Most people don’t know that the Alien franchise was actually created by the late writer Dan O’Bannon and his colleague Ronald Shusett, who wrote the original story. Ridley Scott made the franchise popular with his Alien movie, and the rest is history. Alien is one of the best and most beloved sci-fi and horror franchises today. It has since expanded its universe and explored the origins of its own universe, but the most recent installment – the upcoming Alien: Romulus – is back in the present timeline of the universe, as it will be set between Alien and Aliens. The movie is set to come out on August 16, 2024, and today, the first trailer for the movie has been released, and you will be able to see it below.
The last two Alien movies explored the origins of the Alien universe, and Romulus will be the first one since 1997 that will be back in the main timeline,...
The last two Alien movies explored the origins of the Alien universe, and Romulus will be the first one since 1997 that will be back in the main timeline,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
The teaser trailer and poster for a truly terrifying cinematic experience from producer Ridley Scott and director/writer Fede Alvarez, 20th Century Studios’ Alien: Romulus, is here!
The sci-fi/horror-thriller takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Alien: Romulus opens exclusively in theaters nationwide August 16, 2024.
The production and set design are incredible – it’s a terrific combination of the Nostromo from the original 1979 film as well as the elevator from the 1986 sequel Alien.
In today’s interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Alvarez said of Ridley Scott and James Cameron:
James Cameron is also someone I’ve met through the years, and when he learned that I was doing it, we started chatting about it. So I also...
The sci-fi/horror-thriller takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Alien: Romulus opens exclusively in theaters nationwide August 16, 2024.
The production and set design are incredible – it’s a terrific combination of the Nostromo from the original 1979 film as well as the elevator from the 1986 sequel Alien.
In today’s interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Alvarez said of Ridley Scott and James Cameron:
James Cameron is also someone I’ve met through the years, and when he learned that I was doing it, we started chatting about it. So I also...
- 3/21/2024
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HBO Max is now Max, but don’t fret — the movies you loved to watch on HBO Max all survived the transition. The new streaming service combines what was on HBO Max and Discovery+ into one giant streamer, but it maintains the stellar library of films that made HBO Max a favorite of cinephiles. And if you’re trying to figure out what to watch on Max, you’ve come to the right place.
Below, we’ve assembled a list of the best movies available to stream on Max right now, from comedies to blockbusters to rom-coms to Oscar-winning dramas and beyond. Since first launching in 2020, HBO Max quickly solidified itself as lowkey one of the best streaming services around, with a robust library of some genuinely great movies past and present to choose from. It now has a different name, but it’s a true bounty of choice with...
Below, we’ve assembled a list of the best movies available to stream on Max right now, from comedies to blockbusters to rom-coms to Oscar-winning dramas and beyond. Since first launching in 2020, HBO Max quickly solidified itself as lowkey one of the best streaming services around, with a robust library of some genuinely great movies past and present to choose from. It now has a different name, but it’s a true bounty of choice with...
- 12/22/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
If you’re searching for new movies to watch on Max in October, you’ve come to the right place. This month on the streaming platform, a host of wonderful horror and Halloween-themed movies have become available to stream just in time for the holiday. We’ve curated a selection of the best of the best, including a couple of high-profile horror movie remakes that are better than you might expect. If you’re a fraidy cat, don’t worry – we’ve got some non-spooky picks too.
Check out our list of the best new movies to stream on Max in October below.
Beetlejuice Michael Keaton in “Beetlejuice” (Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)
Tim Burton’s comedy classic is a great watch pretty much anytime, but even moreso in October. “Beetlejuice” revolves around a couple who die in a car accident (played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) and become ghosts...
Check out our list of the best new movies to stream on Max in October below.
Beetlejuice Michael Keaton in “Beetlejuice” (Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)
Tim Burton’s comedy classic is a great watch pretty much anytime, but even moreso in October. “Beetlejuice” revolves around a couple who die in a car accident (played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) and become ghosts...
