World Soundtrack Awards Announces 2012 Nominees

World Soundtrack Awards Announces 2012 Nominees

Ghent - The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the list of its nominees for the 2012 Awards to be presented in three categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The names of the winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Saturday, October 20, the closing night of the Ghent International Film Festival.

The nominees of the World Soundtrack Awards 2012:

Film Composer of the Year

Award can be presented in respect of one film or in respect of a body of work in the year

Alexandre Desplat A Better Life, Carnage, De Rouille Et d’Os (Rust & Bone), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Moonrise Kingdom, The Ides Of March

Alberto Iglesias       Le Moine (The Monk), La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I Live In), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Cliff Martinez:     Contagion, Drive

Howard Shore:     A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis,  Hugo

John Williams:        The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse

Best Original Film Score of the Year

DRIVE by Cliff Martinez

HUGO by Howard Shore

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN by John Williams

THE IDES OF MARCH by Alexandre Desplat

TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY by Alberto Iglesias

Best Original Song written directly for a Film

Lay Your Head Down

from: “Albert Nobbs”

music by Brian Byrne

lyrics by Glenn Close

performed by Sinead O’Connor

Breath Of Life

from “ Snow White And The Huntsman”

music & lyrics by Florence Welch & Isabella Summers

performed by Florence + the Machine

The Living Proof

from “The Help”

music & lyrics by Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr. & Damon Thomas

performed by  Mary J. Blige

Man Or Muppet

from “The Muppets”

music & Lyrics by Bret McKenzie

performed by Jason Segel and Walter

       

Masterpiece

from “W.E.”

music & lyrics by  Madonna, Julie Frost & Jimmy Harry

performed by Madonna

The music of award-winning composer James Newton Howard will be celebrated in concert at the 12th World Soundtrack Awards, which will be held at the Kuipke Events Centre in Ghent on Saturday, October 20th.  Howard is one of the most versatile and respected film music composers currently working in film.  A program of his impressive music will be performed by the renowned Brussels Philharmonic and be accompanied by select film clips.  The concert will be conducted by both Howard and Dirk Brossé.

Howard most recently scored the blockbuster films Snow White and the Huntsman and The Hunger Games. His credits include King Kong, The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive and Pretty Woman, among many others

In addition, composer Pino Donaggio will be receiving the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award at the event.  A selection of his work will also be performed at the concert. Donaggio is a frequent collaborator of director Brian De Palma and has scored the filmmaker’s Carrie, Home Movies, Dressed To Kill, Blow Out, Body Double and Raising Cain.  Donaggio will also be scoring De Palma’s upcoming feature Passion.

The World Soundtrack Academy was founded in 2001 by the Ghent International Film Festival to celebrate the role of music in film and honor film composers. The WSA Academy now has over 300 international members comprised of composers, film professionals, record label executives and other representatives of the film music business.

At the end of August, the Academy Board will announce the 5 nominees for the category ‘Discovery of the Year 2012’. In addition to the Awards presented by the Academy, film music fans around the world can vote for the best soundtrack of the year (see www.worldsoundtrackacademy.com).

Tickets for the World Soundtrack Awards & concert cost €29, €39 or €49 and are on sale at www.filmfestival.be.

Belgian press contact: Tom Heirbaut at +32 9 242 80 79 or via e-mail at fpress@filmfestival.be.

US press contact:  Jeff Sanderson at Chasen & Company at 310-274-4400 at jeff@chasenpr.com

JOHNNY GREENWOOD - "MASTER" (2012)

Got some news about one of the most awaited score and movie releases this year, thanks to a dear friend. It's all about the original score for THE MASTER, composed by Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood. He's done several film scores so far, most notably the previous collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson, i.e. There Will Be Blood which was gifted with an exceptional score. I personally cannot wait for this. I think Greenwood is one of the most misunderstood, but most excellent artists working for film today.

1. Overtones 2:20

2. Time Hole 1:42

3. Back Beyond 3:42

4. Get Thee Behind Me Satan – Performed by Ella Fitzgerald 3:47

5. Alethia 4:06

6. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me) – Performed by Madisen Beaty 1:36

7. Atomic Healer 1:24

8. Able-Bodied Seamen 3:54

9. The Split Saber 3:41

10. Baton Sparks 2:20

11. No Other Love – Performed by Jo Stafford 3:00

12. His Master’s Voice 3:34

13. Application 45 Version 1 5:40

14. Changing Partners – Performed by Helen Forrest 2:42

15. Sweetness of Freddie 3:25

Also, if you want to sample it and listen to a quite lengthy track from the original score, direct your browsers here: http://ibad.tumblr.com/post/29425715347/application-45-version-1-jonny-greenwood

BRIAN TYLER's "EXPENDABLES 2" is out now!

Numero Uno was unashamed, action packed and kinda naive, but it sure gave us a mindless couple of hours at the cinema. Score had a pumping main theme and a couple of great action cues with modern-cut orchestra and percussive rhythms so let's see what the new one will bring us, both the movie and also the score! Off to listen to my promo! In the meantime here's the LIONSGATE official press release.

