Archive for the ‘Film Scoring Assignments’ Category

Dario Marianelli has written the music for the upcoming comedy drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The film based on the bestselling novel by Paul Torday is directed by Lasse Hallstrom (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat). Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire, The Full Monty, 127 Hours) has adapted the novel for the screen. The movie starring […]

According to Evolution Music Partners, Nathaniel Mechaly is set to return to score the upcoming action sequel Taken 2. Liam Neeson will be reprising his role as the retired government operative Bryan Mills from the Pierre Morel-directed 2008 hit film. Maggie Grace is set to reappear as Neeson’s daughter. The movie will be directed by Olivier […]

David Schwartz has signed on to score the NBC drama The Playboy Club. The show is set against the background of the political and moral changes in the 1960s and follows the legendary Playboy Club in Chicago. Eddie Cibrian stars as a Chicago attorney who is also a keyholder at the glamorous club. The series […]

David Buckley is the composer of the upcoming thriller Trespass. The movie is directed by Joel Schumacher (Falling Down, Phone Booth) and stars Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Ben Mendelsohn, Cam Gigandet and Liana Liberato. The film centers on a married couple taken hostage by four brutal perpetrators seeking easy cash. Complications ensue amid the unexpected […]

Michael Wandmacher has signed on to score the upcoming horror film The Haunting in Georgia. The movie starring Chad Michael Murray, Katee Sackhoff, Abigail Spencer and Cicely Tyson is based on a true story of a young family imperiled by mysterious entities inhabiting their property in the rural South. While the film follows the concept of […]

Gingger Shankar has recently scored a number of movies that will be released in the near future.  Most notably, coming out this August is the Iranian drama Circumstance. The film is written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz and revolves around a wealthy family in Iran struggling to contain a teen’s growing sexual rebellion and her […]

In a recent interview with Danny Elfman at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the composer talked about some of his upcoming projects. He revealed that he will be reuniting with director Sam Raimi for the first time since 2004’s Spider-Man 2. Raimi’s next directorial effort is Walt Disney Pictures’ fantasy […]

Thomas Newman is currently scoring the comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The film starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel and Tom Wilkinson follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and […]

Marcelo Zarvos has been hired to score the upcoming drama Steel Town. The project which was originally entitled Still I Rise stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Holly Hunter, Lance Reddick, Rosie Perez and Oscar Isaac. The movie centers on two mothers who channel frustration into action and join forces to transform an inner-city public school […]

Jon Brion to Score ‘ParaNorman’

Posted: June 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Focus Features has announced that Jon Brion has signed on to score the upcoming 3D stop-motion animated comedy thriller ParaNorman. The movie centers Norman, a misunderstood 13-year-old boy who is the only person in a small town that has the abilities to prevent an attack from zombies. The film’s voice cast includes Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey […]