GEORGE FENTON - Frozen Planet

After a long wait, comes through a CD release, George Fenton's exceptional score for the 2011-today BBC documentary tv mini-series, "Frozen Planet". The series focused on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic, features the voices of David Attenborough and Alec Baldwin among others, breathtaking visuals and exceptional music by the composer who did all the similar previous BBC features such as Life, Earth, Deep Blue, Planet Earth. 

Product Details

Audio CD (March 26, 2013)

Number of Discs: 1

ASIN: B00B2KBBRI

DARIO MARIANELLI and other artists - QUARTET (2013)

What is it? 

Directed by Dustin Hoffman and based on the play by Ronald Harwood. The film stars Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins and Billy Connolly as retired Opera singers who annually put on a concert to celebrate Verdis birthday. The arrival of the fourth member of the quartet, Jean (Smith) disrupts the equilibrium. This results in old rivalries and theatrical temperaments and it becomes unclear if the show will or will not go on.

Who  is it by? 

Luciano Pavarotti (Performer), Dario Marianelli (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Joseph Haydn (Composer), Gilbert & Sullivan (Composer), Luigi Boccherini (Composer), Camille Saint-Saens (Composer), Kiri Te Kanawa (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti

Composer: Dario Marianelli, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Joseph Haydn, et al.

Audio CD (January 8, 2013)

Number of Discs: 1

Format: Soundtrack

Label: Decca

ASIN: B00A1EOC22

In-Print Editions: MP3 Music

Find more about it here:

http://www.amazon.com/Quartet-Luciano-Pavarotti/dp/B00A1EOC22/ref=zg_bsnr_42_11

IFMCA - International Film Music Critics Association announces their 2012 Nominees for best in FILM, TV, GAME, DOCUMENTARY music.

INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS AWARD NOMINATIONS REVEAL MOST OPEN RACE IN YEARS, WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS FOR DANNA, DESPLAT, VELÁZQUEZ, WILLIAMS

FEBRUARY 7, 2013 — The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list of nominees for excellence in musical scoring in 2012. The largest numbers this year are, for the most part, split evenly between four composers, all of whom received four nominations: MYCHAEL DANNA, ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, FERNANDO VELÁZQUEZ and veteran composer JOHN WILLIAMS.

The nominations for Danna, Velázquez and Williams were each for a single score – director Ang Lee’s vivid shipwreck drama LIFE OF PI, director Juan Antonio Bayona’s harrowing tsunami drama THE IMPOSSIBLE [LO IMPOSIBLE] and director Steven Spielberg’s look at the last months of the life of Abraham LINCOLN, respectively.

Desplat’s nominations were for his body of work in 2012 which included writing IFMCA Award-nominated music for the quirky comedy MOONRISE KINGDOM, the storybook animation RISE OF THE GUARDIANS, and the contemporary war thriller ZERO DARK THIRTY, as well as for the 1970s espionage thriller ARGO, the realistic French romantic drama RUST AND BONE [DE ROUILLE ET D’OS], the Italian satirical comedy REALITY, and the French-language biopic CLOCLO.

The other nominees for Film Score of the Year are the ambitious sci-fi drama CLOUD ATLAS by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil (two nominations), and director Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy prequel THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY by Howard Shore (two nominations).

Danna, Desplat, Velázquez and Williams are also short-listed for Film Composer of the Year along with DANNY ELFMAN, who enjoyed a stellar year composing music for such popular and successful films as DARK SHADOWS, FRANKENWEENIE, HITCHCOCK, MEN IN BLACK III, PROMISED LAND and SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK.

The IFMCA recognizes emerging talent in the film music world, and this year is no exception. The nominees in the Breakout Composer of the Year category include young Spanish composer ZELTIA MONTES for her work on the Spanish feature drama VILAMOR; composer DAN ROMER and composer/director BENH ZEITLIN for their captivating bluegrass-flavored score for the critically acclaimed BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD; JOSEPH TRAPANESE for his work on the animated TV show TRON: UPRISING; NATHAN JOHNSON for his unconventionally percussive music for the acclaimed sci-fi thriller LOOPER; and composer/conductor NIC RAINE, a long time associate of the late John Barry and contributor to Silva Screen and Tadlow Music’s series of re-recordings, who has begun to establish his own musical voice through his score for the German-language thriller WIR WOLLTEN AUFS MEER.