LIONSGATE RECORDS RELEASES SCORE ALBUM FOR “THE EXPENDABLES 2”

ORIGINAL SCORE BY BRIAN TYLER

SANTA MONICA, CA (August 14, 2012)- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF) Records is proud to announce today’s release of "The Expendables 2:  Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,” with music by Brian Tyler.   The Expendables are back for a bigger and badder installment of the box office smash hit, and renowned composer Brian Tyler again does them proud with a pulse-pounding score. The star-studded film hits theatres August 17th, and the album will be available exclusively through iTunes today, Tuesday, August 14th.

Tyler describes his experience composing for the film, “I’m so thrilled to continue the musical journey I started on the first chapter of THE EXPENDABLES. Back with a vengeance, THE EXPENDABLES 2 called for an epic approach to the music to complement the narrative.  Combining world percussion and dark electronic elements with an orchestral landscape allowed me to capture the essence of the renegade expendables spirit.”

“Brian wrote another inspired score for THE EXPENDABLES 2,” notes Tracy McKnight, Head of Film Music for Lionsgate, “He effortlessly blended electronic beats, percussion, and an orchestra to make a perfect accompaniment to this epic film.  We are so glad to be adding this album to our family of Lionsgate soundtrack releases.”

Tyler is best known for his scores for the films THE FAST & THE FURIOUS, EAGLE EYE, THE EXPENDABLES  and BATTLE: LOS ANGELES. Tyler received a nomination for Film Composer of the Year by the International Film Music Critics Association in 2011.  He was awarded the BMI Film Music award for FAST FIVE, BATTLE: LOS ANGELES and THE EXPENDABLES in 2011. Most recently, he received the nomination for the 2012 BSO Goldspirit Award for Best Composer of the Year.

About THE EXPENDABLES 2

The Expendables are back and this time it’s personal...

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) -- with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard -- are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job.  The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries.   But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them.  Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — five tons of weapons-grade plutonium, far more than enough to change the balance of power in the world.  But that's nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother.

That is done the Expendables way....

From Lionsgate and Millennium Films, THE EXPENDABLES 2, a film by Simon West, is the highly anticipated sequel to the summer 2010 worldwide box-office success ($274 million worldwide). The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, with newest cast members Liam Hemsworth, Scott Adkins, martial arts legends Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Chinese actress Yu Nan as the first female EXPENDABLE.   The film is directed by Simon West.  Screenplay by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone. Story by Ken Kaufman & David Agosto and Richard Wenk. Based on Characters Created by David Callaham.  The film is produced by Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, Danny Lerner and Les Weldon.  Jon Feltheimer, Jason Constantine, Eda Kowan, Basil Iwanyk and Guymon Casady serve as Executive Producers along with Danny Dimbort,  Boaz Davidson and Trevor Short. Lionsgate and Millennium Films present a Nu Image production.

About Lionsgate Records

LIONSGATE Records is an innovative, entrepreneurial and diversified label and is part of the music arm of Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, and it complements the Company’s filmed entertainment content leadership with a growing role in all facets of music. The label has been releasing recorded music since 2002, including the film soundtracks to THE EXPENDABLES, RABBIT HOLE, THE NEXT THREE DAYS, KILLERS, IRON MAN, Marco Beltrami's Academy Award ® nominated score for 3:10 TO YUMA,  and Alexandre Desplat’s Golden Globe Award ® nominated score for  GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING.

ABOUT LIONSGATE

Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. The Company has built a significant television presence in production of primetime cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 23 shows on 16 networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses, including the multiple Emmy Award-winning "Mad Men" and the critically-acclaimed series "Weeds," "Nurse Jackie" and "Boss," the new network series “Nashville” and “Next Caller,” the Charlie Sheen sitcom “Anger Management,” the syndication successes "Tyler Perry's House of Payne," its spinoff "Meet the Browns," "The Wendy Williams Show" and "Are We There Yet?" and the upcoming “Orange Is The New Black,” an original series for Netflix.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of "The Hunger Games" franchise, which has grossed nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office, “Cabin In The Woods," "Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection" and "Margin Call." With the January 2012 acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company added the blockbuster "The Twilight Saga," which has grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office, to a slate that already included its "The Hunger Games" franchise and now has the two premier young adult franchises in the world.  Recent Summit hits include "Red," "Letters to Juliet," "Knowing," and the Academy Award-winning Best Picture, "The Hurt Locker."

Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 15,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

First listen and info on JAMES NEWTON HOWARD's "BOURNE LEGACY"

Check out a first listen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPDHoF781Hs and also the info on the cd (the first few bits of info as we know it so far so stay tuned for more as it becomes available): 

Audio CD (August 7, 2012)

Number of Discs: 1

Format: Soundtrack

Label: Varese Sarabande

Original soundtrack to the 2012 motion picture with music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, Snow White And The Huntsman, I Am Legend). Also includes a new version of 'Extreme Ways' by Moby. The narrative architect behind the Bourne film series, Tony Gilroy, takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: The Bourne Legacy. The writer/director expands the Bourne universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. For The Bourne Legacy, Renner joins fellow series newcomers Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach and Oscar Isaac, while franchise veterans Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathaim and Scott Glenn reprise their roles. Composer James Newton Howard follows in John Powell's footsteps, taking on the Bourne franchise for this next film chapter evolution of Ludlum's blockbuster saga.

