Hans Zimmer attended last night’s red carpet world premiere of Ron Howard’s racing drama Rush in London. Two interviews with the composer from the event have appeared online. Talking with Red Carpet News TV, Zimmer talked about his work on the film starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl, as well as his possible involvement in the upcoming Superman/Batman film directed by Zack Snyder, which set for a release in 2015. The composer also briefly mentions that he is currently working on Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. Also check out an interview with HeyUGuys, during which Zimmer talks about his sixth collaboration with Ron Howard. Both interviews are embedded after the jump.
Category: Composer Interviews
Behind the Music of ‘Despicable Me 2’
Universal Pictures has published a video featurette on the music of Illumination Entertainment’s animated film sequel Despicable Me 2. The video features interviews with the film’s composer Heitor Pereira (The Smurfs, Beverly Hills Chihuahua), themes and songs writer Pharrell Williams, producer Chris Meledandri and director Chris Renaud, as well as footage from the recording sessions of the score. Check out the video after the jump and also visit our soundtrack announcement for audio clips and the details of the soundtrack album, which was released last month by Back Lot Music and features both songs and score.
Behind the Music of ‘Man of Steel’
Rolling Stone premiered a behind the scenes video featurette on the music of Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot Man of Steel. The video features interviews with composer Hans Zimmer and the director, as well as footage from the recording sessions of the score. Check out the full video after the jump. The Man of Steel soundtrack is now available from WaterTower Music, both as a deluxe edition and a regular edition. Check out our previous article to learn more about the album release and also listen to the entire soundtrack album after the jump. Man of Steel starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni and Russell Crowe will be released nationwide tomorrow June 14, 2013 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Behind the Music of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
Paramount Pictures has published a short video featurette on the music for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness. The video features an interview with Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost), as well as footage from the score’s recording sessions earlier this year. Check out the full video after the jump. The soundtrack album for the film featuring Giacchino’s music has been released digitally earlier this week by Varese Sarabande and is now available to download on Amazon. Visit our previous article for the full album details. Star Trek Into Darkness starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Weller is opening nationwide today.
Mychael Danna Academy Awards Press Room Video
Yahoo! Screen has published a video of the press room interview with Mychael Danna following his acceptance of his first Academy Award for his music for Life of Pi this past Sunday. The composer talks about his process of creating the score, his collaboration with director Ang Lee and what winning the award means to him. Check out the video after the jump. Also embedded below is another interview with Danna (via BBC World) about the importance of music in Life of Pi and his thoughts on whether his Oscar win will have any effect on his career.
Oscar-Nominated Composers in Conversation
John Williams was featured today in a news segment on CNN about his 48 Academy Award nominations. The five-time Oscar-winning who is up for the award this Sunday for his score for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln talks about his nomination, his past work and his collaboration with the director. The Academy has also published short videos interviews with three of the nominated composers: first time nominee Mychael Danna who received a nod for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, Alexandre Desplat who is nominated for his music for Ben Affleck’s Argo and Thomas Newman who received his 11th nomination for Sam Mendes’ James Bond film Skyfall. Check out all videos after the jump.
‘Life of Pi’ Music Featurette
20th Century Fox has published a short video featurette about the music for Ang Lee’s 3D adventure drama Life of Pi. The video features composer Mychael Danna talking about his musical approach and his collaboration with the director, as well as footage from the recording sessions at the Newman Scoring Stage on the Fox lot in Los Angeles. Check out the video after the jump. The composer has received a Golden Globe for his music and is nominated for two Academy Awards for his score and the original song Pi’s Lullaby. The film’s soundtrack is now available on Sony Classical.
Golden Globes Backstage Interviews with Mychael Danna and Adele
NBC has published the interviews from the press room of the 70th Golden Globe Awards. As previously reported, composer Mychael Danna was honored with the award for his music for Ang Lee’s 3D adventure movie Life of Pi. Following his acceptance speech (which can be checked out here), the composer answered questions to members of the international press backstage at the awards show. Danna talked about his work on the film, his collaboration with Ang Lee, his musical influences and his relationship with India. Check out the full video after the jump.
‘Argo’ Music Featurette
A new featurette on Alexandre Desplat‘s score for Ben Affleck’s Argo was published today. The video features footage from the recording sessions of the music, as well as interview clips with the composer and vocalist Sussan Deyhim. Check out the full video after the jump. The score for Argo already received a Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Movie Award nomination and is considered a frontrunner to pick up an Academy Award nomination next week. Desplat was also honored with the Satellite Award for Best Score last month. The composer’s soundtrack is available on WaterTower Music.
Awards Contenders in Conversation
A number of lengthy video interviews with some of the composers who are considered major contenders this awards season have recently been published. David Poland from Movie City News has conducted interviews with three composers, including Mychael Danna who scored Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, Alexandre Deplat who has a number of titles in the race (Argo, Zero Dark Thirty and Rise of the Guardians), as well as Thomas Newman who is joined by director John Madden of The Best Exotic Marigold and also has his music for Skyfall in contention. Check out all three full interviews after the jump.