Posts Tagged ‘Danny Elfman’

Lionsgate (via The Hollywood Reporter) has confirmed today that Danny Elfman and T Bone Burnett are teaming up to score the upcoming film adaptation of The Hunger Games. As previously reported, Elfman mentioned in an interview earlier this month that he has been in talks to score the film. Apart from collaborating on the score […]

In a recent interview with Danny Elfman at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the composer talked about some of his upcoming projects. He revealed that he will be reuniting with director Sam Raimi for the first time since 2004’s Spider-Man 2. Raimi’s next directorial effort is Walt Disney Pictures’ fantasy […]

Danny Elfman is set to reunite with director Tim Burton on the upcoming stop-motion animated movie Frankenweenie. The film is based on Burton’s 1984 short film about a pet dog brought back to life by his loyal owner after it is struck by a car. The movie’s voice talent includes several actors who have previously […]

With the line-up for this year’s Cannes Film Festival announced this past week, we’re going to take a look at a couple of films set to premiere at the festival that haven’t been covered yet on this page. We already reported about three films that are competing at the festival taking place from May 11 […]

Danny Elfman has signed on to compose music for the ride Mystic Manor at Disneyland Hong Kong. The attraction is a new version based on the classic Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland in California and is due to make its debut in early 2013. Visit Time Out Hong Kong for an interview with Elfman on […]

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 […]

Lionsgate Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming thriller The Next Three Days directed by Paul Haggis and starring Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks and Olivia Wilde. Danny Elfman wrote the score, which the composer also conducted during the recording sessions in London. Apart from 23 tracks from the score, the album also includes […]

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 […]

Film Music Reporter has learned that Danny Elfman has been hired to score the upcoming thriller The Next Three Days. The movie directed by Paul Haggis stars Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde and Brian Dennehy. In the movie, an English teacher devises a daring plan and takes extreme actions to rescue his […]

New interview with Danny Elfman

Posted: March 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews
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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 HornetĀ and RestlessĀ and his creative approach and process to scoring movies. To read the entire interview, click here. The website also announces interviews with […]