As it has in previous years, the IFMCA takes pride in honoring composers from across the film music world; this year’s international nominees include French composer Philippe Rombi for his work on director François Ozon’s thriller DANS LA MAISON, Finnish composer Panu Aaltio for the beautiful nature documentary score METSÄN TARINA, UK-based Portuguese composer Miguel d’Oliveira’s score for the BBC documentary SHAKESPEARE & US, Argentinean composer Federico Jusid’s music for the Spanish TV series ISABEL, and Japanese composer Naoki Sato’s contribution to the Japanese TV series PRICELESS.

Several composers are receiving their first ever IFMCA Award nominations this year, including JON BRION (Paranorman, Animation), ROBERT FOLK (There Be Dragons – Secretos de Pasión, Drama), PASCAL GAIGNE (Los Mundos Sutiles, Documentary), GRANT KIRKHOPE (Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Video Game), WALTER MURPHY (Ted, Comedy), FREDERIK WIEDMANN (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Television), and the team from Blizzard Entertainment led by RUSSELL BROWER and NEAL ACREE (World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, Video Game).

The International Film Music Critics Association will announce the winners of the 9th IFMCA Awards on February 21, 2013.

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THE NOMINEES

2012 Film Categories

FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR

CLOUD ATLAS, music by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, music by Howard Shore

THE IMPOSSIBLE, music by Fernando Velázquez

LIFE OF PI, music by Mychael Danna

LINCOLN, music by John Williams

FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

MYCHAEL DANNA

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT

DANNY ELFMAN

FERNANDO VELÁZQUEZ

JOHN WILLIAMS

 BREAKOUT COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

NATHAN JOHNSON

ZELTIA MONTES

NIC RAINE

DAN ROMER & BENH ZEITLIN

JOSEPH TRAPANESE

 BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM

ANNA KARENINA, music by Dario Marianelli

THE IMPOSSIBLE, music by Fernando Velázquez

LIFE OF PI, music by Mychael Danna

LINCOLN, music by John Williams

THERE BE DRAGONS – SECRETOS DE PASIÓN, music by Robert Folk

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM
MOONRISE KINGDOM, music by Alexandre Desplat

SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN, music by Dario Marianelli

THE SESSIONS, music by Marco Beltrami

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, music by Danny Elfman

TED, music by Walter Murphy

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, music by James Horner

DANS LA MAISON, music by Philippe Rombi

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, music by Hans Zimmer

SKYFALL, music by Thomas Newman

ZERO DARK THIRTY, music by Alexandre Desplat

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FILM

CLOUD ATLAS, music by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, music by Howard Shore

JOHN CARTER, music by Michael Giacchino

PROMETHEUS, music by Marc Streitenfeld, additional music by Harry Gregson-Williams

SINISTER, music by Christopher Young

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FEATURE

BRAVE, music by Patrick Doyle

FRANKENWEENIE, music by Danny Elfman

PARANORMAN, music by Jon Brion

RISE OF THE GUARDIANS, music by Alexandre Desplat

SECRET OF THE WINGS, music by Joel McNeely

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

KINGDOM OF PLANTS, music by Joel Douek, Freddy Sheinfeld and Elik Alvarez

LOS MUNDOS SUTILES, music by Pascal Gaigne

METSÄN TARINA, music by Panu Aaltio

SAMSARA, music by Lisa Gerrard and Michael Stearns

SHAKESPEARE & US, music by Miguel d’Oliveira

FILM MUSIC COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

“The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Orchestra” from CLOUD ATLAS, music by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil

“The Impossible Main Title” from THE IMPOSSIBLE, music by Fernando Velázquez

“John Carter of Mars” from JOHN CARTER, music by Michael Giacchino

“Pi’s Lullaby” from LIFE OF PI, music by Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri

“The Peterson House and Finale” from LINCOLN, music by John Williams

Other 2012 Categories

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION SERIES

DOCTOR WHO, music by Murray Gold

DOWNTON ABBEY, music by John Lunn

GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, music by Frederik Wiedmann

ISABEL, music by Federico Jusid

PRICELESS, music by Naoki Sato

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME OR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

JOURNEY, music by Austin Wintory

KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING, music by Grant Kirkhope

RESISTANCE: BURNING SKIES, music by Jason Graves and Kevin Riepl

STARHAWK, music by Christopher Lennertz

WORLD OF WARCRAFT: MISTS OF PANDARIA, music by Russell Brower, Neal Acree, Sam Cardon, Edo Guidotti and Jeremy Soule

BEST ARCHIVAL RELEASE OF AN EXISTING SCORE

BEN-HUR, music by Miklós Rózsa; album produced by Lukas Kendall, Mike Matessino and Neil S. Bulk; liner notes by Jeff Bond and Frank K. DeWald; album art direction by Joe Sikoryak (Film Score Monthly)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN, music by Basil Poledouris; album produced by Nick Redman and Douglass Fake; liner notes by Nick Redman; album art direction by Joe Sikoryak (Intrada)
HOOK, music by John Williams; album produced by Didier C. Deutsch, Mark G. Wilder, MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys; liner notes by Daniel Schweiger; album art direction by Jim Titus (La-LaLand)
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, music by Jerry Goldsmith; album produced by Didier C. Deutsch, Mike Matessino, Bruce Botnick, MV Gerhard, Matt Verboys and David C. Fein; liner notes by Jeff Bond and Mike Matessino; album art direction by Jim Titus (La-La Land)
STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES, music by Alexander Courage, George Duning, Jerry Fielding, Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan, Samuel Matlovsky, Joseph Mullendore and Fred Steiner; album produced by Lukas Kendall, Neil S. Bulk, Jeff Bond, MV Gerhard, and Matt Verboys; liner notes by Jeff Bond; album art direction by Joe Sikoryak (La-La Land)

BEST ARCHIVAL RE-RECORDING OF AN EXISTING SCORE

THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN/ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, music by Max Steiner; conducted by William Stromberg; album produced by William Stromberg, John Morgan and Anna Bonn; liner notes by James V. d’Arc, Ryan Brennan and Curt Hardaway; album art direction by Jim Titus (Tribute Film Classics)
NOTRE DAME DE PARIS – THE MUSIC OF MAURICE JARRE, music by Maurice Jarre; conducted by Nic Raine; album produced by James Fitzpatrick; liner notes by James Fitzpatrick and Frank K. DeWald; album art direction by Damien Doherty (Tadlow)
QUO VADIS?, music by Miklós Rózsa; conducted by Nic Raine; album produced by James Fitzpatrick and Luc Van de Ven; liner notes by Frank K. DeWald; album art direction by GINKO DIGI (Prometheus/Tadlow)
THE RED HOUSE, music by Miklós Rózsa; conducted by Allan Wilson; album produced by Kevin Kaska and Douglass Fake; liner notes by Dan Robbins and Frank K. DeWald; album art direction by Joe Sikoryak (Intrada)
WINGS, music by J.S. Zamecnik; conducted by Peter Boyer and Ira Hearshen; album produced by Dominik Hauser, Jeannie Gayle Pool, Dan Goldwasser, MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys; liner notes by Jeannie Gayle Pool; album art direction by Dan Goldwasser (La-La Land)

FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR

INTRADA RECORDS, Douglass Fake, Roger Feigelson

LA-LA LAND RECORDS, MV Gerhard, Matt Verboys, Neil S. Bulk, Dan Goldwasser

MOVIESCORE MEDIA, Mikael Carlsson

QUARTET RECORDS, Jose M. Benitez

TADLOW MUSIC, James Fitzpatrick

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The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) is an association of online, print and radio journalists who specialize in writing about original film and television music.

