Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer has announced his first live tour. The concerts will feature a 20-piece studio band, alongside singer Lebo M (The Lion King, The Power of One), as well as an orchestra and choir. The tour will kick off in London on April 6, 2016 and will be taking in 18 cities, including Birmingham, Brussels, Hamburg, […]
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Hans Zimmer European Live Tour Announced
Posted: November 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Hans Zimmer
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 2, 2015)
Posted: October 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Addicted to Fresno, Daniel Lopatin, Freeheld, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, He Named Me Malala, Hell and Back, Johnny Marr, Klaus Badelt, Nathan Matthew David, Partisan, Robert Zemeckis, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, Shanghai, The Martian, The Walk, Thomas Newman
Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action adventure The Martian directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Kristen Wiig, Mackenzie Davis and Donald Glover. The film’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (Kingdom of Heaven, The Chronicles of Narnia). Columbia […]
‘Freeheld’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Freeheld, Hans Zimmer, Johnny Marr, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the drama Freeheld. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, The Lion King, Gladiator, Interstellar) and The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 25, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Freeheld […]
Hans Zimmer to Score Gore Verbinski’s ‘A Cure for Wellness’
Posted: August 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Cure for Wellness, Gore Verbinski, Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer is set to reunite with director Gore Verbinski on the upcoming supernatural horror project A Cure for Wellness. The film stars Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth and Celia Imrie. The movie follows a worker who is sent to rescue his boss from a European “wellness spa soon” and realizes that he’s trapped and discovers that the […]
Hans Zimmer to Compose Main Theme for Nat Geo’s ‘Saints & Strangers’
Posted: July 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, National Geographic Channel, Saints & Strangers
National Geographic Channel announced at a panel yesterday at the Television Critics Association summer tour that Hans Zimmer will be composing the main theme for network’s upcoming event series Saints & Strangers. The score will be composed by Bleeding Fingers Music, a collaboration between Zimmer and Extreme Music. Saints & Strangers is created by Eric Overmyer (Bosch, Treme, The Affair) and tells the […]
‘The Little Prince’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey, score, Soundtrack, The Little Prince
Because Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Little Prince. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Inception) and Richard Harvey (Luther). Also included are three original songs performed by French singer/songwriter Camille. The soundtrack will be released overseas on July 24, 2015. Visit the French Amazon […]
‘Woman in Gold’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Martin Phipps, score, Soundtrack, Woman in Gold
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the drama Woman in Gold. The album features the film’s original music composed by Martin Phipps (Brighton Rock, Harry Brown) and Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, Interstellar). The soundtrack will be released overseas on May 29, 2015. No word yet on a domestic release date. Woman in Gold is directed by Simon […]
Hans Zimmer Scoring Peter Sollett’s ‘Freeheld’
Posted: April 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeheld, Hans Zimmer, Peter Sollett
Hans Zimmer is currently recording his score for the upcoming indie drama Freeheld. The film is directed by Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Raising Victor Vargas) and stars Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell, Michael Shannon, Gabriel Luno and Luke Grimes. The movie follows New Jersey police officer Laurel Hester and her police detective girlfriend who both battle […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 5, 2015)
Posted: April 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A.D., American Odyssey, Daredevil, Debbie Wiseman, Douglas Pipes, Hans Zimmer, If There Be Thorns, John Debney, John Nordstrom, John Paesano, Lifetime, Lorne Balfe, NBC, Netflix, PBS, TBS, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, Tree Adams, Wolf Hall, Your Family or Mine
Premiering tonight is the NBC event series A.D. executive produced by Mark Burnett & Roma Downey and starring Juan Pablo di Pace, Vincent Regan, Greta Scacchi, Aniss Elkohen, Richard Coyle, Babou Ceesay, Chipo Chung, Cesare Taurasi and Adam Levy. Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King) and Lorne Balfe (Home, Penguins of Madagascar) […]
Hans Zimmer to Score Ron Howard’s ‘Inferno’
Posted: April 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Inferno, Ron Howard
Hans Zimmer is officially set to reteam with director Ron Howard on the upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown’s bestselling novel Inferno. Tom Hanks returns to reprise his role as Robert Langdon and is joined by Felicity Jones as Dr. Sienna Brooks, Irrfan Khan as Harry Sims, Omar Sy as Christoph Bruder and Sidse Babett Knudsen as Dr. Elizabeth […]