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, when a young centurion arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father who commanded the team. The movie is directed by Kevin Macdonald, who previously worked with composer Alex Heffes on his features Touching The Void, The Last King of Scotland and State of Play. Focus Features is planning to release the movie on September 24.
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BREAKING NEWS! James Horner to take over The Karate Kid remake
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 Pink Panther 2) stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith and is set to open on June 11 (check out the official movie page to watch the trailer). The movie marks Horner’s first scoring assignment after spending almost two years working on James Cameron’s Avatar.
Season of the Witch score album announced
Relativity Media Soundtracks has announced to release Atli Örvarsson’s score for the fantasy adventure Season of the Witch. The album is scheduled to come out on March 16 and features about 50 minutes of Örvarsson’s music. In the movie directed by Dominic Sena (Swordfish, Gone in 60 Seconds), 14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce her powers could be the source of the Black Plague. Season of the Witch stars Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman and Christopher Lee. Lionsgate will release the movie later this year.