Bruno Coulais has been hired to score the upcoming documentary Babies. The movie simultaneously chronicles the lives of four of the world’s newest human inhabitants – in Mongolia, Namibia, San Francisco, and Tokyo, respectively — from first breath to first steps, on a journey at once universal and amazingly original. The movie is directed by Thomas Balmes and will be released in the US this mother’s day weekend on May 7 by Focus Features. To watch the trailer and find out more about the movie, check out the official movie webpage. According to Coulais, the music for Babies was written for a very special orchestra that included a lot of toys, a string quintet, wind orchestra, ethnic instruments, piano and percussion. The score also features vocals by French artist Rosemary. Read the rest of this entry »
Bruno Coulais to score Babies
Posted: March 13, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Babies, Bruno Coulais, Oceans
Isham to score The Conspirator and Warrior
Posted: March 12, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Isham, The Conspirator, The Crazies, The Factory, Warrior
Mark Isham is currently working on two new scores. The Conspirator is a drama directed by Robert Redford about Mary Surratt, the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. The movie stars James McAvoy, Alexis Bledel, Robin Wright Penn, Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Kline, Danny Huston, Justin Long and Tom Wilkinson and is expected to come out later this year. The project marks Redford’s and Isham’s fourth collaboration after A River Runs Through It, Quiz Show and Lions for Lambs. In a recent video that Isham uploaded on YouTube, he mentions that the score will be influenced by Bartok.
Isham’s other new project is the action drama Warrior. The movie directed by Gavin O’Connor centers around the youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer who returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament. Warrior stars Nick Holte, Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton and Lionsgate is planning to release the movie later this year. Isham worked with O’Connor before on Miracle and Pride and Glory. According to the composer, the music will be influenced by the instrumental post-rock band Explosions in the Sky (Friday Night Lights). Read the rest of this entry »
Nanny McPhee soundtrack details
Posted: March 12, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Varese Sarabande Records has added details on James Newton Howard’s score for Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang coming out in Europe later this month and state-side in August. The album features 24 tracks of the score amounting to almost an hour of music. Please note that Varese Sarabande has changed the cover art since the previous announcement of the score release. To listen to clips from the album, check out Varese’s international distributor page Colosseum. Read the rest of this entry »
Schifrin CD Box Set announced
Posted: March 12, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lalo Schifrin, The Cincinnati Kid
Film Score Monthly has announced a new 5 CD box set for Lalo Schifrin scores from the 60’s. The set limited to 2000 copies includes his score for The Cincinnati Kid (1965) starring Steve McQueen and directed by Norman Jewison, featuring a song based on the main theme performed by Ray Charles. In addition, the set includes Schifrin’s first Hollywood score to the adventure movie Rhino! (1964), his jazz score for the film noir Once a Thief (1965) starring Alain Delon and Jack Palance, as well as his scores for the international espionage movies The Venetian Affair (1967) and Sol Madrid (1968). Finally, one disc is devoted to bonus tracks from Schifrin’s other MGM scores from the period, including such TV projects as Medical Center and The Mask of Sheba. To find out more about the CD set and to listen to clips from the scores, check out Film Score Monthly’s CD page or Screen Archives.
Clash of the Titans soundtrack coming
Posted: March 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clash of the Titans, Ramin Djawadi
WaterTower Music has announced that they will release Ramin Djawadi’s score for Clash of the Titans on March 30. In the movie starring Sam Worthington, Liams Neeson and Ralph Fiennes, the mortal son of the god Zeus embarks on a perilous journey to stop the underworld and its minions from spreading their evil to Earth as well as the heavens. Clash of the Titans is directed by Louis Lettier (The Incredible Hulk) and will be released on April 2. Djawadi and his crew recently finished recording the score in London. Tracklisting and details on the score will be announced shortly.
Beltrami and Sanders discussing The Hurt Locker score
Posted: March 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Buck Sanders, Marco Beltrami, The Hurt Locker
A new video interview with composers Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders who were nominated for an Academy Award for their score for The Hurt Locker was recently uploaded at Hikari Takano’s interview page. In the interview, Beltrami and Sanders talk about their collaboration, the Oscar nomination, as well as their work on this year’s Best Picture winner. Apart from the 25 minutes video interview, the site also features a video with Buck Sanders playing the ‘The Way I Am’ theme from The Hurt Locker. To watch the videos, check out this link.
Beck scores Death at a Funeral
Posted: March 11, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Beck, Date Night, Death at a Funeral, Hot Tub Time Machine, The Greatest, Waiting for Superman
Christophe Beck is currently finishing up his score for the comedy remake Death at a Funeral. The Screen Gems produced movie based on the 2007 Frank Oz directed comedy stars Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Zoe Saldana, Danny Glover and James Marsden. In the movie, a funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies. Death at Funeral is directed by Neil LaBute (Nurse Betty, Possession, Lakeview Terrace) and is scheduled to come out on April 23.
Blake Neely to score Life as We Know It
Posted: March 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, Life as we know it, The Pacific
Blake Neely has been hired to score the upcoming Warner Bros comedy Life as We Know It. In the movie, two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident. The movie stars Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel and is directed by Greg Berlanti. Berlanti and Neely previously collaborated on such TV shows as Everwood, Eli Stone and Brothers & Sisters. Life as We Know It is scheduled to be released on December 22. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner on ProTools and Sibelius
Posted: March 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Avatar, James Horner, Simon Franglen, Simon Rhodes
Avid Audio just uploaded a new video feature with James Horner talking about his working process and the technological advances on his Oscar-nominated score for Avatar. The video also features interviews with Horner’s scoring mixer Simon Rhodes and electronic music arranger Simon Franglen. To watch the video, click on this Vimeo link.
New audio interview with Danny Elfman
Posted: March 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman, Tim Burton
Film Music Magazine’s On the Score show just uploaded a new interview with composer Danny Elfman. In the 37 minutes interview, Danny Elfman talks about his score for Alice in Wonderland and his collaboration with Tim Burton, including such movies as Planet of the Apes, Edward Scissorhands and Mars Attacks. Most interestingly, Elfman also talks about his fallout wih Tim Burton that led him to leave Ed Wood in 1995. To listen to the complete interview, check out this link.
