M. Night Shyalaman's surprise trilogy gets the ultimate soundtrack treatment with the Unbreakable Split Glass vinyl box set from Waxwork Records.
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Check out two tracks from the Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald soundtrack, plus get a new sample of the Halloween score by John Carpenter.
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The Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them theme has been released online ahead of the soundtrack's official debut on November 4. Listen to it now!
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Music links the four pieces of news found after the jump in this article. There you'll read about: Philip Glass will contribute music to Park Chan-wook's Stoker. James Newton Howard is doing the scores for Maleficent and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Hans Zimmer's Inception score is remixed to show the scope of the universe.…
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Hunger Games fans expecting a sweeping, quirky score to their film from a living legend are going to have to settle for a melodic, theme-driven musical accompaniment from one of the best in the business. Tomato to-mot-o. Amazing composer Danny Elfman was originally scheduled to score Gary Ross' adaptation The Hunger Games but, due to…
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UPDATE: We have now confirmed that James Newton Howard is in fact taking over for Elfman. Original article follows. Add another item to the ever-growing list of setbacks plaguing The Green Hornet. The film has been having problems since day one, and between the tacked-on 3D post-conversion and the delayed January (aka "dump month") release…
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Here are a few quick bits of news involving the completion of Iron Man 2, when will we see the next trailer and hear James Newton Howard's score for The Last Airbender and new casting/production details of xXx 3D: The Return of Xander Cage. First off, Jon Favreau says that Iron Man 2 has been…
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In this special episode of the /Filmcast, Dan Trachtenberg from The Totally Rad Show joins David Chen to geek out about their favorite soundtracks. To listen to all of the songs that Dan mentioned during this episode in their entirety, click here to go to Grooveshark. To listen to all of the songs that Dave…
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The 51st Annual Grammy Awards are in progress, and the movie awards were front loaded. The soundtrack for Fox Searchlight's Juno won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack, beating out American Gangster, August Rush, Mamma Mia and Sweeney Todd. James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer took home a trophy for Best Score for The Dark…
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I'll be honest: I wasn't too crazy about the scores to Christopher Nolan's Batman films at first. I probably own more of composer Hans Zimmer's albums (in CD form) than anyone else I know, and I've always admired Zimmer's ability to weave in soaring themes in the midst of intense action happening on screen. When…
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M Night Shyamalan has found himself under attack for the casting choices in the upcoming big screen live action adaptation of Avatar, titled The Last Airbender (almost 500 angry comments on our previous news story). I have a big of good news for Avatar fans: The Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency has confirmed that seven-time Academy Award-nominated composer…
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Yes, another Dark Knight news posting -- but this time it's not just another crazy third film rumor or "Christopher Nolan is still considering a Dark Knight sequel" update. In November, the Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Pictures music branch ruled that the score for The Dark Knight was disqualified due to a…
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The Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Pictures music branch has ruled that the score for The Dark Knight is disqualified because five names were listed as composers on the music cue sheet. What? Apparently this is a common practice done to ensure that the entire music team is financially rewarded. ASCAP and BMI…
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