- 10/15/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Multimedia Music has closed a deal to acquire the music publishing rights from the film music library of Millennium Media, which includes titles such as “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” “London Has Fallen,” “Angel Has Fallen,” “Hitman Wife’s Bodyguard,” “Hellboy,” “The Outpost,” “Mechanic: Resurrection,” “Rambo: Last Blood,” “Blackbird,” “Acts of Vengeance” and “The Expendables 4.”
The deal follows Multimedia Music’s recent music partnership with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, and its acquisition of STX Entertainment’s music library.
The Millennium Media library includes music from leading composers including Brian Tyler, Atli Orvarsson, Mark Isham, Trevor Morris, David Buckley and Benjamin Wallfisch.
Multimedia Music will co-publish the catalog with current co-owner and administrator Kobalt Music.
James Gibb, who founded Multimedia Music with colleague Phil Hope, said: “Millennium Media consistently produces high caliber, commercial films made for the big screen that have earned over $2 billion at the box office. We are thrilled to have secured this catalog,...
The deal follows Multimedia Music’s recent music partnership with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, and its acquisition of STX Entertainment’s music library.
The Millennium Media library includes music from leading composers including Brian Tyler, Atli Orvarsson, Mark Isham, Trevor Morris, David Buckley and Benjamin Wallfisch.
Multimedia Music will co-publish the catalog with current co-owner and administrator Kobalt Music.
James Gibb, who founded Multimedia Music with colleague Phil Hope, said: “Millennium Media consistently produces high caliber, commercial films made for the big screen that have earned over $2 billion at the box office. We are thrilled to have secured this catalog,...
- 9/14/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Colin Woodell as Winston Scott in ‘The Continental: From the World of John Wick’ (Photo by: Katalin Vermes / Starz Entertainment)
You’ve got to feel sorry for the fine folks at the San Diego Comic-Con. The Covid-19 pandemic shut the popular convention down in 2020, and it was forced into holding a much smaller convention – the “Comic-Con Special Edition” – in November 2021 after being unable to host its normal summertime pop culture event safely. Sdcc returned in 2022, but with strict Covid protocols in place.
2023 was thought to be the year the San Diego Comic-Con would spring back to life. But that wasn’t in the cards. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike, which meant many panel participants wouldn’t be able to attend. And then complicating matters, the Screen Actors Guild voted to authorize a strike if they couldn’t come to an agreement with the Alliance of Motion...
You’ve got to feel sorry for the fine folks at the San Diego Comic-Con. The Covid-19 pandemic shut the popular convention down in 2020, and it was forced into holding a much smaller convention – the “Comic-Con Special Edition” – in November 2021 after being unable to host its normal summertime pop culture event safely. Sdcc returned in 2022, but with strict Covid protocols in place.
2023 was thought to be the year the San Diego Comic-Con would spring back to life. But that wasn’t in the cards. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike, which meant many panel participants wouldn’t be able to attend. And then complicating matters, the Screen Actors Guild voted to authorize a strike if they couldn’t come to an agreement with the Alliance of Motion...
- 7/12/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Composer Benjamin Wallfisch is staying in the comic book space. Wallfisch will compose the score to Kraven the Hunter, the Sony and Columbia feature starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the Marvel antihero.
Wallfisch is a veteran of the comic book genre, with his recent score for The Flash being heard in theaters now. He also is behind the scores for 2019’s Shazam! and Hellboy. Outside of the comic book realm, Wallfisch scored The Flash director Andy Muschietti’s two It films, released in 2017 and 2019, as well as Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives (2022), Mortal Kombat (2021), The Invisible Man (2020) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), which he worked on with Hans Zimmer.
Kraven the Hunter hails from director J. C. Chandor and is due out in theaters on Oct. 6. Its cast includes Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe. Kraven is based on the comic book character, a big-game hunter who goes after Spider-Man.
