Variety is reporting that Quincy Jones has signed on to score the drama The Butler. The film is directed by Lee Daniels and stars Forest Whitaker as Eugene Allen, a White House employee who served eight First Families over the course of three decades. Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Ami Ameen, Alan Rickman, James Marsden, Jane […]
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Quincy Jones to Score Lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’
Posted: July 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lee Daniels, Quincy Jones, The Butler
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Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Scoring ‘The Time Being’
Posted: July 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Richard N. Gladstein, The Time Being
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek is scoring the upcoming indie mystery drama The Time Being. The film is written and directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain and stars Wes Bentley, Frank Langella, Ahna O’Reilly, Sarah Paulson and Corey Stoll. The movie follows young artist who accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be […]
Lyle Workman to Score ‘Stand Up Guys’
Posted: July 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fisher Stevens, Lyle Workman, Stand Up Guys
Lyle Workman has announced on Twitter that he will be scoring the upcoming action comedy Stand Up Guys. The film is directed by actor/director Fisher Stevens who received an Academy Award for his documentary The Cove and stars Al Pacino and Christopher Walken as two aging criminals, one of whom has been hired to kill […]
Lucas Vidal to Score Steve Jobs Biopic
Posted: July 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: jOBS, Lucas Vidal, Steve Jobs
Lucas Vidal has started to work on the music for the upcoming biopic jOBS. The drama stars Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs and covers the iconic Silicon Valley visionary from his early years as an impressionable youth and wayward hippie, through his initial successes and infamous ousting, to his storybook return and ultimate triumphs as […]
Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau Scoring ‘Bachelorette’
Posted: July 21, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, Bachelorette, John Nau
Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau have composed the score for the indie comedy Bachelorette. The comedy is written and directed by Leslye Headland (Terriers) and stars Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan as three best friends who are invited to act as bridesmaids at the wedding of a girl they called “Pigface” in high […]
Dario Marianelli to Score Steven Knight’s ‘Hummingbird’
Posted: July 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli, Hummingbird, Steven Knight
Dario Marianelli has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Hummingbird. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) and stars Jason Statham as an Afghanistan veteran haunted by tragic events of the past who assumes the identity of an upper class Londoner. When his pregnant girlfriend is […]
Richard Hartley Scoring Mike Newell’s ‘Great Expectations’
Posted: July 19, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Great Expectations, Mike Newell, Richard Hartley
Richard Hartley has composed the score for Mike Newell’s upcoming film adaptation of Great Expectations. The film based on Charles Dickens’ famous novel stars Jeremy Irvine as the young orphan Pip who is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Helena Bonham Carter co-stars as Miss Havisham, alongside […]
Joss Whedon Scoring ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Posted: July 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joss Whedon, Much Ado About Nothing
Joss Whedon announced at a panel at last week’s Comic-Con that he has composed his first full film score for the independent production Much Ado About Nothing. The film written and directed by Whedon is a modern version of Shakespeare’s classic comedy and stars Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof (Angel) as Beatrice and Benedick, the […]
Laurent Eyquem to Score Ron Maxwell’s ‘Copperhead’
Posted: July 17, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Copperhead, Laurent Eyquem, Ron Maxwell, Winnie
Laurent Eyquem has signed on to score the upcoming Civil War-era drama Copperhead. The film is directed by Ron Maxwell and stars Billy Campbell, Angus MacFadyen and Peter Fonda. The movie based on the epic novel by Harold Frederic and adapted by Bill Kauffman examines the price of dissent amid the hysteria of wartime, as a […]
‘Trouble with the Curve’ to Feature Music by Marco Beltrami
Posted: July 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clint Eastwood, Marco Beltrami, Robert Lorenz, The Sessions, Trouble with the Curve
Marco Beltrami is currently scoring the drama Trouble with the Curve. The film is directed by Robert Lorenz and stars Clint Eastwood as an aging baseball scout who is losing his sight and takes a road trip to Atlanta with his daughter to take a look at a hot prospect. Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John […]
