Daily Film Music News
Johann Johannsson has received his first Golden Globe Award for his score for James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything starring Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game), Antonio Sanchez (Birdman), Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Gone Girl) and Hans Zimmer (Interstellar).
In the Best Original Song category, John Legend and Common won the award for the song Glory from Selma.
Two new movies are opening this weekend:
Already playing in select theaters since this past Wednesday and opening nationwide today is the sci-fi drama Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Gladiator). WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music in two different editions on November 18. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. Also visit Huffington Post, Crave Online, Hitfix and Film Music Society for interviews with Zimmer about his work on the project.
Also opening wide is Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature Big Hero 6 directed by Don Hall & Chris Williams and featuring the voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, T.J. Miller, Jaime Chung, Damon Wayans, Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, James Cromwell, Maya Rudolph Daniel Henney and Alan Tudyk. Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class) has composed the film’s original music. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Immortals by Fall Out Boy. Click here for the full album details. Also visit YouTube for a video from the music recording sessions and click here for a video interview with Jackman.
Audio samples of all tracks from the soundtrack release for the biographical drama The Theory of Everything have been published. The film’s original music is composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson (Prisoners, For Ellen). The soundtrack album will be released on November 4, 2014 by Back Lot Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Check out our previous article for the full album details. The Theory of Everything is directed by James Marsh and stars Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Lesley Manville, Simon McBurney, Maxine Peake and Harry Lloyd. The movie about the relationship between physicist James Hawkings and Jane Wilde, the arts student fell in love with in the 1960s will be released in select cities on November 7 by Focus Features.
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama The Theory of Everything. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson (Prisoners, McCanick). The soundtrack will be released on November 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be posted on this page soon. The Theory of Everything is directed by James Marsh (Man on Wire, Shadow Dancer) and stars Eddie Redmayne as physicist Stephen Hawkins and Felicity Jones as Jane Wilde, the arts student he fell in love with when he attended Cambridge in the 1960s. Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Lesley Manville, Simon McBurney, Maxine Peake and Harry Lloyd are co-starring in the drama, which premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.