Wallfisch is a veteran of the comic book genre, with his recent score for The Flash being heard in theaters now. He also is behind the scores for 2019’s Shazam! and Hellboy. Outside of the comic book realm, Wallfisch scored The Flash director Andy Muschietti’s two It films, released in 2017 and 2019, as well as Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives (2022), Mortal Kombat (2021), The Invisible Man (2020) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), which he worked on with Hans Zimmer.
Kraven the Hunter hails from director J. C. Chandor and is due out in theaters on Oct. 6. Its cast includes Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe. Kraven is based on the comic book character, a big-game hunter who goes after Spider-Man.
- 6/23/2023
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WaterTower Music is elated to announce today’s release of the soundtrack to Warner Bros. Pictures’ film “The Flash”. Directed by Andy Muschietti, “The Flash” is now in theaters.
“The Flash” serves as the DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone feature film, and sees Director Muschietti reunite with noted collaborator, two-time Grammy- and BAFTA-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch, who created all of the music found on The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Fans got an enthusiastic taste of the highly anticipated soundtrack over the past few weeks with the early release of 4 four tracks: “Worlds Collide”, “Run”, “I Am Batman” and “Sounds About Right, Bruce, and can now hear the entire, 43-track soundtrack, which is currently available for digital purchase and streaming, and available as a preorder for Triple LP, Two-Color Vinyl and Double CD.
Benjamin Wallfisch discussed working with Andy Muschietti: “Andy has created something truly incredible with this movie,...
“The Flash” serves as the DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone feature film, and sees Director Muschietti reunite with noted collaborator, two-time Grammy- and BAFTA-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch, who created all of the music found on The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Fans got an enthusiastic taste of the highly anticipated soundtrack over the past few weeks with the early release of 4 four tracks: “Worlds Collide”, “Run”, “I Am Batman” and “Sounds About Right, Bruce, and can now hear the entire, 43-track soundtrack, which is currently available for digital purchase and streaming, and available as a preorder for Triple LP, Two-Color Vinyl and Double CD.
Benjamin Wallfisch discussed working with Andy Muschietti: “Andy has created something truly incredible with this movie,...
- 6/16/2023
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Flash Copyright: © 2023 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. Tm & © DC Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/ & © DC Comics (L-R) Ezra Miller as The Flash, Michael Keaton as Batman and Ezra Miller as The Flash in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “The Flash,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
When Barry Allen, A.K.A. The Flash finds he can use his superpowers to travel back in time, he races back to save his family. But he soon learns that changing something in one timeline affects the multiverse—he’s now in a world with his younger self, a very different Batman and a Kryptonian he’s never met. With General Zod poised to destroy Earth, can Barry and this new team save the world and reset the universe? Warner Bros. Pictures presents “The Flash,” the DC Superhero’s first ever standalone movie. Only in theaters June 16.
The Advance Screening is on Monday,...
When Barry Allen, A.K.A. The Flash finds he can use his superpowers to travel back in time, he races back to save his family. But he soon learns that changing something in one timeline affects the multiverse—he’s now in a world with his younger self, a very different Batman and a Kryptonian he’s never met. With General Zod poised to destroy Earth, can Barry and this new team save the world and reset the universe? Warner Bros. Pictures presents “The Flash,” the DC Superhero’s first ever standalone movie. Only in theaters June 16.
The Advance Screening is on Monday,...
- 6/6/2023
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Avatar: The Way of Water” and “E.T.” were just some of the films recognized at the 16th Krakow Film Music Festival in Krakow, Poland. The festival concluded on Monday, wrapping up the celebration of this year’s celestial lineup.
“Faced by the challenges posed by the pandemic, as well as the war that broke out at our doorstep, many of us have taken refuge in cinematic works – either trying to glimpse into the future or relive the amazing films from our childhood,” said Carolina Pietyra, director of the Krakow Festival office, in a statement. “The headline of this year’s edition of the Krakow Film Music Festival – Out of Space – stands for everything that takes us to other spaces and responds to our longing to explore realms unknown.”
