UPDATE (January 11, 2011): Atticus Ross co-scoring ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ According to a New York Times livestream interview (via Slashfilm), Trent Reznor has announced that he will be scoring David Fincher’s upcoming adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The movie stars Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan […]
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Trent Reznor scoring ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
Posted: January 8, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor
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William Shatner interviews Michael Giacchino
Posted: December 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Michael Giacchino, Star Trek, William Shatner
William Shatner recently conducted an interview with composer Michael Giacchino on My Outer Space. In the interview, Giacchino talks about his score for Star Trek, his approach to film music in general and his strategy on choosing projects. Check out this YouTube video to watch the interview. For a list of Giacchino’s upcoming projects, click […]
Desplat talking about Harry Potter score
Posted: November 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part1
A number of interviews with composer Alexandre Desplat on his score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 have been published over the last couple of days. AinItCoolNews conducted an interview with the composer talking in detail on how he got involved in the project and his approach to the movie’s score. Daniel […]
Ilan Eshkeri scores Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus
Posted: November 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Sony Christmas Carol, Blitz, Coriolanus, Ilan Eshkeri, Lang Lang, Ralph Fiennes
Ilan Eshkeri recently recorded the score for the upcoming drama Coriolanus. The movie marks the directorial debut of actor Ralph Fiennes who also stars in the movie alongside Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Cox. In the movie based on Shakespeare’s play adapted by Oscar nominated screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, The Last Samurai, The Aviator), […]
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader soundtrack album announced
Posted: November 5, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Carrie Underwood, David Arnold, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Sony Masterworks will release the soundtrack album for the third installment in the Narnia series The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. According to composer David Arnold, the album contains 72 minutes of score, while about 90 minutes of score is featured in the movie. Carrie Underwood also contributes the original song […]
New projects for John Debney
Posted: July 5, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Thousand Words, John Debney, Machete, Predators, Robert Rodriguez, The Double
John Debney has two new scoring assignments coming up. He will be scoring the thriller The Double, which marks screenwriter Michael Brandt’s (3:10 To Yuma, Wanted) directing debut. Topher Grace, Richard Gere, Stana Katic, Odette Yustman and Michael Sheen lead the film’s cast. The movie centers on a retired CIA operative who is paired with a […]
Ramin Djawadi on Clash of the Titans
Posted: April 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Clash of the Titans, Flash Forward, Ramin Djawadi
ASCAP recently uploaded a new interview with composer Ramin Djawadi, who just finished working on Clash of the Titans which premieres in theaters this weekend. In the interview, Djawadi talks about his collaboration with director Louis Leterrier, the scoring process on the movie, working with composer/producer Neil Davidge from Massive Attack, his general approach to scoring […]
New interview with Danny Elfman
Posted: March 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman
FirstShowing.net recently posted a new interview with composer Danny Elfman. In the interview, Elfman talks about his score for Alice in Wonderland, working with Tim Burton, his two upcoming projects The Green Hornet and Restless and his creative approach and process to scoring movies. To read the entire interview, click here. The website also announces interviews with […]
John Frizzell scoring The Roommate
Posted: March 21, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Frizzell, The Roommate
John Frizzell has recently been finishing up work on his score for the Screen Gems thriller The Roommate. In the movie, College freshman Sara played by Minka Kelly is randomly assigned to live in a dorm with another girl named Rebecca (Leighton Meester) who outwardly seems sweet and normal. She soon finds her safety and […]
Zimmer on third Batman installment
Posted: March 18, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Batman, Hans Zimmer
MTV Splash Page posted an article about Hans Zimmer’s plans for Christopher Nolan’s third Batman movie. He specifically mentions his hopes for The Riddler character to be featured in the movie. To read the whole article, follow this link. In related news, the Polish film music website FilmMusic.pl recently added an in-depth interview with Zimmer […]
