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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 4, 2015)

December 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Krampus written and directed by Michael Dougherty and starring Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Emjay Anthony, Allison Tolman, Conchata Ferrell, Stefania Lavie Owen and Krista Stadler. The film’s original music is composed by Douglas Pipes (Monster House, Trick ‘r Treat). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine and Trailer Addict for interviews with the composer about his work on the project.

Opening in around 300 theaters is the comedy drama Chi-Raq directed by Spike Lee and starring Teyohonah Parris, Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, La La Anthony, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, D.B. Sweeney, Harry Lennix and Steve Harris. Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, Inside Man) has composed the film’s original score. RCA Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Nick Cannon, R. Kelly feat. Tunk, Jennifer Hudson, Sam Dew, The Bruce Hornsby Band & more. Check out our previous news article for more information.

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Nathan Larson to Score HBO’s ‘Vinyl’

September 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: HBO, Martin Scorsese, Nathan Larson, Terence Winter, Vinyl

Nathan Larson is set to compose the score for the upcoming HBO series Vinyl. The show is created by Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Sopranos) and stars Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Juno Temple, Ato Essandoh, P. J. Byrne, J. C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Paul Ben-Victor. The drama is set in 1970s New York and tells the story of Richie Finestra, a record executive trying to resurrect his label and find the next new sound. Martin Scorsese (Good Fellas, Taxi Driver, The Departed) has directed the pilot episode and is also executive producing the project with Winter, Mick Jagger, George Mastras (Breaking Bad), Rick Yorn (We Bought a Zoo), Victoria Pearman (Get on Up) and Emma Tillinger Koskoff (The Wolf of Wall Street).

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 4, 2015)

September 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: A Walk in the Woods, Alexandre Azaria, Before We Go, Break Point, Chloe & Theo, Chris Westlake, Dragon Blade, Henry Lai, Nathan Larson, Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, The Newton Brothers, The Transporter Refueled, Tim Anderson, Will Bates

Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters is the action reboot The Transporter Refueled directed by Camille Delamarre and starring Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Loan Shabanon, Gabriella Wright, Radivoje Bukvić, Anatole Taubman, Wenxia Yu and Tatiana Pajković. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Azaria (Lockout, Love and Other Disasters) who previously scored the second and third part in the original trilogy. EuropaCorp has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the movie by The Animals, Selah Sue, Mani Hoffman, The Leons & more. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.

Already playing in theaters since Wednesday is the comedy drama A Walk in the Woods directed by Ken Kwapis and starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Nick Offerman, Kristen Schaal, Mary Steenburgen and Emma Thompson. Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry, Show Me a Hero, Margin Call, Our Idiot Brother) has composed the film’s original score. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring two tracks from the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the film by Lord Huron, Blake Mills, Dwight Yoakum, Great Lake Swimmers and Shovels & Rope. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film.

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‘A Walk in the Woods’ Soundtrack Announced

August 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 1 comment

Tags: A Walk in the Woods, Ken Kwapis, Nathan Larson, Soundtrack

Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the comedy adventure A Walk in the Woods. The album features two score suites composed by Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry, Show Me a Hero, Margin Call, The Skeleton Twins). Also included are previously unreleased tracks from Lurd Huron & Blake Mills, as well as four tracks from Lord Huron’s 2012 debut, Lonesome Dreams and songs by Dwight Yoakum, Great Lake Swimmers and Shovels & Rope. The soundtrack will be released on September 25, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Walk in the Woods is directed by Ken Kwapis and stars Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Nick Offerman, Kristen Schaal, Mary Steenburgen and Emma Thompson. The film follows two old friends who make the improbable decision to hike the 2,200–mile Appalachian Trail.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 16, 2015)

August 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Blunt Talk, Craig Wedren, HBO, Nathan Larson, Show Me a Hero, Starz

Premiering tonight on HBO is the mini-series Show Me a Hero created by David Simon, directed by Paul Haggis and starring Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, Winona Ryder, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Bob Balaban, Jim Belushi and Jon Bernthal. Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry, Dirty Pretty Things, (Our) Idiot Brother, A Walk in the Woods) has composed the music for the 6-parter. To learn more about the series, check out our previous news article.

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Nathan Larson Scoring HBO’s’ ‘Show Me a Hero’

August 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: David Simon, HBO, Nathan Larson, Show Me a Hero

Nathan Larson has composed the music for the HBO mini-series Show Me a Hero. The 6-parter is created by David Simon (The Wire, Treme) and stars Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, Winona Ryder, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Bob Balaban, Jim Belushi and Jon Bernthal. Paul Haggis (Crash, The Next Three Days) has directed all episodes. The series based on the 1999 book of the same title by New York Times writer Lisa Belki is set in the 1960s and follows a young mayor of a mid-sized city who is faced with a federal court order to build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 26, 2015)

April 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Happyish, HBO, Nathan Larson, Showtime, Solomon Grey, The Casual Vacancy

Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Happyish created by Shalom Auslander and starring Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, Bradley Whitford, Sawyer Shipman, Carrie Preston, Molly Price and Andre Royo. The show’s original music is composed by Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry, Dirty Pretty Things, Margin Call, The Skeleton Twins). For more information about the series about a couple who face obsolescence in a youth-obsessed culture, check out scoring assignment announcement. Happyish will air every Sunday night on Showtime.

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Nathan Larson Scoring Showtime’s ‘Happyish’

April 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Happyish, Ken Kwapis, Nathan Larson, Showtime

Nathan Larson is composing the music for the new Showtime original series Happyish. The show is created by Shalom Auslander and stars Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, Bradley Whitford, Sawyer Shipman, Carrie Preston, Molly Price and Andre Royo. The comedy drama follows a couple who face obsolescence in a youth-obsessed culture where people in their 40s are halfway to dead. Auslander is also executive producing the project with Ken Kwapis (He’s Just Not That Into You, Vibes, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) who directed the pilot episode. Larson has previously collaborated with Kwapis on the feature A Walk in the Woods starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte & Emma Thompson, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Broad Green Pictures for a release later this year.

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Nathan Larson Scoring ‘The Wannabe’

October 15, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Nathan Larson, Nick Sandow, The Wannabe

Nathan Larson has recently scored the upcoming indie crime drama The Wannabe. The film is written and directed by Nick Sandow and stars Vincent Piazza, Patricia Arquette, Michael Imperioli, David Zayas and Doug E. Doug. The movie is in New York City during the early 1990s and follows a man obsessed with mob culture who attempts to fix the jury in the trial of John Gotti. Lizzie Nastro (Bluebird) is producing the project with Mike Gasparro are producing the Electric Entertainment production. Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, The Wolf of Wall Street) and Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Stargate) are among the film’s executive producers.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 9, 2014)

May 9, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the comedy Neighbors directed by Nick Stoller and starring Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco. The film’s original music is composed by Mike Andrews (The Heat, Bridesmaids, Bad Teacher, Donnie Darko). Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film by artists including Flo Rida, Missy Elliott feat. The Black Keys, Fergie, Nappy Roots, K’naan, Theophilus London, Icona Pop, Ke$ha and more. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the animated feature Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return directed by Daniel St. Pierre & Will Finn and featuring the voice talent of Lea Michele, Martin Short, Hugh Dancy and Megan Hilty Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Kelsey Grammer, Oliver Platt, Patrick Stewart and Bernadette Peters. The film’s original songs are composed by Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Tift Merritt, Jim Dooley & Mike Himelstein. The movie’s original score is composed by Toby Chu (Covert Affairs, Burn Notice). Sony Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs and selections from the score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.

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