Hollywood Records has announced the official soundtrack album Steven Spielberg’s new film adaptation of West Side Story. The album features the songs from the movie originally written for the stage musical by Leonard Bernstein and with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The record is produced by David Newman who arranged and adapted Bernstein’s original score for […]
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Soundtrack Album for Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ Announced
Posted: November 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Newman, Gustavo Dudamel, Leonard Bernstein, Soundtrack, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
‘Free Color’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Arvelo, Alvaro Paiva Bimbo, Devendra Banhart, Free Color, Gustavo Dudamel, Nascuy Linares, score, Sebastián Arvelo, Soundtrack
Karibanna Content has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Free Color. The album features the film’s original music composed by Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel (The Liberator), Nascuy Linares (Embrace of the Serpent, Luxor), Devendra Banhart (Joshy, Arkansas), Alvaro Paiva Bimbo and Sebastián Arvelo. The soundtrack is […]
Gustavo Dudamel, Jeanine Tesori & Matt Sullivan Join Music Team for Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’
Posted: May 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, Jeanine Tesori, Matt Sullivan, Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
It was announced today that acclaimed conductor Gustavo Dudamel will be guiding the baton for the film’s recording of Leonard Bernstein’s score for Steven Spielberg’s new film adaptation of West Side Story. As previously reported, David Newman (Anastasia, Ice Age, Serenity) will be arranging the Bernstein score for the new adaptation. Tony Award winner Jeanine Tesori (Broadway’s Fun Home and Thoroughly Modern Millie) will be working with the […]
‘Celebrating John Williams’ – Live at Walt Disney Concert Hall Album Announced
Posted: February 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, John Williams
Deutsche Grammophon has announced the full details of the Celebrating John Williams concert recording album. The album features some of the best-known works of composer John Williams recorded in late January 2019 at four concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Among the titles included are themes […]
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ Soundtrack
Posted: September 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, James Newton Howard, Lasse Hallstrom, score, Soundtrack, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. The album features the film’s music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense, Signs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Fugitive) and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The soundtrack […]
Gustavo Dudamel Conducting James Newton Howard’s ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ Score
Posted: December 19, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, James Newton Howard, Lasse Hallstrom, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Walt Disney Pictures has announced Los Angeles Philharmonic musical director Gustavo Dudamel as the conductor of the James Newton Howard‘s score for the studios’ upcoming fantasy adventure The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. The movie is directed by Lasse Hallstrom (Chocolat, The Cider House Rules) and stars Keira Knighley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, Morgan Freeman and Helen […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 3, 2014)
Posted: October 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Good Marriage, Angel Roché Jr., Annabelle, Atticus Ross, Bibio, Bryce Jacobs, Danny Bensi, Drive Hard, Gone Girl, Gustavo Dudamel, Jack Lenz, Joseph Bishara, Left Behind, Martin Leon, Men Women & Children, Saunder Jurriaans, The Good Lie, The Hero of Color City, The Liberator, Trent Reznor, Zoë Poledouris-Roché
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller Annabelle directed by John Leonetti, produced by James Wan and starring Annabelle Wallis, Alfre Woodard, Tony Amendola, Eric Ladin and Brian Howe. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Dark Skies). WaterTower Music has released […]
Academy to Present ‘Behind the Score: The Art of the Film Composer’
Posted: June 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, Gustavo Santaolalla, John Williams
Composers Gustavo Dudamel, Gustavo Santaolalla and John Williams will gather at the Academy for Behind the Score: The Art of the Film Composer on Monday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater in Los Angeles. In a conversation hosted by Tavis Smiley, the trio will discuss significant musical moments in film that have […]
‘The Liberator’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, Libertador, score, Soundtrack, The Liberator
Deutsche Grammaphon will release the official soundtrack album for the historical drama The Liberator (Libertador). The album features the film’s original music composed by Los Angeles Philharmonic director Gustavo Dudamel and performed by the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. The project marks the first scoring assignment of Dudamel who consulted with John Williams in preparations for his music. […]
Gustavo Dudamel to Score ‘Libertador’
Posted: June 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, Libertador
Los Angeles Philharmonic musical director Gustavo Dudamel has been tapped to score the Spanish, French and English-language biopic Libertador. The film is directed by Alberto Arvelo (Cyrano Fernandez) and stars Edgar Ramírez as Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar who was instrumental in Latin America’s struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire. Danny Huston, María […]