Tag: Paul Greengrass

‘The Uprising’ Soundtrack Album Details

Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the period drama The Uprising. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave, Lion, Adrift, Pressure, The Amateur, The Day of the Jackal, Dune: Prophecy. A House of Dynamite, One Life). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 11 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s “ouverture” track below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits/ The Uprising is written and directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Tom Hollander, Jonny Lee Miller, Woody Norman, Katherine Waterston and Sky Yang. The movie follows the legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II as he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice and survival.

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Volker Bertelmann Scoring Paul Greengrass’ ‘The Uprising’

Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Pressure, Adrift, The Day of the Jackal, The Amateur, A House of Dynamite, One Life) has composed the original score for the upcoming period drama The Uprising. The film is written and directed by Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, Captain Phillips) and stars Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Cosmo Jarvis, Tom Hollander, Thomasin McKenzie, Woody Norman, Jonny Lee Miller, Katherine Waterston and Sky Yang. The movie follows the legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II as he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice and survival.

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‘The Lost Bus’ Soundtrack Album Details

Platoon will release a soundtrack album for Paul Greengrass’ survival drama The Lost Bus. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Fugitive, Signs, Maleficent, The Village). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. The Lost Bus is co-written and directed by Greengrass and stars Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Yul Vazquez, Spencer Watson and Ashlie Atkinson. The movie is based on events that transpired during the California Camp Fire and chronicles a wayward school bus driver’s and a dedicated school teacher’s battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno.

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James Newton Howard to Score Paul Greengrass’ ‘The Lost Bus’

James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Signs, The Village, Maleficent) is set to score the upcoming drama The Lost Bus. The film is directed by Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy/Ultimatum, United 93) and stars Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson and Spencer Watson. The movie is set during the disastrous 2018 Camp Fire that became the deadliest fire in California history and is told through the perspective of heroic bus driver Kevin McKay and school teacher Mary Ludwig who helped navigate a bus full of children through the deadly wildfire.

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‘News of the World’ Soundtrack Album Details

Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the western News of the World. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, Signs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Village, The Fugitive). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically this December. Click here to stream/download the album and visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version, which is scheduled to come out on December 18. News of the World is co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel. The movie is set five years after the end of the Civil War and follows a widower and veteran of three wars who moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news of presidents and queens, glorious feuds, devastating catastrophes, and gripping adventures from the far reaches of the globe.

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James Newton Howard to Score Paul Greengrass’ ‘News of the World’

James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Signs, The Fugitive) has been tapped to score the upcoming drama News of the World. The film is directed by Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy/Ultimatum, United 93, Captain Phillips) and stars Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Michael Covino, Fred Hechinger and Thomas Francis Murphy. The movie based on the best-selling 2016 novel of the same title by Paulette Jiles is set in the days following the Civil War and centers on the the unlikely friendship between Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, an early precursor to today’s newscasters, and a 10-year-old girl he is tasked with bringing to her relatives. Luke Davies (Lion, Catch-22) wrote the original screenplay with revisions by Greengrass.

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‘Jason Bourne’ Soundtrack Details

jason-bourneBack Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the action thriller Jason Bourne. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Happy Feet, Shrek, United 93, Kung Fu Panda) who previously scored the first three parts in the series and David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Nice Guys, The Forbidden Kingdom). Also included is a new version of Moby’s Extreme Ways. The soundtrack will be released on July 29, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jason Bourne is directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel and Tommy Lee Jones.

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John Powell & David Buckley to Score Paul Greengrass’ ‘Jason Bourne’

jason-bourneJohn Powell and David Buckley have been hired to score the upcoming action thriller Jason Bourne. The film is directed by Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips) who previously helmed The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum and stars Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel and Tommy Lee Jones. The movie takes place seven years after The Bourne Ultimatum and follows the title character as he unexpectedly resurfaces at a time when the world is faced with unprecedented instability. Greengrass and editor Christopher Rouse have written the screenplay based on the characters created by Robert Ludlum. Frank Marshall (Jurassic World, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sixth Sense) is producing the project with Jeffrey Weiner, Greengrass, Damon, Gregory Goodman (X-Men: First Class) and Ben Smith. 

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‘Captain Phillips’ Soundtrack Announced

captain-phillipsVarese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Captain Phillips. The album features the film’s original score composed by Henry Jackman (Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class). The soundtrack will be released on October 15, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Captain Phillips is directed by Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, United 93) and stars Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. Catherine Keener is co-starring in the film, which will be released nationwide on October 11 by Sony Pictures.

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Henry Jackman Scoring Paul Greengrass’ ‘Captain Phillips’

Henry Jackman has been tapped to score the upcoming drama Captain Phillips. The film is directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Tom Hanks as the skipper of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama who alloweed himself to be taken hostage by Somali pirates in 2009 in order to guarantee the safety of his crew. Catherine Keener and Max Martini are co-starring. The movie is based on the memoir A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Captain Richard Phillips and was adapted for the screen by Billy Ray (Breach, Flightplan). Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men), Michael De Luca & Dana Brunetti (The Social Network, 21) and Kevin Spacey are producing the project. Greengrass’ previous four features (The Bourne Supremacy & Ultimatum, United 93, Green Zone) were scored by John Powell.

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