Premiering tonight on CBS is the new drama Madam Secretary created by Barbara Hall (Joan of Arcadia) and starring Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Geoffrey Arend, Patina Miller, Erich Bergen, Katherine Herzer and Evan Roe. The show’s original music is composed by the Transcenders (Gossip Girl, Harry’s Law, Our Family Wedding, Joey). For more information about the series, which follows the newly appointed Secretary of State as she balances work and her private life, check out our scoring assignment article. Madam Secretary will air every Sunday night on CBS.
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2nd Annual Superhero Music Panel at Comic-Con Announced
The line-up of the 2nd Annual Superhero Music Panel has been announced. Six leading Hollywood composers will discuss the process of creating the musical voice behind the superhero, explain the challenges when bringing a comic book character or story to life and writing music to reflect the story line. The panelists will also show film clips of their work. Participating composers include Brian Tyler who scored Marvel’s two features in 2013, Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World and is set to score the biggest movie of his career to date, Avengers: Age of Ultron, John Ottman who most recently composed the music and edited X-Men: Days of Future Past and has previously worked on X2 and the two The Fantastic Four features, as well as Tyler Bates who has Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy coming up and whose previous credits include 300 and Watchmen.
Graeme Revell to Score Fox’s ‘Gotham’
Graeme Revell is set to score the upcoming Fox drama Gotham. The show is based on characters from the DC Comics universe and explores the early years of Commissioner James Gordon as an idealistic rookie detective in Gotham City and the rogues’ gallery of villains that made the city infamous. The series’ cast includes Ben McKenzie, Erin Richards, Donal Logue, David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Robin Lord Taylor, Sean Pertwee, Zabryna Guevara and Camren Bicondova. Bruno Heller (The Mentalist, Rome) wrote the pilot and will serves as the showrunner. He is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with John Stephens (Gossip Girl). Danny Cannon (Judge Dredd, Nikita) has directed the pilot episode and will also serve as an executive producer.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 6, 2013)
Only one movie is being released nationwide this weekend:
Opening in over 3000 theaters is the sci-fi action film Riddick written and directed by David Twohy and starring Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Jodi Molla, Matt Nable, Katee Sackhoff, Dave Bautista, Bokeem Woodbine, Raoul Trujillo and Nolan Gerard Funk. The film’s music is composed by Graeme Revell (Pineapple Express, From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City) who has previoulsy scored the other films in the Riddick trilogy, Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick. A soundtrack album was originally announced to be released on Back Lot Music, but has since been canceled. To learn more about the film, which is being released by Universal Pictures, visit the official movie website.
Opening in limited release is the indie drama Adore directed by Anne Fontaine and starring Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frechevile and Ben Mendelsohn. The film’s original score is composed and conducted by Christopher Gordon (Master and Commander, Daybreakers). Antony Partos (Animal Kingdom) has provided additional music. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the music of both composers digitally earlier this week. A CD release is set for September 24. To listen to audio clips and the full album details, check out our previous news article.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 2, 2011)
Three new movies are opening wide this Labor Day weekend:
Opening in almost 3000 theaters is the horror thriller Shark Night 3D directed by David R. Ellis and starring Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Katharine McPhee, Donal Logue, Chris Carmack, Alyssa Diaz and Joel David Moore. The movie’s score is written by Graeme Revell. A soundtrack album featuring Revell’s music has been released earlier this week by Cutting Edge. To find out more about the album and listen to audio clips from the release, visit our soundtrack announcement.
Already in theater since Wednesday is the political thriller The Debt directed by John Madden and starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington and Tom Wilkinson. The composer of the film is Thomas Newman. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album including Newman’s score digitally earlier this week. The full details and audio clips can be checked out in our previous article. Silva Screen Records will also be releasing a physical CD of the soundtrack overseas.
‘Shark Night 3D’ Soundtrack announced
Cutting Edge has announced a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Shark Night 3D. The album includes the original score from the movie by composer Graeme Revell. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 30, 2011 and will be available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips from all 19 tracks of the album after the jump. Shark Night 3D is directed by David R. Ellis (Final Destination 2, Snakes on a Plane) and stars Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Katharine McPhee, Donal Logue, Chris Carmack, Alyssa Diaz and Joel David Moore.
Terence Blanchard and Graeme Revell Invited to Join the Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 178 new artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists are two film composers (Terence Blanchard, Graeme Revell) and one music editor (Fernand Bos). Terence Blanchard has been working in the film music industry for more than 20 years. He is best known for his collaborations with Spike Lee, including his music for the Oscar-nominated drama Malcom X, the 2006 hit thriller Inside Man and the drama The 25th Hour, for which the composer has received a Golden Globe nomination. Blanchard has recently recorded his score for the George Lucas-produced drama Red Tails, which is rumored to be released in early 2012. Graeme Revell has been scoring films since the late 80’s. Some of his best known credits include The Crow, The Negotiator, The Siege, Pitch Black, Lara Croft: Tom Raider, Daredevil and Pineapple Express.
Graeme Revell to Score ‘Shark Night 3D’
Graeme Revell has been hired to score the horror thriller Shark Night 3D. The movie stars Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Katharine McPhee, Donal Logue, Chris Carmack, Alyssa Diaz and Joel David Moore. The film is directed by David R. Ellis and revolves around a group of college friends who spend the weekend at a lake house, only to find all sorts of dangerous sharks lurking beneath the waters. The director’s previous musical collaborators include John Ottman (Cellular), Trevor Rabin (Snakes on a Plane), Shirley Walker (Final Destination 2) and Brian Tyler (The Final Destination).
Graeme Revell to take over Unthinkable
Film Music reporter has learned that Graeme Revell has replaced Christopher Young as the composer on the upcoming psychological thriller Unthinkable. The movie centers around a black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent who press a suspect terrorist into divulging the location of three nuclear weapons sets to detonate in the U.S. The movie is directed who collaborated with Young on his last movie The Informers. Unthinkable stars Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Sheen, Brandon Routh and Carrie-Anne Moss. While a release in several international territories is set, the film has yet to be picked up for domestic distribution. To watch the trailer of the movie, check out this page.