Alexandre Desplat has been announced to score the drama The Special Relationship. The project traces former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair’s relationships with Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The movie is directed by Richard Loncraine who previously directed the action thriller Firewall which also had a score by Desplat. The film also marks another collaboration […]
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Desplat to score The Special Relationship
Posted: February 28, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Tamara Drewe, The Special Relationship
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How To Train Your Dragon score album coming
Posted: February 27, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: How To Train Your Dragon, John Powell
John Powell’s score to Dreamworks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon will be released by Varese Sarabande Records on March 23. The movie follows the adventures of a hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely owner of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than […]
The Pacific soundtrack album announced
Posted: February 27, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, Hans Zimmer, The Pacific
The score for the upcoming HBO mini-series The Pacific will be released on March 9 by Rhino Records. The music is by Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli and Blake Neely. The epic 10-part miniseries is based on the true stories of World War II Marines. It tracks the intertwined real-life journeys of three U.S. Marines-Robert Leckie (James […]
Harold Faltermeyer on Cop Out
Posted: February 27, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Cop Out, Harold Faltermeyer, Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith’s action buddy comedy Cop Out starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan and Sean William Scott premiered in theaters yesterday. The movie marks composer Harold Faltermeyer’s return to Hollwood film scoring. The full album can be listened to at the official soundtrack webpage from Warner Bros: http://copoutmovie.warnerbros.com/soundtrack.html Apart from 14 score tracks, the album features the brand […]
Giacchino and Disney to reunite on John Carter of Mars
Posted: February 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Stanton, John Carter of Mars, Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino will continue his collaboration with Walt Disney Pictures on the upcoming John Carter of Mars. The movie directed by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E) marks the director’s first live action feature and is scheduled for release in 2012. The cast features Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church and Mark Strong. The film chronicles […]
David Arnold to score Morning Glory
Posted: February 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dagenham Girls, David Arnold, Made in Dagenham, Morning Glory
David Arnold has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy Morning Glory. The movie starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson and Jeff Goldsmith is scheduled to come out this fall. The project marks the second collaboration between Arnold and director Roger Michell who previously worked together on Changing Lanes. Arnold also […]
James Horner Video Interview
Posted: February 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Avatar, James Horner
David Poland from Movie City News was able to secure James Horner for an exclusive interview that was shot earlier this week and just uploaded on his blog. In the lengthy video interview, Horner talks about his Academy Award-nominated score for Avatar, the other Oscar nominated scores and the current state of film music. Needless to […]
John Debney joining Predators
Posted: February 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Debney, Predators, Robert Rodriguez
John Debney has been chosen to score the upcoming action horror movie Predators. The movie is directed by Nimrod Antal (Vacancy, Armored) and stars Topher Grace, Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne. Debney previously worked with writer and producer Robert Rodriguez on Sin City, the first two Spy Kids movies and The Adventures of Shark-Boy and Lava-Girl. The […]
Rachel Portman scoring Never Let Me Go
Posted: February 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Romanek, Never Let Me Go, Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman has been hired to score the upcoming Mark Romanek directed movie Never Let Me Go. The movie based on the novel by Kazua Ishiguro is starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knighley. The film will be released later this year by Fox Searchlight. Portman’s involvement in the movie has been revealed by […]
Elfman on Alice in Wonderland
Posted: February 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman, Tim Burton
Danny Elfman’s highly anticipated score for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland will be released by Walt Disney Records on March 2. To listen to clips from the soundtrack album, check out Walt Disney Records’ soundtrack page: http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/aliceinwonderland.html Elfman has already started to promote the score. Check out this interview with Elfman from the LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/02/danny-elfman-searches-for-the-sound-of-wonderland.html […]
