Three new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi western Cowboys & Aliens directed by Jon Favreau, produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Paul Dano and Sam Rockwell. The film’s music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 29, 2011)
Posted: July 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Bout Portant, Attack the Block, Calexico, Christian Henson, Christophe Beck, Cowboys & Aliens, Crazy Stupid Love, Harry Gregson-Williams, Heitor Pereira, Klaus Badelt, Life in a Day, Nick Urata, Point Blank, score, Soundtrack, Steven Price, The Devil's Double, The Guard, The Smurfs
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Ludwig Göransson to Score Fox’s ‘New Girl’
Posted: July 29, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Childish Gambino, Fox, Ludwig Göransson, New Girl
Ludwig Göransson is set to score the new Fox comedy show New Girl. The project stars Zooey Deschanel as a girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys, played by Jake Johnson (No Strings Attached), Max Greenfield (Ugly Betty) and Lamorne Morris. The show is created by […]
Christophe Beck to Score ‘The Muppets’
Posted: July 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bret McKenzie, Christophe Beck, The Muppets
Christophe Beck has been hired to score the family movie The Muppets. The first film featuring Jim Henson’s creatures since 1999’s Muppets from Space is directed by James Bobin and teams up characters including Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy with actors Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones. Segel also co-wrote the screenplay […]
Eric Serra Scoring Luc Besson’s ‘The Lady’
Posted: July 27, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eric Serra, Luc Besson, The Lady
Eric Serra is scoring the upcoming drama The Lady. The film is directed by Luc Besson who has collaborated with the composer on most of his movies (including Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element and La femme Nikita. The French/British co-production tells the true story of political activist Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband […]
Ramin Djawadi to Score ‘Person of Interest’
Posted: July 26, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Nolan, Person of Interest, Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi has signed on to score the new CBS series Person of Interest. The show is created by Christopher Nolan’s brother Jonathan (co-writer of The Dark Knight and The Prestige) and centers on a presumed dead former-CIA agent who teams up with a mysterious billionaire to prevent violent crimes by using their own brand […]
Dickon Hinchliffe to Score Oren Moverman’s ‘Rampart’
Posted: July 25, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, Oren Moverman, Rampart
Dickon Hinchliffe is scoring the upcoming crime drama Rampart. The movie based on a story by James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia) is directed by Oren Moverman (The Messenger) who also co-wrote the script with Ellroy. The film centers on the widespread corruption in the anti-gang unit of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart […]
Gabriel Mann to Score ‘Ringer’
Posted: July 23, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: CW, Gabriel Mann, Lifetime, Ringer, The Exes, The Protector, TV Land
Gabriel Mann is the composer of the upcoming CW drama Ringer. The show stars Sarah Michelle Gellar (in her first TV show since Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as a woman on the run, who assumes her twin sister’s identity, only to discover that her sister’s life is just as complicated and dangerous as the one […]
Clint Mansell to Score ‘The Iron Lady’
Posted: July 22, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clinr Mansell, The Iron Lady
In Contention (via The Playlist) is reporting that Clint Mansell is scoring the upcoming biopic The Iron Lady. The movie is directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!) and stars Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as her husband, Denis. The film follows the former British prime minister’s career, which saw her smash through […]
Deborah Lurie to Score ‘Dorothy of Oz’
Posted: July 20, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deborah Lurie, Dorothy of Oz
Deborah Lurie has signed on to score the upcoming animated 3D musical Dorothy of Oz. The movie’s story is an update on The Wizard of Oz and centers on Dorothy Gale who is returning to a tornado-devastated Kansas and then being transported back to Oz to help her friend. The movie’s voice cast includes Lea Michele, […]
