The track list of the soundtrack release for Wes Anderson’s comedy drama Moonrise Kingdom has been revealed. The album features five tracks from the film’s original score composed by Alexandre Desplat, as well as music by Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, Hank Williams, Françoise Hardy and Peter Jarvis. The soundtrack will be released on May 22, […]
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‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Moonrise Kingdom, score, Soundtrack, Wes Anderson
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Alexandre Desplat Scoring ‘Big House’
Posted: March 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Big House, Matteo Garrone
Alexandre Desplat is the composer of the upcoming Italian film Big House. The movie is directed by Matteo Garrone who previously helmed the critically acclaimed and Golden Globe-nominated crime drama Gomorrah. Big House takes a look at the Italian obsession with appearing on TV in the Silvio Berlusconi age and revolves around a Neapolitan based […]
‘Cloclo’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Cloclo, Florent Emilio Siri, score, Soundtrack
Sony Music will be releasing the official soundtrack album for the French biopic Cloclo. The album includes songs from the movie performed by the film’s title character, as well as Frank Sinatra, Otis Redding and KC & The Sunshine Band among other artists. Also included are more than 15 minutes from the film’s original score […]
Alexandre Desplat to Score Dreamworks Animation’s ‘Rise of the Guardians’ and Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’
Posted: February 10, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Argo, Ben Affleck, Dreamworks Animation, Rise of the Guardians
Alexandre Desplat has been hired to score the upcoming Dreamworks Animation feature Rise of the Guardians. The movie is based on the book series The Guardians of Childhood by William Joyce (Meet the Robinsons) who is also co-directing the film with Peter Ramsey. The movie follows a group of heroic childhood legends, including Santa Claus […]
Alexandre Desplat to Score Peter Webber’s ‘Emperor’
Posted: January 31, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Emperor, Peter Webber
Director Peter Webber has announced on Twitter (via The Film Stage) that Alexandre Desplat is attached to score the upcoming political thriller Emperor. The movie starring Matthew Fox and Tommy Lee Jones is set in Japan amidst the uncertainties of the days following the nation’s surrender at the end of World War II, when General […]
Alexandre Desplat to Score Jacques Audiard’s ‘Rust and Bone’
Posted: January 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone
Alexandre Desplat has revealed in a recent interview with Collider that he will be reuniting with French director Jacques Audiard this year. They have previously worked together on all of the director’s features including the crime drama A Prophet, which was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category two years […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 23, 2011)
Posted: December 23, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Atticus Ross, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Gabriel Yared, In the Land of Blood and Honey, John Williams, Jónsi, score, Soundtrack, The Adventures of Tintin, The Darkest Hour, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor, Tyler Bates, War Horse, We Bought a Zoo
Six movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend. Three movies already opened on Wednesday and two films will be receiving a wide release on Christmas Day. Among the December 21 releases is the thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo directed by David Fincher and starring Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan […]
‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 23, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Daldry
The details of the soundtrack album for Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close have been revealed. The album includes 18 tracks from the film’s original score composed by Alexandre Desplat. As previously announced, the soundtrack is scheduled to be released on CD on January 17, 2012 by WaterTower Music. The album has been released […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 16, 2011)
Posted: December 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Game of Shadows, Alexandre Desplat, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Carnage, Chip-Wrecked, Ghost Protocol, Hans Zimmer, Mark Mothersbaugh, Michael Giacchino, Mission Impossible, Sherlock Holmes
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action adventure sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams,Stephen Fry, Jared Harris and Noomi Rapace. The film’s music is written by Hans Zimmer and produced […]
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’
Posted: December 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson
Alexandre Desplat has recently recorded his music for the upcoming indie drama Moonrise Kingdom. The film marks the composer’s second collaboration with director Wes Anderson after 2009’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox, for which Desplat earned an Academy Award nomination. The movie stars Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Francis McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Jared […]
