C7nema recently reported that Howard Shore is attached to reunite with his long term collaborator David Cronenberg to write the score for the upcoming drama Cosmopolis. The film based on the Don DeLillo tome is adapted for the screen by Cronenberg and follows a multimillionaire who risks his entire fortune to bet against the yen on a cataclysmic day. The movie stars Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and Paul Giamatti. Cronenberg and Shore have previously collaborated numerous times, most recently on A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. Cosmopolis is currently in pre-production and is set to start shooting this May. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore to Score ‘Cosmopolis’
Posted: March 17, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg, Howard Shore, Hugo Cabret, Martin Scorsese, The Hobbit
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Edward Shearmur Slated to Score John Singleton’s ‘Abduction’
Posted: March 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abduction, Ed Shearmur, Edward Shearmur, John Singleton, Taylor Lautner
Film Music Reporter has learned that composer Edward Shearmur has been tapped to score the upcoming thriller Abduction. The film centers on a young man who discovers his own baby picture on a missing persons website and sets out to uncover the truth about his life. The movie is directed by John Singleton who has been using composer David Arnold on his previous four feature films (Shaft, Baby Boy, 2 Fast 2 Furious and Four Brothers) and has also worked with John Williams on the 1997 film Rosewood. Abduction stars Taylor Lautner in his first leading man role, as well as Lily Colins, Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello and Sigourney Weaver. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Grabowsky and Branford Marsalis Collaborating on ‘The Eye of the Storm’
Posted: March 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Branford Marsalis, Fred Schepisi, Paul Grabowsky, The Eye of the Storm
Paul Grabowsky recently recorded his score for the upcoming drama The Eye of the Storm. The film is set in a Sydney suburb, where two nurses, a housekeeper and a solicitor attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son and daughter convene at her deathbed. The movie stars Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Dustin Clare, Judy Davis and is directed by Fred Schepisi. The director worked with Grabowsky on his last three projects Last Orders, It Runs in the Family and Empire Falls and is best known in the film music community for his collaborations with Jerry Goldsmith on such movies as The Russia House, Mr. Baseball, I.Q. and Fierce Creatures. The Eye of the Storm marks the director’s first Australian production in over 20 years. Read the rest of this entry »
Elia Cmiral Scoring ‘Rites of Passage’
Posted: March 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elia Cmiral, Rites of Passage, W. Peter Iliff
Elia Cmiral is currently scoring the thriller Rites of Passage. The film marks the feature directorial debut of screenwriter W. Peter Iliff (Point Break, Patriot Games, Varsity Blues) and stars Christian Slater, Wes Bentley, Kate Maberley, Ryan Donowho and Stephen Dorff. The movie centers around an anthropology bookworm who laments his place in a society that lacks a ceremony to mark his transition into manhood and leads his hard-partying, stressed-out classmates to his family’s abandoned ranch — where his brother lives in a psychotic world of drugs, guilt and Chumash Indian rituals. Rites of Passage is currently in post-production and no release date has been announced. Read the rest of this entry »
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring ‘Retreat’
Posted: March 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blooded, Ilan Eshkeri, Jeff Toyne, Retreat
Ilan Eshkeri has recently recorded his score for the British thriller Retreat. The film is directed by Carl Tibbetts and stars Jamie Bell, Cillian Murphy and Thandie Newton. The movie centers on a married couple who rent a cottage on a remote island to fix their marriage. Their plans are cut short when a soldier wearing a biohazard suit washes up on the beach claiming that everyone on the mainland has been killed by a virus. Eshkeri’s score features violin solos by Jack Liebeck who recently performed on Dario Marianelli’s score for Jane Eyre. No release date has been set for the movie, but a release towards the end of the year is expected. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Brook’s Upcoming Projects
Posted: March 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Darwin, Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson, Michael Brook, Undefeated, Wrecked
Composer Michael Brook who is coming off his arguably most successful year, having scored the Oscar-winning drama The Fighter has a number of movies coming up this year. Opening this spring is the thriller Wrecked. The film stars Adrien Brody and marks the feature directing debut of Michael Greenspan. In the movie, a man wakes up from a car wreck at the bottom of a cliff, having no memory of who he is or how he got there, leaving him forced to discover his true identity. The film is now available on Video on Demand and opens in theaters on April 1 in New York and April 8 in Los Angeles. To find out more about the film, watch the trailer below and visit IFC’s movie webpage.
Theodore Shapiro to Score ‘The Change-Up’
Posted: March 15, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Dobkin, The Change-Up, Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro has been hired to score the upcoming comedy The Change-Up. The film tells the story of a married guy who accidentally changes bodies with his single best friend and ends up pursuing a female coworker. The movie stars Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Alan Arkin and Olivia Wilde. The film is written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover) and directed by David Dobkin. Dobkin previously worked together with composers Randy Edelman (Shanghai Knights), Rolfe Kent (The Wedding Crashers) and Christophe Beck (Fred Claus) on his previous movies. Universal Pictures will release The Change-Up on August 5, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino Scoring ‘The Ballad of Nessie’
Posted: March 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney, Michael Giacchino, The Ballad of Nessie
Michael Giacchino will be providing the music for Walt Disney Animation Studio’s short The Ballad of Nessie. Disney’s press release describes the short as “a whimsical and colorful tall tale about the friendly Loch Ness monster, Nessie, and how she and her best friend MacQuack the rubber duck came to live in the moor they now call home”. Scottish comedian Billy Connolly is narrating the film, which is animated in the classic Disney hand-drawn style. The short movie is directed by Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters who previously worked with Giacchino on 2009’s Emmy-winning animated short Prep Landing. Giacchino also has previously scored numerous shorts for Pixar, including the Academy Award-nominated films Day & Night, Partly Cloudy, Lifted and One Man Band. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Limitless’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: March 14, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Limitless, Paul Leonard Morgan, score, Soundtrack
Relativity Music Group has announced a soundtrack album for the thriller Limitless. The soundtrack includes Paul Leonard-Morgan’s original score from the film directed by Neil Burger. The album will be released digitally on March 15, 2011. To listen to audio clips and download the album, visit Amazon. Limitless stars Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish and Robert De Niro and will be released on March 18, 2011 by Relativity Media. To find out more about the film, visit our previous article. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman to Write Music for Disneyland Hong Kong’s ‘Mystic Manor’ ride
Posted: March 13, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, Disneyland Hong Kong, Mystic Manor
Danny Elfman has signed on to compose music for the ride Mystic Manor at Disneyland Hong Kong. The attraction is a new version based on the classic Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland in California and is due to make its debut in early 2013. Visit Time Out Hong Kong for an interview with Elfman on the project. Also watch a video with Elfman talking about his motivation to be involved in the project after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
