The music production house Bleeding Fingers Music has taken over scoring duties on the Fox animated series The Simpsons. Hans Zimmer and Russell Emanuel serve as score producers and Steven Kofsky is credited as the score executive producer. The composers are replacing Alf Clausen who has scored most of the episodes of the previous 28 seasons of the series. Danny Elfman’s main titles theme for the show is still […]
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Bleeding Fingers Music Taking Over Scoring Duties on ‘The Simpsons’
Posted: October 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bleeding Fingers Music, Fox, Hans Zimmer, Russell Emanuel, Steven Kofsky, The Simpsons
Epic Records to Release ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Soundtrack
Posted: September 27, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve, Hans Zimmer, score, Soundtrack
Epic Records has announced the official soundtrack album for Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049. Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King) and Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Annabelle Creation, Hidden Figures) have composed the film’s original music. The soundtrack is now available to order as a limited edition 2-CD set by clicking here. A digital version is set to be released on October 5, 2017 […]
Andrew Kawczynski Scoring ‘Sky Hunter’
Posted: September 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Kawczynski, Hans Zimmer, Sky Hunter, Todo Mal
Andrew Kawczynski has recently recorded his music for the upcoming Chinese war action drama Sky Hunter. Hans Zimmer serves as the score producer. The film marks the directorial debut of actor Li Chen who also stars in the movie alongside Fan Bingbing, Wang Qianyuan, Li Jiahang and Leon Lee. The movie follows an elite air force who are called into […]
‘Show Us Your Musical Genius’ Winners Announced
Posted: September 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Genius, Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe have announced the winners in the Show Us Your Musical Genius competition. The challenge, presented by NatGeo, Fox 21, Milan Records and hosted by indi.com, had contestants submit their rendition of Zimmer and Balfe’s Emmy-nominated main title theme for the NatGeo TV series Genius. Zimmer & Balfe’s prize winner is entitled Pipe Dream created […]
Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe Hosting ‘Show Us Your Musical Genius!’ Competition
Posted: August 19, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Genius, Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe are hosting a competition for the music community entitled, “Show us your Musical Genius!” Participants will submit their rendition or interpretation of the composers’ Emmy Award-nominated theme from the NatGeo original series Genius executive produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer & Ken Biller and starring Geoffrey Rush & Johnny Flynn and blue ribbon […]
‘Blade Runner 2049’ to Feature Music by Hans Zimmer
Posted: July 29, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve, Hans Zimmer, Johann Johannsson
Hans Zimmer is currently scoring Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049. While we first heard of the composer’s involvement in the project back in May, Villeneuve clarified in a recent interview with Studio Cine Live that the composer is collaborating with Benjamin Wallfisch on the score and the theme written for the movie by the film’s original composer Johann Johannsson […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 28, 2017)
Posted: July 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Family Man, Aaron Martin, An Inconvenient Sequel, Atomic Blonde, Brigsby Bear, Dag Rosenqvist, David Wingo, Detroit, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Jeff Beal, Joseph Trapanese, Mark Isham, Menashe, Patrick Doyle, Person to Person, Sharon Van Etten, Strange Weather, The Emoji Movie, The Last Face, Tyler Bates, Wolf Warriors 2
Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature The Emoji Movie directed by Tony Leondis and featuring the voices of T.J. Miller, Anna Faris, James Corden, Patrick Stewart, Maya Rudolph, Sofia Vergara and Christina Aguilera. The film’s original music is composed by Patrick Doyle (Brave, Cinderella, Thor, Harry Potter and the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 21, 2017)
Posted: July 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Chris Bordeaux, Clyde Lawrence, David Newman, Dunkirk, First Kill, Gert Wilden Jr., Girls Trip, Gregoire Hetzel, Hans Zimmer, Jordan Cohen, Landline, Noah Sorota, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, The Fencer, The Gracefield Incident, The Midwife, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the thriller Dunkirk directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden and Barry Keoghan. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Gladiator, The Lion King). […]
‘Dunkirk’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: July 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer
WaterTower Music has published the first full track from the soundtrack album for Christopher Nolan’s thriller Dunkirk. Listen to the 8-minute track Supermarine written by the film’s composer Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Gladiator, The Lion King) after the jump. The cue is also available to download on Amazon. The full soundtrack will be released on July 21, 2017 and […]
‘Dunkirk’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk have been announced. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Gladiator, The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean). The soundtrack will be released on July 21, 2017 by WaterTower Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Dunkirk starring Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, […]