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Passengers
by Ed Shearmur
Opens: September 5, 2008
Sad news
came when Ed Shearmur came off
of THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, but
the composer jumps back into the
fray with the psychological
thriller PASSENGERS which stars
Anne Hathaway. Shearmur is
definitely due for a grade-A
score sometime in the near
future, but I have my doubts
that this film will be it.
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Burn After Reading
by Carter Burwell
Opens: September 12, 2008
How long
has it been since there was big
talk about a CARTER BURWELL
score? A pretty long
while, indeed. He
certainly gets his fair share of
interesting projects: NO
COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and IN
BRUGES comes to mind, but few of
his scores in recent years get
much buzz. Well for BURN
AFTER READING he teams of with
the Cohen Brothers again and so
we can rest assured we'll hear
more than enough buzz on the
project itself. I don't
think this will end the
musical-buzz-drought
unfortunately.
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Blindness
by Marco Antônio Guimarăes
Opens: October 5, 2008
A film
about societal breakdown when
masses of people start going
blind? Count me in!
The score is reportedly being
done by Marco Antônio Guimarăes
who is the leader of the
Brazilian band Uakti. The
band has worked with composer
Phillip Glass in 1999 for their
release,
Aguas da Amazonia. If
the score follows the
established sound of Uakti with
its rich combination of strings
and percussion, this could be
very interesting.
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Lakeview Terrace
by Jeff and Mychael Danna
Opens: September 19, 2008
Jeff and
Mychael Danna combined their
talents for last year's suspense/thriller,
FRACTURE. The two wove an
intriguing score together that I
imagine will along the same
lines as their latest, LAKEVIEW
TERRACE. Here Samuel L.
Jackson is an over-zealous
neighborhood-watcher who has a
problem with a new couple who
have moved into the
neighborhood. Just like
Fracture, I anticipate a nice
moment or two from this score,
but not too much beyond that.
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Taken
by
Nathaniel Mechaly
Opens: September 19, 2008
Moved from
February 2008. Is that
James Bond 22 starring Liam
Neeson? Sort of looks that
way, judging by the poster.
This French flick has next to
nothing to do with espionage.
Instead it focuses on a father (Neeson)
who's daughter is kidnapped
while on a trip to France.
Now, I said "next to nothing."
Right? Well, it turns out Neeson's character is a former
spy and will need his old
skillset to trackdown his
missing daughter. Now the
score is provided by NATHANIEL
MECHALY who has done a number of
French film scores and
television spots as well.
He's not well-known outside
of Europe and I'm not sure
what to expect here, so join me
in having low expectations with
hope for a late-2007 surprise.
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Death Race
by Unknown
Opens: September 26, 2008
Director
Paul Anderson revisits the
revisited. With the Death
Race 2000 remake of the original
DEATH RACE already reaching
cult-classic status, it's
amazing that someone would want
to touch this story yet again.
Well with Anderson at the helm
we all know what to expect for
the score - gritty, grungy,
electronic mayhem. Maybe
Tyler Bates' or Paul Haslinger's
phone has already begun to
ring...
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Star
Wars: The Force Unleashed
(PS3, X360, PSP, PS2, Wii)
Composer:
Mark Griskey
Game release date: September 16
Star Wars
comes to the forefront again
with, not only THE CLONE WARS,
but with another video game from
LUCASARTS. This one has
been a long time coming and THE
FORCE UNLEASHED is poised to
truly shake things up. The
music, crafted by Mark Griskey
will further bridge the prequel
trilogy with the original.
Gamers will be enthralled and
even the hard-core John Williams
fan will be tipping their dusty
fedoras to Mark Griskey after
they hear this one.
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Tracksounds 2008 Music Preview is just that - a
preview. Release dates are subject to change...as our composers
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