(Save the World) An entirely new score is premiering in S3, created
by film composer Marco Beltrami (Logan, The Hurt Locker, etc.) and Pinar Toprak (Krypton TV series, additional composition for the Justice League film, etc.).
The score was created
by film composer Marco Beltrami (Logan, The Hurt Locker, etc.) and Pinar Toprak (Krypton TV series, additional composition for the Justice League film, etc.).
With haunting music
by film composer Vangelis completing the mix, Blade Runner transported us into a gorgeous nightmare where androids and humans battled for supremacy.
The score was created
by film composer Marco Beltrami (Logan, The Hurt Locker, etc.) and Pinar Toprak (Krypton TV series, additional composition for the Justice League film, etc.).
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performs popular scores made famous
by film composer John Williams, including Star Wars, Superman, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, War Horse, Indiana Jones, Jaws and many more.
Not exact matches
I can identify some
films by hearing the score and I'll know which
composer it is.
Filming started at the end of May and wrapped
by late July, at which point Spielberg had just three weeks to get an edited version to
composer John Williams.
2 includes appearances
by genre -
film icons Sonny Chiba, Michael Parks, Larry Bishop, and Sid Haig; Wu - Tang Clan producer and turntablist RZA and filmmaker and
composer Robert Rodriguez both contributed to the musical score.
The director was also hurt
by the sudden departure of
composer Bernard Herrmann (who had scored every Hitchcock's movie since 1957) during the making of Torn Curtain, as Herrmann's music had become a key element of the success of Hitchcock's
films.
One of the few saving graces of the
film, however, was the score
by veteran
composer Jerry Goldsmith.
It's composed
by Matt Dunkley, a British
composer whose name is perhaps most recognisable as an orchestrator of dozens of
film scores over the last decade or so, including most of Craig Armstrong's and, more recently, several from Hans Zimmer's stable, though we shouldn't hold that against him.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN
FILMS Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (R for graphic sexuality and nudity) Romance drama, set in Paris in the Twenties, abut the scandalous affair conducted
by a famous French clothes designer (Anna Mouglalis) with the promising classical
composer (Mads Mikkelsen) whose penniless, refugee family she let live in her villa after they escaped the Russian Revolution.
If the
film comes perilously close to being anti-art, it's because Bateman's directorial chops (or lack thereof) don't offer much of a counterargument, although he's given invaluable assistance this time around
by the Coen Brothers»
composer Carter Burwell and their sound designer, Skip Lievsay.
Granted
by France's Society of Dramatic Authors and
Composers, the SACD Award for best French - language
film went to Pierre Salvadori's screwball crime romcom «The Trouble with You.»
Superlative work is also done
by multiple Oscar - nominees Bruno Delbonnel (the cinematographer who worked with Burton on Dark Shadows in 2012), and Danny Elfman (the
composer who has written wonderful scores for many Burton
films beginning with Bettlejuice in 1988).
The score is
by young British
composer Benjamin Wallfisch, perhaps still best - known as orchestrator and conductor for Dario Marianelli, but who has also been making a name for himself as a
composer in his own right (and in
film terms, last year's Conquest 1453 is perhaps his most popular effort to date).
Between him and Hans Zimmer, the two
composers are seemingly going to be working on every other
film due to hit theaters
by 2012!
Special Features New high - definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with British cinema scholar John Hill, author of «Cinema and Northern Ireland:
Film, Culture and Politics» Postwar Poetry, a new short documentary about the
film New interview with music scholar Jeff Smith about
composer William Alwyn and his score «Home, James,» a 1972 documentary featuring actor James Mason revisiting his hometown Radio adaptation of the
film from 1952, starring Mason and Dan O'Herlihy Plus: An essay
by critic Imogen Sara Smith
Add to that crazy killer baby bit a very suspenseful score
by composer Bernard Herrmann and you have a classic
film that startles us time and time again with its off - screen shenanigans.
Directed
by Oscar ® winner Bill Condon based on the 1991 animated
film, «Beauty and the Beast» is produced
by Mandeville Films» David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman with eight - time Oscar - winning
composer Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards ® (Best Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated
film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written
by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written
by Menken and three - time Oscar winner Tim Rice.
Hostiles Stars: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Q'orianka Kilcher, Scott Wilson, Peter Mullan, Adam Beach and Jesse Plemons Director: Scott Cooper Scriptwriter: Scott Cooper based on the manuscript
by Donald E. Stewart
Composer: Max Richter Cinematography: Masanobu Takayanagi Entertainment Studios Rating: R for violence and themed material Running Length: 133 minutes The Old American West still thrives in
film country.
This «Pooh» is a musical homage to the 1960s Pooh short
films, adding new songs (
by «Book of Mormon»
composer Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez) and a lovely revival of the «Winnie the Pooh» title tune, winsomely sung
by Zooey Deschanel.
The music is
by Oscar - nominated
composer Alan Silvestri (the «Back to the Future»
films, «Forrest Gump»).
By bringing Lamar on board and employing Ludwig Göransson (a longtime collaborator with Coogler who has also worked with Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino) as the
film's principal
composer, Marvel are finally broadening their symphonic horizons.
People who love Rabin's
film scores will probably love this one too, but those slightly less convinced
by the
composer overall are unlikely to find this one nearly so impressive as his career highlights.
