The full details of the soundtrack album for Luc Besson’s fantasy adventure Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The Queen). Also included are the original tracks A Million On My Soul performed by Alexiane (composed […]
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‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Luc Besson, score, Soundtrack, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
EuropaCorp to Release ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Soundtrack
Posted: May 25, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Luc Besson, score, Soundtrack, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
EuropaCorp will release the official soundtrack album for Luc Besson’s sci-fi action adventure Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech) who recorded his music at Radio France Studio 104 with the National French […]
Alexandre Desplat to Score Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Kursk’
Posted: May 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Kursk, Thomas Vinterberg
EuropaCorp announced today that Alexandre Desplat is set to score the upcoming thriller Kursk. The film is directed by Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt, Far from the Madding Crowd) and stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Colin Firth, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, Max Von Sydow and Michael Nyqvist. The movie is inspired by the true story of the K-141 KURSK, a Russian flagship nuclear-powered […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 14, 2017)
Posted: April 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Brian Tyler, Christian Henson, Christopher Spelman, Heal the Living, Jun Miyake, Klaus Badelt, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, Norman, Queen of the Desert, Rani Sharone, Robert Duncan, Spark: A Space Tail, The Fate of the Furious, The Lost City of Z, Tommy's Honour
In addition to the nationwide expansion of Gifted, the only nationwide release this week is the action sequel The Fate of the Furious directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie. Click […]
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Roman Polanski’s ‘Based on a True Story’
Posted: April 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Based on a True Story, Roman Polanski
Alexandre Desplat is currently scoring Roman Polanski’s upcoming French-language thriller Based on a True Story. The film starring Emmanuelle Seigner, Eva Green and Vincent Perez follows a Parisian author with writer’s block who discovers a mysterious woman at a book signing. Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Clouds of Sils Maria) and Polanski wrote the screenplay based on Delphine de Vigan’s novel of the same title. Wassim Beji […]
Alexandre Desplat to Score George Clooney’s ‘Suburbicon’
Posted: March 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, George Clooney, Suburbicon
Alexandre Desplat is reteaming with George Clooney on the upcoming crime comedy Suburbicon. The film directed by Clooney and stars Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe and Glenn Fleshler. The movie centers on a father who hatches a plan to kill his wife in order to be with the woman’s sister, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 13, 2017)
Posted: January 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 100 Streets, Alexandre Desplat, Alone in Berlin, Bad Kids of Crestview Academy, David Sardy, Jeff Cardoni, Justin Timberlake, Michael Kamm, Monster Trucks, Paul Saunderson, Sleepless, The Book of Love, The Bye Bye Man, The Newton Brothers
In addition to the nationwide expansions of Peter Berg’s Patriots Day, Ben Affleck’s Live by Night and Martin Scorsese’s Silence, three new movies are opening wide: Opening in most theaters is the family movie Monster Trucks directed by Chris Wedge and starring Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Holt McCallany, Barry Pepper, Tucker Albrizzi, Danny Glover, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Frank Whaley and Thomas […]
Alexandre Desplat to Score Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’
Posted: December 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro revealed in a recent interview with Indiewire that Alexandre Desplat is set to compose the music for the director’s upcoming fantasy drama The Shape of Water. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg and Octavia Spencer. The movie is described as an other-worldly story, set against […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 18, 2016)
Posted: December 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Lastiwka, Alexandre Desplat, Netflix, Tim Davies, Travelers, Trollhunters
Premiering on Friday, December 23, is DreamWorks Animation’s Netflix original series Trollhunters created by Guillermo del Toro and featuring the voices of Anton Yelchin, Kelsey Grammer, Ron Perlman, Charlie Saxton, Steven Yeun, Jonathan Hyde, Lexi Medrano, Amy Landecker and Fred Tatasciore. Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech) has composed the show’s main […]
Netflix’s ‘Trollhunters’ to Feature Music by Alexandre Desplat & Tim Davies
Posted: November 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix, Tim Davies, Trollhunters
Alexandre Desplat has written the main titles music, as well as the main character’s theme for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming Netflix original series Trollhunters. The show’s score is composed by Tim Davies. Both composers received an Annie Award nomination for their work yesterday. The series is created by Guillermo del Toro and features the voices of Anton Yelchin, Kelsey Grammer, Ron […]