The festival’s Space Gala featured otherworldly film scores including Jóhann Jóhannsson’s “Arrival,” Cliff Martinez’s “Solaris,” Steven Price’s “Gravity...
“Faced by the challenges posed by the pandemic, as well as the war that broke out at our doorstep, many of us have taken refuge in cinematic works – either trying to glimpse into the future or relive the amazing films from our childhood,” said Carolina Pietyra, director of the Krakow Festival office, in a statement. “The headline of this year’s edition of the Krakow Film Music Festival – Out of Space – stands for everything that takes us to other spaces and responds to our longing to explore realms unknown.”
The festival’s Space Gala featured otherworldly film scores including Jóhann Jóhannsson’s “Arrival,” Cliff Martinez’s “Solaris,” Steven Price’s “Gravity...
- 5/31/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
WaterTower Music has announced today’s release of two highly anticipated tracks of music from Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming film “The Flash,” along with the availability of preorders for Triple LP, Two-Color Vinyl and Double CD versions of the full The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
The two Batman-related themes—“I Am Batman” and “Sounds About Right, Bruce”—are the latest music to be released from the upcoming The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), which features the music of celebrated two-time Grammy- and BAFTA-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch. Two previous tracks from the upcoming album, “Worlds Collide” and “Run,” were made available two weeks ago.
All four pieces of music are now available for streaming (Standard and Dolby Atmos / Spatial Audio configurations) and digital purchase, and will be on the soundtrack, scheduled for release the same day as director Andy Muschietti’s “The Flash”—the DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone...
The two Batman-related themes—“I Am Batman” and “Sounds About Right, Bruce”—are the latest music to be released from the upcoming The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), which features the music of celebrated two-time Grammy- and BAFTA-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch. Two previous tracks from the upcoming album, “Worlds Collide” and “Run,” were made available two weeks ago.
All four pieces of music are now available for streaming (Standard and Dolby Atmos / Spatial Audio configurations) and digital purchase, and will be on the soundtrack, scheduled for release the same day as director Andy Muschietti’s “The Flash”—the DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone...
- 5/31/2023
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Andy Muschietti's "The Flash" is due out in theaters next month and promises to be a crossover event along the lines of "Spider-Man: No Way Home." It seems that the Flash (Ezra Miller) can run so unbelievably fast that he can rip through the very fabric of reality and enter parallel universes. The film's trailers show the Flash fighting alongside a parallel version of himself, as well as scenes where he can witness his own childhood. In a fit of fan service, not only will the Flash interact with Batman (Ben Affleck) as he appeared in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Justice League," but also with Batman (Michael Keaton) as he appeared in 1989's "Batman" and its sequel, "Batman Returns."
The music for "The Flash" was composed by Benjamin Wallfisch, the British composer behind Muschietti's "It" movies, "The Invisible Man," "Blade Runner 2049," and "Shazam!" Wallfisch's soundtrack...
The music for "The Flash" was composed by Benjamin Wallfisch, the British composer behind Muschietti's "It" movies, "The Invisible Man," "Blade Runner 2049," and "Shazam!" Wallfisch's soundtrack...
- 5/12/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
It won’t be long before The Flash races into theaters on June 16, 2023, and WaterTower Music is excited to share the release of “Worlds Collide” and “Run” – the first music for the upcoming film. Created by two-time Grammy and BAFTA-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch, both tracks from The Flash soundtrack are available to stream and digitally purchase across multiple platforms. Each song appears in the upcoming The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), scheduled for release on June 16.
Via Friday’s official press release:
Wallfisch describes “Worlds Collide” as an important cue – heard at the movie’s climax—which features a new theme representing the meshing/coming together of DC eras past and present.
According to Wallfisch, “Worlds Collide” was “a cue that Andy (Muschietti) and I iterated on—probably over 50 times—to get just right, even as the orchestra was recording it. Andy’s incredibly creative ideas meant adjusting the music and musicians in real time.
