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Burwell to score HBO mini-series

Posted: September 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Carter Burwell has been hired to score the upcoming HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce. The five part series is directed by Todd Haynes (I’m Not There, Far From Heaven, Velvet Goldmine) and follows a divorced single mom who decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her her ambitious elder daughter. Mildred […]

Debney to take over Yogi Bear

Posted: September 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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John Debney has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming family movie Yogi Bear. He is replacing Andrew Lockington, who was originally slated to score the movie. Lockington scored director Eric Brevig’s previous movie Journey to the Center of the Earth back in 2008. In Yogi Bear, a documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot […]

Terence Blanchard scoring ‘Bunraku’

Posted: September 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Terence Blanchard is scoring the martial arts action pic Bunraku. The film stars Josh Harnett, Ron Perlman, Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore. The movie is directed by Guy Moshe who made his feature directing debut on 2006’s drama Holly. Bunraku tells the story of a young man who has spent his life searching for revenge […]

Film Music Reporter has learned that Henry Jackman has been hired to score the upcoming comic book adaptation X-Men: First Class. The project reunites Jackman with director Matthew Vaughn after their collaboration on Kick-Ass earlier this year (which the composer scored alongside John Murphy, Ilan Eshkeri and Marius DeVries). X-Men: First Class tells the origin […]

Anton Sanko has recently finished work on the score for the upcoming drama Rabbit Hole. He replaced composer Abel Korzeniowski who was originally signed on to score the movie (as reported earlier this year on this page). The movie directed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus) stars Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart. […]

David Holmes to score Red

Posted: July 23, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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UPDATE (October 5, 2010): Christophe Beck has taken over scoring duties on Red. Film Music Reporter has learned that David Holmes has been hired to score the graphic novel adaptation Red. The movie is directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, The Time Traveler’s Wife) and stars Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich […]

James Newton Howard has been hired to score the upcoming drama Water for Elephants. The movie marks Newton Howard’s second collaboration with director Francis Lawrence after the 2007 I Am Legend. Lawrence recently confirmed Newton Howard’s involvement on his Twitter account. In Water for Elephants, a veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are […]

Teddy Castellucci is currently finishing up the score for the comedy Lottery Ticket. The movie centers around a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he’s holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million. The movie marks Erik White’s feature directorial debut and […]

John Debney has two new scoring assignments coming up. He will be scoring the thriller The Double, which marks screenwriter Michael Brandt’s (3:10 To Yuma, Wanted) directing debut. Topher Grace, Richard Gere, Stana Katic, Odette Yustman and Michael Sheen lead the film’s cast. The movie centers on a retired CIA operative who is paired with a […]

Film Music Reporter has learned that Brian Reitzell has been hired to score the upcoming horror drama Red Riding Hood. The movie is directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, The Nativity Story, Thirteen) and stars Amanda Seyfried. The movie is set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf and where a young girl […]