Film Music Reporter

Dario Marianelli has written the music for the upcoming comedy drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The film based on the bestselling novel by Paul Torday is directed by Lasse Hallstrom (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat). Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire, The Full Monty, 127 Hours) has adapted the novel for the screen. The movie starring Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor and Kristin Scott Thomas follows a fisheries scientist who is sent to introduce salmon to the Highlands of the Yemen. The project is produced by Paul Webster who has worked with the composer on Atonement and Pride & Prejudice. Marianelli received an Academy Award nomination for both movies and won the award for Atonement. Hallstrom and Marianelli are collaborating for the first time on the film. Some of the composers the director has previously worked with include Rachel Portman, Alexandre Desplat, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Hans Zimmer, Christopher Young and Deborah Lurie. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is produced by BBC Films and Lionsgate UK. No word yet on a release date for the movie, but an announcement is expected in the near future.