Via Friday’s official press release:
Wallfisch describes “Worlds Collide” as an important cue – heard at the movie’s climax—which features a new theme representing the meshing/coming together of DC eras past and present.
According to Wallfisch, “Worlds Collide” was “a cue that Andy (Muschietti) and I iterated on—probably over 50 times—to get just right, even as the orchestra was recording it. Andy’s incredibly creative ideas meant adjusting the music and musicians in real time.
- 5/12/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
WaterTower Music is proud to announce today’s release of “Worlds Collide” and “Run”—the first music to be released from Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming film “The Flash.” Directed by Andy Muschietti, “The Flash” serves as the DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone feature film. “Worlds Collide” and “Run” were created by lauded two-time Grammy- and BAFTA-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch and both are now available for streaming (Standard and Dolby Atmos / Spatial Audio configurations) and digital purchase.
The two tracks will also be included on the upcoming The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), which is scheduled for release the same day the film is set to open in theaters in North America, June 16, 2023.
Wallfisch describes “Worlds Collide” as an important cue—heard at the climax of the movie—which features a new theme representing the meshing/coming together of DC eras past and present.
Wallfisch’s notable projects include It and It Chapter Two,...
The two tracks will also be included on the upcoming The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), which is scheduled for release the same day the film is set to open in theaters in North America, June 16, 2023.
Wallfisch describes “Worlds Collide” as an important cue—heard at the climax of the movie—which features a new theme representing the meshing/coming together of DC eras past and present.
Wallfisch’s notable projects include It and It Chapter Two,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hitting theaters on June 16th is the long-awaited film, The Flash.
The film was screened at CinemaCon on Tuesday and below are some of the reactions.
The Flash is hands down one of the best superhero films of all time. No joke, The Flash is the ultimate movie going experience as it has a little bit of everything! Action, emotion, heart, humor and plenty of nostalgia. Ezra Miller is phenomenal as dual Barry Allens. Michael… pic.twitter.com/F7SHA30vZM
— Scott Menzel (@ScottDMenzel) April 26, 2023
Just saw the first ever public screening of The Flash at CinemaCon. It is a dazzling trip thru time as the DC universe indeed flashes before our eyes. Not just a great new addition to DC but a wild and surprising tribute to what came before. A triumph for Ezra and Keatons return.
— Pete Hammond (@DeadlinePete) April 26, 2023
I’m honestly floored it’s this good.
The film was screened at CinemaCon on Tuesday and below are some of the reactions.
The Flash is hands down one of the best superhero films of all time. No joke, The Flash is the ultimate movie going experience as it has a little bit of everything! Action, emotion, heart, humor and plenty of nostalgia. Ezra Miller is phenomenal as dual Barry Allens. Michael… pic.twitter.com/F7SHA30vZM
— Scott Menzel (@ScottDMenzel) April 26, 2023
Just saw the first ever public screening of The Flash at CinemaCon. It is a dazzling trip thru time as the DC universe indeed flashes before our eyes. Not just a great new addition to DC but a wild and surprising tribute to what came before. A triumph for Ezra and Keatons return.
— Pete Hammond (@DeadlinePete) April 26, 2023
I’m honestly floored it’s this good.
- 4/26/2023
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Mumbai, March 16 (Ians) Director David F. Sandberg, who is gearing up for the release of his superhero movie ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’, has shared that he gave a free-hand to music director Christophe Beck to create the score and that there was no iron-clad rule to follow the first part of the film.
The music of ‘Shazam!’, which was released in 2019, was done by Benjamin Wallfisch but he couldn’t reprise his role on the film’s sequel as he was busy working on the score of ‘Flash’ which was being shot in parallel to ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’. Finding no bandwidth on Wallfisch, David turned to Beck, who used different sound textures.
