Patrick Doyle will provide the score for the upcoming animated feature Sir Billi. In the movie, a retired veterinarian living in a remote Scottish village encounters a goat who thinks he’s a dog, an Admiral who’s afraid of the water and a beaver who was raised by rabbits. The movie’s voice talent includes Sean Connery, […]
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Patrick Doyle to score new animation
Posted: March 29, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Main Street, Patrick Doyle, Sir Billi, Thor
Örvarsson to score The Eagle of the Ninth
Posted: March 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, The Eagle of the Ninth
Atli Örvarsson confirmed on his website that he has been hired to score the upcoming historical drama The Eagle of the Ninth. The movie stars Channing Tatum, Mark Strong, Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland. The film takes place in 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, […]
BREAKING NEWS! James Horner to take over The Karate Kid remake
Posted: March 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, James Horner, Karate Kid
According to the Gorfaine/Schwartz agency, James Horner has replaced Atli Örvarsson on the remake of The Karate Kid. In the movie, work causes a single mother and her young son to move to China, where the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master. The movie directed by Harald Zwart (Agent Cody Banks, The […]
Pereira to score From Prada To Nada
Posted: March 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Despicable Me, From Prada to Nada, Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira
Heitor Pereira has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy drama From Prada To Nada. The movie is a Latina spin on Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” where two spoiled sisters who have been left penniless after their father’s sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles. […]
Marcelo Zarvos to take over The Beaver
Posted: March 22, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Reitzell, Marcelo Zarvos, The Beaver
The Gorfaine/Schwartz agency has confirmed that Marcelo Zarvos will score the Jodie Foster-directed comedy drama The Beaver. He is replacing Brian Reitzell, who was originally attached to score the movie according to his agency Evolution Music Partners (also see our news entry). In the movie, Mel Gibson plays a depressed toy company CEO with a […]
Rupert Gregson-Williams scoring The Zookeeper
Posted: March 22, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Grown Ups, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Zookeeper
Rupert Gregson-Williams will score the upcoming comedy The Zookeeper. The movie directed by Frank Coraci (The Waterboy, Around the World in 80 Days, Click) stars Kevin James, Rosario Dawso, Donnie Wahlberg and features the voice talent of Sylvester Stallone, Adam Sandler, Jon Favreau and Judd Apatow. In the movie, the animals at one particular zoo […]
Giacchino to score Arthur Christmas
Posted: March 22, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arthur Christmas, Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino has been hired to score the upcoming Aardman CGI-animation Arthur Christmas. The film envisions Santa’s workshop as a high-tech industrial plant dedicated to getting all those toys out to every child in a single night. The movie directed by Barry Cook (Mulan) is scheduled to come out in November 2011 by Sony Pictures. The […]
Zimmer to score Jealous of the Birds
Posted: March 21, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexey Igudesman, Hans Zimmer, Jealous of the Birds
The documentary Jealous of the Birds will get an original score by Hans Zimmer and Alexey Igudesman. The movie focuses on the emotional history of a small community of Holocaust Survivors who remained in Frankfurt, Germany after liberation from Nazi death camps, and asks the question, ‘Why would a Survivor choose to remain in Germany — […]
John Frizzell scoring The Roommate
Posted: March 21, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Frizzell, The Roommate
John Frizzell has recently been finishing up work on his score for the Screen Gems thriller The Roommate. In the movie, College freshman Sara played by Minka Kelly is randomly assigned to live in a dorm with another girl named Rebecca (Leighton Meester) who outwardly seems sweet and normal. She soon finds her safety and […]
Beltrami takes over Jonah Hex
Posted: March 19, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Powell, Jonah Hex, Marco Beltrami, Repo Men
Film Music Reporter has learned that Marco Beltrami has taken over scoring duties on the comic book adaptation Jonah Hex. He is replacing John Powell, who reportedly was working on the score with the heavy metal band Mastodon last fall. No word yet if any of Mastodon’s music will stay in the picture. Jonah Hex is set […]