Jay 37,322 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Harry Gregson Williams on Michael Mann, and his score to Blackhat:Dear all, I would like it to be known for what it’s worth that the ‘score’ for Blackhat maybe credited to me, but contains almost none of my compositions. I attended the premiere of the movie at the end of last week and discovered, to my horror, music that shocked and surprised me…quasi emotional (synth) string pieces that I’d never heard in my life before. I knew of at least one other composer, a good one at that(!), that had put in months of work on this movie just as I had, but this appeared to me to be in addition to both our contributions. To be honest, I’m not sure, as I’m having a hard time understanding what I heard and why it was there and I can say nothing for certain except that I was not the author of most of what is now in the movie. I feel like I want to point this out for anyone who like me cares about these things, as my name is right there listed as the lead composer and one would expect that credit to mean something, but it doesn’t. And I do care about that. I therefore reluctantly join the long list of composers who have had their scores either sliced and diced mercilessly or ignored completely by Michael Mann. This is his film and these are his decisions and I do respect that, but see no reason to have people mistake this score for one that I composed, or in any way approved of musically. The 90 minutes of score that I did write and deliver is, as I’ve said, mostly unused. I would still encourage you to check out his movie, as you may enjoy it. Harryhttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152673303024021&id=13725844020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Beck is the new Djawadi!I liked dwads work for the Strain. I have elevated hopes for Brian Tyler's score for ultron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 IMDb has Alexandre Desplat attached to David Yates' Tarzan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Oooh that could be fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Just noticed that Mason Bates is scoring Gus van Sant's Sea of Trees. I was already anticipating that film but that's an interesting and commendable choice, to bring someone from the "concert" world into the fold. Bates does some very interesting stuff, and he was a Corigliano student. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 No Elfman? Odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Jay, I really wish you hadn't moved this post. I'm not an idiot and I put it where I put it for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Where did he move it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The "future films" thread which gets more traffic from the people I would have wanted to see that information and discuss it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Why would Jason do a stoopid thing like that? I guess his OCD is playing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Philip Glass is going to score the new Fantastic Four movie with Beltrami,http://www.slashfilm.com/fantastic-four-philip-glass-david-cronenberg/At least it'll be different than the other superhero scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Philip Glass is going to score the new Fantastic Four movie.http://www.slashfilm.com/fantastic-four-philip-glass-david-cronenberg/At least it'll be different than the other superhero scores.He'll work with Marco Beltrami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Wow, weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Wow, weird!Why is it weird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Philip Glass scoring a superhero movie isn't weird to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 With someone else no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 That's... significant. To me anyway. Gotta make a call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 It's interesting...and quite strange!Glass and Beltrami too! Strange duo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max 141 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I wonder what this means for Trank's approach to the score for his 2018 Star Wars spinoff. Might he go for an odd choice/combination there, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 If he gets Williams to do the spin-off then he will have worked with Philip Glass and John Williams, which is impressive for any director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Glass co-scored Watchmen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 So is Beltrami the Gregson-Williams to Glass's Iglesias? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Geoff Zanelli replaced him on Secret Window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Or is Beltrami the Dallwitz to Glass's Glass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It's interesting...and quite strange!Glass and Beltrami too! Strange duo.As strange as say, Herrmann and Newman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Much stranger!Those were in the days of the old studio system. It was much more common to pit big names together like that, especially due to contractual obligations. Besides, they divided duties, and it was time due a time crunch.Glass and Beltrami are in a different situation, and have more contrasting styles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Beltrami is also scoring the reboot of Hitman: Agent 47http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/11/11/marco-beltrami-to-score-hitman-agent-47-and-pierre-morels-the-gunman/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Can somebody clear a doubt for me? Menken is listed on IMDb as doing the upcoming Disney film Moana, but the last time I checked Mark Mancina was doing that. Doing a little research, at the Annie Awards the directors apparently announced Menken was working on the score. But not much links point to that, the bit itself around the net says:During the 2015 Annie Awards Ron Clements en John Musker, directors of Disney’s Moana, revealed that Alan Menken will write the music for Moana!http://disney-moana-waialiki.tumblr.com/post/109827841998/moana-news-alan-menken-is-writing-the-musicBut there aren't any sources confirming this, so I'm getting more and more confused. Mancina got rejected? Are they co-writing? My most likely guess is nothing was actually announced at the Annie's and this is just a false internet rumour, but hey, Menken collaborating with Mancina doesn't sound bad at all. The Lion King finally together with Beauty and the Beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 The movie opens in November of 2016. It's possible no final decisions have been made yet. Certainly nothing's been recorded. Between now and then, a lot can change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Perhaps Menken will be doing the songs and Mancina the score?Could be, though it seems strange that Menken isn't doing the score himself.The movie opens in November of 2016. It's possible no final decisions have been made yet. Certainly nothing's been recorded. Between now and then, a lot can change.Yeah, it's just strange that they announced Mancina so early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Disney's probably pretty happy with his work on the two Planes films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Zimmer and Balfe have replaced Christophe Beck for Terminator Genisyshttp://www.theterminatorfans.com/exclusive-terminator-genisys-composer-replaced-with-lorne-balfe-executive-produced-by-hans-zimmer/No idea if Beck had written or recorded anything yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 No big loss there. No big gain either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Glass co-scored Watchmen!I thought Glass was originally planned to score watchmen but it ended up being just one queue. I wonder if that's the same thing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 What?Didn't early watchmen posters only list glass and later ones didn't mention him at all (but one track was licensed)? Different than co composed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I never heard that. Alex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Dario Marianelli to score the upcoming Laika animated feature Kubo and the Two Strings.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Sounds more like a project for John Powell..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Just noticed that Mason Bates is scoring Gus van Sant's Sea of Trees. I was already anticipating that film but that's an interesting and commendable choice, to bring someone from the "concert" world into the fold. Bates does some very interesting stuff, and he was a Corigliano student. First clip of the film, featuring a bit of (presumably) Bates' score: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I love Mason Bates' stuff. The piece Mothership also contains some slight JW references all throughout. It'd make a wonderful sci-fi film score! publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 No Desplat, wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Clint Mansell scoring High Rise and Man Down (the latter shows up on his IMDB page, but I haven't seen an announcement). Woo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Marco Beltrami has been hired to score the upcoming epic historical drama Ben-Hur.Marco Beltrami has been hired to score the upcoming epic historical drama Ben-Hur. The film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and stars Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur, Morgan Freeman as Ilderim, Toby Kebbell as Messala, Nazanin Boniadi as Esther and Rodrigo Santoro and as Jesus Christ. Sofia Black D’Elia, Ayelet Zurer, Moises Arias and Pilou Asbæk are co-starring. The movie is based on Lew Wallace’s epic novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ and follows a falsely accused nobleman who survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him. Keith Clarke (The Way Back) and John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) have written the screenplay. Sean Daniel (The Mummy franchise, Dazed and Confused), Mark Burnett (Son of God, The Bible), Joni Levin (The Way Back) and Duncan Henderson (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Oblivion) are producing the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Paramount Pictures production. Ben-Hur is set to be released on Februrary 26, 2016.Beltrami’s latest project, Fantastic Four, is opening nationwide this coming weekend. The composer has also recently been recording his score for Alex Proyas’ Gods of Egypt in Australia. His other upcoming projects include Hitman: Agent 47, which is set to open on August 21, 2015 and No Escape (previously entitled The Coup), which will be released on August 26, 2016.Source: http://filmmusicrepo...betovs-ben-hur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 What happened to Junkie XL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The gods became merciful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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