David told Ians: “I worked with Benjamin Wallfisch in ‘Shazam!’ but this time it didn’t work out because he was busy working on ‘Flash’ and both these films were being executed in parallel so...
The music of ‘Shazam!’, which was released in 2019, was done by Benjamin Wallfisch but he couldn’t reprise his role on the film’s sequel as he was busy working on the score of ‘Flash’ which was being shot in parallel to ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’. Finding no bandwidth on Wallfisch, David turned to Beck, who used different sound textures.
David told Ians: “I worked with Benjamin Wallfisch in ‘Shazam!’ but this time it didn’t work out because he was busy working on ‘Flash’ and both these films were being executed in parallel so...
- 3/16/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Check out the stellar new trailer for The Flash.
Directed by Andy Muschietti, Ezra Miller reprises their role as Barry Allen in the DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone feature film.
Worlds collide in “The Flash” when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian… albeit not the one he’s looking for. Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?...
Directed by Andy Muschietti, Ezra Miller reprises their role as Barry Allen in the DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone feature film.
Worlds collide in “The Flash” when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian… albeit not the one he’s looking for. Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?...
- 2/13/2023
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Few composers have shaped the soundscape of Hollywood cinema for the past 30 years quite like Hans Zimmer. From "The Lion King" to "The Thin Red Line," "Gladiator," "Dune: Part One," and his work on Christopher Nolan's films, Zimmer's best soundtracks are capable of telling gripping stories all on their own. Just as impressive, in many ways, is the list of movie composers mentored by Zimmer, including Benjamin Wallfisch and Henry Jackman.
Since his days working with Zimmer on projects like "The Da Vinci Code" and "The Dark Knight," Jackman has firmly come into his own as a composer. The movies he's scored going back to 2010, including "Winnie the Pooh," "Captain Phillips," and "Kong: Skull Island," vary greatly in genre and tone. But just like Zimmer when he's bringing his A-game, Jackman excels at being able to tweak and adapt his musical style to fit the needs of any...
Since his days working with Zimmer on projects like "The Da Vinci Code" and "The Dark Knight," Jackman has firmly come into his own as a composer. The movies he's scored going back to 2010, including "Winnie the Pooh," "Captain Phillips," and "Kong: Skull Island," vary greatly in genre and tone. But just like Zimmer when he's bringing his A-game, Jackman excels at being able to tweak and adapt his musical style to fit the needs of any...
- 11/26/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” recounts the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue operation, where 12 children and their coach were trapped in Thailand’s Tham Luang Nang Non cave for 18 days. While working on the score for the film, Benjamin Wallfisch wanted to give the cave where the boys were trapped its own unique sound and character to bring it to life for the audience.
“It was about embracing the place and tuning in with the spirituality of the culture,” Wallfisch told IndieWire Crafts and Animation Editor Bill Desowitz at the Consider This FYC Brunch. “The way in was actually finding a voice for the cave itself. There was a song from the Chiang Rai region itself and our musicologist did a ton of research for us into finding songs from the region. That was the starting point, finding something that really told the story of the place.
Wallfisch was joined by...
“It was about embracing the place and tuning in with the spirituality of the culture,” Wallfisch told IndieWire Crafts and Animation Editor Bill Desowitz at the Consider This FYC Brunch. “The way in was actually finding a voice for the cave itself. There was a song from the Chiang Rai region itself and our musicologist did a ton of research for us into finding songs from the region. That was the starting point, finding something that really told the story of the place.
Wallfisch was joined by...
- 11/23/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
When it comes to memorable scores, the five artists on the Gold Derby “Meet the Experts” composers panel are second to none. In fact, it’s likely Isobel Waller-Bridge, Abel Korzeniowski (“Till”), Benjamin Wallfisch (“Thirteen Lives”), Terence Blanchard (“The Woman King”) and Nathan Johnson (“Glass Onion”) will end up on more than a few Spotify Wrapped lists by year’s end. Not that most of those composers are actually focused on how their music will live beyond their film projects.
