Theodore Shapiro has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Dinner for Schmucks. In the movie, a rising executive succeeds in finding the perfect guest, an IRS employee, for his boss’s monthly event, a so-called “dinner for idiots,” which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon. The movie stars […]
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Theodore Shapiro to score Dinner for Schmucks
Posted: April 13, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dinner for Schmucks, Theodore Shapiro
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Avatar – Soundtrack Deluxe Edition coming
Posted: April 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Avatar, James Horner
Atlantic Records announced that an expanded release of James Horner’s score for Avatar will be released on April 20. The Avatar – Deluxe Edition will be a download-only release and include six bonus tracks of unreleased music in addition to the previous album tracks. The new tracks contain about 20 minutes of unreleased music. To listen […]
Graeme Revell to take over Unthinkable
Posted: April 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Young, Graeme Revell, Unthinkable
Film Music reporter has learned that Graeme Revell has replaced Christopher Young as the composer on the upcoming psychological thriller Unthinkable. The movie centers around a black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent who press a suspect terrorist into divulging the location of three nuclear weapons sets to detonate in the U.S. The movie is directed […]
Valentine’s Day score released
Posted: April 7, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Debney, Valentine's Day
WaterTower Music recently released John Debney’s score for the Garry Marshall-directed romantic comedy Valentine’s Day. The album features more than 35 minutes of Debney’s score from the movie, as well as the song Every Time You Smiled co-written by John Debney and Glen Ballard and performed by Carina Round. The digital-only album can be downloaded […]
Tomandandy to score Resident Evil: Afterlife
Posted: April 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: And Soon the Darkness, Resident Evil: Afterlife, tomandandy
The composer duo tomandandy has been chosen to provide the score for the upcoming sequel Resident Evil: Afterlife. The movie marks director Paul W.S. Anderson’s return to the directing chair to the franchise after he only wrote and produced the last two parts in the series. His original Resident Evil movie featured a score by Marco […]
Nightmare on Elm Street Soundtrack details
Posted: April 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Steve Jablonsky
WaterTower Music will release Steve Jablonsky’s score for the horror remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The album will be released on April 27. The movie is a re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting […]
Ramin Djawadi on Clash of the Titans
Posted: April 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Clash of the Titans, Flash Forward, Ramin Djawadi
ASCAP recently uploaded a new interview with composer Ramin Djawadi, who just finished working on Clash of the Titans which premieres in theaters this weekend. In the interview, Djawadi talks about his collaboration with director Louis Leterrier, the scoring process on the movie, working with composer/producer Neil Davidge from Massive Attack, his general approach to scoring […]
New Badelt scores available
Posted: April 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 22 Bullets, Die Jagd nach der heiligen Lanze, Klaus Badelt, L'immortel, The Lance
Two new scores by composer Klaus Badelt have just been made available. Die Jagd nach der heiligen Lanze (The Lance) is a German TV fantasy adventure which just premiered on German TV earlier this week. The music was co-written by Klaus Badelt, Christopher Carmichael and Ian Honeyman. To watch a short interview with the composers […]
Carter Burwell to score The Kids Are All Right
Posted: April 1, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carter Burwell, Howl, The Kids Are All Right
Film Music Reporter has learned that Carter Burwell has been hired to score the comedy The Kids Are All Right. The movie had its premiere at this year’s Sundance film festival. The movie originally had a score by Nathan Larson and Craig Wedren and Burwell has stepped in to provide a score for the nationwide […]
Two new projects for Randy Edelman
Posted: April 1, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Legend of the Dolphins, Na Nai'A, Randy Edelman, The Greening of Whitney Brown
According to his official website, Randy Edelman has joined the new drama The Greening of Whitney Brown. The movie centers around Whitney, a spoiled pre-teen from Philadelphia, who is forced to move to the country where she befriends an amazing horse, and undertakes a misguided journey back to her old life. The movie stars Keith David, […]
