Tag: Klaus Badelt

Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 2, 2015)

October 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: 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 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.

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‘Le Père Noël’ Soundtrack Details

December 6, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Klaus Badelt, Le Père Noël, score, Soundtrack

Quad will release a soundtrack album for the French holiday comedy Le Père Noël. The album features the film’s original music composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Time Machine, Rescue Dawn). Also included are songs by James Blunt, CeeLo Green, MC Hammer and Jabberwocky. The soundtrack will be released digitally overseas on December 9, 2014. Click here to listen to audio clips. Le Père Noël is directed by Alexandre Coffre (Borderline, The Volcano) and stars Tahar Rahim, Victor Cabal, Philippe Rebbot, Anne-Lise Hesme, Amélie Glenn and Jean-François Cayrey. The movie follows a six-year-old boy who dreams of sliding through the sky with Santa Claus and discovers that he is actually a burglar who will not let anyone get in the way of his night’s work.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 5, 2014)

September 5, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Christopher Carmichael, Darren Tate, Frontera, God Help the Girl, Jay Israelson, Kelly & Cal, Kenneth Lampl, Klaus Badelt, Nathan Whitehead, Stuart Murdoch, The Identical, The Longest Week, The Remaining, Toby Chu

The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the music-themed drama The Identical directed by Dustin Marcellino and starring Erin Cottrell, Amanda Crew, Brian Geraghty, Seth Green, Ashley Judd, Joe Pantoliano, Blake Rayne, and Ray Liotta. Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, Constantine, Rescue Dawn) and Christopher Carmichael have composed the film’s original score. City of Peace Media and Capitol Christian Distribution have released a soundtrack album featuring five tracks from the composers’ score, as well as the songs from the film performed by lead actor Blake Rayne, The Morph Kings and Darcey & Mo. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, check out our previous news article.

Opening in limited release is the indie comedy drama Kelly & Cal directed by Jen McGowan and starring Juliette Lewis, Cybill Shepherd and Jonny Weston. The film’s original music is composed by Toby Chu (Covert Affairs, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return). No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie centers on the relationship between a suburban-trapped mother and a wheelchair-bound young man who brings out her former self. The dramedy premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and was picked up by IFC Films for domestic distribution. To learn more about the film, which is also being released on VOD today, visit the official movie website.

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‘The Identical’ Soundtrack Announced

August 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Christopher Carmichael, Klaus Badelt, Soundtrack, The Identical

City of Peace Media and Capitol Christian Distribution will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Identical. The album features songs from the film performed by lead actor Blake Rayne, as well as songs by The Morph Kings and Darcey & Mo. Also included are selections of the movie’s original score composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Time Machine, Rescue Dawn) and Christopher Carmichael. The soundtrack will be released on September 2, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Identical is directed by Dustin Marcellino and stars Erin Cottrell, Amanda Crew, Brian Geraghty, Seth Green, Ashley Judd, Joe Pantoliano, Blake Rayne, and Ray Liotta. The movie follows a pastor’s son who feels a call to sing, not preach and learns a shocking secret about his life.

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Klaus Badelt to Score Chen Kaige’s ‘The Monk’

March 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Chen Kaige, Klaus Badelt, The Monk

Klaus Badelt is set to reteam with director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine, Together with You) on the upcoming martial arts action epic The Monk. The film is based on the best-selling novel Dao Shi Xia Shan (A Monk Comes Down the Mountain) by Xu Haofeng (The Grandmaster) and stars Wang Baoqiang, Lin Chi-ling and Fan Wei. The movie follows a young monk who is forced to leave his impoverished monastery and crosses paths with a Kung Fu master who is in possession of the Book of Secrets, which reveals the lost art of the deadly Ape Strike Kung Fu technique. Chen Hong is producing the Columbia Pictures production. Badelt has previously composed a critically acclaimed score for Chen Kaige’s 2005 epic The Promise.

