Film Music Reporter

Lisa Gerrard and Marcello De Francisci have been tapped to score the upcoming western Jane Got a Gun. The film is directed by Gavin O’Connor and stars Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Boyd Holbrook and Noah Emmerich. The movie follows a woman who asks an ex for help to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him. Portman is also producing the project for her Handsomecharlie Films company, alongside Scott Steindorff (The Lincoln Lawyer, The Human Stain), Aleen Keshishian, Terry Dougas, Scott LaStaiti and Regency Boies. O’Connor has previously collaborated with composer Mark Isham on his last features including Miracle, Pride and Glory and Miracle. Gerrard’s best known previous scoring credits include Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, Michael Mann’s The Insider & Ali and Nikki Caro’s Whale Rider. De Francisci has previously collaborated with Gerrard on projects including Samsara and Burning Man. Jane Got a Gun is currently in post-production and is set to be released on February 20, 2015 by Relativity Media.