Upcoming Scoring Assignments

[Jay 42,494]

We already have the Upcoming Films Thread to discuss the films themselves, and the Upcoming Soundtracks thread to discuss CD announcements of scores, but we don't really have a place to discuss scoring assignments, so here we go!

 

Two recent ones I read about:

 

Patrick Doyle will be scoring Pixar's Brave (source)

 

and

 

Paul Haslinger will be scoring the new Three Musketeers remake (source)

 

My questions is... Who the heck is Paul Haslinger??

[Charlie Brigden 7]

My questions is... Who the heck is Paul Haslinger??

He was a member of Tangerine Dream and did a couple of scores with them, and has aso worked with Graeme Revell. He was also the guy who rescored the Wolfman before Elfman's music was put back in the picture.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,949]

It's the death of film music!

[Ollie 1,291]

Intrada released his score to the Deathrace remake.

[Wojo 2,458]

It's the death of film music!

It bought its tickets, it knew what it was getting into, I say let it die.

[tharpdevenport 4]

I keep a fairly updated scoring thread at:

http://www.maintitles.net/forum/discussion/89/40/upcoming-film-scores/#Item_23

[Koray Savas 2,256]

I thought Paul Haslinger was better known. I like his score for Shoot 'Em Up. He's on the low end, most comparable to Tyler Bates and Brian Tyler, but occasionally he'll do something decent.

[Ollie 1,291]

It appears he's not that well known or everyone has forgotten him since the Wolfman score fiasco.

[Ollie 1,291]

So it appears Patrick Doyle has been replaced on the new APES movie by Trevor Rabin?

Unconfirmed, of course.

http://www.filmscore...mID=1&archive=0

Well another CD I can skip buying.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,949]

As you said, it is as yet unconfirmed.

[Koray Savas 2,256]

Is it somewhere buried in that thread? Coming from a FSM poster I wouldn't believe it

Besides, Doyle was just interviewed about it and it'll be featured in next month's FSMO.

[tharpdevenport 4]

I reported that in the thread I linked to a few posts up.

No firm confirmation yet, but truthfully -- I'm not looking into it further right now, working on other things; maybe somebody will beat me to it.

But when confirmed, it will go on my Rejected Scores site, rest assured.

[Ollie 1,291]

Mr. Burden has shot down this rumor over at FSM.

Post #64 http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?pageID=4&forumID=1&threadID=74384&archive=0

[Jay 42,494]

Who the heck is Mr Burden?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,949]

Tim Burden

[Ollie 1,291]

Who the heck is Mr Burden?

Don't you know the board members identities?

[Jay 42,494]

Just Mike Matessino's

[Ollie 1,291]

Good grief you're friends with Tim on Facebook.

[Jay 42,494]

And somehow that lets me know what his FSM username is?

[Ollie 1,291]

You should know this stuff.

[Charlie Brigden 7]

And somehow that lets me know what his FSM username is?

He posts here as well!

Although he does have a different username than at FSM...

[Jay 42,494]

Although he does have a different username than at FSM...

Exactly.

[Ollie 1,291]

That's why I said Mr. Burden.

I thought you would know he just did an interview with Mr. Doyle for the latest FSM online, as Tim Burden, and realize who he was.

[Jay 42,494]

Guess I'm not that smart

[Charlie Brigden 7]

Technology has been more of a benefit to the filmmakers than composer. It's resulted in shorter time to compose the music, more music tossed in the 11th hour in favor of worse music as replacement, and the opportunity for technically inept people to exist alongside guys who have monstrous musicality.

Very true. And even if you have a good composer working on a film nowadays, the edit always changes and the music has a tendency to get chopped up in the final cut. Or else a classically-trained composer like Patrick Doyle is forced to adapt a certain sound for Thor (the movie not the user), and his voice is squashed completely.

But I don't think all film music is in decline. Some independent films and European films know what they're doing. MovieScore Media focuses on releasing such scores Hollywood tends to forget.

Yes Mikael's MSM label is superb and many of today's best film music comes from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Germany.

Australia too, Christopher Gordon in particular is very renowned in that neck of the woods and gaining more and more acclaim. Hopefully Hollywood will give him more opportunities sooner, rather than later.

Not all of Hollywood film music is uninspired and I'll have to correct you and Koray re "Thor". Patrick Doyle's voice has NOT been squashed for the score, it's very much prominent in many of the cues. Just because he decided to evolve and embrace a more percussive sound, it doesn't mean that the score isn't any good. i've been fortunate enough to hear the complete score and it is a seriously thrilling work. The contemporary and almost rock inspired / rhythmic sensibilities are worth noting, as is the strong melodic themes for Thor, Loki, Jane and Odin. The London Symphony Orchestra are also on top form and there's some tremendous, almost Wagnerian outbursts.

