Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, Naqoyqatsi) and Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Wormwood) are teaming up to score the upcoming Amazon original series Tales from the Loop. The sci-fi drama based is developed by Nathaniel Halpern (Legion) based on the art of Simon Stålenhag. Rebecca Hall has been cast as the female lead of the show, which explores the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction. Halpern is also executive producing Fox 21 Television Studios production with Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go, One Hour Photo), Matt Reeves (War for the Planet of the Apes, Cloverfield), Adam Kassan and Rafi Crohn (The Passage), Mattias Montero, Samantha Taylor Pickett, Adam Berg and Stålenhag.
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‘Samurai Marathon’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Orange Mountain Music will release a soundtrack album for the period action movie Samurai Marathon. The album features the film’s music composed by Academy Award nominee Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, Candyman, The Illusionist). The soundtrack is comprised of short excerpts of the composer’s music from Mishima, The Fog of War & Naqoyqatsi , movements from Symphonies 2, 3 and 8, Violin Concerto No. 1, as well as the operas Akhnaten and Satyagraha. The pieces were newly recorded for the project with the City of Prague Philharmonic under the baton of Richard Hein. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 19. A CD version is set to be released on August 16 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
‘Jane’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for the documentary Jane have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, The Illusionist, Koyaanisqatsi, Kundun). The soundtrack will be released on October 6, 2017 by Sony Masterworks and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jane is directed by Brett Morgen (Cobain: Montage of Heck, The Kid Stays in the Picture) and reconstitutes 50-year-old National Geographic footage into a poetic look at primatologist Jane Goodall. The documentary will have its world premiere next month at the Toronto Film Festival and will also screen at the Hollywood Bowl on October 9 with a live orchestral performance of Glass’ score with the composer and director in attendance.
Sony Masterworks to Release ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ & ‘Jane’ Soundtracks
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for Simon Curtis’ biographical drama Goodbye Christopher Robin starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Will Tilston, Kelly Macdonald, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Alex Lawther. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, Twilight, In Bruges). The soundtrack will be released on October 13, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon The movie, which focuses on the relationship between Winnie the Poohcreator A.A. Milne and his son Robin, will be released on the same day by Fox Searchlight.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 7, 2015)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the superhero movie Fantastic Four directed by Josh Trank and starring Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, The Wolverine, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma) and Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, Candyman). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music digitally last week and a CD version is set to come out on August 14. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and visit Amazon to check out audio samples.
Also opening wide is the thriller The Gift directed by Joel Edgerton who also stars in the film alongside Rebecca Hall and Jason Bateman. Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans (Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The One I Love, The Wolfpack) have composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score digitally today. A CD version is also available overseas. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
‘Fantastic Four’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for the superhero movie Fantastic Four have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (The Wolverine, Scream, The Hurt Locker, World War Z) and Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, Candyman). The soundtrack will be released on August 14, 2015 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Fantastic Four is directed by Josh Trank and stars Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell. The movie based on the Marvel comic book series centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical forms in shocking ways.
Philip Glass’ ‘A Brief History of Time’ Score to Be Released
Orange Mountain Music will release a soundtrack album for Errol Morris’ 1991 documentary A Brief History of Time. The album is the world premiere soundtrack release of the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, The Illusionist, Cassandra’s Dream) who previously collaborated with the director on The Thin Blue Line and later scored his 2003 feature The Fog of War The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. A Brief History of Time is based on Stephen Hawking’s bestselling novel and centers on the pioneering astrophysicist whose affliction by a debilitating motor neuron disease has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs and examines the way the collapse of Hawking’s body has been accompanied by the untrammeled broadening of his imagination.
Philip Glass to Co-Score ‘The Fantastic Four’
Director Josh Trank revealed in a recent interview with Collider that Philip Glass is co-scoring the upcoming reboot of The Fantastic Four. The composer will be collaborating with Marco Beltrami who was previously announced to score the film starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey and Tim Blake Nelson. The movie centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways and who must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 2, 2015)
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death directed by Tom Harper and starring Jeremy Irvine, Helen McCrory, Phoebe Cox and Oaklee Pendergast. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma) who previously scored the first part in the series, as well as Marcus Trumpp and Brandon Roberts. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score earlier this week and a CD version is set to be released next week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the film.
Opening in New York and Los Angeles this week before expanding nationwide later this month is the crime drama A Most Violent Year written and directed by J.C. Chandor and starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo and Albert Brooks. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero’s Alex Ebert who previously scored the director’s All is Lost has composed the film’s original music. Community Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score, as well as the original song America for Me. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine, Music Times, Film School Rejects and Hitfix for interviews with Ebert about his work on the project.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 24, 2014)
The only movie opening in wide release this weekend is the action thriller I, Frankenstein written and directed by Stuart Beattie and starring Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto and Jai Courtney. The film’s original score is composed by Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, One Hour Photo). Lisa Gerrard has composed additional music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and audio clips. The label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film by By Maker (feat. Geno Lenardo and Daniel Davies). Click here to learn more about the album.
Opening in around 400 theaters is the indie drama Gimme Shelter written and directed by Ron Krauss and starring Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser, James Earl Jones, Ann Dowd and Dascha Polanco. Olafur Arnalds (Broadchurch, Another Happy Day) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring his score is set to be released next week. Details will be announced on this page soon. Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain), Paul Haslinger (Underworld) and Assaf Rinde are credited as composers of additional score/music. The movie also features tracked in cues from Mychael Danna’s score from Capote and Ed Shearmur’s score from Mother and Child. Visit Soundtrack.Net for the full music credits.