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‘Superchondriac’ (‘Supercondriaque’) Soundtrack Details

February 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Klaus Badelt, score, Soundtrack, Superchondriac, Supercondriaque

Label Zero has announced a soundtrack album for the French comedy Superchondriac (Supercondriaque). The album features the film’s original music composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, Rescue Dawn, Constantine, The Time Machine) who recorded the score with the London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios and Air Studios. The soundtrack is now available for the price of your choice on the composer’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips and check out the full album details. Superchondriac is directed by Dany Boon who also stars in the film alongside Kad Merad and Alice Pol. The movie follows a hypochondriac who asks his doctor friend to treat his condition so he can find a wife. The comedy opening in French theaters today.

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Klaus Badelt to Score Werner Herzog’s ‘Queen of the Desert’

February 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Klaus Badelt, Queen of the Desert, Supercondraique, Werner Herzog, Wish

Klaus Badelt is set to reunite with director Werner Herzog on the upcoming biographical drama Queen of the Desert. The film written and directed by Herzog stars Nicole Kidman as Gertrude Bell, the iconic explorer, writer, archeologist and attaché for the British Empire who helped to catalyze the formation of the Middle East at the dawn of the 20th century. Damian Lewis, Robert Pattinson and James Franco are co-starring. Nick Raslan is producing the Palmyra Films and Benaroya Pictures production with Cassian Elwes (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, The Paperboy) and Michael Benaroya (Lawless, The Words, Margin Call). Badelt has previously collaborated with Herzog on such films as Rescue Dawn, Invincible and the documentary Happy People: A Year in the Taiga.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 15, 2013)

February 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: A Good Day to Die Hard, Aaron Zigman, Beautiful Creatures, Christopher Carmichael, Deborah Lurie, Escape from Planet Earth, Klaus Badelt, Marco Beltrami, Safe Haven, Shanghai Calling, thenewno2

Four new movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the action thriller sequel A Good Day to Die Hard directed by John Moore and starring Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney. The film’s music is composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Scream) who previously scored the last film in the series, Live Free or Die Hard. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. For audio clips and the full album details, visit our soundtrack announcement. For a recent interview with Beltrami about his work on the film and his other recent projects, visit Film Music Magazine.

Also opening wide is the romantic drama/thriller Safe Haven directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, David Lyons, Cobie Smulders and Noah Lomax. The film’s original score is composed by Deborah Lurie who previously worked with Hallstrom on the Nicholas Sparks adaptation Dear John and An Unfinished Life. A soundtrack album featuring the film’s songs, as well as one score track has been released by Relativity Music Group and Republic Records. Check out our previous article for the full details. Relativity has also released a separate soundtrack featuring Lurie’s score. For audio clips and more information, click here.

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‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Soundtrack Released

October 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Fly Me to the Moon, Klaus Badelt, score, Soundtrack, Un plan parfait

Labelzero has released a soundtrack album for the French action romantic comedy Fly Me to the Moon (Un plan parfait). The album features the film’s original score composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Time Machine). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon or for the price of your choice in the label’s online store. The soundtrack will also be released on CD, Music DVD and Music Blu-Ray on November 1, 2012. Fly Me to the Moon is directed by Pascal Chaumail who previously worked with Badelt on Heartbreaker and stars Diane Kruger and Dany Boon. The movie follows a successful woman in love who tries to break her family curse of every first marriage ending in divorce, by dashing to the alter with a random stranger before marrying her boyfriend. The film will be released in France on October 31, 2012.

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‘Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia’ Soundtrack Announced

October 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Asterix and Obelix, Astérix et Obélix: Au service de Sa Majesté, Christopher Carmichael, Cyrille Aufort, God Save Britannia, Klaus Badelt, score, Soundtrack

The details of the soundtrack album for the family adventure movie Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia (Astérix et Obélix: Au service de Sa Majesté) have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, Constantine) performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra, as well as additional music by Cyrille Aufort (Splice) and Christopher Carmichael (Seven Days in Utopia). Also included are two songs by BB Brunes and Travis Hawley’s I Wanna Go Now. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 15, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips from the album after the jump. Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia is directed by Laurent Tirard and stars Gerard Depardieu, Edouard Baer, Fabrice Luchini, Catherine Deneuve, Guillaume Gallienne and Vincent Lacoste.

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