Archive for the ‘Film Scoring Assignments’ Category

Following our news article from last Saturday about Dario Marianelli scoring Brian De Palma’s Passion, we have just received word from SBS Production that they have accidentally sent out incorrect information and that the composer is not involved in the film at this point. According to the production company, Pino Donaggio is attached to write […]

Craig Armstrong has been hired to score Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming drama The Great Gatsby. The movie based on the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher and Callan McAuliff. Luhrmann adapted the novel with his writing partner Craig Pierce (Romeo + Juliet) and is also […]

Alexandre Desplat has revealed in a recent interview with Collider that he will be reuniting with French director Jacques Audiard this year. They have previously worked together on all of the director’s features including the crime drama A Prophet, which was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category two years […]

Theodore Shapiro is set to reteam with director Jay Roach on the upcoming comedy Dog Fight. The movie stars Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as two rival politicians running for a congressional seat in a small North Carolina district election. Jason Sudekis, Brian Cox, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Baker, Katherine LaNasa, Dan Akroyd and John Lithgow […]

Mike Patton has been tapped to write the music for the upcoming crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines. The movie is directed by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) and stars Ryan Gosling as a motorcycle stunt rider who starts robbing banks to support his newborn son until he crosses paths with a determined young cop-turned […]

Bruno Coulais has recently recorded his score for the period drama Farewell, My Queen (Les adieux à la reine). The movie is directed by Benoit Jacquot (Right Now, A Single Girl) and stars Diane Kruger (National Treasure, Troy) as Marie-Antoinette. Lea Seydoux (Midnight in Paris) and Virginie Ledoyen (The Beach) are co-starring. The film is […]

UPDATE (January 13, 2012): We have received word from SBS Productions that they have accidentally sent out incorrect information and that Pino Donaggio is attached to score the movie instead. Check out our new article here. SBS Productions has confirmed to Film Music Reporter that Dario Marianelli is set to score Brian De Palma’s upcoming […]

Fall on Your Sword recently scored two films that will be premiering at the Sundance Film Festival later this month. Competing in the US Dramatic category is the drama Nobody Walks. The film is directed by Ry Russo-Young (You Won’t Miss Me ) and co-written by Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture). The movie starring John Krasinski, […]

MI6 – The World of James Bond is reporting that Thomas Newman will be scoring the newest James Bond movie Skyfall. Film Music Reporter has learned at the end of last year that Newman had been attached to the film for several months, but it appeared that he was not officially signed on yet at […]

Mark Mothersbaugh has written the score for the new Showtime original series House of Lies. The dark comedy created by Matthew Carnahan (Dirt) is based on Martin Kihn’s book House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time. The series stars Don Cheadle as a self-loathing management consultant who […]