Hans Zimmer has recently composed the score for the upcoming historical drama Twelve Years a Slave. The film is directed by Steve McQueen amd stars Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Quvenzhané Wallis, Paul Dano, Scott McNairy, Sarah Paulson, Alfre Woodard, Paul Giamatti and Lupita Nyong’o. The movie is based on the autobiography […]
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Hans Zimmer Scoring Steve McQueen’s ‘Twelve Years a Slave’
Posted: April 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Steve McQueen, Twelve Years a Slave
Terence Blanchard to Score ‘Black Nativity’
Posted: April 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Nativity, Kasi Lemmons, Raphael Saadiq, Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard has been tapped to score the upcoming musical drama Black Nativity. The film is directed by Kasi Lemmons and stars Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Tyrese Gibson, Jacob Latimore, Nas, Mary J. Blige and Luke James. The movie is based on the gospel musical by Langston Hughes that was first performed on […]
Christopher Lennertz to Score Tim Story’s ‘Ride Along’
Posted: April 29, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Ride Along, Tim Story
Christopher Lennertz has been hired to score the upcoming action comedy Ride Along. The film is directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four, Barbershop) and stars Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Laurence Fishburne, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Callen and Jay Pharoah. The movie centers around a high school security guard and aspiring police officer […]
Herbert Grönemeyer Scoring Anton Corbijn’s ‘A Most Wanted Man’
Posted: April 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Most Wanted Man, Anton Corbijn, Herbert Grönemeyer
Herbert Grönemeyer is reteaming with director Anton Corbijn on the upcoming thriller A Most Wanted Man. The film is based on John le Carré’s bestselling 2008 novel of the same title and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Grigory Dobrygin, Derya Alabora, Nina Hoss, Daniel Brühl and Franz Hartwig. The movie […]
Daniel Pemberton Scoring Ridley Scott’s ‘The Counselor’
Posted: April 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Pemberton, In Fear, Ridley Scott, The Counselor
Daniel Pemberton has recently recorded his score for Ridley Scott’s upcoming thriller The Counselor. The film starring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Rosie Perez and Dean Norris follows a lawyer who finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking. Novelist Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men, The Road) wrote the […]
Thomas Newman Scoring ‘Saving Mr. Banks’
Posted: April 25, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney, John Lee Hancock, Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman is currently scoring the upcoming drama Saving Mr. Banks. The film is directed by John Lee Hancock and follows Walt Disney’s 14-year effort to persuade Australian author P.L. Travers to sell him the film rights to her book Mary Poppins. Tom Hanks stars as in the lead role as Disney and Emma Thompson […]
Timothy Michael Wynn Scoring ‘The Starving Games’
Posted: April 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg, The Starving Games, Timothy Michael Wynn
Timothy Michael Wynn is scoring the upcoming comedy The Starving Games. The comedic take on The Hunger Games is directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer and stars Maiara Walsh as the parody version of Katniss Everdeen and Brant Daugherty as the spoof version of Gale. Cody Christian, Juhahn Jones and Taylor Ashley Murphy are co-starring. The film […]
Rolfe Kent Scoring Jason Bateman’s ‘Bad Words’
Posted: April 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bad Words, Jason Bateman, Rolfe Kent
Rolfe Kent is the composer of the upcoming dark indie comedy Bad Words. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actor Jason Bateman who also stars in the film, alongside Allison Janney, Phillip Baker Hall, Ben Falcone and Rohan Chandz. The movie follows a bitter 41-year-old high school drop out who uses a loophole […]
‘Almost Christmas’ to Feature Music by Graham Reynolds
Posted: April 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Almost Christmas, Before Midnight, Graham Reynolds, Phil Morrison
Graham Reynolds has composed the score for the indie comedy drama Almost Christmas. The film is directed by Phil Morrison and stars Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Sally Hawkins, Amy Landecker, Peter Hermann and Emory Cohen. The movie follows two French Canadian Christmas tree salesmen who travel to New York to sell trees. Melissa James Gibson […]
a-ha’s Magne Furuholmen to Score ‘Beatles’ Movie
Posted: April 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beatles, Jørgen Storm Rosenberg, Magne Furuholmen
Magne Furuholmen, best known as a member of the international pop group a-ha, has signed on to compose the original score, as well as supervise the recordings of other music for the upcoming film Beatles. The movie is based on the bestselling novel by Lars Saabye Christensen and tells the story about four Norwegian youngsters […]