The full details of the soundtrack album for Ben Affleck’s crime drama Live by Night have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven, The Town, Gone Baby Gone). Also included is the original song Moonshine performed by Foy Vance feat. Kacey Musgraves. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 23, 2016. Live by Night is based on the novel by Denis Lehane (Mystic River) and stars Affleck, Sienna Miller, Elle Fanning, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana and Chris Cooper. The movie is set in the Prohibition Era and centers around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
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Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Niki Caro’s ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’
Harry Gregson-Williams is set to compose the music for the upcoming drama The Zookeeper’s Wife. The film is directed by Niki Caro (Whale Rider, North Country, McFarland, USA) and stars Jessica Chastain, Daniel Bruhl, Johan Heldenbergh, Michael McElhatton and Anna Rust. The movie is based on Diane Ackerman’s novel of the same title and tells the true story of Antonina Żabińska and her husband Dr. Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, who together used the zoo to help about 300 Jewish people escape from the Warsaw Ghetto after the Germans invaded Poland in September 1939. Angela Workman (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan) has written the screenplay. Jeff Abberley, Jamie Patricof (The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine) and Kim Zubick are producing the project.
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Confirmation’ Announced
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original movie Confirmation. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Man on Fire). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 15, 2016 and physically on May 27. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Confirmation is directed by Rick Famuyiwa and stars Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Eric Stonestreet, Jennifer Hudson, Dylan Baker, Erika Christensen, Kimberly Elise, Grace Gummer, Bill Irwin, Zoe Lister-Jones, Treat Williams and Alison Wright. The drama details the 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings and revisits the national debate over race relations and sexual harassment sparked during the hearings when law professor Anita Hill testified about her experiences with Thomas.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 10, 2016)
Premiering tonight is the Starz original series The Girlfriend Experience created by Amy Seimetz & Lodge Kerrigan, executive produced by Steven Soderbergh and starring Riley Keough, Paul Sparks, Mary Lynn Rajskub, James Gilbert and Kate Lyn Sheil. The film’s original music is composed by writer/director/composer Shane Carruth (Primer, Upstream Color). To learn more about the drama, which is inspired by Soderbergh’s 2009 feature of the same title and will air Sunday nights on Starz, visit our previous news article.
Also premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Dice created by Scot Armstrong and starring Andrew Dice Clay, Kevin Corrigan, Natasha Leggero, Lorraine Bracco, Adrien Brody and Michael Rapaport. Elegant Too aka Chris Maxwell & Phil Hernandez (Bob’s Burgers) are composing the show’s original music. Steve Marion aka Delicate Steve has written the show’s main titles theme. To learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
Harry Gregson-Williams to Score ‘Alien: Covenant’ & Ben Affleck’s ‘Live by Night’
Harry Gregson-Williams confirmed in a recent video interview with Film.Music.Media that he is attached to score Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien: Covenant. The film is set to star Michael Fassbender who will reprise his role from Prometheus, as well as Katherine Waterstone. The movie follows the crew of the colony ship Covenant that discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark world whose sole inhabitant is David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Gregson-Williams has previously scored Scott’s 2005 feature Kingdom of Heaven, as well as last year’s The Martian.
Harry Gregson-Williams Scoring HBO’s ‘Confirmation’
Harry Gregson-Williams is composing the music for the upcoming HBO original movie Confirmation. The film is directed by Rick Famuyiwa (Dope, The Wood) and stars Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Eric Stonestreet, Jennifer Hudson, Dylan Baker, Erika Christensen, Kimberly Elise, Malcolm Gets, Grace Gummer, Bill Irwin, Zoe Lister-Jones, Peter McRobbie, Treat Williams and Alison Wright. The drama details the 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings and revisits the national debate over race relations and sexual harassment sparked during the hearings when law professor Anita Hill testified about her experiences with Thomas.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 6, 2015)
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the James Bond movie Spectre directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, David Bautista and Andrew Scott. Thomas Newman (American Beauty, Skyfall, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo) has composed the film’s original music. Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an instrumental version of the movie’s title song, Writing’s on the Wall by Sam Smith. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. The song is available separately as a single. Click here for more information.
Also opening wide is the animated feature The Peanuts Movie directed by Steve Martino and based on the comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Ant-Man, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow). Epic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song performed by Meghan Trainor, a track by Flo Rida feat. Fitz and new recordings of Vince Guaraldi classics. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also check out an interview with Beck about his work on the project with Here & Now.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 2, 2015)
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 Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details. The label has also released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie and will release a deluxe 2-CD soundtrack featuring both songs and score in November. Visit our previous article for more information. Also check out interviews with Gregson-Williams about his work on the project on Soundworks Collection, Film Music Magazine, Den of Geek, HeyUGuys and GoSeeTalk.
Opening in around 350 IMAX theaters before expanding nationwide on October 9 is the drama The Walk directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon and James Badge Dale. Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away, Captain America: The First Avenger) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.
Songs from Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian’ to Be Released
In addition to the previously announced score album, Columbia Records will release a second soundtrack album for the sci-fi action adventure The Martian. The album features the songs featured in the film by artists including Donna Summer, Vicki Sue Robinson, David Bowie, Abba, Gloria Gaynor, Thelma Houston, The O’Jays and The Hues Corporation. Also included is a suite from the movie’s original score composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek series). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 2, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical release will be coming out on November 6. Click here to pre-order the CD. Click here to pre-order the 2-CD set.
‘The Martian’ Soundtrack Details
Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album for Ridley Scott’s sci-fi action adventure The Martian. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven, Man on Fire, Spy Game, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 2, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A 2-CD set featuring the score, as well as the songs from the film will be coming out on November 6 and can be pre-ordered here. The Martian is based on the best-selling novel by Andy Weir and stars Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Mackenzie Davis and Donald Glover. The movie follows an astronaut character who is stranded on Mars and must survive in a brutal environment and find a way to notify NASA that he’s still alive.