Variety is reporting that John Powell will be taking another sabbatical from film music following the completion of his score for this summer’s animated sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2. Instead, he will be writing a 45-minute oratorio to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of World War I. The piece, entitled Moltke will feature a […]
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John Powell to Take Break from Film Music to Compose Concert Music
Posted: 23rd April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: John Powell
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‘Creating Music for the Action Film’ Panel at Newport Beach Film Festival Announced
Posted: 21st April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Newport Beach Film Festival
On Sunday, April 27, the Newport Beach Film Festival Seminar Series will present the composer panel Lights, Camera, Action – Creating Music for the Action Film (and other genres). The participating composers include John Ottman (X2, Superman Returns, The Fantastic Four) who recently completed his score for X-Men: Days of Future Past, Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Hangover) who most recently finished work on […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 20, 2014)
Posted: 20th April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Day Late and a Dollar Short, Bad Teacher, Black Box, CBS, Clare Manchon, In My Dreams, Jeff Beal, Lifetime, Lyle Workman, Olivier Manchon, Salem, Tyler Bates, WGN America, William Ross
Premiering tonight on ABC is the Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie In My Dreams directed by Kenny Leon and starring Katherine McPhee, Mike Vogel and JoBeth Williams. The film’s original music is composed by William Ross (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, My Dog Skip, Ladder 49). The composer recorded his score at Abbey Road Studios in London. A […]
Back Lot Music to Release ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ Soundtrack
Posted: 16th April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Million Ways to Die in the West, Joel McNeely, score, Seth MacFarlane, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for Seth MacFarlane’s western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joel McNeely (Holes, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Soldier). The composer recently recorded his orchestral music in Los Angeles and collaborated with the bluegrass band Punch Brothers on a […]
‘Let’s Be Cops’ to Feature Music by Christophe Beck & Jake Monaco
Posted: 15th April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Beck, Jake Monaco, Let's Be Cops, Luke Greenfield, Simon Kinberg
Christophe Beck and Jake Monaco have composed the score for the upcoming action comedy Let’s Be Cops. The film is directed by Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door, Something Borrowed) and stars Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Johnson, Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev, James D’Arcy and Andy Garcia. The movie follows two struggling pals who dress as police officers for a […]
WaterTower Music to Release ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 4 Soundtrack
Posted: 15th April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: Game of Thrones, HBO, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the fourth soundtrack album for the HBO hit series Game of Thrones. The album features selections from the score of the fourth season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans). The soundtrack will be released on July 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. […]
Behind the Music of ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
Posted: 12th April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hans Zimmer, Marc Webb, Pharrell Williams, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Sony Pictures Entertainment has published a video featurette on the music for the superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The video features footage from the score’s recording sessions and interviews with the film’s composer Hans Zimmer, as well as some of his collaborators including Pharrell Williams, Johnny Marr and director Marc Webb. Check out the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 11, 2014)
Posted: 11th April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Carmen Rizzo, Cuban Fury, Daniel Pemberton, David Hirschfelder, David Wingo, Dickon Hinchliffe, Draft Day, Hateship Loveship, Jeff McIlwain, Joe, John Debney, John Powell, Jozef Van Wissem, Oculus, Only Lovers Left Alive, Perfect Sisters, Rio 2, Sergio Mendes, SQÜRL, The Newton Brothers, The Railway Man
Three new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Rio 2 directed by Carlinhos Brown and featuring the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am, Jemaine Clement, Rodrigo Santoro, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie Mann, Jamie Foxx, Rita Moreno, Bruno Mars and Kristin Chenoweth. The film’s original’s music is […]
