2023: January
14: New project:
RENFIELD
Marco Beltrami has been hired and is set
to record his score for upcoming horror comedy
RENFIELD this weekend. Directed by Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie,
Tomorrow War), the film centers on Renfield (Nicholas Hoult),
who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s
(Nicolas Cage) lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even
redemption when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina).
Based on the story by Robert Kirkman
(Walking Dead) and screenplay by Ryan Ridley (Community, Rick
and Morty),
RENFIELD also stars Ben Schwartz, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Caroline Williams. McKay and Kirman are
also producing the project together with David Alpert and Bryan & Sean Furst.
Universal Pictures will
release Skybound Entertainment production on April 14,
2023.
2023: March 17: MotoGP™ vs Beethoven: meet
composer Marco Beltrami Marco Beltrami has composed new theme for
MotoGP, which will debut next week. Read more about his
involvement and his favorite sport in this recent interview.
You can check the new main titles below:
2023: February 28: THE
FACULTY opens early After some confusion with
it's release date, THE FACULTY has been released today and can
be purchased from Intrada Records. Full album details had been
added to the project's page and more purchase links will be added as well. In
the meantime here is the press announcement:
Premier 2-CD release of
sizzling Marco Beltrami sci-fi horror score! Dimension Films
presents in 1998, Robert Rodriguez directs, Kevin Williamson
scripts, attractive cast features Jordana Brewster, Josh
Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Clea DuVall, Robert Patrick, Piper
Laurie, Shawn Hatosy, Salma Hayek, many others. The students
at Herrington High School are rowdy crop, tough on each other
and their teachers. Then without fanfare, they become targets
of an alien virus that turns people into monsters. And
unfriendly ones at that. Mayhem ensues. Beltrami was already a
veteran of the horror genre, having scored dynamic music for
Scream and Mimic for the same studio prior to The Faculty. For
this intense and violent thriller, Beltrami scores for full
orchestra in a dazzling display of aggressive action music
requiring the players to provide numerous techniques with
their instruments, from entrances at different times and
pitches to uncommon bowing techniques, horn glissandi, detuned
instruments and numerous other devices. Rhythms are fierce,
the harmonic vernacular frightening. In balance, Beltrami also
offers undercurrents of music oblivious to the alien invasion,
a musical calm before the storm. Action highlights are many:
“Offensive Coach” provides more than three minutes of riveting
intensity, “Pop Pop Fizz Fizz” offers berserk orchestral fury,
“Just Say No” builds to a dynamic rhythmic finish, “Standing
Tall” is pure drama and action, “Zeke And The Geek” offers
orchestral razzle dazzle, many others follow suit. “Love Me
Tender” is especially exciting! Ditto “Modest Mary” and “Drugs
Kill”. On the opposite side, Beltrami offers a strong theme
for Casey and another for the student body as a whole. Special
spotlight goes to “Lounge Lizards”, where Beltrami opens with
his haunting minor key idea for Casey, slides into the broader
student body theme, then works the music inexorably into
musical chaos and action. When all is said and done, “The Kids
Are Alright” ushers in the remaining student body to a rich
development of their theme, leading to the closing powerhouse
rhythmic treatment of the tune for “Extra Credit”. Two
following cues offer an alternate version of “Casey” and
Beltrami’s demo version of “Too Cool For School”. This scores
packs fireworks! Tim Greiving provides informative booklet
notes, Kay Marshall designs the dramatic packaging. John
Kurlander records and mixes at Skywalker Sound in October and
November 1998, William Boston, Peter Anthony, Robert Elhai,
Jon Kull, Kevin Manthei orchestrate, Marco Beltrami composes,
conducts the Hollywood Studio Orchestra. Intrada Special
Collection 2-CD set available while quantities and interest
remain!
2023: February 23: PLANE
score album released
Filmtrax
has announced score album for PLANE featuring roughly 53
minutes of the original score co-composed by Marco and Marcus
Trumpp. The download edition is currently available on iTunes and full set of samples as well as
complete album details will be added shortly.
2023: February 23: THE
FACULTY first "official" release of the
score Intrada Records will revisit
their early promo of THE FACULTY with remastered and expanded 2CD
edition. The previous version contained only about 40 % of the score. The content,
audio clips and all the details will be revealed on Monday March 6th.
2023: January 14: PLANE in
cinemas now and
score album coming
soon... While the movie has been released in cinemas
this weekend, the score album has been confirmed and will be
coming soon. Stay tuned for more information as soon as available. In the meantime
here is a couple of clips featuring a little bit from the score.
2022: December 24:
New project: SILENT NIGHT Marco Beltrami
has been hired to score upcoming action movie SILENT NIGHT directed by veteran John Woo. The story
centers on Godlock (Joel Kinnaman), a father on a mission to avenge his young son, who was tragically
caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas
Eve. Catalina Sandino Moreno also stars in the
film as Saya, Godlock’s wife, while Harold Torres will take
on the role of the gang leader, Playa. Robert Archer Lynn wrote
the screenplay, which contains no dialogue. Instead, the film will rely on the actor’s abilities
to convey meaning and intention through Woo’s stylized imagery and intense action sequences.
The film will also include new version of
Silent Night arranged and performed by Marco's son Tristan.
You can already listen to this track in its entirety on Marco
Beltrami's Instagram
.
So far no release date has been announced but
the film is expected in 2023.
2022: November 18: MIMIC
reissued without any
upgrade of its content
Varese Sarabande has announced reissue of long-sold out MIMIC: Deluxe
Edition. While the album is supposedly newly remastered from
the first generation masters, this "new" edition includes
identical content as the previous album and repeats all
of its issues (missing not only about 15 minutes of STILL
entirely unreleased music as well as material which was
included on the old 30-minute album yet never made it to
either of these expansions). Good for those who missed the
previous expansion only, the others probably don't need
to
bother with this another wasted opportunity from Varese. Either
way this edition is again limited to 1000 copies only
so won't probably last long.
2022: October 26: PLANE trailer
First trailer for upcoming PLANE has been released and
you can check it out below. Learn more about the
project in the August 31 post below.
2022: September
25: THE ROYAL STUNT
Marco Belrami and Jay
Kriesgman have recently recorded their score for THE ROYAL
STUNT, an upcoming feature documentary about the Prince Charles Royal Art
Collection Scandal at Dumfries
House. Based on an almost three
year investigation, the film is directed by Academy Award®
nominated director, Kief Davidson with partners MRC Entertainment. No specific
release date has been announced.
2022: September 06:
EDGE OF THE UNKNOWN
Marco Beltrami has co-composed (together with his
son Tristan) main theme for new TV series EDGE OF THE
UNKNOWN WITH JIMMY CHIN and also co-scored two
episodes with Brandon Roberts and Alexander Bornstein: “Riding
the Avalanche” (will air next Tuesday September 13th) and “Live
Another Day" (to be aired on September 20th). The
remaining episodes are scored by Michael Tuller and BC Smith. All
episodes are directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
(FREE SOLO, THE RESCUE) and will air weekly on National
Geographic before also launching on Disney+,
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