Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack album for Richard Linklater’s comedy drama Last Flag Flying. The album features the film’s original music composed by Graham Reynolds who previously scored the director’s A Scanner Darkly, Bernie and Before Midnight. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 3, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Last Flag Flying is co-written and directed by Linklater and stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Yul Vazquez and Cicely Tyson. The movie follows three men who, 30 years after they served together in the Vietnam War, reunite to bury a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
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Graham Reynolds to Score Richard Linklater’s ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette?’
Graham Reynolds is set to reteam with director Richard Linklater on the upcoming comedy drama Where’d You Go, Bernadette?. The film starring Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig, Billy Crudup, Troian Bellisario, Judy Greer and Laurence Fishburne is based on Maria Semple’s novel of the same title and follows an architect-turned-recluse who goes missing just prior to a family vacation. Linklater also co-wrote the screenplay with Holly Gent Palmo & Vincent Palmo Jr. (Me and Orson Welles) based on an earlier version by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber (500 Days of Summer, The Fault in Our Stars).
Graham Reynolds to Score Richard Linklater’s ‘Last Flag Flying’
Graham Reynolds is reteaming with director Richard Linklater on the upcoming comedy drama Last Flag Flying. The film stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne and J. Quinton Johnson. The movie is based on Darryl Ponicsan’s 2005 novel of the same name and is sequel (of sorts) to the 1973 Hal Ashby film The Last Detail. Linklater (Boyhood, Dazed and Confused) also co-wrote the screenplay with Ponicsan (School Ties, Random Hearts). John Sloss (I’m Not There, Wonderstruck) and Ginger Sledge (Everybody Wants Some!!, Appaloosa) are producing the project.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 5, 2016)
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the superhero movie Suicide Squad directed by David Ayer and starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Cara Delevingne, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Beach, Karen Fukuhara and Viola Davis. The film’s original music is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, The World’s End, Fury). WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this coming Monday. Click here for the full album details and visit Film Music Magazine for an interview with Price about his work on the project. Atlantic Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie. Check out our previous article for more information.
Also opening wide is the family comedy Nine Lives directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Malina Weissman, Cheryl Hines, Christopher Walken and Robbie Amell. Evgueni & Sacha Galperine (The Family, The Past, Madame Bovary) have composed the film’s original music. EuropaCorp has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as the song Three Cool Cats by The Coasters. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film.
‘Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny. The album features the film’s original music composed by Graham Reynolds who has scored such Linklater-helmed movies as Bernie, Before Midnight and A Scanner Darkly. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 5, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny is directed by Louis Black & Karen Bernstein and traces Linklater’s life and work – from Slacker to his latest comedy Everybody Wants Some!! – shedding light on how a creative visionary carved out a one-of-a-kind career unbeholden to the Hollywood machine. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was also shown at the SXSW Film Festival in March.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 4, 2013)
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the space drama Gravity directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. The film’s original score is composed by Steven Price (The World’s End, Attack the Block). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and audio clips. Also visit The Hollywood Reporter, Huffington Post and Film Music Magazine for recent interviews with Price about his work on the film.
Also opening wide this week is the thriller Runner Runner directed by Brad Furman and starring Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Ben Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Michael Esper, Oliver Cooper and Ben Schwartz. Christophe Beck (The Hangover trilogy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. A CD version will be released later this month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and audio clips.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 24, 2013)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the action sequel Fast & Furious 6 directed by Justin Lin and starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Luke Evans, Gina Carano and John Ortiz. Def Jam Recordings has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs featured in the film by artists including 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa, T.I., deadmau5 feat. Cypress Hills and and Ludacris feat. Usher and David Guetta. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Lucas Vidal (The Raven, The Cold Light of Day) has composed the film’s score. No score release has been announced yet. For recent interviews with the composer, visit Film School Rejects, Media Mikes and HeyUGuys.
Also opening wide is the animated feature Epic directed by Chris Wedge and featuring the voice talent of Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Tyler, Aziz Ansari, Blake Anderson, Judah Friedlander and Beyoncé Knowles. Danny Elfman has composed the film’s original score. Sony Classics has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. To listen to audio clips and for more information about the film and album, visit our soundtrack announcement article.
‘Before Midnight’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for Richard Linklater’s romantic drama Before Midnight have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Graham Reynolds (Bernie, A Scanner Darkly), as well as the end credits song Gia Ena Tango by Charis Alexiou. The soundtrack will be released on May 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Before Midnight stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy who reprise their roles as star-crossed lovers Jesse and Celine from the director’s Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. The movie is set almost two decades since their couple’s first encounter on a train bound for Vienna and finds them in their early forties in Greece. The romance premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for a theatrical release on May 24, 2013.
‘Almost Christmas’ to Feature Music by Graham Reynolds
Graham Reynolds has composed the score for the indie comedy drama Almost Christmas. The film is directed by Phil Morrison and stars Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Sally Hawkins, Amy Landecker, Peter Hermann and Emory Cohen. The movie follows two French Canadian Christmas tree salesmen who travel to New York to sell trees. Melissa James Gibson (The Americans) has written the screenplay and Daniel Carey & Elizabeth Giamatti (Cold Souls), John Penotti (Awake, Uptown Girls) and Jim Tauber (Stand Up Guys) are producing the Touchy Feely Films and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment production.
Graham Reynolds Scoring Richard Linklater’s ‘Before Midnight’
Graham Reynolds is reuniting with director Richard Linklater on the indie romance Before Midnight. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy who reprise their roles as star-crossed lovers Jesse and Celine from the director’s Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. The film is set almost two decades since their couple’s first encounter on a train bound for Vienna and finds them in their early forties in Greece. Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Ariane Labed, Athina Rachel Tsangari and Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick are co-starring. Linklater has also written the script with Hawke and Delpy and is producing the film with Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Sara Woodhatch and Kostas Kefalas.