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 […]
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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
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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 […]
Alexandre Desplat to score The Gardener
Posted: October 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, La fille du puisatier, The Burma Conspiracy, The Gardener, The King's Speech, The Tree of Life
UPDATE (February 24, 2011): The Gardener has recently received a new title: A Better Life. Alexandre Desplat has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Gardener. In the movie, a gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for […]
Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander to reunite with Roland Emmerich
Posted: October 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anonymous, Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich, Thomas Wander
Film Music Reporter has learned that Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander have been hired to score Roland Emmerich’s latest movie Anonymous. The political thriller centers around who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her. The movie currently in […]
Giacchino to score Cars 2
Posted: October 12, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 50/50, Cars 2, I'm With Cancer, Live With It, Michael Giacchino, Mission Impossible 4, Monte Carlo, Super 8
According to a recent article in Variety, Michael Giacchino has started working on Pixar’s animation sequel Cars 2. Giacchino follows the footsteps of Randy Newman, who scored the first part back in 2006. In the sequel directed by Brad Lewis and John Lassetter, racing star Lightning McQueen teams up with his best friend Mater for […]
