Christopher Gunning has passed away at age 78. The British composer has written numerous scores for film and television over a four decade-spanning career. Among his best known credits is his score for Olivier Dahan’s 2007 biopic La Vie en rose, for which he received the (BAFTA) Anthony Asquith Award. He composed the music for […]
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Christopher Gunning (1944 – 2023)
Posted: March 25, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Christopher Gunning
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Expanded ‘La Vie en Rose’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Gunning, La Môme, La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan, score, Soundtrack
Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2007 biographical drama La Vie en Rose (La Môme) directed by Olivier Dahan and starring Marion Cotillard (who received an Academy Award for her performance as Edith Piaf), Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gerard Depardieu and Clotilde Courau. The 15th Anniversary Edition features the expanded […]
Christopher Gunning to Score Lee Daniels’ ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’
Posted: September 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Gunning, Lee Daniels, Salaam Remi, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
It was announced today that BAFTA-nominated composer Christopher Gunning (La Vie en Rose, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Grace of Monaco) will come out of retirement to score the upcoming biographical drama The United States vs. Billie Holiday. The film is directed by Lee Daniels (Precious, The Butler, Empire) and stars Andra Day in the title role […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 24, 2015)
Posted: May 24, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aquarius, Bruce Broughton, Christopher Gunning, David Carbonara, Grace of Monaco, Guillaume Roussel, HBO, History, John Debney, Lifetime, Mark D. Todd, NBC, Nightingale, Texas Rising, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, W.G. Snuffy Walden
Premiering tomorrow, May 25, is the History mini-series Texas Rising directed by Roland Joffe and starring Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olivier Martinez, Thomas Jane, Crispin Glover and Jeremy Davies. The show’s original music is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2) and Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Tombstone). Universal Music Group Nashville has released […]
‘Grace of Monaco’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Gunning, Grace of Monaco, Guillaume Roussel, Olivier Dahan, score, Soundtrack
Hamburger Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Grace of Monaco. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Gunning who previously collaborated with the movie’s director Olivier Dahan on La Vie en Rose. Also included are classical pieces by Erik Satie, Jean Sibelius and more. Guillaume Roussel (3 Days […]
Christopher Gunning Scoring ‘Grace of Monaco’
Posted: June 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Gunning, Grace of Monaco, Olivier Dahan
Christopher Gunning is composing the score for the upcoming biographical drama Grace of Monaco. The film is directed by Olivier Dahan and stars Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly and Tim Roth as her husband, Prince Rainier III. Frank Langella, Paz Vega, Parker Posey, Derek Jacobi and Milo Ventimiglia are co-starring.The movie is set in 1962 and […]
