Film Music Reporter

Alexandre Desplat to score The Gardener

Posted: October 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: 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 the city’s wealthy landowners. The Gardener is directed by Chris Weitz who previously worked with Desplat on The Golden Compass and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. The indie drama stars Demian Bichir. No release date has been set yet for the Summit Entertainment movie. Read the rest of this entry »

Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander to reunite with Roland Emmerich

Posted: October 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: 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 post-production stars Rhys Ifans, Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Jamie Campbell Bower and David Thewlis. Read the rest of this entry »

Giacchino to score Cars 2

Posted: October 12, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: 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 an international adventure as they go up against the world’s fastest car. Most of the voice talent of the first movie is expected to return. Cars 2, which marks Giacchino’s third Pixar project after The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Up is slated to come out on June 24, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Brian Tyler slated to score Terra Nova

Posted: October 7, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Brian Tyler, Hawaii Five-0, Terra Nova

Brian Tyler has been chosen to compose the music for the prehistoric drama TV pilot Terra Nova for Amblin Entertainment. The show will be produced by Steven Spielberg and Brannon Braga. The TV show centers on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization. The show’s cast includes Jason O’Mara, Shelley Conn and Stephen Lang. No word yet on how much Tyler will be involved in the series after scoring the pilot. The current plan for the show is to preview the pilot in May 2011 with the series debuting in the fall on FOX. Read the rest of this entry »

John Debney to score No Strings

Posted: October 7, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Ivan Reitman, John Debney, No Strings

Film Music Reporter has learned that John Debney has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy No Strings. The movie stars Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Cary Elwes, Olivia Thirlby and Kevin Kline and is directed by Ivan Reitman. No Strings is Debney’s and Reitman’s first collaboration. Reitman previously worked with such composers as Elmer Bernstein (Ghostbusters), Randy Edelman (Kindergarten Cop), John Powell (Evolution) and James Newton Howard (Dave). In the movie, a guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it’s not long before they learn that they want something more. The movie will be released on January 21, 2011 by Paramount Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

Full slate of projects for Christophe Beck

Posted: October 5, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Burlesque, Cedar Rapids, Christophe Beck, Due Date, Red, Waiting for Superman

Christophe Beck recently completed scoring the action comedy Red starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren. He replaced composer David Holmes, who was originally attached to the project as reported earlier this year. The movie comes out on October 15 from Summit Entertainment.

Beck also has a number of other projects coming out in the near future. Earlier this year, he completed the score for Todd Philipp’s road trip comedy Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. This marks his third collaboration with the director after scoring School for Scoundrels and last year’s comedy hit The Hangover. Read the rest of this entry »

Danny Elfman to score Real Steel

Posted: October 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Danny Elfman, Men In Black III, Real Steel

Danny Elfman has been hired to score Shawn Levy’s upcoming action drama Real Steel. The movie set in the near-future where 2,000-pound robots that look like humans do battle stars Hugh Jackman, Kevin Durand, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie and Hope Davis. Director Shawn Levy previously worked with composer Christophe Beck on most of his movies and also collaborated with Alan Silvestri on both A Night at the Museum movies. The Dreamworks movie is produced by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg and is scheduled to come out on November 18, 2011.

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Clint Mansell going ‘Faster’

Posted: October 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Black Swan, Clint Mansell, Faster, Source Code

Clint Mansell is currently scoring the upcoming action thriller Faster. The movie directed by George Tillman Jr. (Men of Honor, Notorious) is starring Dwayne Johnson, Maggie Grace, Jennifer Carpenter, Tom Berenger, Carla Gugino and Billy Bob Thornton. In the film, an ex-con sets out to avenge his brother’s death after they were double-crossed during a heist years ago. The movie marks the third release of CBS Films and is scheduled to come out on November 24. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek scoring ‘Leonie’

Posted: October 3, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Leonie

Jan Kaczmarek is scoring the upcoming drama Leonie. The film is directed by Hisako Matsui and stars Emily Mortimer and Christina Hendricks. The international co-production centers on the life and relationships of the early 20th American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi. Leonie will be released in Japan this fall and no release plans in the US have been announced.

Brian Reitzell co-scoring Beginners

Posted: September 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Beginners, Brian Reitzell, Dave Palmer, Roger Neill

Brian Reitzell has recently co-scored the dramedy Beginners with Roger Neill and Dave Palmer. The movie directed by Mike Mills (Thumbsucker) stars Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Melanie Laurent. Beginners tells the story of a man who learns that his terminally ill father is gay and has a young lover. The film premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and has recently been picked up by Focus Features for a release in 2011.

As reported earlier, Reitzell also has the Catherine Hardwicke-directed Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried and Gary Oldman coming out in early 2011.