Nick Glennie-Smith to score ‘Secretariat’

Walt Disney Pictures has confirmed to MovieScore Magazine that Nick Glennie-Smith has been tapped to compose the original music for the studio’s upcoming racehorse drama Secretariat, directed by Randall Wallace and starring Diane Lane, John Malkovich and Scott Glenn. It is Glennie-Smith’s first Hollywood film as the main composer on a movie since Peter Hyams’ A Sound of Thunder in 2005.

Secretariat is an American motion picture currently in pre-production for Mayhem Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures. The film tells the story of the United States' Hall of Fame racehorse, Secretariat, who, along with Seattle Slew (1977) and Affirmed (1978) going into 2010, is one of three horses in the past thirty-six years to have won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The story centers around three people, Penny Chenery, Ron Turcotte, and Lucien Laurin, who come together as, respectively, the principal owner, jockey, and trainer of the legendary horse.

It is being directed by Randall Wallace. Currently casting, on June 12, 2009, Variety magazine reported that Diane Lane will portray Secretariat's owner, Penny Chenery.

The film is scheduled to be released in 2010. [wikipedia]

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Another remake, Marco Beltrami scores it. Its title: "13"

According to Cutting Edge Group, whose US division handles music supervision on the film, Marco Beltrami is doing the score for 13, the American remake of the French crime thriller 13 Tzameti which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2006.

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PAUL CANTELON to score ‘Betty Anne Waters’

French composer Paul Cantelon, who wrote the acclaimed score for The Other Boleyn Girl as well as Oliver Stone’s latest film, W., is doing the score for Betty Anne Waters, the new feature film from actor-turned-director Tony Goldwyn.

Betty Anne Waters is an upcoming drama film directed by Tony Goldwyn based on a script written by Pamela Gray with a rewrite by Richard LaGravenese. It stars Hilary Swank in the title role.

The film is based on the true story of a woman (Swank) who puts herself through law school in order to represent her brother (played by Sam Rockwell) who has been wrongfully convicted for murder. She eventually challenged the conviction with DNA evidence, resulting in her brother being freed. [wikipedia]

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Harry Gregson-Williams goes ‘Unstoppable’

Harry Gregson-Williams is set to write his eighth feature film score – Unstoppable – for veteran director Tony Scott. Starring Scott regular Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson, Unstoppable is an action thriller which carries on the disaster film tradition from the 1970s: story is about a rail company trying to stop a freight train carrying explosive liquids and poisonous gas threatening to crash and wipe out a city.

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A.R.Rahman - "COUPLES RETREAT" (2009)

Check out the sound clips from the Oscar-winning composer's latest assignment, Couples Retreat.

Couples Retreat is an upcoming 2009 comedy film directed by Peter Billingsley and written by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn and Dana Fox. Vaughn and Favreau also star in the film. The cast also includes Faizon Love, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell, Malin Akerman and Kali Hawk. A. R. Rahman, winner of two Oscars at the 81st Academy Awards, is scoring the music for this film.

The movie is a comedy centered around four couples (Vince Vaughn and Malin Akerman, Faizon Love and Kali Hawk, Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis) who go on their vacation to a tropical-island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional. [wikipedia]

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KLAUS BADELT - Le Petit Nicolas [CD]

1. Un Drôle De Sujet De Rédaction (7:42)
2. Générique (2:46)
3. Mord Aux Prof... (1:14)
4. La Roulette (0:58)
5. Les Filles C'Est Pas Intéressant (1:00)
6. Papa Et Maman Se Disputent Souvent (1:43)
7. 3 Francs La Rose (3:02)
8. Un Jeu Drôlement Compliqué (1:40)
9. Une Balade En Forêt (1:21)
10. Le Spectacle (1:11)
11. Je Vais Avoir Un Petit Frère! (1:09)
12. Ménage (1:19)
13. Gangster-A-Louer (1:08)
14. Et En Plus, C'Est Un Sale Cafard! (1:11)
15. Potion Magic (3:50)
16. Rivalités Fraternelles (2:05)
17. Rolls Folle (3:58)
18. Neuf Mois (2:04)
19. On Dirait Un Poivron Confit (1:02)

Length : 40'23

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ALEXANDRE DESPLAT's "Fantastic Mr.Fox" (2009)

Lots of songs, and some original score Mr.Desplat coming our way for his latest assignment, Fantastic Mr.Fox.

