Bruno Coulais is the composer of the upcoming drama Gemma Bovery. The film is directed by Anne Fontaine and stars Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Mel Raido and Fabrice Luchini. The movie is based on a graphic novel by Posy Simmonds, which is loosely based on Gustave Flabert’s Madame Bovary and chronicles the last last few months in the life of the English expatriate living in Normandy. Philippe Carcassonne (Coco Before Chanel, The Illusionist) and Faye Ward are producing the Gaumont production. Fontaine has previously collaborated with Coulais on the 2011 romantic comedy My Worst Nightmare. She has also worked together witch such composers as Alexandre Desplat (Coco Before Chanel and Christopher Gordon (Two Mothers).
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‘Amazonia’ Soundtrack Details
Naïve Records will release a soundtrack album for the 3D documentary Amazonia. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 18, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Amazonia is directed by Thierry Ragobert who previously collaborated with Coulais on the 2006 documentary The White Planet. The movie centers on a domesticated capuchin monkey that is released into the wild and suddenly finds itself fighting for survival in the wilds of the Amazon jungle. The film premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in France on November 27. No word yet on a domestic release for the documentary.
‘Amazonia’ to Feature Music by Bruno Coulais
Bruno Coulais has scored the 3D documentary Amazonia. The film is directed by Thierry Ragobert and centers on a domesticated capuchin monkey that is released into the wild and suddenly finds itself fighting for survival in the wilds of the Amazon jungle. Fabiano Gullane & Caio Gullane (The Year My Parents Went On Vacation), Laurent Baujard and Stéphane Millièr are producing the Biloba Films and Gullane production. Coulais has previously scored Ragobert’s 2006 documentary The White Planet. The French/Brazilian co-production just premiered at the Venice Film Festival and is also being shown at the Toronto Film Festival. A theatrical release in France is set for November 27, 2013.
Bruno Coulais to Reunite with Henry Selick on ‘The Shadow King’
Bruno Coulais is reteaming with director Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach) on his upcoming stop-motion animated film The Shadow King. The film features the voice talent of Brendan Gleeson, Catherine O’Hara, Pamela Adlon, Jeffrey Tambor & Jaden Betts and follows a nine-year-old New York orphan who hides his fantastically weird hands with long fingers from a cruel world. When a living shadow girl teaches him to make amazing hand shadows that come to life, his hands become incredible weapons in a shadow war against a ravenous monster bent on killing his brother and ultimately destroying New York. Selick is writing and directing the project and Josh Penn (Beasts of the Southern Wild) is producing. Coulais has previously scored the director’s Academy Award-nominated animated film Coraline. No word yet on a release date yet for The Shadow King.
‘Ludwig II’ Soundtrack Details
Bavaria Sonor Mediathek will release a soundtrack album for the German/Austrian costume drama Ludwig II. The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-nominated composer Bruno Coulais (The Chorus, Coraline) who recorded his music with the Munich Radio Orchestra. Also featured are some of the classical pieces featured in the movie. The soundtrack will be released in Germany on December 21, 2012. To listen to audio clips, click here. Ludwig II is directed by Peter Sehr (Love the Hard Way) and Marie Noelle and follows the life of the Bavarian king. The movie’s cast includes Sabin Tambrea, Sebastian Schipper, Hannah Herzsprung, Uwe Ochsenknecht and Edgar Selge who portrays Richard Wagner. Ludwig II is set to be released in Germany on December 26, 2012 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 19, 2012)
Two new movies are opening in wide release this week:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the found footage horror film Paranormal Activity 4 directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, produced by Jason Blum & Oren Peli and starring Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Aiden Lovekamp, Brady Allen, Stephen Dunham, Alexondra Lee and Katie Featherston. As the previous three movies in the series, Paranormal Activity 4 doesn’t feature an original score and no soundtrack has been released. The sequel follows a suburban family who witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in. To find out more about the film, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is the thriller Alex Cross directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) and starring Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols and Jean Reno. The film’s score is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music will be released next Monday, October 22 by Metropolis Movie Music. For audio clips and the full album details, visit our soundtrack announcement.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 13, 2012)
Only one movie is opening wide this weekend:
Opening in almost 4000 theaters is the animated feature sequel Ice Age: Continental Drift directed by Steve Martino & Mike Thurmeier and featuring the voice talent of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Jennifer Lopez, Peter Dinklage, Wanda Sykes and Aziz Ansari. John Powell who has scored the previous two films in the series is returning for the fourth installment. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music has been released on Varese Sarabande. For the full details and audio clips, visit our previous article. Also check out a short interview with Powell about his work on the movie on ASCAP’s website. The end credits song We Are performed by Keke Palmer is available to download separately on Amazon.
Opening in limited release is the psychological thriller Red Lights directed by Rodrigo Cortéz and starring Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Joely Richardson, Toby Jones and Elizabeth Olsen. The film’s score is composed by Victor Reyes who previously scored the director’s 2010 thriller Buried. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score has been released earlier this year on Lakeshore Records when the film premiered in Europe. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full details and audio clips. To learn more about the thriller, visit the official movie website.
Bruno Coulais Scoring ‘An Open Heart’
Bruno Coulais is scoring the French romantic drama An Open Heart (A Coeur Ouvert). The film is directed by Marion Laine (A Simple Heart) and stars Juliette Binoche and Edgar Raminez as two surgeons whose passionate relationship is turned upside down by an unexpected pregnancy. Laine has co-written the script with Anne Le Ny. The drama, which is set in the South of France is produced by Christine Gozlan for Thelma Films and Catherine Bozorgan for Manchester Films. Nathanael Karmitz (On the Road, Certified Copy) is also involved as a co-producer for Mk2. The English working title of the project was A Monkey on My Shoulder. An Open Heart was shot last fall in Marseilles and Latin America and is currently in post-production.
‘Farewell, My Queen’ Soundtrack Released
Quartet Records has released a compilation album comprising all the three films scored by Academy Award-nominated composer Bruno Coulais for film director Benoît Jacquot. The album includes the original score for the period drama Farewell, My Queen (Les adieux à la reine), which was recorded with a full symphony orchestra at Air Studios in London. Also featured on the release are selections of Coulais’ music for the 2009 film Villa Amalia starring Isabelle Huppert and the 2010 period drama Au fond des bois. To listen to audio clips and to order the album, visit Quartet Records’ website. Farewell, My Queen starring Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen is based on the novel of the same name by Chantal Thomas and is set during the first 3 days of the French Revolution, as seen from the perspective of the Private reader of Marie Antoinette at Versailles.
‘Sur la piste du Marsupilami’ Soundtrack Released
Chez Wamusic has released a soundtrack album for the French adventure comedy Sur la piste du Marsupilami. The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-nominated composer Bruno Coulais (The Chorus, Coraline, The Crimson Rivers), as well as the songs featured in the film by Maze feat. Frankie Beverly and Celine Dion. The soundtrack has been released as a digital release and is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. Sur la piste du Marsupilami based on the popular French comic book by Andre Franquin is directed by Alain Chabat and stars himself, Jamel Debbouze, Frederic Testot and Julie Delpy. The film has just been released this week in France. No word yet on a domestic release date.