracks, Tusk
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the film adaptation of the YA novel The Maze Runner directed by Wes Ball and starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Aml Ameen and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. The film’s original music is composed by John Paesano (Dragons: Riders of Berk, When the Game Stands […]
WaterTower Music to Release ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Soundtrack
Posted: 16th September 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Howard Shore, Peter Jackson, score, Soundtrack, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
WaterTower Music has announced the release date of the soundtrack album for Peter Jackson’s fantasy adventure The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. The album features the film’s original music composed by Howard Shore (The Silence of the Lambs, Hugo, The Departed) who previously scored the first two films in The Hobbit series, as well […]
Austin Wintory to Conduct Film/TV/Video Game Music Concert ‘Mythos’
Posted: 15th September 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Austin Wintory, Mythos
On October 6, 2014, Grammy Award-nominated composer Austin Wintory (Journey, Captain Abu Raed, Grace) will conduct the all-star orchestra and choir of The Third Estate for the world premiere of Mythos, a showcase of music from Modern Concert Works, Video Games, TV & Film. Wintory has curated the concert from the music of many of […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 14, 2014)
Posted: 14th September 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Cieri, Fox, Joey Newman, Ludwig Göransson, NBC, PBS, Red Band Society, The Mysteries of Laura, The Roosevelts: An Intimate Portrait
Premiering tonight on PBS is the documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate Portrait directed by Ken Burns about the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. David Cieri has composed the project’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music is being released today. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 12, 2014)
Posted: 12th September 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: At the Devil's Door, Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?, Béatrice Thiriet, Bird People, Dolphin Tale 2, Elia Cmiral, Heather McIntosh, Honeymoon, Marco Beltrami, Mark Orton, Max Richter, My Old Lady, No Good Deed, Paul Haslinger, Rachel Portman, Ronen Landa, Son Lux, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, The Drop, The Green Prince
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the family movie Dolphin Tale 2 written and directed by Charles Martin Smith and starring Harry Connick, Jr., Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Austin Stowell. The film’s original music is composed by Rachel Portman (The Cider […]
Alex Da Kid to Develop Movie Musical ‘Ziggy’
Posted: 12th September 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Da Kid, Ziggy
British music producer Alex Da Kid is developing the original contemporary music for the upcoming movie musical Ziggy. The film is directed by Diesel Schwarze who previously worked with Baz Luhrmann on Moulin Rouge! and Broadway’s La Boheme. The period movie is set to star Dane DeHaan and Rooney Mara and follows a hunchback escape […]
