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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a
Day
by Paul Englishby
Opens: March 7, 2008
This
romantic-comedy of sorts tells
the tale of a governess in 1930s
London. Guinnevere
Pettigrew (Frances McDormad)
loses her job and so has to
seize an opportunity to work
that is way outside of her normal milleu.
Who better to score this
decidedly English-tale than one
PAUL ENGLISHBY? There's
little doubt this will be a
run-of-the-mill,
romantic-comedy, "Victorianish"
fair. It could hold a
decent theme or two, but not
expecting much here.
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10,000 BC
by Harald Kloser and Thomas
Wanker
Opens: March 7, 2008
Harald
Kloser and Thomas Wanker have
collaborated on projects such as
THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR, ALIEN VS.
PREDATOR and THE DAY AFTER
TOMORROW. Their combined
efforts generally yield an
interesting theme or two and a
lot of clashes betweem electronic and
acoustic instrumentation.
I expect more of the same for
10,000 BC...just with a lot more
percussion.
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Dr. Suess' Horton Hears a Who
by John Powell
Opens: March 14, 2008
Again we
see the name JOHN POWELL and we
feel good. This
3-D animated adaptation of the
classic Dr. Suess story, HORTON
HEARS A WHO, already looks as
though its miles ahead of
Hollywood's last try at
converting Suess to film.
I don't know about you, but I'm
still trying to get THE CAT AND
THE HAT out of my memory.
If he stays away from the
direction he went with ROBOTS
and leans toward HAPPY FEET,
this should be quite a fun
soundtrack.
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Doomsday
by Unknown
Opens: March 14, 2008
Neil
Marshall surprised a lot of folk
with his 2006 flick THE DESCENT.
He follows that harrowing
experience with one potentially
even more horrifying.
DOOMSDAY is about a country that
has been quarantined for 3 years
due to a deadly virus outbreak.
Well, that old pesky virus gets
loose again, so a team of
scientists must go into that
very country to find, what else?
The cure. Lots of
potential for a score
here...although I could also see
it turning into a mass of grungy
electronics. PAUL HASLINGER are you there?
Another possibility would be a
re-teaming with DAVID JULYAN.
For DOOMSDAY we must be extra
careful.
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Pride and Glory
by Mark Isham
Opens: March 14, 2008
Mark Isham
is coming off of one his best
years ever and is already at it
again in the first quarter of
2008. PRIDE AND GLORY
looks like another
cops-family-crisis film that
tend to fade away into the grey
fields of the forgotten.
Looks like a good cast, but
these films seem to be a dime a
dozen and will likely not give
MARK ISHAM much room for
anything more than subdued music
which broods along from start to
finish.
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The Bitter Sea (The
Children of Huang Shi)
by David Hirschfelder
Opens: March 15, 2008
This
should be one of the better
films of early 2008.
Initially entitled The Children
of Huang Shi, The Bitter sea is set
in war-ravaged China during the
late 1930's. A great cast of
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chow Yun
Fat, and Michelle Yeoh gives
much reason to hope for a good
film. Additionally, we
have the return of composer
David Hirschfelder, who has been
noticeably absent from major
projects in recent years.
Seeing his name attached is a
bit of a surprise for a film
such as this. Queen
Elizabeth in England? Yes, but
sixty children in China?
Not so much.
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Wanted
by Danny Elfman
Opens: March 28, 2008
While the
film smacks a little too much of
THE MATRIX, perhaps it will hold
a surprise or two. Neo?
Check. Morpheus?
Check. Trinity?
Check. Hyper-real
abilities to bend time and/or
space? Check. Don
Davis? No...DANNY ELFMAN!
Ok...so that's a twist.
Will it be THE KINGDOM sort of
Eflman or SPIDER-MAN Elfman?
Ah...now that's something to
wait for.
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The Warlords
by Kwong Wing Chan, Peter Kam,
Leon Ko
Opens: March 2008
Peter
Chan's epic film set in the
turbulent 19th Century of China.
The film stars three of Chinese
film's biggest stars: Jet
Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro.
In recent years, Chinese film
has delivered some real
score-gems by TAN DUN or SHIGERU
UMEBAYASHI and seeing either
name attached to The Warlords
would have been a welcomed
sight.. Instead of
going the route of the
well-known (at least from a
Western perspective) Chan chose
three unknowns: KWONG WING
CHAN, PETER KAM, and LEON KO.
The film released in China in
December of 2007, but is
scheduled for international
release in March of 2008.
The film has not faired too well
from reviewers and the score has
not gotten much buzz either.
I'm hoping...but not holding my
breath here.
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Death Defying Acts
by Cezary Skubiszewski
Opens: Spring 2008
When this
movie opens wide is anyone's
guess. There was some
measure of release in the USA
and the UK in 2007, perhaps on
the Film Festival circuit.
Other than that, there has been
almost no talk about this film.
With Catherine Zeta-Jones and
Guy Pearce, one would expect a
lot more buzz than it's
received! Those who have
seen it tend to have good things
to say though. So let me
help get the hype-machine moving
a little bit more. CEZARY
SKUBISZEWSKI is not a household
name, not even in soundtrack
lovers' households. He
hails from Australia making his
selection for this Australian
project somewhat natural.
What I have heard from his
portfolio of film scoring is
much more contemporary than a
film about Harry Houdini would
seem to require. I have my
reservations until this finally
releases.
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Anticipation-Level Movie Summary
for Quarter 1
As per usual, the first quarter
of the year is not stocked with
a lot of great movies. In
fact the most talked about film
will mostly likely be
CLOVERFIELD, which appears as
though it will have no score at
all.
Low = 5
Med-low
=
6
Medium
= 5
Medium-high = 4
High =
0
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Dark Sector
(X360, PS3)
Keith
Powers
Game release date: March 25,
2008
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell:
Conviction (X360, Win)
Kaveh
Cohen and Michael Nielsen
Game release date: Quarter 1
Warhammer Online: Age of
Reckoning (Win)
Brad
Derrick
Game release date: Quarter 1
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Tracksounds 2008 Music Preview is just that - a
preview. Release dates are subject to change...as our composers
attached to these projects. The details found in the following are
subject to change. We'll endeavour to stay on top of such changes,
but if you spot something out of date or incorrect,
please notify
me.
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