Check it out on amazon.com here http://www.amazon.com/Bourne-Legacy-James-Newton-Howard/dp/B008DCHRIA/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=37FHEQFL7XLQK&coliid=I2FUVY03YBQCHB

HANS ZIMMER's "DARK KNIGHT RISES" (2012)

Lots of news on the much awaited release. 

Firstly, it streams (the whole score) over at Empire and you can listen to it here:

Second on the row, there's the new interview with Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan on the whole Batman Thing. Read the interview here and here: 

The score will be available on special limited edition vinyl and you can view details on this release here: 

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. A Storm Is Coming

2. On Thin Ice

3. Gotham's Reckoning

4. Mind If I Cut In?

5. Underground Army

6. Born In Darkness

7. The Fire Rises

8. Nothing Out There

Disc: 2

1. Despair

2. Fear Will Find You

3. Why Do We Fall?

4. Death By Exile

5. Imagine The Fire

6. Rise

Limited Edition 180 Gram Vinyl
Hans Zimmer's Soundtrack to the blockbuster 2012 motion picture - The final installment in director Christopher Nolan's highly acclaimed Dark Knight trilogy.

There's also the official score cd release (July the 17th, 2012), coming here: 

Be sure to read the Cinemedia press release as well:

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES SOUNDTRACK DUE JULY 17

(July 10, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA) – On July 17, 2012, WaterTower Music will release The Dark Knight Rises : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at all physical and digital retailers. Academy- Award® winning composer Hans Zimmer teams for the fourth time with writer/director Christopher Nolan to create the music for the final installment of his Dark Knight Trilogy.  The CD version of the soundtrack will contain an exclusive link to unlock three bonus tracks, while a deluxe version of the soundtrack, with three additional tracks, will be available digitally. A limited edition vinyl configuration is set for release on September 4. Following the success of his experiential app for Inception, which boasted 5 million downloads, Zimmer is preparing to unveil a new iPhone app for The Dark Knight Rises that will provide fans with a more immersive musical and sonic experience into the world of Gotham City. Details for the new Hans Zimmer app will be announced soon.
“I thought after we finished the last one [The Dark Knight], that was it,” said Zimmer.  “There was nothing else we could possibly do.  At the same time, when I started reading this script, I instantly knew that there was a whole world out there that I hadn’t even touched yet.”
“I have never worked with someone so dedicated to the idea that the real risk is in playing it safe,” said Nolan.  “Hans taught me that you sometimes have to go in what appears to be the wrong direction to discover all the possibilities, and that without exploring those possibilities you can never do anything truly exceptional.  He sets creative goals for every film that are higher than you ever thought practical…or even reachable.”
Zimmer added, “We’re comrades in arms, the way we try to cheer each other on and try to really do the best work we possibly can. And part of that is you have to be prepared to not hold back. You have to put everything into the movie.”
Hans Zimmer has scored over 100 films, grossing more than 19.6 billion dollars at the box office worldwide. He has been honored with the Academy Award®, 2 Golden Globes, 3 Grammys, an American Music Award, and a Tony Award.  In 2003, ASCAP gave him the prestigious Henry Mancini award for Lifetime Achievement for his impressive and influential body of work. He also received his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in December 2010.  Some of his most recent works include Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and Rob Marshall’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight Rises is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
The film  stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Morgan Freeman.  Christopher Nolan directed the film from a screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer.  Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven produced the film, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull serving as executive producers, and Jordan Goldberg co-producing. “The Dark Knight Rises” is based upon Batman characters created by Bob Kane and published by DC Comics.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Syncopy Production, a Film by Christopher Nolan.  Opening in theatres and IMAX on July 20, 2012, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.  The Dark Knight Rises has been rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality and language.
The Dark Knight Rises -- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and The Dark Knight Rises – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Deluxe Version on WaterTower Music will be available digitally and in stores on July 17, 2012.
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www.thedarkknightrises.com

Composer Hans Zimmer Teams With Christopher Nolan For The Conclusion Of The Dark Knight Trilogy

Album Available For Pre-Order On Amazon And iTunes

ANTONIO PINTO's new score for "ODYSSEY"

After the much-overlooked but deeply melodic score for "SENNA", Pinto has another release out that if you read the premise of the docu and the collaborating musicians for this one, you'll undoubtedly feel that something very good might come out of this. 

The score comes from Lakeshore Records and it's for Asif Kapadia’s documentary The Odyssey. The album carries the film’s original score composed by Antonio Pinto (City of God, Lord of War) and Dudu Aram. For more info check the movie out here official Facebook movie website and here: http://festival.london2012.com/events/9000966355

Here's the score's cd tracklisting:

01. Orange Town

02. Charles from Brazil

03. Zeus Talk

04. Fly London

05. Yellow Town

06. Doom Town

07. The Riot

08. Futurista

09. British Chaos

10. The Odyssey

11. The End is Near

12. British Chaos (Dubstep version)

MARK ISHAM and BLAKE NEELY to lead the Córdoba Film Music Festival as honorary presidents

Award-Winning Film and TV Composers, Mark Isham and Blake Neely,

Appointed Honorary President and Musical Director

at the International Film Music Festival

In Córdoba, Spain from June 28th to July 1st

(Los Angeles, CA) June 19, 2012— Mark Isham, Honorary President, will be joined by award-winning composer Blake Neely, Musical Director, at the 8th Annual International Film Music Festival this year in Córdoba, Spain (formerly held in Ubeda) from June 28th through July 1st. The Festival will feature recognized international composers, with music performances and screenings, including a viewing of Crash, with a special introduction from Mark Isham, the film’s composer.

