Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the film adaptation of the young adult novel Divergent directed by Neil Burger and starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Aaron Eckhart, Miles Teller, Zoe Kravitz, Ansel Elgort, Ray Stevenson, Jai Courtney, Ashley Judd and Maggie Q. Interscope Records has released a […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 21, 2014)
Posted: 21st March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 50 to 1, Blood Ties, Christophe Beck, Divergent, God's Not Dead, Johann Johannsson, Junkie XL, Marc Marder, McCanick, Muppets Most Wanted, Rob the Mob, Stephen Endelman, The Missing Picture, Will Musser, William Ross, Yodelice
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 16, 2014)
Posted: 16th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Crisis, Evan Frankfort, John Paesano, Jonathan Goldsmith, Lifetime, Liz Phair, Marc Dauer, NBC, The 100, The CW, The Grim Sleeper
Premiering tonight on NBC is the new drama Crisis created by Rand Ravich and starring Gillian Anderson, Dermot Mulroney, Lance Gross and Rachael Taylor. John Paesano (Dragons: Riders of Berk, the upcoming The Maze Runner) is composing the show’s original music. The series follows an unlikely puppeteer who will bring everyone from CEOs to the […]
‘Walter’ to Feature Music by Dan Romer
Posted: 14th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Romer, Walter
Dan Romer has composed the music for the upcoming indie comedy Walter. The film is directed by Anna Mastro and stars Andrew J. West, Virginia Madsen, William H. Macy, Justin Kirk, Neve Campbell, Leven Rambin, Peter Facinelli and Milo Ventimiglia. The movie centers on an usher at a movie theater who believes he is the son of God, with the responsibility of deciding […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 14, 2014)
Posted: 14th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, Bad Words, Better Living Through Chemistry, Bradford Cox, Christopher Young, Danny Bensi, Enemy, Grayson Matthews, Jeremy Sams, John Nau, Josh Kramon, Le Week-End, Nathan Furst, Need for Speed, Patrick, Pino Donaggio, Rachel Portman, Rolfe Kent, Saunder Jurriaans, Teenage, The Art of the Steal, The Right Kind of Wrong, The Single Moms Club, Veronica Mars
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action movie Need for Speed directed by Scott Waugh and starring Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Scott Mescudi, Ramon Rodriguez, Michael Keaton, Rami Malek, Dakota Johnson and Harrison Gilbertson. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack featuring the original song Hero by […]
DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Almost Home’ Features Music by Lorne Balfe
Posted: 11th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Almost Home, Dreamworks Animation, Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe has composed the music for the new DreamWorks Animation short Almost Home. The 4-minute film introduces the characters of the studio’s upcoming feature Home directed by Tim Johnson (Over the Hedge) and featuring the voices of Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Parsons and Rihanna who is also writing songs for the film. Check […]
Creating the Music for ‘300: Rise of an Empire’
Posted: 10th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: 300: Rise of an Empire, Junkie XL
WaterTower Music (via Deadline) has published a video featurette on the music of the historical action epic 300: Rise of an Empire, which topped the domestic and international box office this past weekend. The video features an interview with the film’s composer Junkie XL (Divergent) who discusses building new instruments for his score, as well […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 9, 2014)
Posted: 9th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alan Silvestri, Believe, Blake Neely, Carl Thiel, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Dan Foliart, Fox, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, FX, NBC, Resurrection, Saint George, Steven Price
Premiering tonight on Fox is the docu-series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Ann Druyan, Mitchell Cannold & Brannon Braga and hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, The Avengers) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring selections from the composer’s was […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 7, 2014)
Posted: 7th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 300: Rise of an Empire, Alexandre Desplat, Daniel Pemberton, Danny Elfman, Grand Piano, Haunt, In Fear, Junkie XL, Marcelo Zarvos, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Reinhold Heil, Roly Porter, The Face of Love, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Victor Reyes
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action adventure epic 300: Rise of an Empire directed by Noam Murro and starring Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Jack O’Connell and Lena Headey. The film’s original music is compowed by Junkie XL (Divergent, Paranoia). […]
‘The Wilderness of James’ to Feature Music by Jónsi & Alex
Posted: 6th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jónsi, Jónsi & Alex, The Wilderness of James
Jónsi & Alex have written the music for the indie coming-of-age drama The Wilderness of James. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Michael Johnson and stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Virginia Madsen, Isabelle Fuhrman, Evan Ross and Danny DeVito. The movie follows a boy dealing with the absence of his father who begins to explore […]
Lee Daniels’ ‘Empire’ to Feature Music by Timbaland
Posted: 4th March 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Strong, Empire, Fox, Lee Daniels, Timbaland
Timbaland has signed on as a songwriter and song producer for the Fox pilot Empire. The show is created by Lee Daniels (The Butler, Precious) and Danny Strong (Game Change, The Butler) and stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson The drama is set in the world of a hip hop-empire and follows a charismatic, […]
