The Playlist is reporting that the electronic music band M83 is attached to score the sci-fi action adventure Oblivion. The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Tom Cruise as one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth whose soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo are co-starring in the picture. William Monahan (The Departed), Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) have written the film’s screenplay based on an original story by Kosinksi. The director is also producing the project with Peter Chernin & Dylan Clark (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Duncan Henderson (Battleship) and former music supervisor Barry Levine. The sci-fi adventure marks M83’s first film scoring project. The music of the electronic music act around French musician Anthony Gonzales has been featured in several films and TV shows, including Red Riding Hood, Gossip Girl and HBO’s How to Make it in America (check out one of their best known tracks, Midnight City, below). Kosinski’s previous feature Tron: Legacy was scored by Daft Punk. Oblivion will be shot in the United States and Iceland and is set for a release on April 26, 2013 by Universal Pictures.
M83 to Score Joseph Kosinski’s ‘Oblivion’
Posted: June 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joseph Krasinski, M83, Oblivion
Kosinski really likes his European Electro-Pop bands, doesn’t he? Well, if they can deliver a pleasantly surprising score (Let’s just say I wasn’t a big fan of Daft Punk until TRON: Legacy), then I will most certainly be happy.