Mark Isham’s trumpet performance with Carles Cases’ Band at last year’s International Film Music Festival impacted everyone from fans to the organization, leading to his appointment as Honorary President of the festival. Isham has long been celebrated for his musical contributions to film and television, receiving several awards, including a Grammy and an Emmy as well as Oscar and Golden Globe Nominations. Isham has collaborated with leading directors including Robert Redford and Frank Marshall. Isham’s compositions for notable films include Crash, The Black Dahlia, and A River Runs Through It. Most recently, he scored the family film Dolphin Tale, and the drama Warrior, for which he won the Hollywood Music in Media Award for “Best Score.” Isham’s current projects include ABC’s #1 new drama Once Upon A Time, created by Lost writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, for which he records weekly with a full orchestra and vocalists to achieve the distinguished cinematic vibe. He is also currently scoring the feature Upside Down, and will be returning this fall to score Once Upon A Time, and the new series Beauty and the Beast.

Blake Neely’s contribution to the tribute of Michael Kamen at last year’s International Film Music Festival made for an emotional performance, and he further impressed the organization with his professionalism and interest, making him an obvious choice for Musical Director of the festival. Neely’s accolades include an Emmy Nomination and the 2011 GoldSpirit Award for Best Theme, The Pacific. In addition, Neely’s musical commissions include writing music for the Queen of England and the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. He also conducted at the FIFA World Cup Final Draw to a TV audience of nearly one billion people. Neely recently scored ABC’s period drama Pan Am¸ created by writer Jack Orman and directed by Thomas Schlamme. Neely incorporated a full orchestra to achieve a signature sound for the series. Next month, Neely’s music can be heard on USA Network’s mini-series Political Animals, and this fall on the CW’s new DC Comics series Arrow, both produced by Greg Berlanti, for whom Neely has scored over a dozen of series. He also returns for the sixth season of The Mentalist.

The International Film Music Festival will open with the official inauguration at Palacio de la Merced, followed by workshops, screenings, performances and panel discussions, concluding with a farewell party for guests and attendees. Other composers attending include Oscar winner Ludovic Bource (The Artist), Christopher Young (Spiderman 3), Murray Gold (Dr. Who), and Cliff Martinez (Drive). For more information regarding the Festival, please visit http://festivaldecordoba.com/

HENRY JACKMAN's: ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (2012, CD)

Product Details
http://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-Vampire-Various-Artists/dp/B007TBCSW6/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT2_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=37FHEQFL7XLQK&coliid=I3O6E2SCSLUQLN

    Audio CD (July 3, 2012)
    Original Release Date: 2012
    Number of Discs: 1
    Format: Soundtrack
    Label: SONY MASTERWORKS

With a successful and eclectic career in both the record and film industries, Henry Jackman's musical work has ranged from chart topping collaborations with Mike Oldfield, Marc Almond, Coolio and Seal, to the esoteric as well as summer blockbusters, The Dark Night, Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man s Chest and Puss In Boots, to art house projects. He combines a unique range of skills, which include classical composition, orchestral arrangement, beat programming, sound design, production and mixing. His orchestral compositions have been performed and recorded by musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. His ability to work alongside leading orchestral players and conductors is a vital part of his work.

1. Childhood Tragedy
2. Vampires
3. What Do You Hate?
4. Power Comes from Truth
5. You Are Full of Surprises
6. Mary Todd
7. The Horse Stampede
8. Henry Sturgess
9. Adam
10. Rescue Mission
11. Inauguration
12. All Slave to Something
13. Emancipation
14. Haunted by the Past
15. Battle at Gettysburg
16. Forging Silver
17. 80 Miles
18. The Burning Bridge
19. Not the Only Railroad
20. The Gettysburg Address
21. Late to the Theater

TREVOR MORRIS to attend film music festival in CÒRDOBA, SPAIN

EMMY-WINNING COMPOSER TREVOR MORRIS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SUMMER’S INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL IN CÒRDOBA, SPAIN, 

Morris Will Conduct His Own Music during Two Concerts and Participate in a Workshop for Young Aspiring Musicians

LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2012 – Film and television composer Trevor Morris – fresh off his 2011 Emmy and Gemini award wins – will head to Córdoba, Spain for this summer’s Festival Internacional de Música de Cine, i.e. The Cordoba International Film Music Festival (formerly International Film Music Festival City of Ubeda) at the end of June!  At the Festival, guests and fans from all over the world gather to celebrate music composed for film and television in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.  The Festival will include several symphony concerts featuring last year's best scores and classic scores.  http://festivaldecordoba.com

Additionally, Trevor just finished 2 TV movies/pilots, one called "Gotham" for director Francis Lawrence, who was recently announced as the director of the next "Hunger Games" film, as well as "666 Park Avenue," starring Vanessa Williams, Dave Annable, and Terry O'Quinn.    He is among a select group of prolific composers who earned coveted guest spots in the festival, which runs from June 25 through July 1.  Formerly held in Úbeda, this year marks the festival’s debut in its new home of Córdoba.

