MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Pressure. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, Desert Dancer, Dear Wendy, Summer in February). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Pressure is directed by Ron Scalpello and stars Danny Huston, Matthew Goode and Daisy Lowe. The movie follows four deep sea saturation divers who become stranded 650ft below the surface of the Indian Ocean after disaster strikes their ship.
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Benjamin Wallfisch Scoring ‘Harvest’
Benjamin Wallfisch is composing the music for the upcoming epic romance Harvest. The film is directed by George Mendeluk and stars Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper and Terence Stamp. The movie is set in 1930s Ukraine and centers on a man’s fight to save his family and everything he holds dear from complete annihilation as Stalin uses mass starvation and executions to crush resistance to his totalitarian regimen. Mendeluk also co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Bachynsky Hoover based on an original story by Hoover. Mendeluk is also producing the project with Jaye Gazeley and Chad Barager.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 9, 2015)
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the romantic drama The Longest Ride directed by George Tillman, Jr., based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks and starring Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin and Alan Alda. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by Seafret, Ryan Adams, Ben & Ellen Harper, Middle Brother, Adanowsky & more. Check out our previous article for the full details. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, Miracle). Milan has also released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s music. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the film.
Opening in limited release is the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina written and directed by Alex Garland and stars Oscaar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander. Ben Salisbury and Portishead’s Geoff Barrow have composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score, as well as the song Bunsen Burner by The Cuts. For the full album details, to listen to audio clips and for more information about the A24 Films release, visit our soundtrack announcement.
‘Desert Dancer’ Soundtrack Announced
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the drama Desert Dancer. The album features the film’s original score composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Dear Wendy, The Escapist, Summer in February), including the music for three extended dance sequences especially created for the movie as a collaboration between Wallfisch and choreographer Akram Khan. The soundtrack will be released on April 7, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Desert Dancer is directed by Richard Raymond and stars Freida Pinto, Reece Ritchie, Tom Cullen, Nazanin Boniadi and Makram J. Khoury. The movie tells the true story of Afshin Ghaffarian who – during the volatile climate of the 2009 presidential election, where many cultural freedoms were threatened – risked her life and formed an underground dance company with her friends.
‘Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain’ Soundtrack Announced
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the historical drama Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, Dear Wendy, Summer in February). The soundtrack will be released on March 3, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain is directed by Ravi Kumar and stars Martin Sheen, Kal Penn, Mischa Barton, Rajpal Yadav, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Fagun Thakrar. The movie tells an interwoven story of a group of people in India and the U.S. as they face the industrial disaster, which occurred in Bhopal in 1984.
Benjamin Wallfisch to Score ‘The Enfield Haunting’
Benjamin Wallfisch has been tapped to score the upcoming British mini-series The Enfield Haunting. The supernatural drama is directed by Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing) and stars Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson and Matthew Macfadyen. The 3-parter is based on real events that allegedly happened at a North London house in 1977 and follows a rookie paranormal researcher who is drawn to the house on Green Street after disturbing reports of a desperate family terrorized by malevolent unseen forces. Joshua St. Johnston (Walking on Sunshine) has written the scripts based on Guy Lyon Playfair’s book This House is Haunted. Adrian Sturges (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) is producing the project for Eleven Film.
Benjamin Wallfisch to Score ‘Crawlspace’
Benjamin Wallfisch has been tapped to score the upcoming horror thriller Crawlspace. The film is directed by Phil Claydon (Lesbian Vampire Killers) and stars Michael Vartan, Erin Moriarty, Nadine Velazquez, Blake Jenner, Ronnie Gene Blevins and Misty Upham. The movie follows a widower with a daughter who gets remarried and has the opportunity for a new start in a new house and immediately falls prey to strange occurrences. James Wan (The Conjuring, Insidious, Fast & Furious 7) is producing the New Line Cinema production with Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House, White Chicks) for The Safran Company. Gary Dauberman (Annabelle) has written the screenplay.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 17, 2014)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action comedy Ride Along directed by Tim Story and starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Callen and Laurence Fishburne. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Revolution, Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief) who previously scored Story’s Think Like a Man and will also score its sequel. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week and a CD version will be coming out on January 28 by Varese Sarabande. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to listen to audio clips.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit written and directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, as well as Branagh himself. The director’s regular musical collaborator Patrick Doyle (Thor, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sense and Sensibility) has composed the film’s original score. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week and a CD version will be coming out in a few weeks. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here to listen to audio clips. Also visit YouTube for a video from the scoring sessions featuring an interview with Doyle.
‘The Thirteenth Tale’ Soundtrack Details
MovieScore Media and Kronos Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC drama The Thirteenth Tale. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, The Hours, Dear Wendy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 30, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Thirteenth Tale is directed by James Kent and stars Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman and Alexandra Roach. The movie based on Diane Setterfield’s novel and adapted by Oscar winner Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons) follows a famous novelist with failing health who enlists an amateur biographer to hear her story and ghostwrite her autobiography.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 13, 2013)
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the fantasy epic The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug directed by Peter Jackson and starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Evangeline Lilly, John Bell and Jed Brophy. The film’s original music is composed by Howard Shore. WaterTower Music has released the composer’s score in two different versions. For the full details of both the regular and deluxe edition, visit our previous article. Included on both versions is the end credits song I See Fire written and performed by Ed Sheera. Click here to listen to audio clips from the soundtrack.
Also opening wide is the comedy Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas written, directed and produced by Perry who also stars in the film alongside Chad Michael Murray, Larry the Cable Guy, Kathy Najimy, Eric Lively, Alicia Witt, Lisa Whelchel, JR Lemon and Noah Urrea. Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, The Shipping News) who also scored Perry’s upcoming Single Moms Club has composed the film’s original music. Lionsgate and Motown Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the film’s songs by artists including including Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, James Brown, the Jackson 5, Boyz II Men & Brian McKnight and Ashanti. For the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement.