Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the video game adaptation sequel Resident Evil: Retribution directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Johann Urb, Li Bingbing, Shawn Roberts, Kevin Durand, Oded Fehr, Boris Kodjoe and Michelle Rodriguez. The film’s score is composed by […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 14, 2012)
Posted: 14th September 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Arbitrage, Ben Toth, Cliff Martinez, Finding Nemo, Jonny Greenwood, Liberal Arts, Mark Isham, Resident Evil: Retribution, Stolen, The Master, Thomas Newman, tomandandy
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 9, 2012)
Posted: 9th September 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cartoon Network, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Dragons: Riders of Berk, Go On, James Levine, John Paesano, John Swihart, NBC, Starz, The Crimson Petal and the White, The New Normal
This weekend, Film Music Reporter launches a new weekly article series covering music for new TV shows, as well as made-for-television movies and mini-series premiering in the following or previous week. The articles will be published every Sunday. Earlier this past week, the Cartoon Network premiered Dreamworks Animation’s Dragons: Riders of Berk based on the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 7, 2012)
Posted: 7th September 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, Arthur Russell, Bachelorette, Branded, David Arnold, Eduard Artemiev, For Ellen, Hello I Must Be Going, Johann Johannsson, John Nau, Keep the Lights On, Laura Veirs, Lucas Vidal, Marcelo Zarvos, Michael Price, Mike Skinner, Paul Grabowsky, The Cold Light of Day, The Eye of the Storm, The Inbetweeners, The Words
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the thriller The Words written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal and stars Bradley Cooper, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Ben Barnes, John Hannah, J.K. Simmons and Nora Arnezeder. The film’s music is composed by Marcelo Zarvos […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 31, 2012)
Posted: 31st August 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anton Sanko, Brian Byrne, For a Good Time Call..., John Swihart, Joseph Alfuso, Lawless, Little Birds, Nick Cave, Robert Rettberg, The Good Doctor, The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure, The Possession, The Tall Man, Todd Bryanton, Warren Ellis
Three new movies are opening wide this week: Already in theaters since Wednesday is the gangster movie Lawless directed by John Hillcoat, based on the novel The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant and starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowski. The film’s music […]
Academy to Celebrate 50 Years of James Bond Music
Posted: 30th August 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, James Bond
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced an event to pay homage to the memorable title songs and indelible scores of the James Bond films. The Music of Bond: The First 50 Years hosted by music historian and writer Jon Burlingame will feature many of the people who made the music, including […]
ASCAP and California Film Institute Launch Mill Valley Music Café
Posted: 27th August 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsThe American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the California Film Institute have announced a new partnership to produce the first-ever Mill Valley ASCAP Music Café, a series of music showcases at this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival (October 4-14). The Mill Valley ASCAP Music Café will take place from October 11-13 and […]
Sean Callery on Creating the Main Title Music for ‘Homeland’
Posted: 26th August 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Homeland, Sean Callery, Showtime
Sean Callery has recently received his 12th Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Main Title Theme Music category for his opening titles music for Showtime’s critically acclaimed original series Homeland. Check out an exclusive video with the Emmy-winning composer of such hit shows as 24 and Bones talking about creating the jazz-influenced music for the title sequence […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 24, 2012)
Posted: 24th August 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Hollander, David Sardy, Hit & Run, Julian Wass, Les petits mouchoirs, Lisa Gerrard, Little White Lies, Marcello De Francisci, Michael Stearns, Premium Rush, Samsara, Sleepwalk with Me, The Apparition, tomandandy
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week: Already in theaters since this past Wednesday is the action comedy Hit & Run directed by Dax Shepard and David Palmer and starring Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Beau Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth, David Koechner and Michael Rosenbaum. The film’s score is composed by Julian Wass […]
Anne Dudley to Serve as Music Producer on Tom Hooper’s ‘Les Miserables’
Posted: 24th August 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alain Boubill, Anne Dudley, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Les Miserables, Tom Hooper
Anne Dudley is currently working as the music producer for the upcoming new film adaptation of the classic musical Les Miserables featuring the music composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg. The film is helmed by Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) and stars Hugh Jackman in the lead role of Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Inspector […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 17, 2012)
Posted: 17th August 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian Tyler, Compliance, Cosmopolis, Daniel Pemberton, Francis and the Starlights, Geoff Zanelli, Heather McIntosh, Howard Shore, Jon Brion, Metric, ParaNorman, Robot & Frank, Salaam Remi, Sparkle, Spencer David Hutchings, The Awakening, The Expendables 2, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Why Stop Now?
Four new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action film sequel The Expendables 2 directed by Simon West and starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film’s […]