Morris will conduct his music live during two concerts – “The Best of the Year” on Friday, June 29, and “The Best of the Best,” on Saturday, June 30. He will also participate in a guest lecture for young musicians, a panel followed by a Q&A for fans, and an exclusive CD signing.

“I’m honored to be a part of this cultural event that celebrates what I love to create most, film music,” Morris said. “Having enjoyed the chance to work on several international-based projects in my career, Spain will be an ideal place to celebrate with colleagues and teach those eager to learn how to score for film and television.”

Otherwise known as the International Film Music Festival of Córdoba, the weeklong event has become the largest European conference for film music festivals, held for its former seven years in Úbeda, Spain. To date, this year’s guests will also include composers Mark Isham (ABC’s “Once Upon A Time”); Blake Neely (ABC’s “Pan Am”); Chris Young (New World Pictures’ “Hellraiser”); Roque Baños (Paramount Classics’ “The Machinist”); Lucas Vidal (Rogue’s “The Raven”); Carles Cases (Miramax’s “The Nameless”); and Richard Bellis (ABC’S miniseries “It”).

Morris is a multiple Emmy and Gemini Award winner for his work on Showtime’s “The Borgias,” “The Tudors,” and Starz Entertainment’s “The Pillars of the Earth.” He is once again scoring music for “The Borgias,” currently in its second season. His scores can also be heard on NBC’s “The Firm”; Relativity’s action-packed film, “Immortals”; Fox Atomic’s “The Hills Have Eyes”; Columbia and Warner Bros pictures’ “Something’s Gotta Give”; Anchor Bay’s “Beautiful Boy”; NBC’s “The Chase”; and CBS’ “Moonlight” and “Miami Medical,” among many others.

Upcoming projects for Morris include: Lionsgate’s “Fire with Fire,” starring Bruce Willis, Josh Duhamel, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rosario Dawson and 50 Cent; and Universal 1440 Entertainment’s “Death Race 3,” starring Danny Trejo and Ving Rhames.

For more information on Trevor Morris, visit www.trevormorris.com.

JAVIER NAVARRETE - HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN (2012, cd)

HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN

Music Composed by 

Javier Navarrete

(Pan’s Labyrinth, Cracks)

http://www.varesesarabande.com/servlet/the-1040/Hemingway-%26-Gellhorn/Detail

Very, very interesting and promising project. Look at the premise, the stars and...the score. Looking forward to the new Navarrete.

Info from Varese: 

Music From The HBO® Film

HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN

Music Composed by 

Javier Navarrete

(Pan’s Labyrinth, Cracks)

Includes the song 

Ay Carmela

performed by 

Voces Del Pueblo

and  

Alarcon

HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN recounts one of the greatest romances of the last century — the passionate love affair and tumultuous marriage of literary master Ernest Hemingway and the beautiful, trailblazing war correspondent Martha Gellhorn — as it follows the adventurous writers through the Spanish Civil War and beyond. As witnesses to history, they covered all the great conflicts of their time; but the war they couldn’t survive was the war between themselves.

Directed by multiple Academy Award® nominee Philip Kaufman (The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Right Stuff) from a script by Jerry Stahl (Permanent Midnight) and Barbara Turner (The Company, Pollock), the film stars Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe winner Clive Owen (Closer, Children Of Men) and Academy Award® and three-time Golden Globe winner Nicole Kidman (The Hours, Rabbit Hole), and co-stars Academy Award® nominee David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck, Emmy® Award winner for HBO Films' Temple Grandin), Molly Parker, Rodrigo Santoro, Parker Posey, Peter Coyote, Diane Baker and Tony Shalhoub.

The beautiful and adventurous score is by Academy Award® nominee Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth).  Also featured prominently in the film is the song “Ay Carmela,” performed by both Voces Del Pueblo and Alarcon.

HBO will premiere HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN on May 28.

Varese Sarabande Catalog # 302 067 151 2

Release Date: 06/12/12

Track List:

1. Real Honeymoon (:32)  

2. Love Story Written In Blood (1:17)

3. Ay Carmela 

Performed by Antoine Ciosi (3:15)

4. Red River Valley 

Performed by Eric Schneider (2:24)

5. I Am Resourceful (1:56)  

6. The Joy of Irrigation (2:52)

7. Fumando Espero 

Performed by Valerie Pintado & David Guiterrez (2:26)

8. El Cuervo (1:59)  

9. Bravest Woman (1:22)

10. Try To Get Out (1:44)  

11. This Is What I Need (2:00)

12. Ay Carmela 

Performed by Rolando Alarcón (3:08)

13. Jarama Valley 

Performed by Eric Schneider (1:49)

14. Cachita 

Performed by Felix Samuel (3:23)

15. Y Tu Que Has Hecho 

Performed by Marina LaValle & Felix Samuel (3:01)

16. Amado 

Performed by Marina LaValle (2:21)

17. One Thing You Must Know (1:24)

18. Life Shouldn’t Be This Perfect (1:09)  

19. Finland (1:46)  

20. China (2:00)  

21. Sampan (1:55)  

22. How To Be There (:40)

23. Normandy (1:58)  

24. Dachau (2:13)

25. Pages (1:25)

26. Not Dead Yet (1:38)

RAMIN DJAWADI - Game of Thrones season 2 (2012, cd)

Let's face it: the first score was a huge success mostly the lovers of the hit-HBO tv series but for those outside, it was just a nice main theme. Let's see what this, 2nd installment, will musically hold in it.

