Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated film sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 directed by Cody Cameron & Kris Pearn and featuring the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, […]
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R.J. Cutler’s ‘If I Stay’ to Feature Music by Heitor Pereira
Posted: 23rd September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heitor Pereira, If I Stay, R.J. Cutler
Heitor Pereira has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming supernatural drama If I Stay. The film based on the 2009 young-adult novel by Gayle Forman is directed by R.J. Cutler (The September Issue, Nashville) and is set to star Chloe Moretz, Mireille Enos and Jamie Blackley. The movie centers on a teenager who […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 22, 2013)
Posted: 22nd September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Back in the Game, Bear McCreary, Ben Decter, Bob Thiele, CBS, Hostages, Jake Monaco, Jeff Cardoni, Jeff Russo, Lucky 7, Mark Kilian, Michael Wandmacher, NBC, Nick Urata, Paul Koch, The Goldbergs, The Michael J. Fox Show, Trophy Wife
Premiering on Tuesday, September 24, on ABC is Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. executive produced by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen and starring Clark Gregg, Brett Dalton, Ming-Na Wen, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge and Chloe Bennett. Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica) is scoring the show weekly with a full orchestra. To […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 20, 2013)
Posted: 20th September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Single Shot, Atli Orvarsson, Battle of the Year, C.O.G., Christopher Lennertz, Enough Said, Gabriel Yared, Generation Iron, Hans Zimmer, Haute Cuisine, Jeff Danna, Jeff Rona, Jewtopia, Joe Berry, Johann Johannsson, Marcelo Zarvos, Mark Mothersbaugh, My Lucky Star, Nathan Larson, Nathan Wang, Plus One, Prisoners, Rush, Steve Reich, Thanks for Sharing, The Colony, The Short Game
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the dramatic thriller Prisoners directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Terrance Howard, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo and Paul Dano. Jóhann Jóhannsson (Personal Effects, For Ellen) has composed the film’s score. WaterTower Music has […]
Behind the Music of ‘Thanks for Sharing’
Posted: 20th September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Stuart Blumberg, Thanks for Sharing
A behind-the-scenes video featurette on the music for the comedy drama Thanks for Sharing has been published. The video features an interview with composer Christopher Lennertz (Identity Thief, NBC’s Revolution) who performs one of the score’s theme on piano and talks about creating the score and the choice of instrumentation. Check out the video after the […]
Stephen Sondheim to Write New Song for ‘Into the Woods’ Film Adaptation
Posted: 16th September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Into the Woods, Rob Marshall, Stephen Sondheim
Walt Disney Pictures has announced today that composer Stephen Sondheim is composing a new original song for the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Into the Woods. The film is directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) and stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 15, 2013)
Posted: 15th September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Cork, Adrian Johnston, Brian Tyler, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dads, Dan Marocco, Fox, Great Performances, Henry IV, Henry V, PBS, Richard II, Seth MacFarlane, Sleepy Hollow, Stephen Warbeck, The Hollow Crowns, The Ryan Brothers
Premiering tomorrow, September 16, on Fox is the new mystery adventure drama Sleepy Hollow created by Alex Kurtzman & Bob Orci (Star Trek, Transformers), Len Wiseman (Underworld, Live Free or Die Hard) & Phillip Iscove and starring Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, John Cho and Katia Winter. Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast Five, Now You See Me) is […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 13, 2013)
Posted: 13th September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: And While We Were Here, Blue Caprice, Colin Stetson, Evgueni Galperine, Insidious: Chapter 2, Jayne Mansfield's Car, Joseph Bishara, Mateo Messina, Max Richter, Ming Vauze, Nick Launay, Owen Easterling Hatfield, Plush, Sacha Galperine, Sarah Neufeld, The Family, Wadjda
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the box office is the horror sequel Insidious: Chapter 2 directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Leigh Wannell and Barbara Hershey. The film’s original score is composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Dark Skies). Void Recordings has […]
‘Amazonia’ to Feature Music by Bruno Coulais
Posted: 8th September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazonia, Bruno Coulais, Song of the Sea, Thierry Ragobert, Tomm Moore
Bruno Coulais has scored the 3D documentary Amazonia. The film is directed by Thierry Ragobert and centers on a domesticated capuchin monkey that is released into the wild and suddenly finds itself fighting for survival in the wilds of the Amazon jungle. Fabiano Gullane & Caio Gullane (The Year My Parents Went On Vacation), Laurent […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 8, 2013)
Posted: 8th September 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Exploding Sun, Garage Sale Mystery, Hallmark Channel, James Gelfand, Last Tango of Halifax, Murray Gold, PBS, ReelzChannel, Terry Frewer
Premiering tonight is the six-part series Last Tango in Halifax created by Sally Wainwright and starring Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire and Nicola Walker. The show’s original score is composed by Murray Gold (Doctor Who). The comedy drama follows two widowers in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put their details on Facebook they […]
