Two movies open wide this weekend: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is already breaking pre-sales records and is expected to beat the opening weekend grosses from the previous films in the series. Alexandre Desplat wrote the score for the movie as the fourth composer in the series. To find out more about […]
Posts Tagged ‘Danny Elfman’
Danny Elfman to score Real Steel
Posted: October 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 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 […]
New interview with Danny Elfman
Posted: March 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman
FirstShowing.net recently posted a new interview with composer Danny Elfman. In the interview, Elfman talks about his score for Alice in Wonderland, working with Tim Burton, his two upcoming projects The Green Hornet and Restless and his creative approach and process to scoring movies. To read the entire interview, click here. The website also announces interviews with […]
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 […]
Elfman to score Gus Van Sant’s Restless
Posted: March 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman, Gus van Sant, Restless, The Green Hornet, The Wolfman
In a recent interview with Collider, Elfman confirmed that he will score Gus Van Sant’s upcoming drama Restless (previously untitled). The movie revolves around a teenage boy and girl who share a preoccupation with mortality. The movie is produced by Ron Howard and Bryce Dallas Howard. Restless stars Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland). Restless marks Elfman’s […]
Elfman Oscar profile on Good Morning America
Posted: March 1, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman, Tim Burton
This morning, Danny Elfman was featured in ABC’s Good Morning America Oscar profile series, where he talked about what awards mean to him. Additionally, the profile showed Elfman working in his studio, as well as scoring session footage from Alice in Wonderland with Tim Burton. The video from the show can be streamed on the ABC […]
Elfman on Alice in Wonderland
Posted: February 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman, Tim Burton
Danny Elfman’s highly anticipated score for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland will be released by Walt Disney Records on March 2. To listen to clips from the soundtrack album, check out Walt Disney Records’ soundtrack page: http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/aliceinwonderland.html Elfman has already started to promote the score. Check out this interview with Elfman from the LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/02/danny-elfman-searches-for-the-sound-of-wonderland.html […]