Watch our exclusive roundtable panel above with all 5 composers. Click on each name to watch that person’s individual video interview.
I don’t think about if it’s going to be an enjoyable or interesting listen outside the context of the film,” Waller-Bridge says. “I’m so involved with how it serves the story and what the journey of the music is doing and how it’s feeding the...
Watch our exclusive roundtable panel above with all 5 composers. Click on each name to watch that person’s individual video interview.
I don’t think about if it’s going to be an enjoyable or interesting listen outside the context of the film,” Waller-Bridge says. “I’m so involved with how it serves the story and what the journey of the music is doing and how it’s feeding the...
- 11/21/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Ron Howard and Hans Zimmer have worked together numerous times, so when it came time for Howard to find a composer for his fact-based rescue drama “Thirteen Lives,” Zimmer had a great recommendation for the filmmaker: composer Benjamin Wallfisch, who counts the Oscar-winning Zimmer as a mentor and collaborator.
“We went through a process which definitely Hans has always done and that I’ve learned from him, which is to create a lot of music away from the picture before we even started,” Wallfisch tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview as part of our “Meet the Experts” composers panel. “So even before Ron started shooting, I wrote a sort of 20-minute suite just based on the script. The story itself, we’re dealing with this extraordinary story of true heroism and cultures coming together to achieve something that should have been impossible.”
SEEJames D. Wilcox interview: ‘Thirteen Lives...
“We went through a process which definitely Hans has always done and that I’ve learned from him, which is to create a lot of music away from the picture before we even started,” Wallfisch tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview as part of our “Meet the Experts” composers panel. “So even before Ron started shooting, I wrote a sort of 20-minute suite just based on the script. The story itself, we’re dealing with this extraordinary story of true heroism and cultures coming together to achieve something that should have been impossible.”
SEEJames D. Wilcox interview: ‘Thirteen Lives...
- 11/21/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
The Tham Luang cave rescue, which saw 12 members of a Thai youth soccer team and its 25-year-old coach rescued from a flooded cave after being trapped for 18 days, was destined to become a Hollywood film. The combination of dangerous weather, human ingenuity, and international cooperation was the kind of story that most screenwriters can only dream of coming up with themselves.
Much like the rescue that inspired it, “Thirteen Lives” is a complex work of technical mastery. At IndieWire’s Consider This Brunch, director Ron Howard, editor James D. Wilcox, supervising sound editors Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate, and composer Benjamin Wallfisch participated in a panel moderated by IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill. They broke down the work that went into the complex shoot, explaining that getting the details of Thai culture right was as important as all the technical specificity of recreating the rescue. Most notably, much of the film is in the Thai language.
Much like the rescue that inspired it, “Thirteen Lives” is a complex work of technical mastery. At IndieWire’s Consider This Brunch, director Ron Howard, editor James D. Wilcox, supervising sound editors Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate, and composer Benjamin Wallfisch participated in a panel moderated by IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill. They broke down the work that went into the complex shoot, explaining that getting the details of Thai culture right was as important as all the technical specificity of recreating the rescue. Most notably, much of the film is in the Thai language.
- 11/18/2022
- by Christian Zilko and Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Deadline’s Sound & Screen Film award-season event last week showcased the music and scores from nine buzzy awards-season movies, with composers and songwriters performing their work with the help of a 60-piece orchestra in front of an live audience at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
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The evening also featured panel conversations with composers Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio), Michael Abel (Nope), Benjamin Wallfisch (Thirteen Lives), Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (Living), Pawel Mykietyn (Eo) and Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever); songwriters Diane Warren (Tell It Like a Woman) and Robin Pecknold (Wildcat); and Ian Eisendrath, executive music producer of Spirited.
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The studios that participated in Thursday’s event included Netflix, Universal Pictures, Amazon Studios, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Apple Original Films, Sideshow and Janus Films, Sony Pictures Classics and Walt Disney Studios.
