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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 14, 2012)

December 14, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Any Day Now, Howard Shore, Hrishikesh Hirway, Joey Newman, P.T. Walkley, Save the Date, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

One movie is opening in wide release this weekend:

Expected to beat box office opening weekend records for the month of December is the fantasy movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey directed by Peter Jackson and starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Graham McTavish, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving, James Nesbitt, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm and Elijah Wood. The film’s music is composed and conducted by Howard Shore who has previously scored The Lord of the Rings trilogy. WaterTower Music has released two soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s score, including a standard and deluxe edition. Also featured on both albums is the original song Song of the Lonely Mountain written and performed by Neil Finn. To listen to audio clips and to check out the full details, visit our previous article. Also visit Classic FM for a recent interview with Shore about his music for the film and check out a video featurette on the score on EW.com.

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‘Save the Date’ Soundtrack Details

October 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Hrishikesh Hirway, Save the Date, Soundtrack

Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the indie romantic comedy Save the Date. The album features the film’s songs by artists including Wilco, Daniel Hart, Giorgio Moroder, Wolfbird, Houses, Nick Waterhouse, Arum Rae, Class Actress, The One AM Radio and Charles Bradley feat. Menahan Street Band. Also included is one track from the film’s score composed by Hrishikesh Hirway. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 6, 2012 and physically on November 20. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Save the Date is directed by Michael Mohan and stars Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Mark Webber, Geoffrey Arend, Martin Starr, Melonie Diaz and Timothy Busfield. The comedy premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by IFC Films for a theatrical release on December 14, 2012 and a VOD release on November 8.

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Sundance 2012 Film Music Roundup (Part 4)

January 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Andrew Hollander, Andy Cabic, Eric D. Johnson, Hrishikesh Hirway, Jonathan Snipes, Predisposed, Room 237, Save the Date, Sleepwalk with Me, Smashed, Spencer David Hutchings, William Hutson

Also check out Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of our roundup of the music and composers of the movies premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

One of the best received films that premiered at the festival is the drama Smashed directed by James Ponsoldt (Off the Black). The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul as s a married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol and whose relationship is put to the test when the wife decides to get sober. The cast also includes Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally and Mary Kay Place. Ponsoldt co-wrote the screenplay with Susan Burke and Jennifer Cochis, Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling (Like Crazy) are producing. The film’s music is written by Andy Cabic and Eric D. Johnson. While the project marks Cabic’s feature scoring debut, Johnson has previously written the music for the Uma Thurman-starring romance Ceremony and co-scored last year’s indie comedy Our Idiot Brother starring Paul Rudd.

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