James Newton Howard is reuniting with director Edward Zwick on the upcoming biographical drama Pawn Sacrifice. The film is set at the height of the Cold War and tells the true story of U.S. chess prodigy Bobby Fischer and his epic faceoff against Russia’s Boris Spassky. Tobey Maguire is portraying Fischer while Liev Schreiber plays his archrival. Peter […]
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James Newton Howard to Score Edward Zwick’s ‘Pawn Sacrifice’
Posted: May 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Edward Zwick, James Newton Howard, Pawn Sacrifice, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
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‘Maleficent’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, Maleficent, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure Maleficent. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense). Also featured is Lana Del Rey’s new cover version of the song Once Upon a Dream, which was featured in the movie’s trailer and was released earlier […]
James Newton Howard’s ‘Falling Down’ Score Released
Posted: January 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Falling Down, James Newton Howard, Joel Schumacher, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack album for the 1993 thriller Falling Down directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall and Barbara Hershey. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, The Fugitive). Marty Paich conducted the orchestra. […]
James Newton Howard Scoring ‘Cut Bank’
Posted: January 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cut Bank, Edward Zwick, James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard is composing the score for the upcoming thriller Cut Bank. The film is directed by Matt Shakman (Mad Men, Six Feet Under) and stars Liam Hemsworth, John Malkovich, Billy Bob Thornton, Teresa Palmer, Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt and Michael Stuhlbarg. The movie follows a former-athlete-turned-auto-mechanic who dreams of getting out of Cut […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 22, 2013)
Posted: November 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Contracted, Delivery Man, James Newton Howard, Jon Brion, Kevin Riepl, Philomena, The Christmas Candle, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Tim Atack
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the film adaptation of the bestselling novel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. Republic Records has released […]
‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Score Album Details
Posted: October 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, score, Soundtrack, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Universal Republic will release a score album for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, Signs King Kong). The soundtrack will be released on November 25, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously announced, the label will also […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 4, 2013)
Posted: October 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A.C.O.D., All Is Bright, Bad Milo, Christophe Beck, Grace Unplugged, Graham Reynolds, Gravity, James Newton Howard, Jeff Lippencott, Nick Urata, Parkland, Runner Runner, Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde, Steve Poltz, Steven Price, Ted Masur
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the space drama Gravity directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. The film’s original score is composed by Steven Price (The World’s End, Attack the Block). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the […]
‘Parkland’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, Parkland, score, Soundtrack
Rhino Records will release the official soundtrack album for the historical drama Parkland. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also […]
James Newton Howard’s Expanded ‘Wyatt Earp’ Score Released
Posted: August 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, Lawrence Kasdan, score, Soundtrack, Wyatt Earp
La-La Land Records has released a new limited soundtrack edition for Warner Bros. Pictures’ 1994 western Wyatt Earp directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid and Gene Hackman. The 3-CD set features the expanded film score composed by James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games, King Kong) on the first […]
James Newton Howard Scoring ‘Parkland’
Posted: June 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Newton Howard, Parkland, Peter Landesman, Tom Hanks
James Newton Howard is currently scoring the upcoming historical drama Parkland. The film is written and directed by Peter Landesman and stars Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton, Jeremy Strong, Jacki Weaver, Jackie Earle Haley, Colin Hanks and Ron Livingston. The film chronicles the events leading up to President John F. Kennedy’s […]
