Rick Smith & Karl Hyde (of the electronic music group Underworld) have composed the original score for the new FX limited series Pistol. The show is created by Craig Pearce (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby), directed by Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later…) and stars Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Christian Lees, Louis Partridge, Jacob Slater, Sydney Chandler, Maisie Williams, Talulah Riley, Emma Appleton and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. The 6-part drama is based on Sex Pistols’ founding member and guitarist Steve Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol and tells the story of a band of working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.
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Michael Wandmacher to Score ‘Underworld: Blood Wars’
Michael Wandmacher has signed on to score the upcoming action horror sequel Underworld: Blood Wars. The movie is directed by Anna Foerster and stars Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Trent Garrett, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James, Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Peter Andersson and Daisy Head. No plot details have been revealed yet. Cory Goodman (The Last Witch Hunter, Priest) has written the screenplay based on characters originally created by Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman and Danny McBride.
Underworld’s Rick Smith Scoring Danny Boyle’s ‘Trance’
Rick Smith has composed the score for the upcoming thriller Trance. The film is directed by Danny Boyle and stars James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson. The movie follows a fine art auctioneer mixed up with a criminal gang who joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. The thriller is based on a BBC film written by Joe Ahearne who has penned the screenplay for the project with John Hodge (Trainspotting, Shallow Grave). Christian Colson (Slumdog Millionaire) is producing the Film4 presentation of a Cloud Eight/Decibel Films production. Smith is best known as a member of the British electronic music group Underworld. Boyle has previously collaborated with the group on the 1996 drama Trainspotting, the sci-fi film Sunshine, as well the opening ceremony of last year’s Olympic Games in London.
‘Underworld Awakening’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records has revealed the track list of the soundtrack for the action horror sequel Underworld Awakening. The album includes songs from the movie by artists including Evanescence, Linkin Park, The Cure, Ministry, Lacuna Coil, Black Light Burns, William Control, Civil Twilight, Combichrist and Collide. The soundtrack is scheduled to be released on January 17, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available below. The label will also be releasing a separate soundtrack album, featuring the score from the film composed by Paul Haslinger in January. To pre-order the score album, click here and check back on this site for the full soundtrack details. Underworld Awakening is directed by Mans Marlin & Bjorn Stein and stars Kate Beckinsale, Sandrine Holt, Michael Ealy and India Eisley. The Screen Gems production will be released in theaters on January 20.
Paul Haslinger to Return for ‘Underworld Awakening’
Paul Haslinger is currently scoring the action horror sequel Underworld Awakening. Kate Beckinsale is returning as Selene who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Sandrine Holt, Michael Ealy and India Eisley are co-starring and Mans Marlin and Bjorn Stein (Storm, Shelter) are directing the latest installment of the franchise. Len Wiseman is producing the Screen Gems and Lakeshore production alongside Tom Rosenberg & Gary Lucchesi (Million Dollar Baby). Haslinger has previously scored the original Underworld movie, as well as the prequel Rise of the Lycans in 2009.