Ed Sheeran has written and recorded the end credits song I See Fire for Peter Jackson’s upcoming fantasy adventure sequel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The Grammy-nominated and BRIT Award and Ivor Novello Award-winning British singer/songwriter announced his involvement on his Twitter page today. Sheeran plays all the instruments on the track apart from the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Howard Shore’
Ed Sheeran Performs End Credits Song for ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’
Posted: November 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ed Sheeran, Howard Shore, score, Soundtrack, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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Expanded and Remastered ‘Ed Wood’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ed Wood, Howard Shore, score, Soundtrack, Tim Burton
Howe Records has announced a new soundtrack edition for Tim Burton’s 1995 biographical drama Ed Wood starring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Bela Lugosi, as well as Sarah Jessica Parker and Patricia Arquette. The album features the remastered film’s original score composed and conducted by Howard Shore […]
Howe Records to Release Howard Shore’s ‘Jimmy P.’ Score
Posted: July 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arnaud Desplechin, Howard Shore, Jimmy P., score, Soundtrack
Howe Records will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming drama Jimmy P.. The album features the film’s original score composed by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator) and written for the Dover Quartet with chamber orchestra. The soundtrack will be released on September 10, 2013 and […]
Howard Shore Scoring ‘Jimmy Picard’
Posted: April 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arnaud Desplechin, Howard Shore, Jimmy Picard
Howard Shore has composed the score for the upcoming drama Jimmy Picard. The film is directed by Arnaud Desplechin (A Christmas Tale, Kings & Queens) and stars Benicio Del Toro as a Plains Indian member of the Blackfeet nation who returns from the WWII battlefield and experiences various medical symptoms when he meets a French ethno-psychiatrist […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 14, 2012)
Posted: December 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Any Day Now, Howard Shore, Hrishikesh Hirway, Joey Newman, P.T. Walkley, Save the Date, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
One movie is opening in wide release this weekend: Expected to beat box office opening weekend records for the month of December is the fantasy movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey directed by Peter Jackson and starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Graham McTavish, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving, James Nesbitt, […]
‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: November 8, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: An Unexpected Journey, Howard Shore, The Hobbit
Audio clips from the soundtrack for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have appeared online. The film’s music is composed and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore. Check out fifteen minutes of music from the score (via Qubuz), as well as audio clips from all tracks on the standard edition embedded after the […]
‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: An Unexpected Journey, Howard Shore, Peter Jackson, score, Soundtrack, The Hobbit
WaterTower Music has announced the details of the soundtrack albums for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The albums feature the film’s music composed and conducted by Howard Shore, which was recorded at Abbey Road Studios by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Also included is the original song Song of the Lonely Mountain written and […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 17, 2012)
Posted: August 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian Tyler, Compliance, Cosmopolis, Daniel Pemberton, Francis and the Starlights, Geoff Zanelli, Heather McIntosh, Howard Shore, Jon Brion, Metric, ParaNorman, Robot & Frank, Salaam Remi, Sparkle, Spencer David Hutchings, The Awakening, The Expendables 2, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Why Stop Now?
Four new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action film sequel The Expendables 2 directed by Simon West and starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film’s […]
‘Cosmopolis’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg, Howard Shore, Metric, score, Soundtrack
Howe Records will be releasing the soundtrack album for David Cronenberg’s upcoming drama Cosmopolis. The album features the film’s original score by Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore performed by the indie rock band Metric. The composer has also co-written three original songs with the Canadian band. Also featured on the soundtrack is the song Mecca […]
Palm Springs Film Festival to Honor Howard Shore
Posted: December 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Frederick Loewe Music Award, Howard Shore, Hugo, Palm Springs Film Festival
Howard Shore will be honored with the Frederick Loewe Music Award at the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. The composer will be receiving the award for his work on Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, for which he already received a Golden Globe, as well as a Broadcast Film Critics Association Movie Award nomination. Shore has previously […]
