Tyler to score Skyline

Posted: February 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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According to the Gorfaine/Schwartz agency, Brian Tyler has joined the horror thriller Skyline. The project reunites Tyler with directors Colin and Greg Strause who previously worked together on AVPR: Aliens vs Predator – Requiem. The movie is starring Donald Faison and Eric Balfour and is being shot right now. Apart from composing duties, Tyler will also serve as an executive producer and sound supervisor on the movie.

Also coming up for Tyler is the Sly Stallone-directed action movie The Expendables, Red Dawn and Battle: Los Angeles. He also has the George Gallo-directed movies Columbus Circle (which he’s also producing), as well as Middle Men coming up. The latter recently premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival and was picked up by Paramount Pictures for release later this year.

Beltrami and Sanders on The Hurt Locker

Posted: February 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews
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Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, who have been nominated for an Academy Award for their score for The Hurt Locker have recently been doing the press round to promote the score before the Oscars on March 7.

This week, they have been featured as guests on Jim Svejda’s Classical Music show on KUSC. The complete interview can be found online right here:

http://kusc.podbean.com/2010/02/23/2010-oscar-best-score-joint-nominees-marco-beltrami-buck-sanders-the-hurt-locker/

Also, Beltrami and Sanders were interviewed by Steve Pond from The Wrap: 

http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/takes-two-tango-hurt-locker-composers-14578

In addition, David Poland shot a video interview for his blog which can seen by clicking on the following link: http://www.dp30.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-hurt-locker-composers-marco-beltrami-buck-sanders/

Henri IV soundtrack release

Posted: February 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Hans Zimmer’s and Henry Jackman’s score to the German historical movie Henri IV will be released on Sony Classical on March 5. At this time, the CD will only be available as an import from Germany.                                                                                    

To find more about the score, check out a video interview with Zimmer and Jackman on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ASsGr4YSZY

Here’s the tracklisting of the CD: 

      

  1. A Destiny Revealed (3:46)
  2. The Huguenots (5:36)
  3. Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie – Thoinot Arbeau (1:11)
  4. Journey To Paris (1:53)
  5. The Louvre (5:52)
  6. Margot De Valois (2:19)
  7. Bourrée D’Avignonez – Philidor (1:18)
  8. The Wedding (2:27)
  9. The Massacre (1:32)
  10. Mortal Tristura – Le Concert Des Nations (1:45)
  11. Henri’s Escape (2:15)
  12. Man Of The People (1:09)
  13. The Edict Of Nantes (5:11)
  14. Te Deum – La Capella Reial De Catalunya (1:34)
  15. Gabrielle D’Estrées (2:57)
  16. The Murder Of Guise (2:24)
  17. Freedom Regained (2:08)
  18. Sarabande & Tambourin – Kassel (1:17)
  19. The King Is Dead, Long Live The King (2:36)
  20. Farewell To A Friend (2:07)
  21. Rosny’s Confession (1:50)
  22. Requiem Sequentia – Christobal De Morales (1:39)
  23. Let Reason Rule (2:22)
  24. Marie De Medici (1:10)
  25. A Prophecy Fulfilled (3:01)

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Valentine’s Day scoring sessions footage

Posted: February 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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While the score to the hit romantic comedy Valentine’s Day hasn’t been released commercially, John Debney recently put up a video from the recording sessions of the Garry Marshall directed movie on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETZAqxqz9M

Debney is currently finishing up work on the score for the highly anticipated Iron Man 2, which was recently recorded in London. The movie will come out in May and a soundtrack release can be expected around the same time.

John Ottman to score The Losers

Posted: February 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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John Ottman has been hired to score the upcoming graphic novel adaptation The Losers directed by Sylvain White (Stomp The Yard). Leading the diverse cast are Zoe Saldana, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Columbus Short, Idris Elba and Oscar Jaenada. After several release date changes, the movie is scheduled to be released on April 23 in the US.

To watch the trailer, check out the official movie webpage: http://www.the-losers.com/

Beltrami to score The Sunset Limited

Posted: February 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Marco Beltrami recently finished working on the score for the HBO movie The Sunset Limited. The movie is based on the Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men, The Road) novel and stars Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson. The project reunites director Tommy Lee Jones with Beltrami who previously collaborated on The Three Burials of Melquiadas Estrada and will premiere on HBO later this year. Beltrami also has the Sci-Fi thriller Repo Men coming up next month and finished the score to the Wes Craven directed horror movie My Soul To Take a while ago. He is currently working on the Guillermo del Toro produced horror thriller Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, which should be released later this year.

Michael Giacchino wins BAFTA Award

Posted: February 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Last Sunday, Michael Giacchino won his first British Academy of Film and Television Award for his original music for Pixar’s animated feature Up. Earlier this year, he already won a Grammy, as well as a Golden Globe Award for the score and he is the frontrunner to go home with an Academy Award as well when winners are announced on March 7.

For a video interview at the BAFTA after his award acceptance, visit YouTube’s BAFTA channel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjGbpq7aok

Hans Zimmer promoting Sherlock Holmes score

Posted: February 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews
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For the past few weeks, Hans Zimmer has been busy promoting his Academy-Award nominated score for Sherlock Holmes on various media platforms. He recently did an interview with Jim Svejda for the classical music station KUSC. To listen to the whole audio interview, visit http://kusc.podbean.com/2010/02/18/2010-oscar-best-score-nominee-hans-zimmer-sherlock-holmes/

For more promotional interview material on  Sherlock Holmes, here are just a few other links featuring video and audio interviews with the eight time Oscar nominated composer:

Collider: http://www.collider.com/2010/01/21/excl … inception/

First Showing: http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/01/19/ … ns-zimmer/

David Poland’s DP/30: http://www.dp30.com/blog/2010/01/14/sherlock-holmes-composer-hans-zimmer/

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2010/01/16/composer_zimmer_talks_sherlock_holmes_inception_dark_knight_its_complicated/

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2010/02/04/tsr.xtra.hans.zimmer.bk.b.cn

Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars … video.html

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