Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama The Motel Life. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Haywire). Also included are the songs from the movie by such artists as Jonathan Clay, Joe D’Augustine, Townes Van Zandt, Buddy Stuart, The Kills, Richmond Fontaine, Justin Townes Earle and Little Accidents. The soundtrack will be released on March 18, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Motel Life is directed by Alan & Gabe Polsky and stars Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Garret Backstrom, Andrew Lee, Doc Divecchio, Nancy Youngblut. The movie based on the novel by Willy Vlautin follows two down-on-their-luck brothers who are forced to flee from their home to Reno after being involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 8, 2013)
Only one new movie is opening in wide release this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the superhero sequel Thor: The Dark World directed by Alan Taylor and starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Kat Dennings, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Anthony Hopkins. Brian Tyler who previously scored Marvel’s Iron Man 3 earlier this year has composed the film’s music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally and Intrada Records will release a physical version. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit Superhero Hype, Tracksounds, Soundtrax and Trailer Addict for recent interviews with Tyler about his work on the film.
Opening in limited release is the period drama The Book Thief directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Sophie Nelisse. The film’s original music is composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Williams. Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on November 8. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and audio clips. Also check out our previous article for a video interview with Williams about his first score for a film not directed by Steven Spielberg in eight years.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 1, 2013)
Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi novel Ender’s Game directed by Gavin Hood and starring Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford. Steve Jablonsky (Transformers series, Battleship) has composed the film’s original score. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our previous article for the full details. Also visit Film Music Magazine for an audio interview with Jablonsky about his work on the film and visit YouTube and click here for two short video interviews with the composer at the movie’s Hollywood red carpet premiere from this past Monday.
Also opening wide is the animated feature Free Birds directed by Jimmy Haywardand featuring the voices of Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler, Dan Fogler, Lesley Nicol, George Takei, Colm Meaney and Keith David. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as two songs by Social Distortion and MattyBRaps. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit Trailer Addict for a short video interview with Lewis about his work on the project.
‘Diana’ Soundtrack Details
Canderblinks will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Diana. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Analyze That) and Keefus Ciancia (Nashville). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 28, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Diana is directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and stars Naomi Watts as Princess Diana and centers on the last two years of her life and the secret love affair she had with Dr. Hasnat Khan, played by Naveen Andrews. The drama is now playing in theaters in the UK and will be released in select U.S. cities on November 1, 2013 by Entertainment One Films.
David Holmes & Keefus Ciancia Take Over Scoring Duties on ‘Diana’
David Holmes and Keefus Ciancia have taken over scoring duties on Oliver Hirschbiegel’s biographical drama Diana. The movie stars Naomi Watts in the title role of Princess Diana and follows her the last two years of her life and the secret love affair she had shortly before her tragic death. Naveen Andrews is co-starring as Dr. Hasnat Khan, alongside Douglas Hodge, Geraldine James, Charles Edwards and Juliet Stevenson are co-starring. Stephen Jeffreys (The Libertine) wrote the screenplay and Robert Bernstein & Douglas Rae (Becoming Jane, The Water Horse, Nowhere Boy) are producing the project. Holmes is best known for his numerous collaborations with Steven Soderbergh, including the Ocean’s trilogy, Out of Sight and last year’s Haywire. Ciancia who is also known as Keefus Green has collaborated with T Bone Burnett on a number of projects and has most recently co-scored the first season of ABC’s Nashville.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 20, 2012)
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is action horror sequel Underworld Awakening directed by Mans Marlin & Bjorn Stein and starring Kate Beckinsale, Sandrine Holt, Michael Ealy and India Eisley. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack featuring the movie’s songs by artists including Evanescence, Linkin Park, The Cure, Ministry and Lacuna Coil this past Tuesday (click here for our announcement). A separate soundtrack album featuring the film’s original score by Paul Haslinger and three more songs will be released next Tuesday (click here for the full details and audio clips).
Also opening nationwide is the George Lucas-produced WWII drama Red Tails directed by Anthony Hemingway stars Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard and Bryan Cranston. Terence Blanchard has written the score for the film. Sony Classical has released the official soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week and the CD version is scheduled to come out next month. Audio clips and more information can be checked out in our previous news article. For an audio interview with Blanchard talking about his first collaboration with Lucas, visit Scorenotes.
‘Haywire’ Soundtrack Announced
The details for the soundtrack for Steven Soderbergh’s action thriller Haywire have been revealed. The album features 18 tracks from the movie’s original score by composer David Holmes (Oceans’s Trilogy, Out of Sight). Relativity Music Group will be releasing the soundtrack in the US and Silva Screen Records is handling the release overseas. (UPDATE JANUARY 2012): The album will be released digitally on January 17, 2012 and is available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the soundtrack below. Haywire stars Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton and Antonio Banderas.
Hans Zimmer Joins WME Talent Agency
As reported by Variety and Deadline last week, the talent agency WME has signed composer Hans Zimmer, who was previously with the Gorfaine-Schwartz agency. WME has only recently started getting into representing film composers by hiring Amos Newman, the son of Academy Award-winning composer and songwriter Randy Newman. Deadline reported last month that he will be leading a newly formed film, TV, game, online and mobile division of the agency’s music department. The new unit will work to integrate WME music clients, including Kanye West, Lady Gaga, The Chemical Brothers, and Nine Inch Nails into film, television, gaming, online, and mobile platforms. Newman himself has been working for the Gorfaine-Schwartz agency for the last couple of years, where he oversaw the career of Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman. According to Variety, composers David Holmes, David Newman and Alan Elliott are also among WME’s other recent signees.
David Holmes to Produce and Score ‘Good Vibrations’
Screen Daily (via The Playlist) reports that David Holmes is set to write the music for the upcoming movie Good Vibrations. Holmes is also on the producing team of the film, which tells the story of Terri Hooley, Belfast’s godfather of punk. The project marks the composer’s feature producing debut. Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa, the duo behind 2009’s Cherrybomb is directing the project. Richard Dormer, Michael Fassbender, Steve Coogan, Robert Sheehan and Bronagh Gallagher are set to star in the picture. Andrew Eaton (24 Hour Party People, A Might Heart) is among the film’s other producers.
David Holmes to score Red
UPDATE (October 5, 2010): Christophe Beck has taken over scoring duties on Red.
Film Music Reporter has learned that David Holmes has been hired to score the graphic novel adaptation Red. The movie is directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, The Time Traveler’s Wife) and stars Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich and Richard Dreyfuss. The movie centers around former black-ops agent Frank Mose, who reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive when his idyllic life is threatened by a high-tech assassin. Summit Entertainment will release Red on October 15. Check out the official movie webpage to watch the teaser and theatrical trailer of the movie.