Tom Tykwer and Johnny Klimek are composing the original music for the upcoming German television series Babylon Berlin. The show is directed by Tykwer and stars Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Matthias Brandt, Hannah Herzsprung, Karl Markovics, Lars Eidinger and Sebastian Urzen. The drama is based on Volker Kutscher’s book Der nasse Fisch and follows young police inspector Gereon Rath in 1929 Berlin, a hotbed of politics, art, extremism, drugs and murder. The series is produced by Sky Deutschland, ARD Degeto, X Filme and Beta Film.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 22, 2016)
Opening nationwide this week is the fantasy adventure The Huntsman: Winter’s War directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan and starring Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Nick Frost, Sam Claflin, Rob Brydon and Jessica Chastain. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a new version of the song Castle by Halsey arranged by the Howard. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Opening in around 400 theaters is the comedy drama A Hologram for the King written and directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Winshaw, Tom Skerritt, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Jay Abdo. Tykwer (The International, Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run) has also written the film’s original music with Johnny Klimek (One Hour Photo, Sense8). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the Roadside Attractions release.
‘A Hologram for the King’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama A Hologram for the King. The album features the film’s original music composed by Johnny Klimek (Cloud Atlas, One Hour Photo, Sense8) and the movie’s director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, The International). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 22, 2016 and physically on May 20. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. A Hologram for the King is written and directed by Tykwer and stars Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Winshaw, Tom Skerritt, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Jay Abdo. The movie is based on the novel by Dave Eggers and follows a failed American businessman who looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his idea to a wealthy monarch.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 31, 2015)
Premiering tomorrow, June 2, is the ABC drama The Whispers created by Soo Hugh, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Lily Rabe, Barry Sloane, Derek Webster, Milo Ventimiglia, Brianna Brown, Kylie Rogers, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf and Catalina Deni. The show’s original music is composed by Robert Duncan (Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Last Resort, The Unit). The Whispers is based on the short story Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury and chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to achieve world domination using the planet’s most unlikely resource: the children. The drama will air every Monday night on ABC. For updates on the series, visit the official show website.
Also premiering tomorrow is the Lifetime original series UnReal created by Marti Noxon & Sarah Gertrude Shapiro and starring Shiri Appleby, Constance Zimmer, Craig Bierko, Freddie Stroma, Josh Kelly and Nathalie Kelley. Fil Eisler (Empire, Revenge, Shameless) has composed the show’s original music. UnReal is based on Shapiro’s short Sequin Raze and follows a young staff member on a hit competition dating show who does everything she can to help please the show’s executive producer. The series will air every Monday night on Lifetime. Visit the official show website for more information.
Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer Scoring ‘A Hologram for the King’ and Netflix’s ‘Sense8’
Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer are composing the score for the upcoming comedy drama A Hologram for the King. The film is directed by Tykwer (Run Lola Run, The International) and stars Tom Hanks, Sarita Choudhury, Omar Elba, Tracey Fairaway, David Menkin and Tom Skerritt. The movie is based on the novel by Dave Eggers takes place in an up-and-coming Saudi Arabian city that provides the backdrop for a foundering American businessman’s last-ditch effort to stave off bankruptcy, pay his daughters college fees, and finally accomplish something big. Tykwer also wrote the screenplay.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 26, 2012)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
One of the most talked about and ambitious film of the season is the epic adventure drama Cloud Atlas directed by Tom Tykwer and Andy & Lana Wachowski and starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Xun Zhou, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. The film’s music is composed by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score earlier this week. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, check out our previous article. Also visit Film Music Magazine for an audio interview with the composers and ASCAP’s website for another interview with Klimek and Heil.
Also opening wide is the horror sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D based on the video game, directed by Michael J. Bassett and starring Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Radha Mitchell, Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell. Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka who preciously scored the first installment in the series have written the music for the film. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album digitally on October 30 and physically on December 18. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
‘Cloud Atlas’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the sci-fi film Cloud Atlas have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil. The soundtrack will be released on October 23, 2012 by WaterTower Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Cloud Atlas is directed by Tykwer and Andy & Lana Wachowski and stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Xun Zhou, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. The movie recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released nationwide on October 26 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Film Music Festival in Krakow to Celebrate Elliot Goldenthal
Composer Elliot Goldenthal will be celebrated in concert at the Film Music Festival in Krakow on Saturday, May 26 at the Tinning Plant of ArcelorMittal Poland in Krakow. The concert will be performed by the Polish Orchestra Sinfonietta Cracovia accompanied by Pro Musica Mundi Choir and the boys’ choir Pueri Contores Sancti Nicolai and conducted by composer Diego Navarro. The first part of the concert program – Alien – The Biomechanical Symphony – will be devoted to music from all four Alien films in the sci-fi saga and will feature suites from Goldenthal’s music for Alien 3, as well as from Jerry Goldsmith’s Alien, James Horner’s Aliens and John Frizzell’s Alien: Resurrection scores. The second part of the program – Elliot Goldenthal’s Cinema of Art & Blood – will feature music from some of Goldenthal’s collaborations with director Julie Taymor including Frida (for which the composer received his first Academy Award) and Titus in addition to his music from Neil Jordan’s Interview with a Vampire and Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever.
Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek to Reunite with Tom Tykwer on ‘Cloud Atlas’
Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer have recently written and recorded music for the director’s upcoming sci-fi feature Cloud Atlas. The movie written and co-directed by Andy & Lana Wachowski and Tykwer stars Tom Hanks, Jim Sturgess, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Keith David, Ben Whishaw and Jim Broadbent. The film based on the novel by David Mitchell intertwines six stories spanning different times that sees one character shaped from a murderer to a savior. Stefan Arndt (Run Lola Run) and Philip Lee are producing with Tykwer and the Wachowskis. Heil and Klimek have been collaborating with Tykwer on the music for most of the director’s previous features, most recently on the Clive Owen- and Naomi Watts-starring thriller The International and the German language film 3.
Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil scoring ‘The Killer Elite’
Film Music Reporter has learned that the composer duo of Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil is scoring the upcoming action thriller The Killer Elite. The film directed by Gary McKendry stars Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic Purcell and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. The movie is based on the Ranulph Fiennes novel The Feather Men and and follows a group of former British special forces members who are being hunted by assassins. Among the film’s producers is Michael Boughen, who produced last year’s Australian hit movie Tomorrow, When the War Began, which featured a score by Klimek & Heil. No release date has been set yet for the Australian/American co-production, but the movie is expected to open later this year.