Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Planes directed by Klay Hall and featuring a voice cast including Dane Cook, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Cedric the Entertainer, Val Kilmer, John Cleese, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett and Teri Hatcher. The film’s original music is composed by Mark […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 9, 2013)
Posted: 9th August 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lockington, Blood, Daniel Pemberton, David Wingo, Elysium, Explosions in the Sky, I Give It a Year, Ilan Eshkeri, In a World..., Lovelace, Ludwig Göransson, Mark Mancina, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Planes, Prince Avalanche, Ryan Amon, Ryan Miller, Stephen Trask, Theodore Shapiro, We're the Millers
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Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’ to Feature Music by Arcade Fire
Posted: 7th August 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arcade Fire, Her, Spike Jonze
The Grammy-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire is writing the music for Spike Jonze’s upcoming sci-fi romance Her. The film written and directed by Jonze stars Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pratt and Scarlett Johansson. The movie is set in future Los Angeles and follows a complex, soulful man who makes […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 4, 2013)
Posted: 4th August 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Broadchurch, Clear History, HBO, John Lunn, Ludvic Bource, Ólafur Arnalds, Starz, The White Queen
Premiering on Wednesday, August 7 in the US is the British mini-series Broadchurch created by Chris Chibnall (United, Torchwood) and starring David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Vicky McClure, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Will Mellor and Arthur Darvill. Ólafur Arnald (Another Happy Day) has composed the original score for the series. Mercury Records has released a soundtrack EP featuring […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 2, 2013)
Posted: 2nd August 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 2 Guns, Bear McCreary, Brendan Canning, Clinton Shorter, Drift, Europa Report, Heitor Pereira, Michael Yezerski, Rob Simonsen, The Canyons, The Smurfs 2, The Spectacular Now
Two new movies are opening nationwide this week: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action comedy 2 Guns directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Fred Ward, James Marsden and Edward James Olmos. The film’s original score is composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband). […]
WaterTower Music to Release Hans Zimmer’s ‘Rush’ Soundtrack
Posted: 1st August 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Ron Howard, Rush, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for Ron Howard’s upcoming racing drama Rush. The album features the film’s original score composed by Hans Zimmer who has previously collaborated with the director on such films as The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and Frost/Nixon. The soundtrack will be released on September 24, 2013 […]
‘Tim’s Vermeer’ to Feature Music by Conrad Pope
Posted: 30th July 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Conrad Pope, Teller, Tim's Vermeer
Conrad Pope is the composer of the upcoming documentary Tim’s Vermeer. The film is directed by Teller of Penn & Teller fame and follows Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, as he attempts to solve the mystery of how 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring) managed to paint so photo-realistically,150 years before the invention […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 28, 2013)
Posted: 28th July 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Michael Tavera, The Awesomes
Premiering this Thursday, August 1 on Hulu is the new animated series The Awesomes created by Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live) and Mike Shoemaker (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) and featuring the voice talent of Ike Barinholtz, Rachel Dratch, Bill Hader, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Bobby Lee, Taran Killam, Paula Pell and Emily Spivey. The […]
‘Pioneer’ to Feature Music by Air
Posted: 28th July 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Air, Erik Skjoldbjærg, Pioneer
The French electronic music duo Air is currently scoring the upcoming Norwegian conspiracy thriller Pioneer (Pionér). The film is directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg (1997’s original Insomnia, Prozac Nation) and stars Aksel Hennie, Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang, Stephanie Sigman, André Eriksen and Jonathan LaPaglia. The movie is set in the early 80s and centers on the […]
Weekly Film Roundup (July 26, 2013)
Posted: 26th July 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Blue Jasmine, Breaking the Girls, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Marco Beltrami, Mateo Messina, Raney Shockne, The Time Being, The To Do List, The Wolverine
Only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the superhero film The Wolverine directed by James Mangold and starring Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushim. The film’s music is composed by Marco Beltrami (World […]
Ryan Gosling’s ‘How to Catch a Monster’ to Feature Music by Johnny Jewel
Posted: 24th July 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A&E, Beautiful Now, How to Catch a Monster, Johnny Jewel, Pimp, Ryan Gosling, Those Who Kill
Johnny Jewel revealed in a recent interview with Noisey (via The Playlist) that he is writing music for Ryan Gosling’s upcoming directorial debut How to Catch a Monster. The film stars Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Eva Mendes, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith and Ben Mendelsohn. The movie is set against the surreal dreamscape of a […]
