Cliff Martinez is set to reteam with Nicolas Winding Refn on the upcoming Amazon original series Too Old To Die Young. The show is written by Winding Refn & comic author Ed Brubaker (Captain America, The Fade In) and explores the criminal underbelly of Los Angeles. Miles Teller is set to star in the drama as a grieving police officer who finds himself in an underworld filled with working-class hit men, Yakuza soldiers, cartel assassins sent from Mexico, Russian mafia captains and gangs of teen killers. Refn will be directing all ten episodes of the show’s first season.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 13, 2017)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the horror thriller Happy Death Day directed by Christopher Landon and starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken and Laura Clifton. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, Colossal). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse production.
Also opening wide is the action thriller The Foreigner directed by Martin Campbell and starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. Cliff Martinez (Drive, Solaris, Traffic, Contagion, The Knick, Sex, Lies and Videotapes) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the STX Entertainment release.
Cliff Martinez to Score Jonathan Goldstein’s & John Francis Daley’s ‘Game Night’
Cliff Martinez has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Game Night. The film is directed by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley (Vacation, Spider-Man: Homecoming) and stars Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Jesse Plemons, Jeffrey Wright, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury and Billy Magnussen. The movie follows several couples who gather for their regularly-planned game night and find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery. Bateman is also producing the New Line Cinema production with James Garavente (The Family Fang), as well as John Davis (Predator, I, Robot, The Firm) and John Fox (The Blacklist).
‘The Foreigner’ Soundtrack Details
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller The Foreigner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Cliff Martinez (Drive, Solaris, Traffic, Contagion, Sex, Lies and Videotapes). The soundtrack will be released on October 13, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is available to order as an import by clicking here. The Foreigner is directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro) and stars Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. The movie tells the story of a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 19, 2016)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Kubo and the Two Strings directed by Travis Knight and featuring the voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, and Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro, Rooney Mara and Matthew McConaughey. The film’s original music is composed by Dario Marianelli (Atonement, The Boxtrolls, Pride and Prejudice, V for Vendetta) has composed the film’s original music. Warner Bros. Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as end titles song performed by Regina Spektor. Visit our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the action comedy War Dogs directed by Todd Phillips and starring Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas and Bradley Cooper. Cliff Martinez (Drive, Contagion, Traffic, The Neon Demon, The Lincoln Lawyer) has composed the film’s original score. No word on a soundtrack album. War Dogs follows two friends in their early 20s during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the comedy, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Cliff Martinez to Receive 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award at Soundtrack_Cologne
Soundtrack_Cologne CEO Michael P. Aust announced today that Cliff Martinez will receive the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award on August 27, 2016 during the award ceremony of this year’s Soundtrack_Cologne conference. Martinez who is known for his work on film and as the former drummer of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers has composed the music for such films as Drive, Sex, Lies and Videotapes, Traffic (for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award), Contagion, The Lincoln Lawyer, Solaris, Kafka, Only God Forgives, The Limey and this year’s The Neon Demon.
Cliff Martinez to Score James Mangold’s ‘Wolverine’ Sequel
Cliff Martinez has signed on to score James Mangold’s currently untitled Wolverine sequel. The film stars Hugh Jackman in the title role and will mark his final appearance as the character. Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E. Grant, Stephen Merchant, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Eriq La Salle and Elise Neal are co-starring. No plot details have been announced yet. David James Kelly has written the screenplay. Simon Kinberg (X-Men:Days of Future Past & Apocalypse, The Martian, Cinderella) is producing the project with Lauren Shuler Donner (X-Men series, Deadpool, Constantine).
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 24, 2016)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action adventure Independence Day: Resurgence directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe and Sela Ward. The film’s original music is composed by Thomas Wander & Harald Kloser (2012, White House Down, The Day After Tomorrow, 10’000 BC). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Fox release.
Also opening wide is the historical drama Free State of Jones directed by Gary Ross and starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali and Keri Russell. Nicholas Britell (The Big Short, A Tale of Love and Darkness) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song I’m Crying by Lucinda Williams. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to find out more information about the STX Entertainment release.
‘The Neon Demon’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records has announced a soundtrack album for Nicolas Winding-Refn’s The Neon Demon. The album features the film’s original music composed by Cliff Martinez (Traffic, Contagion, The Knick) who previously collaborated with the director on Drive and Only God Forgives. Also included is the original track Waving Goodbye performed by Sia, and two songs by Julian Winding (Mine performed by Sweet Tempest and The Demon Dance). The soundtrack will be released digitally and on CD on June 24, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. A vinyl version is set to come out on July 8. The Neon Demon is co-written and directed by Winding-Refn and star Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks and Jena Malone. The movie follows an aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles, where her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women.
Cliff Martinez to Score Martin Campbell’s ‘The Foreigner’
Cliff Martinez is set to compose the music for the upcoming action thriller The Foreigner. The film is directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, GoldenEye, The Mask of Zorro) and stars Pierce Brosnan and Jackie Chan. The movie follows a restaurant owner in London’s Chinatown who is tracking down a group of Irish terrorists responsible for the death of his daughter. David Marconi (Enemy of the State) and Peter Buchman (Che, Jurassic Park III) have written the screenplay based on Stephen Leather’s novel The Chinaman. Wayne Marc Godfrey and Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour series) are producing the project.