A new video interview with composers Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders who were nominated for an Academy Award for their score for The Hurt Locker was recently uploaded at Hikari Takano’s interview page. In the interview, Beltrami and Sanders talk about their collaboration, the Oscar nomination, as well as their work on this year’s Best Picture […]
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Beltrami and Sanders discussing The Hurt Locker score
Posted: March 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Buck Sanders, Marco Beltrami, The Hurt Locker
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Blake Neely to score Life as We Know It
Posted: March 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, Life as we know it, The Pacific
Blake Neely has been hired to score the upcoming Warner Bros comedy Life as We Know It. In the movie, two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident. The movie stars Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel and is directed by Greg Berlanti. Berlanti and Neely […]
James Horner on ProTools and Sibelius
Posted: March 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Avatar, James Horner, Simon Franglen, Simon Rhodes
Avid Audio just uploaded a new video feature with James Horner talking about his working process and the technological advances on his Oscar-nominated score for Avatar. The video also features interviews with Horner’s scoring mixer Simon Rhodes and electronic music arranger Simon Franglen. To watch the video, click on this Vimeo link.
New audio interview with Danny Elfman
Posted: March 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman, Tim Burton
Film Music Magazine’s On the Score show just uploaded a new interview with composer Danny Elfman. In the 37 minutes interview, Danny Elfman talks about his score for Alice in Wonderland and his collaboration with Tim Burton, including such movies as Planet of the Apes, Edward Scissorhands and Mars Attacks. Most interestingly, Elfman also talks about his […]
Giacchino on CNN
Posted: March 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino, Up
Michael Giacchino recently was featured on CNN with a new video interview. Giacchino talks about the importance of theme and melody, his influences and his Oscar nomination. The video also offers a glimpse into a recent recording session for Lost and also includes Hans Zimmer commenting on Giacchino’s Academy Award-nominated score for Up. To watch the […]
Elfman to score Gus Van Sant’s Restless
Posted: March 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman, Gus van Sant, Restless, The Green Hornet, The Wolfman
In a recent interview with Collider, Elfman confirmed that he will score Gus Van Sant’s upcoming drama Restless (previously untitled). The movie revolves around a teenage boy and girl who share a preoccupation with mortality. The movie is produced by Ron Howard and Bryce Dallas Howard. Restless stars Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland). Restless marks Elfman’s […]
New Giacchino Video Interview
Posted: March 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Michael Giacchino, Up
David Poland has uploaded the final video interview in his series of interviews with all of this year’s Oscar-nominated composers. In the Interview, Michael Giacchino talks about his score for Up, working on Star Trek, as well as his TV scores for Lost and Fringe. To watch the very informative video interview, click here.
Elfman Oscar profile on Good Morning America
Posted: March 1, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman, Tim Burton
This morning, Danny Elfman was featured in ABC’s Good Morning America Oscar profile series, where he talked about what awards mean to him. Additionally, the profile showed Elfman working in his studio, as well as scoring session footage from Alice in Wonderland with Tim Burton. The video from the show can be streamed on the ABC […]
Beverly Hills Cop & Fletch score albums planned
Posted: March 1, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch, Harold Faltermeyer
In a recent interview with Cinematical, Harold Faltermeyer announced that albums for his scores for Beverly Hills Cop and Fletch are in the works. The label he’s working with is La-La-Land Records and the intention would be to release the complete scores. In the interview, Faltermeyer also talks about Cop Out, his working process and […]
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
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 […]
