John Carpenter confirmed in a recent interview with Billboard the he has closed a deal to score the upcoming horror sequel Halloween. David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, All the Real Girls, Stronger) is set to direct the movie, which will star Jamie Lee Curtis who will reprise her role as Laurie Strode. Judy Greer in talks to play her daughter, Karen Strode. Green also co-wrote the screenplay with Danny McBride. Jason Blum (Get Out, Split, Paranormal Activity, Insidious) is producing the project through his Blumhouse company, alongside Malek Akkad who previously produced Rob Zombie’s Halloween and its sequel.
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‘Stronger’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for David Gordon Green’s drama Stronger. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Brook (Brooklyn, Into the Wild, The Fighter, The Perks of Being a Wallflower). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 22, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Stronger starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson and Clancy Brown is based on the New York Times bestseller by Jeff Bauman & Bret Witter and tells the true story of Bauman, the working-class Boston man whose iconic photo from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing gained worldwide notice.
Michael Brook Scoring David Gordon Green’s ‘Stronger’
Michael Brook is scoring the upcoming drama Stronger. The film is directed by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, All the Real Girls, Joe) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson and Clancy Brown. The movie is based on the New York Times bestseller by Jeff Bauman & Bret Witter and tells the true story of Bauman, the working-class Boston man whose iconic photo from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing gained worldwide notice. John Pollono wrote the screenplay. Todd Lieberman & David Hoberman (The Fighter, The Muppets, The Proposal), Gyllenhaal, Scott Silver (screenwriter of 8 Mile) and Michel Litvak (Whiplash, Nightcrawler) are producing the Summit Entertainment, Mandeville Films, Bold Films, and Nine Stories production.
‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Soundtrack Details
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for David Gordon Green’s political comedy drama Our Brand Is Crisis. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Wingo (Take Shelter, Mud, The Sitter, All the Real Girls). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Our Brand Is Crisis is produced by George Clooney and stars Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy and Zoe Kazan. The movie is based on the 2005 documentary of the same title and follows a group of American consultants who accept the challenge of getting an unpopular Bolivian president re-elected.
‘Manglehorn’ Soundtrack Details
A soundtrack album will be released for David Gordon Green’s drama Manglehorn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Explosions in the Sky (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor, Prince Avalanche) and David Wingo (Take Shelter, Mud, All the Real Girls). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 22, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Manglehorn starring Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine and Chris Messina tells the story of a reclusive small town locksmith who has never quite recovered from losing the love of his life.
David Wingo Scoring David Gordon Green’s ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’
David Wingo is reteaming with director David Gordon Green on the upcoming political comedy drama Our Brand Is Crisis. The film stars Sandra Bullock. Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Scoot McNairy, Zoe Kazan, Ann Dowd, Reynaldo Pacheco, Dominic Flores, Louis Arcella, Octavio Gomez Berrios and Joaquim de Almeida. The movie is based on the 2005 documentary of the same title and follows a group of American consultants who accept the challenge of getting an unpopular Bolivian president re-elected. Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Debt, The Men Who Stare at Goats) wrote the screenplay. George Clooney & Grant Heslov (Argo, Good Night, and Good Luck., The Monuments Men) are producing the project through their Smokehouse Pictures production company.
Soundtrack Details for David Gordon Green’s ‘Joe’
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for David Gordon Green’s indie drama Joe. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff McIlwain and David Wingo (Mud, Take Shelter) who previously collaborated with the director on Snow Angels and The Sitter, George Washington and All the Real Girls. Also included are two tracks by Explosions in the Sky and Ryan Bingham. The soundtrack will be released on April 22, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Joe is based on a novel by Larry Brown and stars Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter and Ronnie Gene Blevins. The movie follows a hard-living, hot-tempered, ex-con who meets a hard-luck kid who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector. The drama premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and was picked up by Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate for a release in theaters and on VOD on April 11.
David Wingo and Explosions in the Sky to Score David Gordon Green’s ‘Manglehorn’
Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo are set to reunite with David Gordon Green on the director’s upcoming drama Manglehorn. The film stars Al Pacino as an eccentric man who tries to come to terms with a past crime that cost him the love of his life. Paul Logan has written the screenplay based on an original story by Green and Logan. Green is also producing the project with Lisa Muskat (Snow Angels, Compliance, All the Real Girls) and Worldview Entertainment’s Christopher Woodrow & Molly Conners (Killer Joe, The Immigrant, Blood Ties). Explosions in the Sky and Wingo have previously co-scored Green’s Prince Avalanche starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch, which is set to be released on August 9 by Magnolia Pictures. Wingo and Explosions drummer Chris Hrask have announced their involvement in Manglehorn in an interview with Hitfix.
David Gordon Green’s ‘Joe’ to Feature Music by David Wingo and Jeff McIlwain
David Wingo and Jeff McIlwain are reuniting with director David Gordon Green on his latest feature Joe. The Southern drama stars Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan and follows an ex-con who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to a 15-year-old child of a homeless family ruled by a drunk father. Gary Hawkins wrote the screenplay based on the novel of the same title by Larry Brown. Lisa Muskat (Compliance), Gordon Green and Christopher Woodrow (The Immigrant) are producing the project with Derrick Tseng (Palindromes). Wingo and McIlwain previously shared scoring duties on Gordon Green’s Snow Angels and The Sitter, while Wingo also scored the director’s George Washington and All the Real Girls.
Explosions in the Sky & David Wingo to Score ‘Prince Avalanche’
Explosions in the Sky‘s guitarist Munaf Rayani has announced in an interview with Consequence of Sound (via The Playlist) that the band will be scoring David Gordon Green’s upcoming comedy Prince Avalanche. The site also reveals that composer David Wingo will be providing music for the picture. The comedy starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch is based on the Icelandic movie Either Way directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson about two men whose lives intersect while working on a road striping crew together. Green is producing the project with Lisa Muskat, Craig Zobel, James Belfer and Derrick Tseng. Gordon Green has previously used several pieces of Explosion of their Sky’s music in his past films, including 2003′s All the Real Girls and 2007′s Snow Angels, while Wingo has co-scored a number of the director’s project, most recently last year’s The Sitter. The post-rock band has previously ventured into film scoring, most notably on Peter Berg’s Friday Night Lights. Prince Avalanche was shot last month in Texas and is currently in post-production. No word yet on a release date.