Sony Classical has revealed the details for the soundtrack release of the upcoming drama Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. The album includes 18 tracks from the original score by Rachel Portman. The soundtrack will be released on July 12, 2011 and is now available to pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added soon. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan directed by Wayne Wang is set in 19th century China and centers on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women. The film will be released on July 15 by Fox Searchlight.
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Rachel Portman to Score ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’
According to the film’s trailer, Rachel Portman will be scoring the upcoming romantic comedy I Don’t Know How She Does It. The film starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Christina Hendricks, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Meyers and Olivia Munn centers on a working mother who is desperately trying to juggle marriage, children and a high-stress job as a financial executive. The movie is directed by Douglas McGrath, who has collaborated with Portman on several films including Emma, for which she has won an Academy Award, as well as Nicholas Nickleby and Infamous. The comedy is based on the bestselling novel by Allison Person and adapted for the screen by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses, Morning Glory).
Mark Bradshaw to Score ‘Resistance’
Mark Bradshaw has signed on to score the upcoming World War II drama Resistance. The film based on a novel by Owen Sheer takes place in an alternative 1944, where Russia has fallen to Nazi Germany and the D-Day landings have failed. The story centers on a group of women in an isolated Welsh village who wake up to discover all of the their husbands have mysteriously vanished. The movie is directed by Amit Gupta and stars Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wlaschiha and Michael Sheen. Richard Holmes (Waking Ned Devine, Eden Lake) and Amanda Faber are producing. Rachel Portman was originally attached to score the project as reported by the Hollywood Reporter last fall, but had to leave the production due to a scheduling conflict.
Rachel Portman’s ‘Snow Flower and the Secret Fan’ Soundtrack Coming in July
UPDATE (June 11, 2011): Check out our new article for the album track list.
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the upcoming drama Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. The album includes the original score from the film by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman. The music was recorded at Angel Studios in London. Details on the album’s contents will be published in the next couple of weeks. The soundtrack will be released on July 12, 2011. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan directed by Wayne Wang is set in 19th century China and centers on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women. The cast includes Hugh Jackman and a number of Chinese actors. Fox Searchlight will be releasing the film on July 15.
Rachel Portman to score ‘One Day’
Film Music Reporter has learned that Rachel Portman has been hired to score the upcoming romance One Day. The movie centers around Dexter and Em, whose lives are revisited each year on the same date after spending the night together on the night of their college graduations. The film based on the bestselling novel by David Nicholls is directed by Lorne Scherfig, who directed 2009’s Oscar-nominated drama An Education. She previously worked with composer Paul Englishby and this marks her first collaboration with Portman. The romance stars Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess and Patricia Clarkson. Focus Features will release One Day on July 8, 2011.
Rachel Portman’s upcoming movie projects
Rachel Portman is making a return to film scoring with a number of projects to be released in the near future. She is currently completing the score for the drama Bel Ami directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod and produced Uberto Pasolini who has previously worked with Portman on The Emperor’s New Clothers. The movie chronicles a young man’s rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women. Bel Ami stars Robert Pattinson, Christina Ricci, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Colm Meaney. The drama is set in 19th century China and centers on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women. No release date has been set yet for the indie movie.
Rachel Portman scoring Never Let Me Go
Rachel Portman has been hired to score the upcoming Mark Romanek directed movie Never Let Me Go. The movie based on the novel by Kazua Ishiguro is starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knighley. The film will be released later this year by Fox Searchlight.
Portman’s involvement in the movie has been revealed by a picture posted on the director’s Posterous account where he posted a picture of Portman working on the movie last week in London. You can check out a bigger version of the picture at http://markromanek.posterous.com/