Rob Simonsen revealed in a recent interview with Sound on Sight that he is currently scoring the indie coming of age comedy Chu and Blossom. The film is directed by Gavin Kelly and Charles Chu and stars Chu himself, as well as Ryan O’Nan, Melanie Lynskey, Alan Cumming, Mercedes Ruehl, Caitlin Stasey, Annie Potts, Chris Marquette, […]
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Rob Simonsen Scoring ‘Chu and Blossom’
Posted: February 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chu and Blossom, Rob Simonsen
David Hirschfelder Scoring ‘The Railway Man’
Posted: February 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Hirschfelder, Jonathan Teplitzy, The Railway Man
David Hirschfelder is composing the score for the upcoming drama The Railway Man. The movie is directed by Jonathan Teplitzy (Burning Man) and stars Colin Firth as Eric Lomax, a British officer who was captured and tortured by the Japanese in World War II and is persuaded by his wife to seek out and confront […]
‘The Grandmaster’ to Feature Music by Nathaniel Mechaly
Posted: February 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathaniel Mechaly, Shigeru Umebayashi, The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-Wai
Nathaniel Mechaly has composed a new score for the international version of the martial arts epic The Grandmaster. The film is directed by Wong Kar-Wai (In the Mood for Love, My Blueberry Nights) and stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Wang Qingxiang, Zhang Jin, Zhao Benshan and Song Hye-kyo. The movie is a […]
Patrick Doyle to Score ‘Jack Ryan’
Posted: February 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jack Ryan, Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Doyle
Patrick Doyle has been hired to score the upcoming action thriller Jack Ryan. The reboot of the franchise based on the characters created by Tom Clancy is directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars Chris Pine in the title role as an ex-Marine who works as a successful financial analyst in Moscow and discovers a plot […]
Mason Daring Scoring ‘Go for Sisters’
Posted: February 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Go for Sisters, John Sayles, Mason Daring
Mason Daring is reuniting with director John Sayles on the upcoming indie drama Go for Sisters. The film stars Edward James Olmos, LisaGay Hamilton, Yolonda Ross, Harold Perrineau, Hector Elizondo and Isaiah Washington. The movie follows two friends who lose track of each other for twenty years and are reunited when one of them is […]
David Newman to Score ‘Tarzan’ 3D
Posted: February 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Newman, Tarzan
David Newman has officially signed on to score the upcoming 3D animated feature Tarzan. The film is directed by Reinhard Klooss and features the voice talent of Kellan Lutz, Spencer Locke, Anton Zetterholm, Mark Deklin, Trevor St. John and Jaime Ray Newman. The updated version of the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs tale is written by […]
Chris Hajian to Score ‘Runner, Runner’
Posted: February 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brad Furman, Chris Hajian, Runner Runner
Chris Hajian has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Runner, Runner. The film is directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) and stars Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie, Oliver Cooper, Michael Esper and Ben Schwartz. The movie follows a young man cheated out of his tuition money playing online poker who […]
James Horner to Score ‘Ender’s Game’
Posted: January 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ender's Game, Gavin Hood, James Horner
James Horner has signed on to score the upcoming sci-fi tentpole Ender’s Game. The film based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card is adapted for the screen and directed by Gavin Hood (X-Men: Wolverine, Tsotsi). The movie stars Asa Butterfield as Andrew “Ender” Wiggin, a genius strategist recruited by the government to help […]
The Music of ‘Movie 43’
Posted: January 29, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brett Ratner, Christophe Beck, David J. Hodge, James Gunn, Leo Birenberg, Movie 43, Peter Farrelly, Tyler Bates, William Goodrum
The ensemble all-star comedy Movie 43 produced by Peter Farrelly opened nationwide last weekend. Several composers have composed the score of the different comedy shorts within the film. William Goodrum who has previously contributed music for most of the Farrelly Brothers’ features including There’s Something About Mary, Me, Myself & Irene, Shallow Hal and most recently, The Three […]
Jóhann Jóhannsson Scoring ‘McCanick’
Posted: January 28, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Johann Johannsson, Josh C. Waller, McCanick
Jóhann Jóhannsson is currently recording his score for the upcoming crime drama McCanick. The film is directed by Josh C. Waller (Raze) and stars David Morse, Brandon Routh, Cory Monteith, Cirian Hinds and Mike Vogel. The movie follows a narcotics detective who gets caught up in a firestorm of paranoia and violence upon learning that […]