John Williams Out For Steven Spielberg's 'Bridge Of Spies,' See A New Image
Thomas Newman will replace John Williams on Steven Spielberg's Cold War Thriller Bridge of Spies. Read the John Williams Bridge of Spies news.It opens 10/16
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Thomas Newman Scoring Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur'
Thomas Newman has worked with Pixar a couple times in the past on little films like Wall-E and Finding Nemo, and now he's going to work with the animation giants once more. The film is The Good Dinosaur, which pixar has been developing for the past few years. The composer recently stated that The Good…
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'Skyfall' Bits: New Trailer, Videoblog And Poster; Producers Say Bond Won't Go 3D; Sam Mendes Inspired By 'Dark Knight'
It's been a long four years since Quantum of Solace, but having seen Skyfall I can attest that it's more than worth the wait. Now, with the film's October 26 UK release and November 9 US release just around the corner, Sony / Columbia's marketing team is turning up the heat with a new trailer,…
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Jack White To Score 'The Lone Ranger;' Moby Scoring 'The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman'
There's some big movie score news today. Earlier this afternoon Moby was announced as the choice to score The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, which has Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Melissa Leo and Til Schweiger lined up to star in a story about a guy (LaBeouf) who falls for a girl (Wood)…
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Thomas Newman Scoring 'Skyfall' For Sam Mendes
In the struggle between franchise and friend, in this instance, the friend was triumphant. You see, though the last several James Bond movies have all had different directors, those directors all employed the musical services of composer David Arnold. In fact, Arnold has been the composer for every Bond movie since 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies.…
Read MoreThomas Newman And Michael Giacchino Each Have Four Of The 97 Scores Eligible For Best Original Score
Of the 265 films eligible for Oscars at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in February, 97 of them have been deemed worthy to be nominated for Best Original Score. Thomas Newman (The Adjustment Bureau, The Debt, The Help, The Iron Lady) and Michael Giacchino (Cars 2, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Monte Carlo, Super 8)…
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Juno, WALL-E And The Dark Knight Take Home Grammy Awards
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards are in progress, and the movie awards were front loaded. The soundtrack for Fox Searchlight's Juno won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack, beating out American Gangster, August Rush, Mamma Mia and Sweeney Todd. James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer took home a trophy for Best Score for The Dark…
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WonderCon: WALL-E - New Footage & Digital Disney 3D Possibilities?
It's no secret that the film I'm most anticipating in 2008 is Pixar's WALL-E. I fell in love with the movie when I saw the first teaser trailer and have been closely following the film ever since. Andrew Stanton, the Academy Award winning director of Finding Nemo, came across the bridge to San Francisco to…
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