Amazon says

Audio CD (June 19, 2012)

Original Release Date: 2012

Number of Discs: 1

Format: Soundtrack

Label: Varese Sarabande

ASIN: B007TKBDTQ

In-Print Editions: Audio CD

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Of-Thrones-Season-Two/dp/B007TKBDTQ/ref=zg_bsnr_42_27

Listen to the first samples from JAMES NEWTON HOWARD's - SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (2012)

The movie could be a total win or total loss, with the Twilight babe going all-Gladiator on us, but surely the scoring aspect is more interesting, at least on paper: James Newton Howard. His last 2 years might not be exactly the best, but the samples are promising. Listen and judge for yourself:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/SESSIONID/e023304b7a5c3ac46c298315f10e396d/poprock/detail/-/art/Ost-various-Snow-White-The-Huntsman/hnum/2689391

JESPER KYD doing the score for DARKSIDERS II - Listen for yourself!

Whilst the first DarkSiders got a very, ehem, dark and agressive score by the likes of Michael Reagan and Chris Velasco, the 2nd installment in the series of video games seems to be getting the more ethereal, atmospheric and at parts - melodic, treatment by Jesper Kyd (Hitman, Assasin's Creed, etc). Read the press release and listen for yourself at:

And at his official page:
http://www.jesperkyd.com/music/darksiders-2/

Jesper Kyd has crafted the original score for DARKSIDERS II, the sequel to the critically acclaimed action/adventure title developed by THQ’s in-house studio Vigil Games. Kyd’s emotionally dynamic score for DARKSIDERS II combines dark ethereal themes and melodic fantasy that enrich the player’s cinematic journey through each of the game’s unique realms. Jesper Kyd commented, “DARKSIDERS II is an awesome game and one of the most fun and creatively satisfying projects I have scored. I had a blast working with the team at Vigil.”
“It’s been an absolute pleasure working with Jesper,” said Jeremy Robins, Audio Director at Vigil Games. “He’s an extremely talented composer and an avid gamer, who not only created an amazing soundtrack for DARKSIDERS II, but intuitively knew how to cater each composition to achieve maximum musical impact for players.”
Darksiders II follows the exploits of DEATH, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a weaving tale that runs parallel to the events in the original Darksiders game. This epic journey propels DEATH through various light and dark realms as he tries to redeem his brother WAR, the horseman who was blamed for prematurely starting the Apocalypse in Darksiders. Darksiders II is set for release in August 2012. For more information on DARKSIDERS II visit www.darksiders.com.

Howard Shore: Cosmopolis (2012)

The sparkling, not-so-manly, vampire from Twilight is doing his best (and hardest) to escape from the afore-mentioned franchise's hell so this time he works with...wait for it.....David Cronenberg! Cosmopolis is their new project together and (not surprisingly for Cronenberg), HOWARD SHORE composers. Here's some info on the upcoming score CD release, from amazon: 

The soundtrack for Cosmopolis reunites composer Howard Shore and the band METRIC for another cinematic collaboration. While writing the score for David Cronenberg's film adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel Cosmopolis, Shore conceived of a particular live sound to achieve his vision and invited METRIC to perform the score and co-write three songs. The music was recorded in November 2011 at the band's own Giant Studios in Toronto, produced by Howard Shore and METRIC guitarist Jimmy Shaw, and mixed by John O'Mahony at Liberty Studios in Toronto and Electric Lady Studios in NYC. The result is an atmospheric, urban soundscape of analog synths and layered guitars featuring the hypnotic vocals of METRIC lead singer Emily Haines. The Cosmopolis soundtrack also features Mecca by Somali Singer/Rapper K'NAAN with lyrics by the artist and Don DeLillo.

COSMOPOLIS 

A Film by David Cronenberg

Starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Samantha Morton, and Paul Giamatti

Find out more about it here and stay tuned for more:

http://www.amazon.com/Howard-Shore-Cosmopolis-Metric/dp/B007NM8DLQ/ref=zg_bsnr_42_54

Listen to the new DESPLAT - Rust and Bone (2012)

Some info from amazon.fr and filmmusicreporter: 

Score comes out 14th of May, 2012

The album features 18 tracks from the film’s original score composed by Alexandre Desplat. Also included are various songs from the movie by Bon Iver, Azari, John Cooper Clarke, The B-52′s, Lykke Li, Carte Blanche and Colin Stetson. The soundtrack will be released in France both digitally and physically on May 14, 2012. Audio clips can be checked out on Amazon.fr.

Here's the link for you to audition the upcoming release:

http://www.amazon.fr/rouille-dos-Bande-originale-film/dp/B0081GOQ0K/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336724216&sr=301-1

MARC STREITENFIELD's PROMETHEUS (score CD, 2012)

Whilst he hasn't quite proven himself so far and to be honest, besides the incredibly and surprisingly good THE GREY, none of his previous works were of any particular interest (well except for BODY OF LIES, maybe), still this is perhaps the most awaited film of the year and the score that accompanies it couldn't get any less attention. For a moment there, some weeks back, there was a slight confusion (and some happiness for some fans, despair for others) that Harry Gregson Williams was to take over and replace Marc on the job; at the end, HGW only provides additional music for the feature. Fortunately? Time will tell. We cannot wait to hear it however! 