Marvel's chief (Kevin Freige, I think) is a huge fan of Patrick's music and the comments relating to patrick being forced to write in a certain way are simply not true. You can find out more about all of this when my interview with him goes live in tomorrow's Film Score Monthly Online (www.fsmonlinemag.com) plus hear full length cues from the Thor score, which should give everybody a better idea of Patrick's very worthy achievements.

- Tim

[Koray Savas 2,256]

When did I say Doyle's voice was squashed? I haven't even heard 10 seconds of the score!

[Jay 42,494]

Matt C was quoted in that post, not you.

[Koray Savas 2,256]

I'm mentioned in Tim's response.

[Jay 42,494]

He must've just made a mistake

[Ollie 1,291]

Looks like he and Sam Raimi have made up.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=78799

[Jay 42,494]

Good news, though the two Raimi/Young collaborations were amazing

[Matt C 541]

Elfman's Men in Black 3D is his first threequel. Let's hope it's better than the second film.

Interesting that he's in negotiations to score The Hunger Games with T. Bone Burnett. Either way, it's gonna be a packed year for Elfman come next year and hopefully a productive one like last year.

[Richard P 4,779]

That's good news - usually a composer jumps ship by this point in a franchise, so for him to have signed on again hopefully means the 3rd film has promise.

I saw bits of the second, but I remember it generally being not very interesting. I don't remember a note of the score.

[Jay 42,494]

The first film and score is good. The second film is shit and the score is completely forgettable

[Ollie 1,291]

I can't say I'm excited for MB III. They took their time making the 2nd one, I remember Barry Sonnenfeld, in interviews at the time, mentioning they weren't going to rush a sequel. Well "taking their time" resulted in a crap film. The film was so bad I don't even remember Elfman's score.

[Koray Savas 2,256]

This one seems promising, but I think the script was rewritten by David Koepp. So who knows.

[Jay 42,494]

Apparently Alberto Iglesias will be scoring Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Source: http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=80657

[Koray Savas 2,256]

[Jay 42,494]

I've never heard of him, but after looking him up I saw he scored some Almodavar films I loved

[Koray Savas 2,256]

Probably one of the most underrated composers. I love his score for The Dancer Upstairs. A very underrated film too.

[Matt C 541]

Marco Beltrami will score The Woman in Black, which will be released by CBS Films next year:

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2011/09/27/marco-beltrami-to-score-the-woman-in-black/

[Jay 42,494]

Klaus Badelt is scoring Asterix & Obelix: On Her Majesty's Service, according to a poster at FSM

http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=83616

[Matt C 541]

Mychael Danna was never involved, I guarantee it. Even if Marc Webb wanted to use him again, I doubt Marvel would approve. The man's never done an action score.

Marvel Studios has no control over the movies Fox and Sony produce -- if anyone has the power to force Marc Webb to get a more 'marketable' composer for ASM, it's Sony music executives and not Kevin Feige. Marvel Entertainment is solely a profit participant for those films.

You guys need to understand that just because all movies produced with the Marvel logo at the beginning, doesn't mean they're made by Marvel Studios. All the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Daredevil movies are Fox films, Spider-Man is Sony's property, and so forth. Only movies like Iron Man, Thor and Captain America are true Marvel Studios films, which are distributed by Paramount and Walt Disney Pictures respectively.

[Jay 42,494]

Apparently James Newton Howard will be scoring Bourne 4

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2011/11/14/james-newton-howard-to-score-the-bourne-legacy/

[publicist 4,648]

Apparently James Newton Howard will be scoring Bourne 4

http://filmmusicrepo...-bourne-legacy/

And SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMEN

[tharpdevenport 4]

Or Chrispy Bacon -- SMT's site didn't quite say.

[Jay 42,494]

What the hell is SMT?

[tharpdevenport 4]

Stuart M. Thomas -- been working on his scores for a few years now. The film website -- I see no reference to J.N.H..

[Richard P 4,779]

Apparently James Newton Howard will be scoring Bourne 4

http://filmmusicrepo...-bourne-legacy/

I'd rather Powell continued to be honest.

JNH's last attempt at that type of score, Salt didn't impress me at all. I really wish he'd do more purely dramatic scores, because I think that's what he does best.

[Jonesy 55]

Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Total Recall

I doubt that Gregson-Williams does a good work.