Opening nationwide this week is the fantasy adventure The Huntsman: Winter’s War directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan and starring Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Nick Frost, Sam Claflin, Rob Brydon and Jessica Chastain. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring […]
Posts Tagged ‘Alexandre Desplat’
Netflix’s ‘Marseille’ to Feature Music by Alexandre Desplat
Posted: April 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Florence-Emilio Siri, Marseille, Netflix
Alexandre Desplat has composed the music for the upcoming Netflix original series Marseille. The show is created by Dan Franck and stars Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Magimel, Géraldine Pailhas, Nadia Farès, Gérard Meylan, Nassim Si Ahmed, Antoine Coesens, Nozha Khouadra and Maruschka Detmers. The 8-parter centers around the city election between the long-time mayor Robert Taro […]
‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Florence Foster Jenkins, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Frears
Decca Records will release the official soundtrack album for Stephen Frears’ comedy drama Florence Foster Jenkins. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) who previously collaborated with the director on such movies as The Queen and Philomena. […]
Alexandre Desplat to Score Ewan McGregor’s ‘American Pastoral’
Posted: April 4, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, American Pastoral, Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor revealed in a recent interview with Collider that Alexandre Desplat will score the actor’s feature directorial debut American Pastoral. The film also stars McGregor, alongside Uzo Aduba, David Strathairn, Jennifer Connelly, Rupert Evans and Dakota Fanning. The movie is based on Philip Roth’s novel of the same title and follows a legendary high school athlete whose seemingly perfect life […]
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Vincent Perez’s ‘Alone in Berlin’
Posted: February 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Alone in Berlin, Vincent Perez
Alexandre Desplat has composed the music for the upcoming drama Alone in Berlin. The film is directed by Vincent Perez and stars Brendan Gleeson, Emma Thompson, Daniel Brühl and Mikael Persbrandt. The movie is based on Hans Fallada’s bestselling novel and follows an ordinary couple living in a shabby apartment block in Berlin during World War II. When their […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 4, 2015)
Posted: December 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Royal Night Out, Alexandre Desplat, Chi-Raq, Christian Davis, Christmas Eve, Ciaran Hope, David Lang, Dominic Lewis, Douglas Pipes, Every Thing Will Be Fine, Jed Kurzel, Krampus, Life, Macbeth, MI-5, Nathan Larson, Owen Pallett, Paul Englishby, Terence Blanchard, The Letters, The Wannabe, Youth
Opening nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Krampus written and directed by Michael Dougherty and starring Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Emjay Anthony, Allison Tolman, Conchata Ferrell, Stefania Lavie Owen and Krista Stadler. The film’s original music is composed by Douglas Pipes (Monster House, Trick ‘r Treat). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the […]
Alexandre Desplat to Score ‘The Secret Life of Pets’
Posted: December 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Illumination Entertainment, The Secret Life of Pets
Alexandre Desplat has signed on to score the upcoming animated feature The Secret Life of Pets. The film is directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, The Lorax) & Yarrow Cheney and features the voice talent of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 27, 2015)
Posted: November 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Brooke Blair, Craig Armstrong, Creed, JB Dunckel, Jeff Danna, Killing Them Safely, Ludwig Göransson, Mychael Danna, The Danish Girl, The Good Dinosaur, The Summer of Sangaile, Victor Frankenstein, Will Blair
Three new movies opened nationwide this past Wednesday: Playing in most theaters is the animated feature The Good Dinosaur directed by Peter Sohn and featuring the voices of Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, Marcus Scribner, A.J. Buckley and Steve Zahn. The film’s original music is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of […]
‘The Danish Girl’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, score, Soundtrack, The Danish Girl, Tom Hooper
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the period drama The Danish Girl. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). The soundtrack will be released on December 4, 2015 and is now available […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 23, 2015)
Posted: October 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Bone Tomahawk, Danny Bensi, Extraordinary Tales, Heart of a Dog, I Smile Back, Jeff Harriott, Jem and the Holograms, Laurie Anderson, Marcelo Zarvos, Nasty Baby, Nathan Lanier, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Rock the Kasbah, S. Craig Zahler, Saunder Jurriaans, Sergio de la Puente, Steve Jablonsky, Suffragette, The Last Witch Hunter, Zack Ryan
In addition to the nationwide expansion of Steve Jobs, four new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure The Last Witch Hunter directed by Breck Eisner and starring Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Julie Engelbrecht and Michael Caine. The film’s original music is composed by Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, Ender’s Game, The […]