Here are the album details from amazon.com

Audio CD (June 12, 2012)

Original Release Date: 2012

Number of Discs: 1

Format: Soundtrack

Label: SONY MASTERWORKS

Track Listing

1. A Planet

2. Going In

3. Engineers

4. Life*

5. Weyland

6. Discovery

7. Not Human

8. Too Close

9. Try Harder

10. David

11. Hammerpede

12. We were right

13. Earth

14. Infected

15. Hyper Sleep

16. Small Beginnings

17. Hello Mommy

18. Friend From The Past

19. Dazed

20. Space Jockey

21. Collision

22. Debris

23. Planting the Seed

24. Invitation

25. Birth

Since working as music supervisor on Ridley's Scott's 2005 film, Kingdom Of Heaven, Scott has called on Marc Streitenfeld to score all of his subsequent movies including A Good Year, Body Of Lies, Robin Hood and American Gangster, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA. Prior to his work as a composer, Streitenfeld had collaborated with Scott as music editor, music supervisor and technical score advisor on several projects, including Matchstick Men, Black Hawk Down and Gladiator.

Great addition to Krakow Film Music Festival - ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL

The Music of Oscar-Winning Composer Elliot Goldenthal To Be Celebrated In Concert At The Film Music Festival in Krakow

Oscar winning composer Elliot Goldenthal will be celebrated in concert at the Film Music Festival in Krakow on Saturday, May 26th at the Tinning Plant of ArcelorMittal Poland in Krakow.  The concert will include a special appearance by Oscar-nominated film and Tony-winning theatre director Julie Taymor. The concert will be performed by the well-known 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 celebrated science-fiction saga in which Goldenthal composed the music for Alien 3.  The second part of the program – Elliot Goldenthal’s Cinema of Art & Blood - will feature music from some of Goldenthal and Taymor’s collaborations including Frida and Titus in addition to Goldenthal’s music from Interview with the Vampire directed by Neil Jordan and Batman Forever directed by Joel Schumacher.  Movie clips will be featured with live music during the performance.

Goldenthal, who creates works for orchestra, theater, opera, ballet and film, won an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for his music to Taymor’s movie Frida.  He also received Oscar nominations for his scores for both Interview with the Vampire and Michael Collins as well as for the original song "Burn it Blue" from Frida.  Goldenthal was named one of the two finalists for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in music for his original two-act opera “Grendel” directed by Taymor.  Among Goldenthal’s many other film scores are Public Enemies, Heat, Batman Forever, A Time To Kill, Drugstore Cowboy, The Butcher Boy, Across The Universe and The Tempest.  Additionally, he has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, three Grammy Awards, two Tony Awards and three Chicago Film Critics Awards.

During the Festival, Goldenthal and Taymor will also participate in a moderated discussion.

The Film Music Festival in Krakow, organised by the Krakow Festival Office and RMF Classic has been entirely dedicated to music created for the needs of picture. The unique combination of the highest quality of interpretation of film music performed by leading musicians and orchestras, in combination with high quality of film picture, decides on the uniqueness of the event. The programme of the venture puts its stakes on genre diversity: from reviews of retrospect and exclusive ceremonial concerts in performance, through monographic concerts of chosen and distinguished composers of film music, and finally at mass shows in the open. Monumental musical and film shows are distinguished by boldness in production and innovativeness in the sphere of sound and picture technology, but also by performance swing, artistic standard of works presented, as well as due to the presence of the most outstanding creators and composers.

For more info contact: Jeff Sanderson

            Chasen& Company

            310-274-4400

            jeff@chasenpr.com

Check out a first listen on TUOMAS KANTELINEN's new score, PURGE (2012)

Click the following link to enjoy some new cues from PURGE (Puhdistus) by composer Tuomas Kantelinen, coming out in September 2012. Violin soli are performed by Viktoria Mullova and here's info about the movie:

Director:
Antti Jokinen
Writers:
Antti Jokinen (screenplay), Marko Leino (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
Stars:
Peter Franzén, Krista Kosonen and Amanda Pilke

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714205/

Click here for the score:
http://kantelinen.net/purge.html

MARC STREITENFIELD - Prometheus (2012, cd)

Much awaited, well wait, perhaps this year's MOST awaited movie is soon out and so is its score which is reportedly co-composed by Harry Gregson Williams. Let's see what Amazon.com has to say about this...and hear!

