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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 12, 2011)

August 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: 30 Minutes or Less, Antonio Pinto, Brian Tyler, Final Destination, Glee, Ludwig Göransson, score, Senna, Soundtrack, The 3D Concert Movie, The Help, Thomas Newman

Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters this week is the horror sequel Final Destination 5 directed by Steven Quale and starring Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell, Tony Todd and David Koechner. The film’s score is composed by Brian Tyler who is scoring his second movie in the horror series. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released on August 16 by Varese Sarabande. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the track list and cover art.

Already in theaters since Wednesday is the drama The Help directed by Tate Taylor and starring Emma Stone, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mike Vogel Jessica Chastain and Cicely Tyson. Thomas Newman has written the score for the movie. Varese Sarabande will release the score on September 13 as reported here. A soundtrack featuring songs from the movie, including Mary J. Blige’s The Living Proof is available on Geffen/Interscope Records (click here for audio clips and more details).

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Varese Sarabande to Release Thomas Newman’s ‘The Help’ Score

August 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: score, Soundtrack, The Help, Thomas Newman

Varese Sarabande has announced a score release for the upcoming drama The Help. The film’s music is composed by Thomas Newman. The soundtrack will be released on September 13, 2011. The album is now available for pre-order on Amazon. More details including cover art and track list will be posted on this page within the next few weeks. A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie has already been released on Geffen/Interscope Records. Check out our previous article for the full details including audio clips. The Help is directed by Tate Taylor and stars Emma Stone, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mike Vogel and Cicely Tyson. The movie based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett about the conflicted and complex relationships between Southern women and their housekeepers at the beginning of the civil rights movement will be released in theaters on August 12.

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Thomas Newman to Score ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’

June 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: John Madden, Mary J. Blige, Soundtrack, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Help, The Living Proof, Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman is currently scoring the comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The film starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel and Tom Wilkinson follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. The movie is directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) who has worked with Newman on his last movie The Debt, which will be released in the US later this summer. The Best Exotic Marigold is based on the book These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach and adapted for the screen by Ol Parker (Imagine Me & You). Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin (In Bruges) are producing.

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BREAKING NEWS: Thomas Newman Scoring ‘The Help’

March 21, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Tate Taylor, The Debt, The Help, Thomas Newman

Film Music Reporter has learned that Thomas Newman is currently writing the score for the upcoming drama The Help. The movie is based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett about the conflicted and complex relationships between Southern women and their housekeepers at the beginning of the civil rights movement. In the film, an aspiring writer in 1960s Mississippi sets out to write a book chronicling the way black maids are being treated by society. The movie stars Emma Stone, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mike Vogel and Cicely Tyson. The Help is directed by Tate Taylor who made his directorial feature debut on 2008’s Pretty Ugly People. The project marks the director’s first studio picture.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 4, 2011)

March 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Beastly, Gore Verbinski, Hans Zimmer, Marcelo Zarvos, Rango, score, Soundtrack, Take Me Home Tonight, The Adjustment Bureau, Thomas Newman, Trevor Horn

Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:

Gore Verbinski’s animated movie Rango starring Johnny Depp features music by Hans Zimmer. Visit our previous article announcing the soundtrack album to find out more. The soundtrack is now available to download at Amazon and iTunes and will be released on CD on March 15. To check out a short interview with Verbinski talking about the film’s music, visit Artists Direct.

Also opening is George Nolfi’s The Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt The film’s score is written by Thomas Newman who also collaborated on a song for the movie with Richard Ashcroft. A soundtrack album was released on Relativity Music as reported here. Visit Amazon or iTunes to download the album.

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‘The Adjustment Bureau’ Soundtrack announced

February 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 1 comment

Tags: Richard Ashcroft, score, Soundtrack, The Adjustment Bureau, The Future's Bright, Thomas Newman

Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming sci-fi romance thriller The Adjustment Bureau. The album includes Thomas Newman’s original score from the film, as well as the song The Future’s Bright, which was written for the film by Newman and singer/songwriter Richard Ashcroft (former frontman of The Verve). The album will be released on March 1, 2011. To download the album and listen to audio clips, visit Amazon. The Adjustment Bureau is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick and is directed by George Nolfi. The movie starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and Terence Stamp centers around a charismatic congressman who meets a beautiful ballet dancer, only to find strange circumstances keeping them from getting closer.

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Newman slated to score The Adjustment Bureau

March 15, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: The Adjustment Bureau, The Debt, Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman will score the upcoming Sci-Fi romance The Adjustment Bureau. The movie stars Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and Terence Stamp and marks the directing debut for screenwriter George Nolfi (The Sentinel, The Bourne Ultimatum). The film’s story centers around David Norris, a charismatic congressman who meets a beautiful ballet dancer named Elise Sellas, only to find strange circumstances keeping them from getting closer. The movie is based on the short story Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick (Total Recall, Minority Report, Paycheck).

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