Warner Bros has officially confirmed that Alexandre Desplat will be back as the composer for the last installment in the Harry Potter series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. While Desplat’s attachment to the project has been expected given his involvement in the first part of the final book adaptation, there has been […]
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Alexandre Desplat to finish Harry Potter series
Posted: November 8, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, John Williams
Rachel Portman’s upcoming movie projects
Posted: November 7, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bel Ami, Never Let Me Go, Rachel Portman, Snow Flower and the the Secret Fan, The Vow
Rachel Portman is making a return to film scoring with a number of projects to be released in the near future. She is currently completing the score for the drama Bel Ami directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod and produced Uberto Pasolini who has previously worked with Portman on The Emperor’s New Clothers. The […]
David Newman to score Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Posted: November 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Animals United, Big Momma's House 3, Big Mommas, David Newman, Die Konferenz der Tiere, Like Father Like Son
David Newman has been hired to score the upcoming comedy sequel Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. In the third installment in the series, FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his stepson Trent go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. The film stars Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson and Faizon […]
John Williams confirmed for ‘War Horse’
Posted: November 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Williams, Steven Spielberg, The Adentures of Tintin, The Secret of the Unicorn, War Horse
Film Music Reporter has been able to confirm that John Williams is officially attached to score Steven Spielberg’s War Horse. The movie follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. The […]
John Ottman scores ‘Unknown’
Posted: November 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Ottman, The Resident, Unknown, Unknown White Male
Film Music Reporter has learned that John Ottman is currently finishing up work on the upcoming mystery thriller Unknown (previously entitled Unknown White Male). In the movie, a man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one believes him. With the help of a young […]
Stephen Warbeck to score Game of Thrones
Posted: November 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Game of Thrones, Just William, Killing Bono, Stephen Warbeck, There Be Dragons
Stephen Warbeck has been chosen as the composer for the upcoming HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones. The show is based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novel series and is produced and co-written by David Benioff (The 25th Hour, Troy, The Kite Runner). Game of Thrones is set in a fictitious world where magic […]
Hans Zimmer confirmed to score untitled Sherlock Holmes sequel
Posted: November 3, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Rango, Sherlock Holmes 2, The Dilemma
Hans Zimmer’s agency has confirmed his involvement in the upcoming untitled Sherlock Holmes sequel. The assignment doesn’t come as a surprise given the positive reaction to the score for the first part which ended up getting Zimmer his first Oscar nomination in 9 years. The Guy Ritchie-directed movie is currently filming and stars Robert Downey […]
Marco Beltrami to score The Thing prequel and Scream 4
Posted: November 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Buck Sanders, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Marco Beltrami, Scream 4, The Thing
Marco Beltrami has been hired to score the upcoming horror thriller The Thing. The prequel’s story takes place before the actions of the 1982 classic directed by John Carpenter. The movie directed by Matthijs van Heijingen Jr. is set in the Antarctica where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when […]
James Newton Howard taking over The Tourist
Posted: November 1, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Yared, Gnomeo and Juliet, James Newton Howard, Love and Other Drugs, The Green Hornet, The Tourist, Water for Elephants
James Newton Howard has taken over scoring duties on the dramatic thriller The Tourist starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. He is replacing composer Gabriel Yared who has already recorded music for the movie in London earlier this year. The movie directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Live of Others) revolves around Frank, an […]