Since its inception, the IFMCA has grown to comprise almost 60 members from countries as diverse as Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Previous IFMCA Score of the Year Awards have been awarded to John Williams’ WAR HORSE in 2011, John Powell’s HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON in 2010, Michael Giacchino’s UP in 2009, Alexandre Desplat’s THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON in 2008, Dario Marianelli’s ATONEMENT in 2007, James Newton Howard’s LADY IN THE WATER in 2006, John Williams’ MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA in 2005 and Michael Giacchino’s THE INCREDIBLES in 2004.

www.filmmusiccritics.org

CLINT MANSELL - Stoker (2013)

A new Mansell score is always big news! 

Product Details

Audio CD (February 26, 2013)

Original Release Date: 2012

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Milan Records

ASIN: B00B2TUQ70

In-Print Editions: Vinyl

Track Listings

1. I'm Not Formed by Things That Are of Myself Alone (MIA WASKOWSKA)

2. Becomes The Color (EMILY WELLS)

3. Happy Birthday (CLINT MANSELL)

4. Uncle Charlie (CLINT MANSELL)

5. The Hunter and the Game (CLINT MANSELL)

6. Blossoming... (CLINT MANSELL)

7. A Family Affair (CLINT MANSELL)

8. Duet (PHILIP GLASS)

9. Becoming.... (CLINT MANSELL)

10. Crawford Institute (CLINT MANSELL)

11. The Hunter Plays The Game (CLINT MANSELL)

12. In Full Bloom (CLINT MANSELL)

13. The Hunter Becomes The Game (CLINT MANSELL)

14. We Are Not Responsible for Who We Come To Be (CLINT MANSELL)

15. If I Ever Had a Heart (EMILY WELLS & CLINT MANSELL)

Editorial Reviews

Stoker is the English debut film by legendary director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance). This unique, stylish thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Mia Waskowska features a soundtrack with an exciting line up of visionary artists. The score is composed by Clint Mansell (long time collaborator of Darren Aronofsky). The album also includes an original piano piece by renowned composer Philip Glass, the original song "Becomes The Color" by Emily Wells, "Summer Wine" by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood.

More about it on amazon.com

New interview with 'ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW' composer, ABEL KORZENIOWSKI (2013)

Check out the new interview with the magnificent composer of W.E. and this year: "Escape from Tomorrow": a fantastic orchestral score full of fantasy elements and old-school lyrical Romanticism  for one low-budget indie movie that is taking Sundance and festivals by storm! Stay tuned to find out more about the album soon. 

Read the interview here: http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/composer-abel-korzeniowski-on-sundance-music-career/

JEFF RONA - Phantom (2013)

New score for the composer. 

Product Details

Audio CD (February 26, 2013)

Original Release Date: 2013

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Milan Records

Ed Harris plays the captain of a Cold War Soviet missile submarine who has secretly been suffering from seizures that alter his perception of reality. He is rushed into a classified mission, where he is haunted by his past and challenged by a rogue KGB group (led by David Duchovny) bent on seizing control of the ship's nuclear missile. Jeff Rona delivers a mysterious and suspenseful score. At times hypnotic and eerie, then again energized and action pact, the score beautifully captures the tension between the main protagonists and the agonizing dilemma faced by the submarine's captain.

Track Listings

1. THE EARLY DAWN

2. THIS IS NOT A DRILL

3. CAN WE BE REDEEMED FOR THE THINGS WE'VE DONE?

4. TIME FOR FAREWELLS

5. WE ALL GO THE SAME WAY ON A BOAT

6. WELCOME ABOARD

7. WE SAIL AT DAWN

8. TRUE ZEALOTS

9. TWENTY TON SCREWS

10. THESE GOVERNMENT DRUGS ARE SHIT

11. LIKE A THOUSAND SNOWFLAKES

12. ENGAGE THE PHANTOM

13. ONLY TWO REASONS

14. MY FATHER

15. YOU SHOULD BE FLATTERED

16. SENDING A SIGNAL

17. GO BELOW

18. THEY ALREADY HAVE THE CODES

19. IF THEY SO MUCH AS BLINK

20. TORPEDOES IN THE WATER

21. THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN

22. ARMING THE WARHEAD

23. WE'RE ON THE BOTTOM

24. GIVE HER A MESSAGE

25. TO STAY HERE WITH YOU

26. I WISH HE KNEW

27. AN OCEAN AWAY (Feat. RACHEL FANNAN, CARMEN RIZZO MIX)

More about it here http://www.amazon.com/Phantom-Jeff-Rona/dp/B00B1I1B26/ref=zg_bsnr_42_96

DEBORAH LURIE - Safe Heaven (2013)

After a pretty good year in 2012, Deborah returns with more new music! 

Product Details

Original Release Date: February 8, 2013

Release Date: February 8, 2013

Label: Relativity Music Group

Copyright: (C) 2013 Relativity Music Group, LLC

Total Length: 38:35

SOUND CLIPS and info: http://www.amazon.com/Haven-Original-Motion-Picture-Score/dp/B00BA5DSIU/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=37FHEQFL7XLQK&coliid=IQ6DZGC9YBDAC

ANTONIO PINTO - Snitch (2013)

Product Details
Original Release Date: February 19, 2013
Label: Lakeshore Records
Copyright: 2012 Lakeshore Records
Total Length: 1:03:06

SOUND CLIPS AND INFO:

Find out more about it here: http://www.amazon.com/Snitch-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00B888L7W/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=37FHEQFL7XLQK&coliid=I2I39OICHWFHJ1

HANSEL AND GRETEL (2013) by ATLI ORVARSSON

HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS SLAYS OSCAR-NOMINEES AT BOX OFFICE,

SCORE BY HANS ZIMMER PROTÉGÉ ATLI ORVARSSON

Now In Theaters

(West Hollywood, CA)- January 29, 2013—If the words “other-worldly,” “mysterious,” and “extreme” can be used to describe the preternatural landscapes and stirring emotions that Iceland evokes in our imaginations, then Icelandic composer Atli Orvarsson has certainly hit home with his score for the film Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, now in theaters. Hansel and Gretel is a dark and edgy reinvention of the classic fairytale in which Hansel and Gretel have grown up to become highly-skilled bounty hunters out to rid the world of witches. Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow) directs the film, and along with Dante Harper, Wirkola also wrote the screenplay. Hansel and Gretel is a Paramount Pictures/MGM production starring Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, and Peter Stormare. In addition to scoring Hansel and Gretel, Orvarsson recently scored the dark drama/thriller A Single Shot starring Sam Rockwell. Orvarsson currently scores the hit NBC series Chicago Fire, for which he provides original music every week, and he is contributing music under Hans Zimmer to the new Zack Snyder Superman reinstallmentMan of Steel. The Hansel and Gretel score album is now available on La-La Land Records.

Orvarsson fondly dubs the music he created for Hansel and Gretel ‘Baroque ‘n Roll’ – a unique and complex mix of heavy metal, early classical and experimental dance influences that infuse heart-pounding energy into the action-packed scenes that comprise this adult-oriented thriller. The development of Orvarsson’s score involved drawing inspiration from the input and ideas of the Hansel and Gretel filmmakers. “If it hadn’t been for all of this experimentation, I never would have come up with this music the way it is,” he explains. “We experimented with going down several different roads during the writing process and ended up with elements from all of them. It was a fun ride.”

Orvarsson’s talent, experience, versatility, and skill combine with his Icelandic roots to produce an individualized and compelling style that contributes to his success as a musician and composer. Orvarsson earned three platinum and two gold records as a member of the Icelandic band Salin hans Jons mins before studying film composing at Berklee College of Music and the North Carolina School of the Arts. After arriving in Los Angeles, Orvarsson began working alongside TV veteran Mike Post on projects such as NYPD Blue and three Law and Order programs. Orvarsson soon caught the attention of the highly renowned composer Hans Zimmer who, impressed, extended an invitation to Orvarsson to join Zimmer’s team at Remote Control Studios. Orvarsson’s credits include orchestrating and writing music for some of Hollywood’s biggest projects, including the Pirates of the Caribbean series. He has contributed music to films including Angels and Demons and The Holiday, and has scored numerous films including The Eagle, Vantage Point, Babylon A.D., the Morgan Freeman caper Thick as Thieves, The Fourth Kind, and the Nicolas Cage medieval fantasy Season of the Witch.

JOSEPH TRAPANESE - Tron:Uprising (2013)

Press release for the new score release, courtesy of Cinemedia Promos:

Bridging the gap between 1982's “TRON” and 2010's “TRON: Legacy,” composer Joseph Trapanese follows in the footsteps of Wendy Carlos' and Daft Punk's groundbreaking scores with his work on "TRON: Uprising."  As arranger and orchestrator he collaborated with Daft Punk on their "TRON: Legacy" soundtrack, a top 10 album in the US and certified gold with over 500,000 units sold.  For "Uprising," Joseph adapted the original Daft Punk synthesizer patches and sound palette used in TRON: Legacy for Beck's journey in Argon City, paying homage to the film while also broadening the sonic world of The Grid with new instrumentation and color.

“The artistic and creative directors of the series worked closely with the writers of the film to create a firm connection to the film while being its own unique, distinct world," said Trapanese. "That’s where this process was most rewarding, the ability to start with a framework of cool sounds, ideas, and textures, but then take it to the new places that the series went.”

Trapanese’s cinematic score paints an aural picture that matches “TRON: Uprising’s” futuristic animation. Set in the era of “TRON” between the stories in the 1982 feature film and Walt Disney Studios' “TRON: Legacy,” “TRON: Uprising” delves inside the computer world of The Grid and the people who live there with a visually striking series produced in CG animation with 2D aesthetic. “TRON: Uprising” stars Elijah Wood (Beck), Mandy Moore (Mara), Emmanuelle Chriqui (Paige), and Bruce Boxleitner reprising the role as Tron. Fans of TRON: Uprising will recognize Trapanese’s elegantly crafted compositions on the soundtrack.

“We had a lot more footage to cover than we had with the film, almost 7 hours,” says Trapanese. “And with animation, we’re not hindered by the limitations of visual effects and real world stunts. The scope can be much bigger.  Through the two years of collaboration with Daft Punk, we found a balance of electronics and orchestra that worked very well for The Grid, and I've tried to build on that. The remixes for the show are from artists whom I have a great respect for and Cole’s track is added on as his unique, artistic reaction to what we’ve been doing.”

A classically trained musician, Trapanese has played the piano and trombone from a young age—including performing at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony. He completed his undergraduate work in music composition at the Manhattan School Of Music then continued at UCLA’s Music for Visual Media program for graduate school. Here, he was given the first ever Jerry Goldsmith Award in 2007. Soon after, Trapanese started working on “Dexter” as orchestrator.  Since then he has provided arrangements and orchestrations for “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief,” “Butter,” “Fast Five,” among numerous other films and television shows.

TRON: Uprising soundtrack is available for pre-order starting December 18, 2012.

iTunes http://smarturl.it/tuiTunesa1

Amazon Disc On Demand http://smarturl.it/tuAmazona1

Visit the official Disney XD site for “TRON: Uprising” for more information: http://disney.go.com/xd/tron/.  Become a fan at Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/TronUprising.

Preview the score here: http://www.amazon.com/Tron-Uprising-digital-booklet/dp/B00AIN9MQ2 and here:blog.tracksounds…three-preview-tracks-from-upcoming-tron.html

Ludwig II composed by Bruno Coulais

New Bruno Coulais score here, check out the release and the sound clips at this link: http://www.amazon.com/Ludwig-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00AJRPJ46/ref=sr_1_64?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1355603206&sr=1-64

Product Details
Original Release Date: December 21, 2012
Label: Bavaria Sonor Mediathek
Copyright: 2012 BSC Music GmbH
Total Length: 49:43

A.R.RAHMAN - Kadal (2013)

New score by the composer of Slumdog Millionaire, A.R.Rahman. Released new year's day.

View more about it here and listen to sound clips: http://www.amazon.com/Kadal/dp/B00ANIQZ9Y/ref=sr_1_45?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1355603129&sr=1-45

Product Details

Original Release Date: December 17, 2012

Label: Sony Music Entertainment

Copyright: (P) 2012 Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.

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Total Length: 34:26

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT nominated for a Golden Globe award for ARGO

Film Composer Alexandre Desplat receives Golden Globe Nomination for ARGO

Desplat’s Sixth Golden Globe nomination

Desplat scores five of the Best Picture nominees

ARGO-The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Available Now on WaterTower Records

(West Hollywood, CA) December 13, 2012 – Film composer Alexandre Desplat receives Golden Globe nomination for Argo; this marks the composer’s sixth Golden Globe nomination with one win. Desplat also scored this year, five of the Best Picture nominees in various categories. Desplat said from his studio in Paris, “It is an honor to be nominated again by the HFPA. Writing the score for Argo was a rare experience. I wish to thank Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Chay Carter for taking me on-board their flight to Iran. I want to share this nomination with the brilliant musicians from all over the world who performed on my score.” In addition to best score, Argo received five nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best screenplay; Ben Affleck directed film Argo.

The film's director Ben Affleck said, “We needed to find a theme that we would use throughout—obviously different instrumentation and tempo, but still the same piece of music." He turned to composer Alexandre Desplat. "Desplat was amazing at crafting an atypical score, incorporating uncommon instruments, many Middle Eastern in origin. It doesn’t feel too literal or cliché, but he created a sound that instantly puts you in that place.”

A four-time Academy Award® nominee, Desplat received his most recent Oscar® nod for his score for the Best Picture winner “The King’s Speech,” for which he also won a BAFTA Award and earned a Golden Globe nomination. He previously garnered Oscar® and BAFTA Award nominations for his score for the animated “Fantastic Mr. Fox”; Oscar®, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for David Fincher’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”; and Oscar® and BAFTA Award nominations for Stephen Frears’ “The Queen.” In addition, Desplat won a Golden Globe Award for John Curran’s “The Painted Veil,” and also received Golden Globe nominations for his scores for Stephen Gaghan’s “Syriana” and Peter Webber’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”

Desplat more recently created the scores for many films this year including “Moonrise Kingdom,” “Zero Dark Thirty,“ “Rise of the Guardians, and "Rust and Bone" - all Golden Globe nominated this year! Last year’s credits include "The Tree of Life,” directed by Terrence Malick; George Clooney’s “The Ides of March”; “Carnage,” which reunited him with Roman Polanski; Stephen Daldry’s “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”; and the two-film finale of the Harry Potter film franchise, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Parts 1 and 2.”

Oscar® winner Ben Affleck (“The Town,” “Good Will Hunting”) directs and stars in “Argo.” Based on real events, the dramatic thriller “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis, focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played—information that was not declassified until many years after the event. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, the Canadian and American governments ask the CIA to intervene. The CIA turns to their top “exfiltration” specialist, Tony Mendez, to come up with a plan to get the six Americans safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.

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MovieScore Media surprises with another gorgeous and unknown gem: 90 MINUTES, by HENRIK SKRAM

90 MINUTES (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Music Composed by HENRIK SKRAM

Release date (digital only): December 11, 2012

It wouldn't be the first time MovieScore Media releases a completely wonderful score by an unknown composer, as is practically what the label specializes at. If you want my advice, do not pass on this one. It's beautiful. Up there with Zbigniew Preisner's mesmerizing waltzes and musical fields, or the beautiful themes of Jan A.P.Kaczmarek, this is yet another small orchestral (with emphasis on piano and strings) gem by MovieScore Media. Chamber-musical and melancholic, it's a must-listen for this year. 