Jarvis Cocker has written three or four songs for the film. The American Cathedral in Paris's choir were also hired to sing a four-line poem in the film.

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 stop motion animated film based on Roald Dahl's book of the same name. It will be produced by Regency Enterprises and Indian Paintbrush, and will be released on November 25, 2009 by 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures. It features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, and Bill Murray. It is the first animated film directed by Wes Anderson, and 20th Century Fox's first stop-motion animated film.

Development began in 2004 as collaboration between Anderson and Henry Selick (who worked with Anderson on the 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) under Revolution Studios. Revolution folded, Selick left to direct Coraline, and the project moved to Fox Animation Studios. Production began in London in 2007. Anderson chose to record voices outside of a studio.

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ALEXANDRE DESPLAT's "L'Armée du Crime" (2009)

CD release of the newest score of the busier than ever Alexandre Desplat is coming these days through Naive Records.

Click the link to check out the tracklisting and listen to the sound clips from the CD release, here.

STEVE JABLONSKY to score "NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET" remake.

As reported by the representing agency, the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency, the composer is going to score the upcoming 2010 American horror film written by Eric Heisserer and Wesley Strick, directed by Samuel Bayer, and produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller. The nightmare of Elm Street is a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 slasher film of the same name and designed to reboot the franchise.

The film stars Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger, a role made famous by Robert Englund, while Rooney Mara takes over the role of Nancy Thompson, originally portrayed by Heather Langenkamp. The remake is set to release on April 30, 2010.

In this movie, a group of suburban teenagers are being haunted in their dreams by a "horribly disfigured killer" known as Freddy Krueger.

BRIAN TYLER to score "RED DAWN"

As reported by the representing agency, the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency, the composer is going to be responsible for the musical accompaniment for the upcoming 2010 war film, Red dawn.

Being directed by Dan Bradley and written by Carl Ellsworth, the movie is based on the 1984 film of the same name.The remake stars Chris Hemsworth and Josh Peck as brothers Jed and Matt Eckert. The film is scheduled to be released on September 24, 2010.

In this movie, a group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of Chinese and Russian soldiers.

Stay tuned for more info as it becomes available.

JONATHAN ELIAS' score to the tv remake of "CHILDREN OF THE CORN" released on [CD]

Donald P. Borchers' remake of the popular 1984 horror film based upon the 1978 short story of the same name by Stephen King, gets an original score by Jonathan Elias and Nathaniel Morgan.
History of the project according to wikipedia.com
In June 2008 it was confirmed that Donald P. Borchers will begin writing and directing a TV remake of the first film, which will premiere on Syfy. Production will begin in August. Two of the main characters have already been cast in England. Filming began in Davenport, Iowa.

So far, the confirmed cast include David Anders, Kandyse McClure, Preston Bailey, Daniel Newman and Alexa Nikolas. The movie is set to air on September 26, 2009, and the DVD will be released on October 6, 2009 by Anchor Bay.

More info from the releasing label (Colosseum Records).
Burt’s marriage to Vicky is on the rocks, but he hopes to rekindle it with a second honeymoon. Unfortunately, their journey takes them into the sheer darkness — a seemingly deserted community that hides a horrible secret among its tall rows of corn. Stephen King’s horror classic CHILDREN OF THE CORN is back in a terrifying new version written and directed by Donald Borchers, who produced the original theatrical version 25 years ago.

Also returning to the fields are Jonathan Elias and Nathaniel Morgan, with an exciting reimagining of this classic score.

For tracklisting and SOUND CLIPS, visit colosseum.de

Emmy Awards go out to John Williams, Joseph LoDuca, William Ross and Howard Goodall

Veteran composers – John Williams, Joseph LoDuca, William Ross and Howard Goodall – won the Emmy Awards in the music categories at the 61st annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmys at the Nokia Theater LA Live in Los Angeles on Saturday night. John Williams won his first Emmy since 1972 (!), when he won the award for Jane Eyre. This year he won in the ‘Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music’ for PBS’ Great Performances.

Joseph LoDuca (Evil Dead, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Boogeyman) won the award for ‘Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)’ for ABC’s Legend of the Seeker (which was produced by LoDuca’s long-time friends Robert Tapert and Sam Raimi). This was LoDuca’s second Emmy Award, he won his first for Xena: Warrior Princess in 2000.

William Ross, who won the 2007 Emmy for ‘Outstanding Music Direction’ for the Academy Awards, won this year’s award in the same category for Streisand: The Concert on CBS. British composer Howard Goodall won the Emmy for ‘Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score)’ for the BBC/HBO Winston Churchill movie Into the Storm.

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Alberto Iglesias writes concert piece for Dawn Upshaw

Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias, who has scored the majority of Pedro Almodóvar’s films as well The Constant Gardener and The Kite Runner, has written a new concert work that will headline a program with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and conductor Miguel Hart-Bedoya in New York on November 7.

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Desplat to receive the ‘Hollywood Award’

Desplat to receive the ‘Hollywood Award’

French composer Alexandre Desplat, who is currently scoring the eagerly anticipated Twilight sequel New Moon, will be honoured during the 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards. Desplat, who was Oscar-nominated for his score for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Queen, will receive the ‘Hollywood Film Composer Award’ during a gala ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 26.

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Atli Örvarsson to score "Season of the Witch"

Atli Örvarsson, the up and coming composer whose recent scores include Vantage Point and Babylon A.D., is doing the score for Dominic Sena’s 14th century adventure Season of the Witch, starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman and Ulrich Thomsen. This is Örvarsson’s first assignment with Sena, who previously worked with John Frizzell on Whiteout, Christopher Young on Swordfish and Trevor Rabin on Gone in Sixty Seconds.

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New CD release for CLINT MANSELL, "L'affaire Farewell"

In 1981, Colonel Grigoriev (whose name in real life was Vladimir Vetrov) of the KGB, who was disenchanted with what the Communist ideal had become under Brezhnev, decides he is going to change the world.

Discreetly, he makes contact with a French engineer working for Thomson in Moscow and little by little passes on documents to him - mainly concerning the United States - containing information which would constitute the most important Cold War espionage operation known to date.

Ronald Reagan, President of the USA at this time, set aside his reluctance to work with a French Socialist to put this unhoped-for information from the very heart of the KGB to use. «Farewell» would in fact decapitate the network which enabled the KGB to gain in-depth knowledge of scientific, industrial and military research in the West.

Once the USSR had been deprived of these precious sources of information, Ronald Reagan’s announcement of the new «Star Wars» military programme sounded the death toll of the Soviet Union.

The Berlin Wall would fall before the end of the 80s. In his own way, «Farewell» managed to change the world, by avoiding traditional espionage methods too well known to the KGB and by not asking for any financial compensation whatsoever – much too capitalist for his taste. He simply followed his destiny, so that a new world might dawn for all his fellow Russians, but especially for his son.

Clint Mansell provides a powerful score for this tale. The CD also features the tracks from the movie by by Joe Jackson, Simple Minds, Les choeurs de l'armée rouge and Cyril Morin.

SOUND CLIPS here.

JEFF DANNA to score the sequel to ‘The Boondock Saints’

According to the new online movie score assignment and news magazine, Mikael Carlsson's moviescoremagazine.com, the composer is working on the sequel of The Boondock Saints from 1999 who was too composed by Jeff Danna and marked his big break in the film music business.

Now he's back and he's working on the sequel, which is called The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day and scheduled to premiere on October 30.

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is the sequel to the indie film The Boondock Saints. It continues writer and director Troy Duffy's saga of fraternal twins, the MacManus brothers. The two have been in deep hiding in the quiet valleys of Ireland, far removed from their former lives or modern technologies. When word comes that a priest has been killed by sinister forces in the tough underworld of Boston, they return to mount a violent and bloody crusade to bring justice to those who must now suffer the consequences, with a new partner in crime (Clifton Collins, Jr.) and a FBI operative (Julie Benz).

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