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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 19, 2011)

Four new movies are opening wide this weekend:

Opening in almost 3000 theaters is the horror comedy Fright Night directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Please, David Tennant and Toni Collette. The film’s music is composed by Ramin Djawadi. A soundtrack CD will be released on August 30, 2011 by Varese Sarabande. The album is already available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more details.

Also opening wide is the action remake of Conan the Barbarian directed by Marcus Nispel and starring Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rachel Nichols, Rose McGowan and Stephen Lang. Warner Bros Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the film’s music by Tyler Bates. For more details and audio clips, visit our previous article. Also check out a lengthy audio interview with the composer on Film Music Magazine, as well as interviews with Bates about the project on Billboard, Huffington Post and Examiner. Finally, a short video feature, which includes Bates talking about his approach for the project can be found on ARTISTdirect.

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John Swihart to Score ‘Nailed’

Film Music Reporter has learned that composer John Swihart has been hired to score the satirical comedy Nailed. David O. Russell (The Fighter, Three Kings) directed the film back in 2008, but he left the production before it was completed. According to various reports, the backers are now shopping the movie to distributors and a test screening was recently held in California, indicating that the project is finally nearing completion. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Biel, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, Kirstie Alley, Paul Reubens, James Brolin, Tracey Morgan and Jon Stewart. Nailed centers on a small-town waitress who is shot in the head by a nail gun and later goes to Washington to fight for better health care, where she meets a clueless congressman. No distribution deal has been announced and it is unknown at this point when the film will be released.

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John Swihart scoring ‘Flypaper’

Film Music Reporter has learned that John Swihart is the new composer of the crime comedy Flypaper directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd and Jeffrey Tambor. He has taken over scoring duties from Mark Mancina, who was originally attached to score the movie as reported last month. The film will have its premiere on January 28 at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Mark Mancina scoring ‘Flypaper’

UPDATE (January 10, 2011): John Swihart has taken over scoring duties on the film.

Original article:

Film Music Reporter has learned that the upcoming crime comedy Flypaper will feature a score by composer Mark Mancina. The film centers around a man who is caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank and desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he’s secretly in love. The film is directed by Rob Minkoff, who previously worked with Mancina on the Disney fantasy The Haunted Mansion starring Eddie Murphy. The director also has worked with such composers as Hans Zimmer (The Lion King), Alan Silvestri (Stuart Little 1 & 2) and David Buckley (The Forbidden Kingdom). Flypaper stars Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Tambor, Mekhi Phifer and Tim Blake Nelson.

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