Relativity Music Group will release the soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2. The film’s music is composed by John Powell (The Bourne Trilogy, Rio, Happy Feet) who recently recorded his music at Air Studios in London. The composer who received his first Academy Award nomination for his score for the first part in […]
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Relativity Music Group to Release ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ Soundtrack
Posted: 10th April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: How to Train Your Dragon 2, John Powell, score, Soundtrack
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Ibero-American Film Industry Launches Platino Awards
Posted: 7th April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emilio Kauderer, Lucas Vidal, Platino Awards
This past Saturday, the first Platino Ibero-American Film Awards were held Saturday in Panama City. In the Best Original Score category, Emilio Kauderer was honored for his music for the animated feature Foosball directed by Juan Jose Campanella, which was recently picked up by the Weinstein Company for a domestic release this summer under the title Underdogs. Composer Lucas Vidal (Fast […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 6, 2014)
Posted: 6th April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Deadbeat, HBO, Hulu, James Iha, Jeff Cardoni, Marco Beltrami, Silicon Valley, Turn
Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Turn created by Craig Silverstein and starring Jamie Bell, Seth Numrich, Daniel Henshall, Heather Lind, Meegan Warner, Kevin R. McNally, Burn Gorman, Angus Macfadyen, JJ Feild and Samuel Roukin. The show’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine). The period drama follows a farmer and his […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 4, 2014)
Posted: 4th April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Afflicted, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Andrew Lockington, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Danny Elfman, Dom Hemingway, Edo Van Breemen, Eric D. Johnson, Frankie & Alice, Goodbye World, Henry Jackman, Hot Guys with Guns, Ilan Eshkeri, In the Blood, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, Jinn, Kyle Newmaster, Laura Karpman, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mervyn Warren, Mica Levi, Noah Sorota, Paul Haslinger, Rolfe Kent, Something Wicked, The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, The Unknown Known, Under the Skin
Only one new movie is opening this weekend: Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is Captain America: The Winter Soldier directed by Anthony & Joe Russo and starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie and Robert Redford. The film’s music is composed by Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph. Hollywood Records has released […]
WaterTower Music to Release Sigur Rós’ ‘The Rains of Castamere’ from ‘Game of Thrones’
Posted: 3rd April 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Game of Thrones, HBO, Sigur Rós, The Rains of Castamere
WaterTower Music will release a new version of the song The Rains of Castamere from the HBO original series Game of Thrones. The show’s fourth season will feature a version of the song by the Icelandic band Sigur Rós. The track is written by the composer of the series, Ramin Djawadi and features lyrics by George R.R. Martin. The song will […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 30, 2014)
Posted: 30th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Friends With Better Lives, Gabriel Mann
Premiering tomorrow, March 31 after the series finale of How I Met Your Mother is the new CBS comedy Friends With Better Lives created by Dana Klein and starring Kevin Connolly, Majandra Delfino, James Van Der Beek, Zoe Lister-Jones, Brooklyn Decker and Rick Donald. Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, Twisted, Rectify) is composing the show’s original score. For more information about the series, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 28, 2014)
Posted: 28th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aria Prayogi, Boys of Abu Ghraib, Breathe In, Cesar Chavez, Clint Mansell, Dan Marocco, David Sardy, Dustin O'Halloran, Fajar Yuskemal, Joseph Trapanese, Just a Sigh, Michael Brook, Noah, Raf Keunen, Sabotage, The Raid 2
Two new movies opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the biblical epic Noah directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Anthony Hopkins and Logan Lerman. Clint Mansell who previously scored all of the director’s features including Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, […]
From EDM to Film Music: Junkie XL Conquers Hollywood
Posted: 27th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: 300: Rise of an Empire, Divergent, Junkie XL
Over the last year, Junkie XL aka Tom Holkenborg has quickly risen to the top of the Hollywood film music scene. Just within the last eight months, the composer had his first three major Hollywood features released in theaters, including last summer’s thriller Paranoia starring Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford & Gary Oldman and this month’s […]
‘Keep On Keepin’ On’ to Feature Music by Dave Grusin & Justin Kauflin
Posted: 25th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Grusin, Justin Kauflin, Keep On Keepin' On, Quincy Jones
Pianist Justin Kauflin and Dave Grusin have composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Keep On Keepin’ On. The film is helmed by Australian director Alan Hicks who spent four years following the mentorship between jazz-legend Clark Terry and Kauflin, a blind piano prodigy, during a pivotal moment in each of their lives. Academy Award nominee […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 24, 2013)
Posted: 23rd March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Surviving Jack, WAZ
Premiering on Thursday, March 27 is the new Fox comedy Surviving Jack created by Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker and starring Christopher Meloni, Connor Buckley, Rachael Harris, Claudia Lee, Kevin Hernandez and Tyler Foden. WAZ (Cougar Town) is composing the show’s original score. To learn more about the show, check out our scoring assignment announcement. The comedy will […]
