Dominic Lewis has signed on to score the upcoming animated feature Free Birds. The film is directed by Jimmy Hayward and follows two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history. The movie’s voice cast includes Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler, Dan Fogler, Lesley Nicol, George Takei, Colm Meaney and Keith David. David I. Stern (Open Season 2 & 3) and John Strauss (There’s Something About Mary, The Wild) wrote the screenplay with a rewrite by Craig Mazin (Identity Thief, The Hangover Part II & III). The writers are also producing the Relativity Media and Reel FX production with Scott Mosier (Clerks, Dogma). Hayword previously collaborated with composer John Powell on his last animated feature Horton Hears a Who!.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Carter Burwell to Score ‘Thor: The Dark World’
According to the film’s latest poster, Carter Burwell will be scoring the superhero sequel Thor: The Dark World. The movie is directed by Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, The Emperor’s New Clothes) and stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins. The sequel is set one year after The Avengers and follows the title character on a battle to save all the Nine Realms from a mysterious enemy older than the universe itself. Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (The Chronicles of Narnia, Captain America: The First Avenger) have written the script based on a story by Don Payne (Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer). Kevin Feige is producing the film for Marvel Studios. Patrick Doyle scored the previous Thor film directed by Branagh.
Lucas Vidal Takes Over ‘Fast & Furious’ Series
Lucas Vidal is currently finishing up work on the highly anticipated action thriller Fast & Furious 6. The film is directed by Justin Lin who helmed the previous three installments in the series, including 2011’s top-grossing Fast Five. The movie stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Luke Evans, Gina Carano and John Ortiz. Vidal recently recorded his full orchestral and electronic hybrid score at Abbey Road and Air Studios in London. At age 28, he becomes the youngest composer to ever score a major studio picture in the $100 Mio.+ budget range. In only a few years, the classically trained composer has moved from writing concert pieces and scoring independent films, to Spanish box office hits including Sleep Tight (Mientras duermes) and major international productions such as The Raven starring John Cusack and The Cold Light of Day starring Henry Cavill & Bruce Willis, leading to his first major studio tentpole assignment.
Howard Shore Scoring ‘Jimmy Picard’
Howard Shore has composed the score for the upcoming drama Jimmy Picard. The film is directed by Arnaud Desplechin (A Christmas Tale, Kings & Queens) and stars Benicio Del Toro as a Plains Indian member of the Blackfeet nation who returns from the WWII battlefield and experiences various medical symptoms when he meets a French ethno-psychiatrist with a strong understanding of the modern Native American. Mathieu Amalric and Gina McKee are co-starring. The movie is adapted from Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian by ethnologist and psychologist Georges Devereux. Pascal Caucheteux (Rust an Bone, A Prophet, Assault on Precint 13) is producing the project for Why Not Productions. Shore has previously collaborated with Desplechin on the 2000 drama Esther Kahn.
Federico Jusid Scoring ‘300: Rise of an Empire’
Federico Jusid is the composer of the upcoming action sequel 300: Rise of an Empire. The film is directed by Noam Murro (Smart People) and stars Sullivan Stapleton as the Greek general Themistocles, who battles an invading army of Persians under turned-god Xerxes, played by Rodrigo Santoro. Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Jack O’Connell and Lena Headey are co-starring. Kurt Johnstad (Act of Valor, 300) and Zack Snyder have written the screenplay based on Frank Miller’s novel. Mark Canton & Gianni Nunnari (300, Immortals), Bernie Goldmann, Zack Snyder & Deborah Snyder (Man of Steel, Watchmen) and Thomas Tull (42, Pacific Rim) are producing the Legendary Pictures production. Tyler Bates has scored the original 2006 300 film directed by Zack Snyder.
Alan Silvestri to Score ‘Red 2’
Alan Silvestri has signed on to score the upcoming action comedy sequel Red 2. The film is directed by Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest, Fun with Dick and Jane) and stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung Hun Lee, Brian Cox and Neal McDonough. In the movie, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber (Red, Battleship) have written the screenplay and Lorenzo DiBonaventura (Transformers series, G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra & Retaliation) and Mark Vahradian (Red, Man on a Ledge) are producing the project for DiBonaventura Pictures.
‘What Maisie Knew’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the indie drama What Maisie Knew have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nick Urata (Crazy, Stupid, Love, Ruby Sparks), as well as the title song Feeling of Being (What Maisie Knew) by Lucy Schwartz. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 30, 2013 and physically on May 7. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. What Maisie Knew is directed by Scott McGehee & David Siegel and stars Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan, Joanna Vanderham and Ontana Aprile. The movie follows a 6-year old girl who is caught up in the bitter divorce of her art dealer father and her rock star mother.The drama will be released on May 3, 2013 by Millennium Entertainment.
Atli Örvarsson to Score ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’
Atli Örvarsson has taken over scoring duties on the fantasy adventure The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The film is directed by Harald Zwart and stars Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Aidan Turner, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Durand and Jared Harris. The movie is based on the first book of the bestselling Young Adult book series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare and follows a teen who discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. Jessica Postigo has adapted the material for the screen. Don Carmody (Silent Hill, Resident Evil: Afterlife) and Robert Kulzer (The Three Musketeers) are producing the Constantin Film and Unique Features production.
Michael Giacchino to Score Brad Bird’s ‘Tomorrowland’
Michael Giacchino confirmed during a Q&A at a concert featuring the world premiere performance of his Star Trek score performed live to projection in Lucerne, Switzerland this weekend that he is attached to score Brad Bird’s upcoming sci-fi adventure Tomorrowland. The film is set to star George Clooney and Hugh Laurie. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but according to Hitfix, the movie is supposed to follow a “teenage girl, a genius middle-aged manand a pre-pubescent girl robot who attempt to get to and unravel what happened to Tomorrowland, which exists in an alternative dimension, in order to save Earth”. Damon Lindelof (Lost, Prometheus) is writing the screenplay with Bird based on a concept by himself and Jeff Jensen and is also producing the project with Bird. Tomorrowland will mark the composer’s fourth collaboration with Bird following Pixar’s The Incredibles & Ratatouille and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.
Brett Detar Scoring William Brent Bell’s ‘Wer’
Brett Detar is composing the score for the upcoming horror feature Wer. The film is directed by William Brent Bell and stars A.J. Cook, Simon Quarterman, Vic Sahay, Sebastian Roché and Brian J. O’Connor. The movie is set in Paris and follows s defense attorney who is looking to clear her client who is a suspect in a slaying of a vacationing American family. Bell wrote the screenplay with Matthew Peterman who is also producing the FilmDistrict, Sierra/Affinity and Incentive Filmed Entertainment Fund production with Steven Schneider (Insidious, The Bay) and Morris Paulson. The film marks Detar’s second collaboration with the director following last year’s horror hit The Devil Inside.