Go over MSM's site and listen for yourselves! http://moviescoremedia.com/90-minutes-henrik-skram/

Beautifully crafted by newcomer Henrik Skram and performed with great sensibility by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, the original score for Norwegian drama 90 Minutes (starring Aksel Hennie of Max Manus fame) is a mesmerizing listening experience where transparent writing for strings and melodic piano themes form the backbone of the soundtrack.

“Johan’s Theme and Variations” features in five versions throughout the album and is in its most clean version a nostalgic and elegant waltz for piano, plucked strings and harp that has an instant appeal akin to that of the melodic writing of such film music greats as Gabriel Yared and Zbigniew Preisner. MovieScore Media’s digital album also features a new recording of Puccini’s famous aria, ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’, featuring soprano Eszter Magyari.

TRACK LIST

1 Opening Title and Walking 2:32

2 Johan’s Theme and Variations I 2:37

3 Beaten 3:28

4 Johan’s Theme and Variations II 1:45

5 Transition 1:42

6 Johan’s Theme and Variations III 2:21

7 Coffee and Bed 2:05

8 Love Theme 2:15

9 The Dinner 4:55

10 Johan’s Theme and Variations IV 3:12

11 Theatre 4:15

12 Now You Can Leave 1:50

13 Johan’s Destiny 4:05

14 Strangler and Exit 3:05

15 Johan’s Theme and Variations V 3:05

16 O Mio Babbino Caro from “Gianni Schicchi” 2:58

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CLINT MANSELL confirmed working on yet another Darren Aronosfky epic film: NOAH

Darren Aronofsky Confirms Clint Mansell Is Scoring 'Noah,' Discusses Their Working Relationship

NEWS BY KEVIN JAGERNAU:

Considering composer Clint Mansell has worked with Darren Aronofsky on all of the director's films to date, it's not a big shock that they will be working together once again. But still, it's nice to get some confirmation, and indeed, during a masterclass at the Marrakech Film Festival Aronofsky confirmed that Mansell will be back for his Bible epic "Noah." But perhaps most revealing is Aronofsky's description of their working relationship.

Read all about it here: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/darren-aronofsky-confirms-clint-mansell-is-scoring-noah-discusses-their-working-relationship-20121211

Listen to ALEXANDRE DESPLAT's new score, "ZERO DARK THIRTY"

Madison Gate Records, have put up Desplat's new score for you to listen, just CLICK HERE to get over to soundcloud. 

Here's imdb info on the movie:

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Writer: Mark Boal (screenplay)

Stars: Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain and Joel Edgerton

'Great Expectations' - Richard Hartley (2012)

Product details

Audio CD (26 Nov 2012)

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Metropolis Movie Music

Scored by esteemed Emmy Award winning British composer Richard Hartley (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Doctor Who) this moving orchestral album brings a poignant accompaniment to the BBC film, Great Expectations.
Great Expectations is a British film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel of the same name, depicting the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip who suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. The film is written by David Nicholls and directed by Mike Newell.

More info here.

CHRISTOPHE BECK - Paperman (2012)

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Original Release Date: December 18, 2012

Release Date: December 18, 2012

Label: Walt Disney Records

Copyright: (C) 2012 Disney

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Duration: 4:59 minutes

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JOEY NEWMAN - Any Day Now (2012)

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Original Release Date: December 11, 2012

Label: Lakeshore Records

Copyright: 2012 Lakeshore Records

Total Length: 19:04

from imdb:

In the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.

Director: Travis Fine

Writers: Travis Fine, George Arthur Bloom

Stars: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt and Isaac Leyva |

TRON: Uprising by JOE TRAPANESE (2013)

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Original Release Date: January 8, 2013

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Label: Walt Disney Records

Copyright: (C) 2013 Disney

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Total Length: 1:15:42

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The animated series TRON: Uprising, premiering on Disney XD on June 7th, takes place after the 1982 feature film and before the events in TRON: Legacy. Produced in CG animation with a 2D aesthetic, the series follows the heroic journey of a new character named Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood), a young program who becomes the unlikely leader of a revolution inside the computer world of The Grid.