It's done quite well at the box office though, and was one of three
films scored
by Trevor Rabin which all appear in the Box Office Top Ten in the same week, at the time of writing this review - quite a feat for the
composer.
While many of his most famous scores came from the
films of Stanley Kramer - Exodus is probably his defining moment as a
film composer, and inspired a top - selling soundtrack album, though all releases of it have been dogged
by very poor sound.
A great
film also, it is the only animation scored
by the
composer, following the story of a giant alien robot who falls to earth, gets woefully misunderstood
by all those in authority, but is befriended
by a young boy.
It was the first of four collaborations between Thompson and
composer Jerry Goldsmith, coming before The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, Caboblanco and King Solomon's Mines - none of them is a great movie but the quality of the scores go to show the affection Goldsmith must have had for the director (who also made
films scored
by Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, Elmer Bernstein, John Williams and John Barry - an unbelievable fact which I doubt could be matched
by any other director).
Synecdoche, New York's leitmotif is another form of littleness, titled «Little Person» (written
by Kaufman and the
film's
composer, Jon Brion).
What really gives this music a mark above that written
by other
composers for similar
films is that there is no schmaltz, no Hollywood glitz detracting from proceedings.
Loop is a clever little horror short
film made
by Mali Elfman, daughter of
composer Danny Elfman, who has been making movies for the past few years - primarily for the site Fun Size Horror.
Composer Danny Elfman left the
film due to a scheduling conflict and was replaced
by James Newton Howard.
But where the
film doesn't work is that a lovely score
by Oscar winning
composer Dario Marianelli is buried beneath the other layers.
It comes with three commentary tracks: the first
by Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, the second
by cast & crew (producer Irwin Winkler,
composer Robbie Robertson, actor John Turturro (who was an extra in the
film), cinematographer Michael Chapman and others) and the third
by the «storytellers» (Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin, Jason Lustig and Jake La Motta).
Telegraphing the emotions we should be feeling through the soggy score
by late
film composer James Horner (I really feel like a jerk for not liking it more — sorry, James!)
What makes this one worth buying is the new commentary with Tim Burton and
composer Danny Elfman, as well as the original poem and concept art the
film was based on, read
by Christopher Lee.
The
film, featuring a score
by Tony - winning
composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, also stars Lin - Manuel Miranda, Colin Firth, and Meryl Streep, marking Blunt's third collaboration with Streep following The Devil Wears Prada and Into the Woods.
But that's what we were going to get with Hulk until a few weeks before its release date, when someone at Universal thought that instead of one of the least well - suited
composers for silly comicbook
films they would be better - served
by the most well - suited, so they turned to Danny Elfman, veteran of Batman and Spiderman.
About the only thing less likely than a daft comicbook
film scripted
by James Schamus and directed
by Ang Lee would be one scored
by Mychael Danna, seemingly one of the least well - suited
composers for this sort of thing.
Dated even as it arrived
by Bosworth's feathered two - tone mullet and
composer Sylvester Levay's scorching soft - metal guitar, Stone Cold tries to bed down among superior action
films by cribbing the end of Die Hard wholesale.
I am just astonished that a
composer of his standing would agree to do this — I know the argument is that if the
composer doesn't do what is asked of him, he will quickly find employment harder to come
by, but surely Howard is offered enough movies that he could work on high - profile
films without having to compromise himself as distastefully as he has here.
EXTRAS: The Blu - ray release includes Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 short
film «Blossoms & Blood,» a new interview with
composer Jon Brion, behind - the - scenes footage from one of Brion's recording sessions, deleted scenes, an essay
by filmmaker Miranda July and more.
The
film was shot
by the great Roger Deakins, surely one of the top cinematographers of the last half a century, with American
composer Alaric Jans continuing his collaboration with Mamet that would ultimately stretch to four feature
films.
Extras: Two optional English narrations, including one
by actor Roy Scheider; audio commentary from 2008 featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul; interviews from 2007 and 2008 with Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto,
composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka; interviews from 2008 with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie; audio interview from 2008 with co-screenwriter Chieko Schrader; interview excerpt from 1966 featuring Mishima talking about writing; «The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima,» a 55 - minute documentary from 1985 about the author; trailer; a booklet featuring an essay
by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece on the
film's censorship in Japan, and photographs of Ishioka's sets.
Whereas a director like Ryan Coogler may have in the past sought out luminaries in
film scoring like John Williams, Hans Zimmer, or Thomas Newman — and does in fact have original music
by composer, Ludwig Göransson (best known for his work with Childish Gambino)-- his decision for the soundtrack is something that other directors will surely copy.
Produced
by Matthew Wilder, known for his work on No Doubt's 10 - times - platinum «Tragic Kingdom,» the album launched the Gruskas to instant tastemaker renown, a cozy spot for two grandchildren of the hugely successful
film composer John Williams.
SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: three scores: Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light, one
by Goldfrapp's Will Gregory and Portishead's Adrian Utley, and one
by composer and pianist Mie Yanashita; an audio commentary from 1999
by film scholar Casper Tybjerg; an interview from 1995 with actor Renée Falconetti's daughter and biographer, Hélène Falconetti; and more.
The
film's soundtrack, which featured choral music written
by leading French
film composer Bruno Coulais, hit number one on the French charts.
With sumptuous cinematography
by Vittorio Storaro and a seductive score
by legendary
composer Ennio Morricone, this landmark
film has never looked or sounded better.