Check out the first part of our roundup of the music and composers of the movies premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival by clicking here. A film that is likely to find distribution within the next few days or weeks given its high profile cast and positive critical reaction is the comedy drama Robot […]
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Sundance 2012 Film Music Roundup (Part 2)
Posted: 23rd January 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Compliance, Dan Romer, For Ellen, Francis and the Lights, Francis Farewell Starlit, Heather McIntosh, I Am Not a Hipster, Joel P. West, Johann Johannsson, Joseph Trapanese, Me at the Zoo, Mike Shinoda, Nico Muhly, One Man Joins an Uprising, Robot and Frank, The Movement, The Raid, Trevor Rabin
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Sundance 2012 Film Music Roundup (Part 1)
Posted: 21st January 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Celeste and Jesse Forever, Daniel Bensi, Davin Wood, Hello I Must Be Going, Jeff Beal, Laura Veirs, Nick Cave, Rosie Chase, Saunder Jurriaans, Searching for Sugar Man, Simon Killer, Sixto Rodriguez, Sundance, Sunny Levine, The Queen of Versailles, Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, Tim Rogers, Warren Ellis, West of Memphis, Wish You Were Here, Zach Cowie
Over the next week, we will be looking at the music and composers of some of the most high profile titles premiering at the Sundance Film Festival that haven’t been covered yet on this page. One of the best reviewed film so far at the festival is the documentary West of Memphis directed by Amy […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 20, 2012)
Posted: 20th January 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: David Holmes, Haywire, Paul Haslinger, Qigang Chen, Red Tails, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard, The Flowers of War, Underworld Awakening
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is action horror sequel Underworld Awakening directed by Mans Marlin & Bjorn Stein and starring Kate Beckinsale, Sandrine Holt, Michael Ealy and India Eisley. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack featuring the movie’s songs by artists including Evanescence, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 13, 2012)
Posted: 13th January 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast, Chad Fischer, Clinton Shorter, Contraband, Howard Ashman, Joyful Noise, Loosies, Mervyn Warren, score, Soundtrack
Three movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the thriller Contraband directed by Baltasar Kormakur and starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Lukas Haas, Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna and J.K. Simmons. Clinton Shorter (District 9) has written the music for the film. Back Lot Music has released a […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 6, 2012)
Posted: 6th January 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ben Romans, Beneath the Darkness, Brett Detar, Geoff Zanelli, Jonny Greenwood, Norwegian Wood, score, Soundtrack, The Devil Inside
Only one movie is opening in wide release this first weekend of the year: Expected to finish the weekend at the top of the box office is the horror film The Devil Inside directed by William Brent Bell about a woman who travels to Italy where she becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms […]
The Sound and Music of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
Posted: 5th January 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Atticus Ross, David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor
SoundWorks Collection has published a new video feature on the sound and music of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The video includes interviews with composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, sound re-recording Mixer Michael Semanick and re-recording Mixer, sound designer and supervising sound editor Ren Klyce. Check out the full video after […]
Thomas Newman to Score Sam Mendes’ James Bond Film ‘Skyfall’
Posted: 4th January 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 007, James Bond, Sam Mendes, Skyfall, Thomas Newman
MI6 – The World of James Bond is reporting that Thomas Newman will be scoring the newest James Bond movie Skyfall. Film Music Reporter has learned at the end of last year that Newman had been attached to the film for several months, but it appeared that he was not officially signed on yet at […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 30, 2011)
Posted: 30th December 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Angels Crest, Pariah, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Warbeck, The Iron Lady, Thomas Newman
While no new movies are opening wide this week, a couple of new films are receiving a release in select cities: The highest profile title among this week’s openings is The Iron Lady directed by Phyllida Lloyd and starring Meryl Streep as former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Thomas Newman has composed the original score […]
Spike Lee’s ‘Red Hook Summer’ to Feature Music by Bruce Hornsby
Posted: 29th December 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruce Hornsby, Red Hook Summer, Spike Lee
Bruce Hornsby is the composer of the upcoming indie drama Red Hook Summer. The film is written and directed by Spike Lee and stars Clarke Peters (The Wire), Jules Brown, Toni Lysaith, Nate Parker, James Ransone and Thomas Jefferson Byrd. The movie centers on a boy from Atlanta who lands at the Red Hook housing […]
Palm Springs Film Festival to Honor Howard Shore
Posted: 28th December 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Frederick Loewe Music Award, Howard Shore, Hugo, Palm Springs Film Festival
Howard Shore will be honored with the Frederick Loewe Music Award at the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. The composer will be receiving the award for his work on Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, for which he already received a Golden Globe, as well as a Broadcast Film Critics Association Movie Award nomination. Shore has previously […]
