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 check out audio clips. Parkland is written and directed by Peter Landesman and stars James Badge Dale, Zac Efron, Jackie Earle Haley, Colin Hanks, Marcia Gay Harden, Ron Livingston, Jeremy Strong, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Paul Giamatti. The movie chronicles the events leading up to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and is named for the Parkland Memorial Hospital where JFK was rushed on Nov. 22, 1963. The film recently premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festival and is set to be released in select cities on October 4, 2013 by Exclusive Media.
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James Newton Howard’s Expanded ‘Wyatt Earp’ Score Released
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 two discs, as well as bonus and source cues and the original 1994 soundtrack album edits on the third disc. The release, which was supervised by the composer and producer/actor Kevin Costner is limited to 3000 copies. Visit La-La Land Records’ official website to listen to audio clips and order the soundtrack.
James Newton Howard Scoring ‘Parkland’
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 assassination and is named for the Parkland Memorial Hospital where JFK was rushed on Nov. 22, 1963. Playtone’s Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Polar Express) and Exclusive Media’s Nigel Sinclair & Guy East (Let Me In, End of Watch) are producing the project with Bill Paxton. Newton Howard has previously scored Hanks’ directorial feature Larry Crowne and also has also written the music for Playtone’s Charlie Wilson’s War. The composer’s music is being recorded this week at Abbey Road Studios in London.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 31, 2013)
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi adventure After Earth directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith. The film’s music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village) who regularly works with the director. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally earlier this week. The CD version is currently set to be released on June 11. Check out our soundtrack announcement article for audio clips and the full album details.
Also opening wide is the heist thriller Now You See Me directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Isla Fisher, Melanie Laurent, Woody Harrelson, Michael Kelly, Dave Franco and Common. Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast Five, The Expendables) composed the film’s original score. Glassnote Records has released a soundtrack album featuring selections from Tyler’s score, as well as Two Door Cinema Club’s Sun, Phoenix’s Entertainment and a remix of Tyler’s score by Robert DeLong. Check out our previous article for the full album details and click here to watch a recording sessions video.
‘After Earth’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming sci-fi adventure After Earth have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by the director’s regular musical collaborator James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village). The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on May 28, 2013 and physically on June 4, 2013 by Sony Masterworks. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio clips are available below. After Earth stars Will Smith and Jaden Smith and follows a teenager and his legendary father who get stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape following a crash landing. Since our last update, the film’s release date has been moved up a week to May 31, 2013.
Sony Masterworks to Release James Newton Howard’s ‘After Earth’ Score
Sony Masterworks will release the official soundtrack album for M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming sci-fi action adventure After Earth. The album features the film’s original score composed by James Newton Howard who has written the music for all of the director’s score in the past 14 years, including The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs and The Village. The soundtrack will be released on June 4, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. After Earth starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith follows a teenager Kitai Raige and his legendary father who get stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape following a crash landing. The movie is set to be released nationwide on June 7, 2013 by Sony Pictures.
James Newton Howard’s ‘Grand Canyon’ Score Released
La-La Land Records has announced an expanded release of the original motion picture score to the 1991 feature film Grand Canyon written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Kline, Mary McDonald, Danny Glover and Steve Martin. The album features the movie’s original score composed by James Newton Howard. The special limited edition soundtrack contains more than 25 minutes of score not found on the original soundtrack release. To listen to audio clips and to order the album, which is limited to 2000 copies, visit the label’s official website.
Expanded ‘Dave’ Score by James Newton Howard Released
La-La Land Records has released a new soundtrack release for the 1993 comedy drama Dave directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver and Frank Langella. The album features the expanded and remastered score from the Warner Bros. Pictures production composed by James Newton Howard (King Kong, The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games), including about 30 minutes of previously unreleased music and a number of alternates. The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s website, where you can also listen to audio clips. The album is limited to 3000 copies.
James Newton Howard to Score Disney’s ‘Maleficent’
James Newton Howard has signed on to score the upcoming fantasy movie Maleficent. The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning production designer Robert Stromberg (Avatar, Alice in Wonderland) and stars Angelina Jolie as the green-skinned wicked witch from Disney’s 1959 animated feature Sleeping Beauty. The movie tells the fairy tale from the perspective of Aurora’s evil nemesis, revealing the back story that led her to curse the girl as a baby. Elle Fanning portrays Princess Aurora and Sharlto Copley, Juno Temple, Sam Riley, Miranda Richardson and Imelda Staunton are also starring. Linda Woolverton (Alice in Wonderland) has written the screenplay.
James Newton Howard to Return for ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’
James Newton Howard has confirmed in a recent interview with Filmmusicsite.com, Underscores.fr and BSO Spirit (available to listen here) at last weekend’s Ghent Film Festival that he is attached to score the upcoming The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire. The composer has scored this year’s first part in the series and has also written the music for the sequel’s director Francis Lawrence’s previous two features I Am Legend and Water for Elephants. Catching Fire based on the novel by Suzanne Collins stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. Academy Award-winning screenwriters Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) and Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) have penned the script. Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik are returning as the producers.