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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 5, 2010)

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This week, Film Music Reporter is launching a new weekly column talking about the music of the weekend’s new films opening in the US.

Opening this Friday (November 5):

Megamind

Music by Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe

Dreamworks Animation’s latest movie features a score by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe, as well as numerous popular songs. A soundtrack album featuring about 30 minutes of score, as well as most of the songs used in the movie has been released by Lakeshore Records. To listen to clips, check out Amazon or iTunes. The movie contains roughly 50 minutes of score including a very nice arrangement of the main themes during the end credits which has surprisingly been left off the soundtrack album.

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Hans Zimmer confirmed to score untitled Sherlock Holmes sequel

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Hans Zimmer’s agency has confirmed his involvement in the upcoming untitled Sherlock Holmes sequel. The assignment doesn’t come as a surprise given the positive reaction to the score for the first part which ended up getting Zimmer his first Oscar nomination in 9 years. The Guy Ritchie-directed movie is currently filming and stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law alongside new cast members Stephen Fry, Jared Harris and Noomi Rapace. In the sequel, Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty. Warner Bros has set a December 16, 2011 release.

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Pereira to score From Prada To Nada

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Heitor Pereira has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy drama From Prada To Nada. The movie is a Latina spin on Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” where two spoiled sisters who have been left penniless after their father’s sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles. The movie stars Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega and Adriana Baraza and is scheduled to be released by Lionsgate in 2011.

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Zimmer to score Jealous of the Birds

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The documentary Jealous of the Birds will get an original score by Hans Zimmer and Alexey Igudesman. The movie focuses on the emotional history of a small community of Holocaust Survivors who remained in Frankfurt, Germany after liberation from Nazi death camps, and asks the question, ‘Why would a Survivor choose to remain in Germany — shoulder to shoulder with their perpetrators?’ Co-composer Alexey Igudesman was one of the many musicians who performed on Zimmer’s Oscar-nominated score for Sherlock Holmes. No release date has been announced yet for the movie.

Zimmer on third Batman installment

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MTV Splash Page posted an article about Hans Zimmer’s plans for Christopher Nolan’s third Batman movie. He specifically mentions his hopes for The Riddler character to be featured in the movie. To read the whole article, follow this link.

In related news, the Polish film music website FilmMusic.pl recently added an in-depth interview with Zimmer on his career. Zimmer talks about his Sherlock Holmes score, the Oscar nomination, his collaboration with Christopher Nolan and gives an update on his concert tour plans. To check out the interview, click here.

Giacchino on CNN

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Michael Giacchino recently was featured on CNN with a new video interview. Giacchino talks about the importance of theme and melody, his influences and his Oscar nomination. The video also offers a glimpse into a recent recording session for Lost and also includes Hans Zimmer commenting on Giacchino’s Academy Award-nominated score for Up. To watch the whole video, click here.

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The Pacific soundtrack album announced

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The score for the upcoming HBO mini-series The Pacific will be released on March 9 by Rhino Records. The music is by Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli and Blake Neely. The epic 10-part miniseries is based on the true stories of World War II Marines. It tracks the intertwined real-life journeys of three U.S. Marines-Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzello), and John Basilone (Jon Seda)-across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II.  The miniseries follows these men and their fellow Marines from their first battle with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, through the rain forests of Cape Gloucester and the strongholds of Peleliu, across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima and through the horror of Okinawa, and finally to their triumphant but uneasy return home after V-J Day.

To listen to clips from each track of the soundtrack, check out Rhino Records’ soundtrack webpage: http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/hans-zimmer-geoff-zanelli-and-blake-neely-the-pacific-music-from-the-hbo-miniseries

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Henri IV soundtrack release

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Hans Zimmer’s and Henry Jackman’s score to the German historical movie Henri IV will be released on Sony Classical on March 5. At this time, the CD will only be available as an import from Germany.                                                                                    

To find more about the score, check out a video interview with Zimmer and Jackman on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ASsGr4YSZY

Here’s the tracklisting of the CD: 

      

  1. A Destiny Revealed (3:46)
  2. The Huguenots (5:36)
  3. Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie – Thoinot Arbeau (1:11)
  4. Journey To Paris (1:53)
  5. The Louvre (5:52)
  6. Margot De Valois (2:19)
  7. Bourrée D’Avignonez – Philidor (1:18)
  8. The Wedding (2:27)
  9. The Massacre (1:32)
  10. Mortal Tristura – Le Concert Des Nations (1:45)
  11. Henri’s Escape (2:15)
  12. Man Of The People (1:09)
  13. The Edict Of Nantes (5:11)
  14. Te Deum – La Capella Reial De Catalunya (1:34)
  15. Gabrielle D’Estrées (2:57)
  16. The Murder Of Guise (2:24)
  17. Freedom Regained (2:08)
  18. Sarabande & Tambourin – Kassel (1:17)
  19. The King Is Dead, Long Live The King (2:36)
  20. Farewell To A Friend (2:07)
  21. Rosny’s Confession (1:50)
  22. Requiem Sequentia – Christobal De Morales (1:39)
  23. Let Reason Rule (2:22)
  24. Marie De Medici (1:10)
  25. A Prophecy Fulfilled (3:01)

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Hans Zimmer promoting Sherlock Holmes score

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For the past few weeks, Hans Zimmer has been busy promoting his Academy-Award nominated score for Sherlock Holmes on various media platforms. He recently did an interview with Jim Svejda for the classical music station KUSC. To listen to the whole audio interview, visit http://kusc.podbean.com/2010/02/18/2010-oscar-best-score-nominee-hans-zimmer-sherlock-holmes/

For more promotional interview material on  Sherlock Holmes, here are just a few other links featuring video and audio interviews with the eight time Oscar nominated composer:

Collider: http://www.collider.com/2010/01/21/excl … inception/

First Showing: http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/01/19/ … ns-zimmer/

David Poland’s DP/30: http://www.dp30.com/blog/2010/01/14/sherlock-holmes-composer-hans-zimmer/

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2010/01/16/composer_zimmer_talks_sherlock_holmes_inception_dark_knight_its_complicated/

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2010/02/04/tsr.xtra.hans.zimmer.bk.b.cn

Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars … video.html