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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 21, 2011)

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Only one movie is opening in wide release this weekend. Ivan Reitman’s No Strings Attached starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher features a score by John Debney, as well as several songs. As reported a few days ago, two soundtrack albums have been announced and a few audio clips of Debney’s score can be found online.

Opening in limited release this weekend after receiving an Oscar-qualifying run at the end of last year is Peter Weir’s The Way Back featuring music by Burkhard Dallwitz and John Wells’ The Company Men with a score by Aaron Zigman.

‘No Strings Attached’ soundtracks announced

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Lakeshore Records has announced two different soundtrack albums for the romantic comedy No Strings Attached directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. A score album to be released on February 15, 2011 features the original score from John Debney. Two tracks from the score (Golf Date and I Love You/The Kiss) are currently available on John Debney’s Facebook Fanpage. Visit our previous article announcing the composer on the movie which will be released this Friday on January 21 and check out the film’s trailer below. To pre-order the score album, visit Amazon.

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Remastered ‘Solaris’ soundtrack announced

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La-La-Land Records will release a new and remastered version of Cliff Martinez’ score for Steven Soderbergh’s Solaris. The previous album for the 2002 sci-film starring George Clooney and produced by James Cameron has been out-of-print for a while. The new album will be released on January 18. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon or order directly from La-La-Land Records later this month where the first 100 copies will be autographed by Martinez.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 17, 2011)

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Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:

Tron: Legacy features a score by Daft Punk. Click here to check out our posting on the soundtrack album announcement. Variety published an article on how the music of the French Duo grew from a supporting player to a starring role over the course of the movie’s production. Also visit Dazed Digital for a lenghty article on Daft Punk scoring the movie.

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John Debney to score No Strings

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Film Music Reporter has learned that John Debney has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy No Strings. The movie stars Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Cary Elwes, Olivia Thirlby and Kevin Kline and is directed by Ivan Reitman. No Strings is Debney’s and Reitman’s first collaboration. Reitman previously worked with such composers as Elmer Bernstein (Ghostbusters), Randy Edelman (Kindergarten Cop), John Powell (Evolution) and James Newton Howard (Dave). In the movie, a guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it’s not long before they learn that they want something more. The movie will be released on January 21, 2011 by Paramount Pictures.

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Debney to take over Yogi Bear

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John Debney has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming family movie Yogi Bear. He is replacing Andrew Lockington, who was originally slated to score the movie. Lockington scored director Eric Brevig’s previous movie Journey to the Center of the Earth back in 2008. In Yogi Bear, a documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his sidekick Boo-Boo, and Ranger Smith. The film features the voice talent of Dan Akroyd and Justin Timberlake. The movie is scheduled to be released this holiday season on December 17 by Warner Bros.

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New projects for John Debney

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John Debney has two new scoring assignments coming up. He will be scoring the thriller The Double, which marks screenwriter Michael Brandt’s (3:10 To Yuma, Wanted) directing debut. Topher Grace, Richard Gere, Stana Katic, Odette Yustman and Michael Sheen lead the film’s cast. The movie centers on a retired CIA operative who is paired with a young FBI agent to unravel the mystery of a senator’s murder, with all signs pointing to a Soviet assassin. The Double is currently being shot and produced by Hyde Park Entertainment. The movie is expected to premiere in theaters in 2011. 

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Valentine’s Day score released

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WaterTower Music recently released John Debney’s score for the Garry Marshall-directed romantic comedy Valentine’s Day. The album features more than 35 minutes of Debney’s score from the movie, as well as the song Every Time You Smiled co-written by John Debney and Glen Ballard and performed by Carina Round. The digital-only album can be downloaded at iTunes and Amazon. To watch a short video from the recording sessions of the score, check out our previous article.

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John Debney joining Predators

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John Debney has been chosen to score the upcoming action horror movie Predators. The movie is directed by Nimrod Antal (Vacancy, Armored) and stars Topher Grace, Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne. Debney previously worked with writer and producer Robert Rodriguez on Sin City, the first two Spy Kids movies and The Adventures of Shark-Boy and Lava-Girl. The movie is set to open this July and follows Iron Man 2 as another high profile summer movie for the busy composer. The announcement ends speculation that Alan Silvestri might return to the franchise, as the movie is a direct sequel to the orginal Predator movie that Silvestri has scored in 1987.

Valentine’s Day scoring sessions footage

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While the score to the hit romantic comedy Valentine’s Day hasn’t been released commercially, John Debney recently put up a video from the recording sessions of the Garry Marshall directed movie on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETZAqxqz9M

Debney is currently finishing up work on the score for the highly anticipated Iron Man 2, which was recently recorded in London. The movie will come out in May and a soundtrack release can be expected around the same time.