Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi novel Ender’s Game directed by Gavin Hood and starring Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford. Steve Jablonsky (Transformers series, Battleship) has composed the film’s original score. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our previous article for the full details. Also visit Film Music Magazine for an audio interview with Jablonsky about his work on the film and visit YouTube and click here for two short video interviews with the composer at the movie’s Hollywood red carpet premiere from this past Monday.
Also opening wide is the animated feature Free Birds directed by Jimmy Haywardand featuring the voices of Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler, Dan Fogler, Lesley Nicol, George Takei, Colm Meaney and Keith David. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis. Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as two songs by Social Distortion and MattyBRaps. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit Trailer Addict for a short video interview with Lewis about his work on the project.
Chan Kwong Wing is scoring the upcoming martial arts action drama Man of Tai Chi. The Chinese-American co-production marks the directorial debut of Keanu Reeves who also stars in the film alongside Iko Uwais, Tiger Chen and Karen Mok. The movie is set in modern day Beijing and follows the spiritual journey of a young martial artist whose skills places him in position to experience opportunities and sacrifices. Michael G. Cooney wrote the screenplay and Lemore Syvan (Sherrybaby, Henry’s Crime) is producing the Village Roadshow Pictures Asia, China Film Group and Wanda Media Group. Chan Kwong Wing’s previous film scoring credits include such titles as Internal Affairs, The Warlords, The Last Tycoon and