Christopher Lennertz has been hired to score the upcoming animated feature Smurfs: The Lost Village. The film is directed by Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2, Gnomeo & Juliet) and features the voice talent of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Mandy Patinkin, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer and Danny Pudi. The movie follows Smurfette and her brothers Hefty, Clumsy and Brainy trekking through the uncharted Enchanted Forest to […]
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Christopher Lennertz to Score Sony Pictures Animation’s ‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’
Posted: October 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Kelly Asbury, Smurfs: The Lost Village
Patrick Doyle to Score Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’
Posted: October 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kenneth Branagh, Murder on the Orient Express, Patrick Doyle
Patrick Doyle confirmed in a recent interview with BBC Radio 3 that is reteaming with Kenneth Branagh on the upcoming new film adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. The film stars Branagh as detective Hercule Poirot, alongside Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Lucy Boynton, Tom Bateman, Derek Jacobi, Michael Peņa and Leslie Odom Jr. The movie […]
Charlie Clouser to Return for ‘Saw: Legacy’
Posted: October 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Charlie Clouser, Saw, Saw: Legacy
Charlie Clouser has signed on to score the upcoming horror thriller Saw: Legacy. The film is directed by Peter and Michael Spierig (Daybreakers, Predestination) and marks the eight installment in the horror series. No casting announcement have been made yet. Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfiner (Piranha 3D, Sorority Row) have written the screenplay. Mark Burg and Oren Kholes (John Q, Set It Off) […]
James Newton Howard to Score Jake Kasdan’s ‘Jumanji’ Sequel
Posted: October 6, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jake Kasdan, James Newton Howard, Jumanji
James Newton Howard has been hired to score the upcoming Jumanji sequel. The film is directed by Jake Kasdan (Bad Teacher, Orange County) and stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillian, Jack Black and Nick Jonas. No plot details have been announced yet. Scott Rosenberg (High Fidelity, Con Air) and Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The 5th Wave) have written the screenplay […]
Gabriel Yared to Score Xavier Dolan’s ‘The Death and Life of John F. Donovan’
Posted: October 5, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Yared, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, Xavier Dolan
Gabriel Yared is reteaming with director Xavier Dolan on the upcoming drama The Death and Life of John F. Donovan. The film marks Dolan’s English-language debut and stars Kit Harington, Jessica Chastain, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Ben Schnetzer, Michael Gambon, Bella Thorne, Thandie Newton, Chris Zylka and Emily Hampshire. The movie takes place in the early 2000’s and centers […]
Marcelo Zarvos to Score Denzel Washington’s ‘Fences’
Posted: October 4, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Denzel Washington, Fences, Marcelo Zarvos
Marcelo Zarvos has signed on to score the upcoming drama Fences. The film marks the third feature directorial effort by Denzel Washington (The Great Debaters, Antwone Fisher) who also stars in the film, alongside Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson and Saniyya Sydney. The movie is based on August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play of the same title and […]
West Dylan Thordson Scoring M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’
Posted: October 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: M. Night Shyamalan, Split, West Dylan Thordson
West Dylan Thordson has composed the original score for the upcoming psychological thriller Split. The film is written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula and Haley Lu Richardson. The movie centers around a man who endures a major loss and becomes compelled to abduct three teenage […]
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross to Score Peter Berg’s ‘Patriots Day’
Posted: October 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atticus Ross, Patriots Day, Peter Berg, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have been hired to score the upcoming drama Patriots Day. The film is directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon) and stars Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Kevin Bacon, Michelle Monaghan, Jimmy O. Yang, Vince Curatola and James Colby. The movie tells the story of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis’s actions in […]
Hans Zimmer to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby’
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Hans Zimmer, The Boss Baby, Tom McGrath
Hans Zimmer has signed on to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature The Boss Baby. The film is directed by Tom McGrath and features the voices of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow. The movie is based on the book by Marla Frazee and follows a suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby who pairs up with his seven-year […]
Jacob Groth to Score ‘Flatliners’ Remake & NBC’s ‘Midnight, Texas’
Posted: September 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Flatliners, Jacob Groth, Midnight Texas, NBC, Niels Arden Oplev
Jacob Groth is set to reteam with director Niels Arden Oplev on the upcoming remake of the sci-fi thriller Flatliners. The film starring Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, Kiefer Sutherland, James Norton and Kiersey Clemons is based on the 1990 feature of the same title (scored by James Newton Howard) about a group of medical students who are exploring near […]