Rob Simonsen has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy drama The Upside. The film is directed by Neil Burger (Limitless, The Illusionist, Divergent) and stars Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, Nicole Kidman, Julianna Margulies, Aja Naomi King and Golshifteh Farahani. The movie is based on the 2011 French box office hit The Intouchables and centers […]
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Rob Simonsen to Score Neil Burger’s ‘The Upside’
Posted: August 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Neil Burger, Rob Simonsen, The Upside
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 11, 2017)
Posted: August 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annabelle: Creation, Bedeviled, Benjamin Wallfisch, David C. Williams, Good Time, Heitor Pereira, Ingrid Goes West, Joel P. West, Jonathan Sadoff, Nick Thorburn, Oneohtrix Point Never, Open Water 3: Cage Dive, Pilgrimage, Rob Simonsen, Stephen McKeon, The Glass Castle, The Newton Brothers, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, vThe Only Living Boy in New York
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the horror movie Annabelle: Creation directed by David Sandberg and starring Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Philippa Anne Coulthard, Grace Fulton, Lou Lou Safran, Samara Lee, Tayler Buck, Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures, Lights Out, It, A Cure for […]
‘The Only Living Boy in New York’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marc Webb, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, The Only Living Boy in New York
Amazon will release a soundtrack album for Marc Webb’s drama The Only Living Boy in New York. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (The Spectacular Now, Nerve, Foxcatcher, Going in Style) who previously collaborated with the director on (500) Days of Summer and Gifted. The soundtrack will be available to download exclusively on Amazon this Friday, August 11 and is […]
Rob Simonsen Scoring Jason Reitman’s ‘Tully’
Posted: May 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jason Reitman, Rob Simonsen, Tully
Rob Simonsen is scoring the upcoming comedy Tully. The film is directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air, Thank You for Smoking) and stars Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass and Ron Livingston. The movie follows a mother of three who comes to form a unique bond with a thoughtful, surprising and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully. Diablo […]
Rob Simonsen to Score Marc Webb’s ‘The Only Living Boy in New York’
Posted: May 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marc Webb, Rob Simonsen, The Only Living Boy in New York
Rob Simonsen is reteaming with director Marc Webb on the upcoming drama The Only Living Boy in New York. The movie starring Kate Beckinsale, Jeff Bridges, Callum Turner, Pierce Brosnan, Cynthia Nixon and Kiersey Clemons centers on a young man who finds himself way over his head when he starts an affair with an alluring woman who happens […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 7, 2017)
Posted: April 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aftermath, Andrea Bonini, Bear McCreary, Colossal, Danny Bensi, Deborah Lurie, Ernst Reijseger, Gifted, Giorgio Moroder, Going in Style, Mark Todd, Mine, Rachel Portman, Raney Shockne, Rob Simonsen, Salt and Fire, Saunder Jurriaans, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Speech & Debate, The Assignment, The Case for Christ, The Ticket, Their Finest, Will Musser
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Smurfs: The Lost Village directed by Kelly Asbury and starring Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi and Mandy Patinkin. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Sausage Party, Horrible Bosses). Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album […]
‘Gifted’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 31, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gifted, Marc Webb, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Marc Webb’s drama Gifted. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rob Simonsen (The Spectacular Now, Nerve, Going In Style, Foxcatcher, The Way Way Back) who previously collaborated with the director on (500) Days of Summer. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 7, 2017. Also included is a track by Timothy […]
‘Going in Style’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 17, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Going in Style, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, Zach Braff
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for Zach Braff’s crime comedy Going in Style. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher, The Spectacular Now, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer) who previously scored Braff’s Wish I Was Here. Also included are songs by Dean Martin, Otis Redding, Jamie Cullum, Sonny Rollins, Mark Ronson, A Tribe Called Quest […]
Rob Simonsen to Score ‘The House of Tomorrow’
Posted: February 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Peter Livolsi, Rob Simonsen, The House of Tomorrow
Rob Simonsen is composing the score for the upcoming coming-of-age drama The House of Tomorrow. The film marks the directorial debut of Peter Livolsi and stars Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Maude Apatow and Michaela Watkins. The movie is based on Peter Bognanni’s novel of the same name and tells the story […]
‘Two Is a Family’ (‘Demain tout commence’) Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Demain tout commence, Hugo Gelin, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, Two Is a Family
Hamburger Records will release a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama Two Is a Family (Demain tout commence). The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Nerve, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now, The Way Way Back, Burnt). Also included are the songs from the movie by James Brown, The Capitols, Duck Sauce, Alexander and Arthur Lee. […]