Jon Brion has been chosen to provide the original score for the upcoming action cop comedy The Other Guys starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson. The movie is directed by Adam McKay, who used Brion on his last movie Step Brothers back in 2008. Ferrell and Wahlberg play two […]
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Jon Brion scoring The Other Guys
Posted: July 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam McKay, Jon Brion, The Other Guys
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Giacchino to score Let Me In
Posted: July 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Let Me In, Michael Giacchino, Undercovers
Michael Giacchino has been hired to score the upcoming horror romance Let Me In. In the movie, a bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. The movie is directed by Matt Reeves, who previously worked with Giacchino on Cloverfield. Let Me In is a remake of the […]
Djawadi to take over Red Dawn
Posted: June 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Breakout Kings, Brian Tyler, Ramin Djawadi, Red Dawn
Ramin Djawadi has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming Red Dawn remake from Brian Tyler who was originally assigned to score the movie. In the movie directed by Dan Bradley, a group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of Chinese and Russian soldiers. The movie stars Chris Hemsworth, Adrienne Palicki […]
Gustavo Santaolalla scoring ‘On the Road’
Posted: June 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gustavo Santaolalla, On the Road, Walter Salles
Gustavo Santaolalla is scoring the upcoming adventure drama On the Road. The film is directed by Walter Salles who previously worked together with the composer on The Motorcycle Diaries and 2008’s Linha de Passe. The movie stars Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund. On the Road is based on the 1957 novel […]
Mychael Danna Going The Distance
Posted: June 22, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Going the Distance, Mychael Danna, Nanette Burstein
Film Music Reporter has learned that Mychael Danna recently finished scoring the upcoming romantic comedy Going The Distance. The movie directed by Nanette Burstein centers on a man and woman in a long-distance relationship who ultimately come to the realization that they would be happier dating someone closer to home. The movie stars Drew Barrymore, […]
Gregson-Williams and Buckley scoring The Town
Posted: June 22, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Affleck, David Buckley, Harry Gregson-Williams, The Town
Harry Gregson-Williams and David Buckley are currently finishing up work on the score for the crime thriller The Town. The movie is directed by Ben Affleck who is also starring in the movie alongside Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Jon Hamm and Jeff Cooper. In the movie, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings […]
Theodore Shapiro to score Dinner for Schmucks
Posted: April 13, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dinner for Schmucks, Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Dinner for Schmucks. In the movie, a rising executive succeeds in finding the perfect guest, an IRS employee, for his boss’s monthly event, a so-called “dinner for idiots,” which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon. The movie stars […]
Graeme Revell to take over Unthinkable
Posted: April 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Young, Graeme Revell, Unthinkable
Film Music reporter has learned that Graeme Revell has replaced Christopher Young as the composer on the upcoming psychological thriller Unthinkable. The movie centers around a black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent who press a suspect terrorist into divulging the location of three nuclear weapons sets to detonate in the U.S. The movie is directed […]
Tomandandy to score Resident Evil: Afterlife
Posted: April 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: And Soon the Darkness, Resident Evil: Afterlife, tomandandy
The composer duo tomandandy has been chosen to provide the score for the upcoming sequel Resident Evil: Afterlife. The movie marks director Paul W.S. Anderson’s return to the directing chair to the franchise after he only wrote and produced the last two parts in the series. His original Resident Evil movie featured a score by Marco […]
