Adam Anders and Peer Astrom have been hired to work on the music for ABC’s upcoming movie musical Dirty Dancing. The film based on the 1987 hit movie starring Patrick Swayze & Jennifer Grey is directed by Wayne Blair (The Sapphires) and is set to star Abigail Breslin in the lead role as Baby whose world is opened when she falls for a dance instructor. Jessica Sharzer (American Horror Story, The L Word) is writing the script. Allison Shearmur (Cinderella, The Hunger Games) is producing the project with Eleanor Bergstein who wrote the screenplay for the original movie.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 15, 2012)
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the film adaptation of the musical Rock of Ages directed by Adam Shankman and starring Juliannne Hough, Diego Bonito, Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Paul Giamatti, Mary J. Blige and Alec Baldwin. WaterTower Music has released the official soundtrack featuring film’s cover versions of classic rock songs by Guns N’Roses, Def Leppard, Foreigner, Journey, Poison, Reo Speedwagon, Joan Jett, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar and Twisted Sister performed by the film’s cast members. Visit our previous article for audio clips and the full album details. Adam Anders and Peer Astrom have written the film’s score.
Also opening wide is the comedy That’s My Boy directed by Sean Anders & John Morris (Sex Drive) and starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, James Caan, Susan Sarandon, Milo Ventimiglia and Will Forte. Rupert Gregson-Williams has composed the movie’s original score. The composer has been scoring most films produced by Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions over the last couple of years. No soundtrack album has beem released. To find out more about the film, check out our previous news article and visit the official movie website.
‘Rock of Ages’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack release for the upcoming movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages have been revealed. The album features the film’s cover versions of classic rock songs by Guns N’Roses, Def Leppard, Foreigner, Journey, Poison, Reo Speedwagon, Joan Jett, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar and Twisted Sister performed by the film’s cast including Juliannne Hough, Diego Bonito, Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Malin Akerman. Adam Anders (Glee) serves as the film’s music executive producer and Matt Sullivan (Dreamgirls, Hairspray) is the project’s music supervisor. The soundtrack will be released on June 5, 2012 by WaterTower Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Rock of Ages is directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray) and also stars Paul Giamatti, Mary J. Blige and Alec Baldwin.
Watertower Music to Release ‘Rock of Ages’ Soundtrack
Watertower Music has announced that they will release the soundtrack album for the upcoming movie musical Rock of Ages. (UPDATE April 2012: Pre-order the soundtrack on Amazon). The film is an adaptation of the 2006 Broadway musical by Chris D’Arienzo built around classic rock hits from the 1980s and features music by artists including Def Leppard, Foreigner, Journey, Poison, Reo Speedwagon, Joan Jett, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake and Twisted Sister. Adam Anders serves as the film’s music executive producer. Anders who is best known for producing and arranging the songs of the hit TV show Glee is also co-writing the score for Rock of Ages with Peer Astrom (also known as a music producer on Glee). Matt Sullivan (Dreamgirls, Hairspray) is the project’s music supervisor. The movie stars Julianne Hough (Footloose), Diego Boneta (90210), Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin and Tom Cruise.