Product Details

Audio CD (June 5, 2012)

Number of Discs: 1

Format: Soundtrack

Label: SONY MASTERWORKS

Amazon product info:

Since working as music supervisor on Ridley's Scott's 2005 film, Kingdom Of Heaven, Scott has called on Marc Streitenfeld to score all of his subsequent movies including A Good Year, Body Of Lies, Robin Hood and American Gangster, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA. Prior to his work as a composer, Streitenfeld had collaborated with Scott as music editor, music supervisor and technical score advisor on several projects, including Matchstick Men, Black Hawk Down and Gladiator.

http://www.amazon.com/Prometheus-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B007TBCTRK/ref=wl_mb_hu_m_2_dp

The 12th World Soundtrack Awards to Celebrate the Music of Award-Winning Composer James Newton Howard, Composer Pino Donaggio to Receive World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award

Courtesy of Dan Barry @ Chasen PR. Press Release as follows:

The 12th World Soundtrack Awards To Celebrate the Music of Award-Winning Composer James Newton Howard in Concert

Composer Pino Donaggio To Receive World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award

The music of award-winning composer James Newton Howard will be celebrated in concert at the 12^th World Soundtrack Awards, which will be held at the Kuipke Events Centre in Ghent on Saturday, October 20^th.  Howard is one of the most versatile and respected film music composers currently working in film.  A program of his impressive music will be performed by the renowned Brussels Philharmonic and be accompanied by select film clips.  The concert will be conducted by both Howard and Dirk Brossé.

In addition, composer Pino Donaggio will be receiving the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award at the event.  A selection of his work will also be performed at the concert.

The World Soundtrack Awards was established by the Ghent Film Festival’s World Soundtrack Academy in 2001.  The World Soundtrack Awards has emerged in the last decade as a top honour for film composers.  Known as the world’s premiere festival for celebrating and honouring film music, the Ghent Film Festival is celebrating its 39^th year and runs October 9 – 20.

Howard most recently scored the blockbuster film The Hunger Games. His credits include King Kong, The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive and Pretty Woman, among many others

James Newton Howard has received eight Oscar® nominations, including six for “Best Original Score” for his work in Defiance (’08), Michael Clayton (’07), The Village (’04), My Best Friend’s Wedding (’97), The Fugitive (’93) and The Prince of Tides (’91). Moreover, he was nominated twice for “Best Original Song” for his work for the films One Fine Day (’96) and Junior (’94).

In 2009, Howard won a Grammy Award along with Hans Zimmer for their score for The Dark Knight.

In 2008 he was crowned “Film Composer of the Year” at the World Soundtrack Awards for his score for Charlie Wilson’s War, Michael Clayton and I Am Legend.

Howard boasts a portfolio with over 100 film scores, including seven films by director M. Night Shyamalan (The Last Airbender, The Happening, Lady in the Water, The Village, Signs, Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense), six films directed by Lawrence Kasdan (Darling Companion, Dreamcatcher, Mumford, French Kiss, Wyatt Earp and Grand Canyon), seven films starring Julia Roberts (Larry Crowne, Duplicity, Charlie Wilson’s War, America’s Sweethearts, Runaway Bride, My Best Friend’s Wedding and Pretty Woman) and three animated films for Walt Disney Studios (Treasure Planet, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Dinosaur).

Howard’s work also includes Green Lantern, Water for Elephants, Gnomeo & Juliet, Salt, King Kong, Batman Begins, Vertical Limit, Snow Falling on Cedars, A Perfect Murder, The Devil’s Advocate, Waterworld, Outbreak, and the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman and The Bourne Legacy.

Donaggio is a frequent collaborator of director Brian De Palma and has scored the filmmaker’s Carrie, Home Movies, Dressed To Kill, Blow Out, Body Double and Raising Cain.  Donaggio will also be scoring De Palma’s upcoming feature Passion.  His other credits include Don’t Look Now directed by Nicolas Roeg, Trauma directed by Dario Argento and The Howling directed by Joe Dante.  The Italian composer gained early recognition in Italy for his work as a singer and songwriter.

The Ghent Film Festival and its long-lasting partner, the Brussels Philharmonic, have expressed their passion for music organising prestigious film music concerts over the years in collaboration with the in-house composer and Music Director Dirk Brossé. This collaboration has put top-notch composers including Ennio Morricone, Elmer Bernstein, John Williams, Howard Shore, Angelo Badalamenti, John Barry and Hans Zimmer in the spotlight.

This collaboration grew into an international success and even resulted in Howard Shore turning to the Brussels Philharmonic for the recording of the score for Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, which was awarded a Golden Globe. The Oscar-winning recording of the soundtrack of The Artist is another major highlight.

In addition to this, the Ghent Film Festival and the Brussels Philharmonic have recorded five CDs. The “For The Record” series is a collection of the most beautiful film music by composers Craig Armstrong (Romeo + Juliet, Love Actually), Mychael Danna (Little Miss Sunshine, Capote), Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet), Shigeru Umebayashi (2046, House of Flying Daggers) and Gabriel Yared (The Talented Mr. Ripley, The English Patient). In October 2011 a collectors’ box was launched, which is available at www.filmfestival.be and in Fnac stores.

12th World Soundtrack Awards & Concert

Saturday 20 October at 8 p.m. at ’t Kuipke in Ghent

Guest of honour: James Newton Howard

Performance by the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brossé

accompanied by film scenes projected onto a big screen

Tickets for the World Soundtrack Awards & concert cost €29, €39 or €49 and will be on sale at www.filmfestival.be.

For more info feel free to contact Tom Heirbaut (press@filmfestival.be or (+32) (0)9 242 80 79)

Contact: Jeff Sanderson

                Chasen & Company

                310-274-4400

                jeff@chasenpr.com