Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the new film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Debicki and Amitabh Bachchan. Craig Armstrong who previously scored the director’s Moulin […]
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Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ to Feature Music by Tin Hat’s Mark Orton
Posted: 8th May 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexander Payne, Mark Orton, Nebraska, Tin Hat
Mark Orton has composed the score for the upcoming comedy drama Nebraska. The film is directed by Alexander Payne and stars Will Forte, Bruce Dern, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk and Stacy Keach. The movie was shot in black and white and follows an old man with increasing dementia who goes on a road trip from […]
Concert Line-Up Announced for International Film Music Festival in Cordoba 2013
Posted: 7th May 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Cordoba, Elmer Bernstein, International Film Music Festival, Marco Beltrami, Peter Bernstein
The full details of three major concerts at this year’s International Film Music Festival in Cordoba have been announced. On June 28, the festival will host its first Elmer Bernstein Award Gala Concert, where Marco Beltrami will be the recipient of the new Elmer Bernstein Award. Peter Bernstein will conduct a tribute to Elmer and […]
Riz Ortolani to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Ghent Film Festival
Posted: 6th May 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Riz Ortolani, World Soundtrack Awards
Riz Ortolani has been selected as the 13th recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the the closing-night gala of the World Soundtrack Awards at the Ghent Film Fest on October 19, 2013. The Italian composer is best known for his scores to numerous spaghetti westerns and international films including the 1980 horror film Hannibal Holocaust and […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 5, 2013)
Posted: 5th May 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hallmark Channel, Lee Holdrige, The Confession
Premiering on Saturday, May 11, is the Hallmark Channel original movie The Confession based on the novel by Beverly Lewis, directed by Michael Landon Jr. and starring Katie Leclerk, Bill Oberst Jr., Adrian Paul, Sherry Stringfield, Sandra Van Natta and Cameron Deane Stewart. Lee Holdridge (Beauty and the Beast, Moonlighting) has composed the film’s original […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 3, 2013)
Posted: 3rd May 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian Tyler, Fall on Your Sword, Generation Um..., Haim Mazar, Iron Man 3, Johan Söderqvist, Kiss of the Damned, Love is All You Need, Nick Urata, Steven Hufsteter, The Iceman, What Maisie Knew
Only one new movie is opening wide this weekend: Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the superhero sequel Iron Man 3 directed by Shane Black and starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley. The film’s original music is […]
David Gordon Green’s ‘Joe’ to Feature Music by David Wingo and Jeff McIlwain
Posted: 2nd May 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Gordon Green, David Wingo, Jeff McIlwain, Joe, Prince Avalanche
David Wingo and Jeff McIlwain are reuniting with director David Gordon Green on his latest feature Joe. The Southern drama stars Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan and follows an ex-con who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to a 15-year-old child of a homeless family ruled by a drunk father. Gary Hawkins wrote the screenplay […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 28, 2013)
Posted: 28th April 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Family Tools, Matt Mariano, tomandandy
Premiering on Wednesday, May 1, is the new comedy Family Tools created by Bobby Bowman (Raising Hope, My Name Is Earl) based on the British sitcom White Van Man and starring Kyle Bornheimer, J. K. Simmons, Johnny Pemberton, Edi Gathegi, Leah Remini and Danielle Nicolet. tomandandy (Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Mothman Prophecies) have composed the show’s […]
‘Almost Christmas’ to Feature Music by Graham Reynolds
Posted: 22nd April 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Almost Christmas, Before Midnight, Graham Reynolds, Phil Morrison
Graham Reynolds has composed the score for the indie comedy drama Almost Christmas. The film is directed by Phil Morrison and stars Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Sally Hawkins, Amy Landecker, Peter Hermann and Emory Cohen. The movie follows two French Canadian Christmas tree salesmen who travel to New York to sell trees. Melissa James Gibson […]
