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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 30, 2013)

August 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Afternoon Delight, Carlo Siliotto, Closed Circuit, Craig Wedren, David Wittman, Drinking Buddies, Empire State, Fred Avril, Getaway, Instructions Not Included, Joby Talbot, Justin Burnett, One Direction: This Is Us, Passion, Pino Donaggio, Simon Franglen, The Lifeguard

Three new movies are opening wide this week:

Already in theaters since Wednesday is the thriller Closed Circuit directed by John Crowley and starring Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Riz Ahmed, Jim Broadbent, Kenneth Cranham, Anne-Marie Duff, Ciarán Hinds and Julia Stiles. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally earlier this week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details, more information about the movie and to listen to audio clips.

Opening wide today is the concert documentary One Direction: This Is Us directed by Morgan Spurlock about the British/Irish boy band One Direction, consisting of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. Simon Franglen who collaborated with James Horner on his scores for Avatar, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Karate Kid has composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been released, but the songs featured in the film are available on the band’s records. To learn more about the documentary, which is being released by Sony Pictures, visit the official movie website.

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Soundtrack for Brian De Palma’s ‘Passion’ Announced

February 11, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Brian De Palma, Passion, Pino Donaggio, score, Soundtrack

Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for Brian De Palma’s upcoming thriller Passion. The album features the film’s original score composed by Pino Donaggio who has previously collaborated with the director on such films as Body Double, Dressed to Kill, Carrie, Blow Out and Home Videos. The soundtrack will be released on March 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available on the label’s official website and more clips can be checked out below. Passion is a remake of the French psychodrama Love Crime (Crime d’amour) and stars Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace. The film premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and will be released in France later this week. Entertainment One has picked up domestic rights and is planning a theatrical release this spring.

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Pino Donaggio to Score Brian De Palma’s ‘Passion’

January 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 2 comments

Tags: Brian De Palma, Passion, Pino Donaggio

Following our news article from last Saturday about Dario Marianelli scoring Brian De Palma’s Passion, we have just received word from SBS Production that they have accidentally sent out incorrect information and that the composer is not involved in the film at this point. According to the production company, Pino Donaggio is attached to write the music for the drama instead. The project would mark the composer’s first collaboration with De Palma since 1992’s Raising Cain. They have also worked together on Body Double, Dressed to Kill, Carrie, Blow Out and Home Videos. Passion is a remake of the French psychodrama Love Crime (Crime d’amour) and stars Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace. The movie produced by Saïd Ben Saïd (Carnage, Love Crime) is currently in pre-production and shooting is scheduled to begin this March in Berlin. No release date has been set yet.

Dario Marianelli to Score Brian De Palma’s ‘Passion’

January 7, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Brian De Palma, Dario Marianelli, Passion

UPDATE (January 13, 2012): We have received word from SBS Productions that they have accidentally sent out incorrect information and that Pino Donaggio is attached to score the movie instead. Check out our new article here.

~~SBS Productions has confirmed to Film Music Reporter that Dario Marianelli is set to score Brian De Palma’s upcoming drama Passion.~~ The movie starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace is a remake of the French psychodrama Love Crime (Crime d’amour) directed by Alain Corneau and starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier as two ruthless executives, one of whom is driven to murder the other. The rest of the cast has yet to be announced. Saïd Ben Saïd (Carnage) is producing the project through SBS Productions and Integral Films is the German partner. Brian De Palma has worked with some of film music’s most respected composers throughout his career. The director’s previous musical collaborators include Ennio Morricone (The Untouchables), John Williams (The Fury), Bernard Herrmann (Sisters), Danny Elfman (Mission Impossible), Patrick Doyle (Carlito’s Way), Ryuchi Sakamoto (Snake Eyes), Giorgio Moroder (Scarface), Pino Dinaggio (Dressed to Kill) and Mark Isham (The Black Dahlia).

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