Premiering tonight on Fox is the docu-series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Ann Druyan, Mitchell Cannold & Brannon Braga and hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, The Avengers) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring selections from the composer’s was […]
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 9, 2014)
Posted: March 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alan Silvestri, Believe, Blake Neely, Carl Thiel, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Dan Foliart, Fox, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, FX, NBC, Resurrection, Saint George, Steven Price
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‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Fox, score, Seth MacFarlane, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the docu-series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, The Avengers, Forrest Gump). The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The album is the first of four […]
‘Back to the Future’ Musical Update
Posted: January 31, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Back to the Future, Glen Ballard, Robert Zemeckis
In 2012, we reported that composer Alan Silvestri was in talks to transfer his music for Robert Zemeckis’ classic Back to the Future into a Broadway stage musical. Today, it was announced that the musical is headed for the London stage and is scheduled to open in the movie’s 30th anniversary in 2015. Silvestri is […]
Alan Silvestri to Score ‘Cosmos – A Spacetime Odyssey’
Posted: January 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Silvestri, Cosmos - A Spactime Odyssey, Fox, Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane has announced on Twitter that Alan Silvestri is scoring the upcoming docu-series Cosmos – A Spacetime Odyssey. The show is a successor to the 1980 Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage and will explore how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. […]
Alan Silvestri to Headline Chattanooga International Film Music Festival
Posted: January 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Alan Silvestri, Chattanooga International Film Music Festival, George S. Clinton
Academy Award-nominated composer Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, The Avengers) will be the the special guest film music composer for the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera at the 2014 Chattanooga International Film Music Festival, which will take place from February 28 through March 2, 2014. He will join the festival’s artistic director, Emmy Award-nominee George S. Clinton […]
Awards Contenders in Conversation
Posted: December 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Christophe Beck, Hans Zimmer, Henry Jackman, Steven Price, Thomas Newman
The Hollywood Reporter published its yearly roundtable conversation with a number of film composers in contention for the major awards. This year’s participating composers include Hans Zimmer (Rush, 12 Years a Slave), Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks), Alan Silvestri (The Croods), Steven Price (Gravity), Christophe Beck (Frozen) and Henry Jackman (Captain Phillips). The composers talk about the biggest musical challenges on […]
Alan Silvestri’s ‘Blown Away’ Score Released
Posted: December 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Blown Away, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for 1994 action thriller Blown Away directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Lloyd Bridges and Forest Whitaker. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (The Avengers, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump). The composer incorporated […]
Deluxe Edition Soundtracks for ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’ and James Cameron’s ‘The Abyss’ Announced
Posted: December 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Brass Target, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, Laurence Rosenthal, Michael Kamen, Runaway, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek: Nemesis, Suspect, The Abyss, Vibes
Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in the CD Club series. Among the titles is a deluxe edition for Star Trek: Nemesis, the tenth feature in the series and the final movie with the Next Generation crew, directed by Stuart Baird and starring Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy and Marina Sirtis. […]
Alan Silvestri to Score ‘Run All Night’
Posted: October 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Silvestri, Jaume Collet-Serra, Run All Night
Alan Silvestri has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Run All Night. The film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and stars Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris, Common and Natalie Martinez. The movie follows an aging hitman who is forced to take on his brutal former boss to protect his estranged son and […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 19, 2013)
Posted: July 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Atli Orvarsson, Blackfish, Cesar Bonita, Christophe Beck, Cliff Martinez, Evidence, Girl Most Likely, Henry Jackman, Jeff Beal, Joseph Bishara, Only God Forgives, R.I.P.D., Red 2, Rob Simonsen, The Conjuring, Turbo, Ways to Live Forever
Four new movies are opening nationwide this week: Opening in most theaters is DreamWorks Animation’s latest feature Turbo is directed by David Soren and featuring the voice talent of Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena, Luis Guzmán, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Kurtwood Smith, Snoop Dogg and Samuel […]
