James Horner's The Magnificent Seven score was meant as a gift to filmmaker Antoine Fuqua. In an interview, Fuqua fondly recalls his time with the composer.
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This month you can get your hands on Mondo's Star Trek Wrath of Khan vinyl, complete with incredible cover and gatefold artwork by Matt Taylor.
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The late Oscar-winning composer James Horner composed The Magnificent Seven Score in secret before he died, and Antoine Fuqua has the music.
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James Cameron's tribute to the late James Horner is a fond remembrance of their fruitful working relationship.
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James Horner, the Oscar-winning composer for Star Trek II, Titanic, and Braveheart, died today in a plane crash.
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We know Avatar 2, 3 and 4 will be out in the coming years. But will there be more Avatar Sequels? James Cameron apparently has a script for a fifth film.
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"Creative differences" is that oft-cited reason that people bail on movie projects, but that can also be a big problem when making any film, especially one with a hefty financial burden. Look at the Spider-Man series of films from Sony. Sam Raimi's third film was evidence of heavy arguments and influence from producers who wanted…
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Oscar-winning composer James Horner has been hired by director Gavin Hood to write the music for Ender's Game. The film, scheduled for release November 1, stars Asa Butterfield as a kid-genius recruited to space so he can train as a military leader. Harrison Ford co-stars along with Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Aramis Knight, Moises…
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Who wins in a CG fight between Hulk and Superman? Want to see some new merch from The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers? Does The Amazing Spider-Man officially have a composer? Where can you hear real life psychological breakdowns of Batman's villains? What does The Avengers trailer look like recut with footage from old…
Read MoreAfter the jump you can find a few videos I was hoping to run today on the site, including: A featurette taking us into composer James Horner's recording of the score for The Karate Kid. Four minutes of The A-Team The Minions from Despicable Me invade LA's The Grove, an interested marketing experiment with a…
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/Film reader Dano e-mailed me to point out that a track on the score for James Cameron's Avatar sounds suspiciously similar to a track on the score of Glory. Of course, both films were scored by composer James Horner. I understand that composers tend to use the same instruments and tones for different dramatic beats.…
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Update: Fox has contacted us and assures us that the film's running time is "looking much closer to 2 1/2 hours". Back in 1999, when I was still looking forward to Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace, I attempted to avoid any and all spoilers. I wanted to go into the movie not…
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Atlantic Records has announced that they will be releasing the upcoming score for James Cameron's Avatar. While details are thin, the small press release on Atlantic's website reveals that Avatar: Music From The Motion Picture will feature "music composed and conducted by Academy Award®-winner James Horner (this we already knew...) and the film's title song,…
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Over the past few days, the internet has been flooded with interesting tidbits about the movie soundtracks and scores for some major upcoming releases. After the jump, hear about what's going on with the title song for Up in the Air, who might score Kevin Smith's Couple of Dicks, and exactly how epic James Horner's…
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