Composer Stephen Trask is teaming up with writer Chris D’Arienzo (Rock of Ages) to create a musical based on Martin Scorsese’s 1982 feature The King of Comedy starring Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Tony Randall, Diahnne Abbott and Sandra Bernhard about an aspiring comedian who kidnaps a talk show host in the hopes of forcing […]
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Stephen Trask to Create ‘The King of Comedy’ Musical
Posted: July 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Stephen Trask, The King of Comedy
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 16, 2015)
Posted: January 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andres Levin, Atticus Ross, Blackhat, Christopher Lennertz, Harry Gregson-Williams, Hybrid, Ilan Eshkeri, Leopold Ross, Little Accidents, Marcelo Zarvos, Match, Nick Urata, Paddington, Spare Parts, Stephen Trask, Still Alice, The Wedding Ringer, Vice
In addition to the nationwide expansion of Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, three other new movies are opening across the country this week: Opening in around 3300 theaters is the family movie Paddington written and directed by Paul King and starring Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi and Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington. The […]
‘Lovelace’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lovelace, Soundtrack, Stephen Trask
Relativity Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Lovelace. The album includes the songs featured in the film by artists including Gladys Knight & The Pips, Brenton Wood, KC & The Sunshine Band, Elvin Bishop, John Ellison & The Souls Brothers Six and Eddie Kenricks. Also featured is a track from […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 9, 2013)
Posted: August 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lockington, Blood, Daniel Pemberton, David Wingo, Elysium, Explosions in the Sky, I Give It a Year, Ilan Eshkeri, In a World..., Lovelace, Ludwig Göransson, Mark Mancina, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Planes, Prince Avalanche, Ryan Amon, Ryan Miller, Stephen Trask, Theodore Shapiro, We're the Millers
Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Planes directed by Klay Hall and featuring a voice cast including Dane Cook, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Cedric the Entertainer, Val Kilmer, John Cleese, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett and Teri Hatcher. The film’s original music is composed by Mark […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 22, 2013)
Posted: March 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Admission, Alan Silvestri, Alex Heffes, Hunky Dory, Joby Talbot, Love and Honor, Olympus Has Fallen, Stephen Trask, The Croods, The Sapphires, Trevor Morris
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature The Croods directed by Chris Sanders & Kirk DeMicco and featuring the voice talent of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future Forrest Gump) […]
‘Admission’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Admission, Paul Weitz, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Trask
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for Paul Weitz’s comedy Admission. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) who previously collaborated with the director on In Good Company, American Dreamz, Cirque du Freak and Little Fockers. The soundtrack will be released on March 19, 2013 and is now […]
Stephen Trask Scoring Paul Weitz’s ‘Admission’
Posted: November 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Admission, Paul Weitz, Stephen Trask
Stephen Trask is reteaming with director Paul Weitz on the upcoming comedy Admission. The film starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd follows an unmarried college admissions counselor who falls for a former classmate. Michael Sheen, Lily Tomlin, Wallace Shawn, Gloria Reuben and Nat Wolff are co-starring in the Focus Features production. Karen Croner (One True Thing) has […]
Stephen Trask to Score ‘Lovelace’
Posted: April 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeffrey Friedman, Lovelace, Rob Epstein, Stephen Trask
Stephen Trask has been hired to score the upcoming biopic Lovelace. The movie starring Amanda Seyfried as adult film star Linda Lovelace is told through the production of Deep Throat, her abusive relationship with Chuck Traynor and eventual spearheading of the feminist anti-pornography movement. Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Wes Bentley, Adam Brody, Bobby Cannavale, James […]
Stephen Trask Scoring ‘So Undercover’
Posted: November 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: So Undercover, Stephen Trask, Tom Vaughan
Stephen Trask has recently recorded his score for the action comedy So Undercover. The film is directed by Tom Vaughan (What Happens in Vegas, Extraordinary Measures) and stars Miley Cyrus as a private investigator who is hired by the FBI to go undercover in the one place it can’t infiltrate – a college sorority. Jeremy […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 25, 2010)
Posted: December 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Carter Burwell, Country Strong, Gulliver's Travel, Henry Jackman, Little Fockers, Michael Brook, Soundtrack, Stephen Trask, Sylvain Chomet, The Britoons, The Illusionist, True Grit
Two new movies opened wide earlier this week on Wednesday: The Coen Brothers-directed western True Grit starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin was scored by Carter Burwell. Check out our news article announcing the soundtrack album on Nonesuch Records.
