Film Music Reporter

On Sunday, April 27, the Newport Beach Film Festival Seminar Series will present the composer panel Lights, Camera, Action – Creating Music for the Action Film (and other genres). The participating composers include John Ottman (X2, Superman Returns, The Fantastic Four) who recently completed his score for X-Men: Days of Future Past, Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Hangover) who most recently finished work on the sci-fi action film Edge of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise, Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Entrapment) who scored this year’s martial arts epic The Monkey King, one of the all-time highest grossing films in China, Marco Beltrami (World War Z, The Wolverine) whose action movie credits in 2014 include the upcoming November Man starring Pierce Brosnan and Stephen Endelman (Home of the Brave) whose most recent feature Rob the Mob  is currently playing in select theaters. The composers will offer insight into how the score works in harmony with the film’s visual elements, sound effects, and getting all of the elements to co-exist. The event will take place on April 27a t 3:00 PM at Fashion Island Cinema 4 in Newport Beach. Visit the festival’s official website for directions and more information.