Gustavo Santaolalla has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming drama August: Osage County. The movie is directed by John Wells (The Company Men) and features and all-star cast including Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale, Juliette Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Ewan McGregor, Julianne Nicholson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dermot Mulroney, Misty Upham and Sam Shepard. […]
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Gustavo Santaolalla Takes Over Scoring Duties on ‘August: Osage County’
Posted: August 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: August: Osage County, Carter Burwell, Gustavo Santaolalla, John Wells
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Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Under the Skin’ to Feature Music by Mica Levi
Posted: August 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonathan Glazer, Mica Levi, Micachu, Under the Skin
Mica Levi has composed the music for Jonathan Glazer’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Under the Skin. The film is based on a novel by Michael Faber (The Crimson Petal and the White) and stars Scarlett Johannson as an alien disguised as a mesmerizing woman who scours remote highways and backroads for human prey. Glazer has co-written the […]
Craig Wedren Scoring ‘Lucky Them’
Posted: August 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Afternoon Delight, Craig Wedren, Lucky Them, Megan Griffiths
Craig Wedren is the composer of the upcoming indie comedy Lucky Them. The film is directed by Megan Griffiths (Eden) and stars Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, Ryan Eggold, Oliver Platt, Nina Arianda and Ahna O’Reilly. The movie follows a rock journalist who is given the impossible assignment to hunt down a long-unseen revered local […]
Randy Edelman Scoring ‘A Friggin’ Christmas Miracle’
Posted: August 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Friggin' Christmas Miracle, Randy Edelman
Randy Edelman has been tapped to score the upcoming family comedy A Friggin’ Christmas Miracle. The film is directed by Tristram Shapeero (Community) and stars Joel McHale, Lauren Graham, Robin Williams, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Clark Duke and Candice Bergen. The movie follows a family man who takes his wifeand son to visit his family for Christmas. […]
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek to Score ‘Später im Sommer’
Posted: August 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Feo Aladag, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Später im Sommer
Academy Award-winning composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek revealed in a recent interview with Hitfix that he is set to score the upcoming German drama Später im Sommer. The film is written and directed by Feo Aladag (When We Leave) and centers on the friendship between a German soldier and an Afghan translator who are fighting side […]
Christophe Beck to Score ‘Muppets Most Wanted’
Posted: August 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Beck, Muppets Most Wanted, The Muppets
The first teaser trailer for Walt Disney Pictures’ Muppets Most Wanted confirms that composer Christophe Beck who scored 2011’s reboot of The Muppets will return to provide the music for the sequel. The film is directed by James Bobin who also helmed the original film and stars Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell and Tina Fey. The […]
Paul Leonard-Morgan to Score ‘Walking with Dinosaurs 3D’
Posted: August 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon, Paul Leonard Morgan, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D
Paul Leonard-Morgan has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming family action adventure Walking with Dinosaurs 3D. The movie is helmed by Neil Nightingale & Barry Cook (Mulan, Arthur Christmas) and follows two brothers looking to follow in their father’s footsteps, which leads them to a showdown with dinosaurs in the Arctic. John Collee (Happy Feet, […]
Daniel Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Enemy’
Posted: August 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Bensi, Denis Villeneuve, Enemy, Saunder Jurriaans
Daniel Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans have composed the score for the upcoming indie thriller Enemy. The film is directed by Denis Villeneuve (Incendies, the upcoming Prisoners) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon and Isabella Rossellini. The movie is based on the novel The Double by José Saramago and follows a dysfunctional history teacher who accidentally […]
Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’ to Feature Music by Arcade Fire
Posted: August 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arcade Fire, Her, Spike Jonze
The Grammy-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire is writing the music for Spike Jonze’s upcoming sci-fi romance Her. The film written and directed by Jonze stars Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pratt and Scarlett Johansson. The movie is set in future Los Angeles and follows a complex, soulful man who makes […]
John Williams to Score ‘The Book Thief’
Posted: August 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Percival, John Williams, The Book Thief
John Williams is currently scoring the upcoming drama The Book Thief. The film is directed by Brian Percival (Downton Abbey) and stars Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Sophie Nelisse. The movie based on Markus Zusack’s best-selling novel is set in Germany during World War II and follows a girl who finds solace from the horrors around […]