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The evening also featured panel conversations with composers Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio), Michael Abel (Nope), Benjamin Wallfisch (Thirteen Lives), Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (Living), Pawel Mykietyn (Eo) and Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever); songwriters Diane Warren (Tell It Like a Woman) and Robin Pecknold (Wildcat); and Ian Eisendrath, executive music producer of Spirited.
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The studios that participated in Thursday’s event included Netflix, Universal Pictures, Amazon Studios, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Apple Original Films, Sideshow and Janus Films, Sony Pictures Classics and Walt Disney Studios.
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- 11/14/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
A number of awards-contending composers and songwriters were on hand Saturday in Los Angeles for Deadline’s Sound & Screen event, which showcased the music propelling nine buzzy film awards-season titles.
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The panelists, their pics and the distributors were Alexandre Desplat, Diane Warren, Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold, Pawel Mykietyn, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Ian Eisendrath, Benjamin Wallfisch and Michael Abels (Nope, Universal Pictures). Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio singer Raewyn Davidson also was on hand.
Click through the gallery to see their panels and some performances.
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The panelists, their pics and the distributors were Alexandre Desplat, Diane Warren, Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold, Pawel Mykietyn, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Ian Eisendrath, Benjamin Wallfisch and Michael Abels (Nope, Universal Pictures). Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio singer Raewyn Davidson also was on hand.
Click through the gallery to see their panels and some performances.
- 11/12/2022
- by Robert Lang and Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
To compose the music for Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives — the true story of the global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team — composer Benjamin Wallfisch had hoped to traverse all of northern Thailand to absorb the culture, knock on doors and ask folks if they wanted to play something for him.
But the pandemic made his grassroots effort impossible, so he leaned into a Bangkok-based musicologist for some much-needed help connecting with a “ton of musicians in northern Thailand” for traditional songs from the region.
That was just the first step; the next was decide just how much drama to inject in the sweeping score.
Related: Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Full Coverage
“It’s one of those movies where everyone knows what happens,” Wallfisch said during an appearance at Deadline’s Sound & Screen awards-season event. “These are real people. It’s a movie,...
But the pandemic made his grassroots effort impossible, so he leaned into a Bangkok-based musicologist for some much-needed help connecting with a “ton of musicians in northern Thailand” for traditional songs from the region.
That was just the first step; the next was decide just how much drama to inject in the sweeping score.
Related: Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Full Coverage
“It’s one of those movies where everyone knows what happens,” Wallfisch said during an appearance at Deadline’s Sound & Screen awards-season event. “These are real people. It’s a movie,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The latest edition of Deadline’s Sound & Screen is officially underway Thursday night in Los Angeles, showcasing genre-defying and moving original music from some of the film industry’s most respected talents who are making waves during awards season.
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The program taking place at UCLA’s Royce Hall features composers from the films Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Ludwig Göransson), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Alexandre Desplat), Nope (Michael Abels), Thirteen Lives (Benjamin Wallfisch), Eo (Pawel Mykietyn) and Living (Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch) discussing their work and performing their scores live with a 60-piece orchestra. It also features songwriters including 13-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren and Fleet Foxes...
Related Story Contenders Film: New York Streaming Site Launches Related Story 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Leaps Out Of The Gate With 28M Thursday Previews Related Story 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Kicks Off With 10M+ On Day One Overseas – International Box Office
The program taking place at UCLA’s Royce Hall features composers from the films Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Ludwig Göransson), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Alexandre Desplat), Nope (Michael Abels), Thirteen Lives (Benjamin Wallfisch), Eo (Pawel Mykietyn) and Living (Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch) discussing their work and performing their scores live with a 60-piece orchestra. It also features songwriters including 13-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren and Fleet Foxes...
- 11/11/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Five top film composers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022/2023 awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, November 17, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Oscar and guild contenders:
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Apple Original Films)
Synopsis: Follows a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse, as they create an unexpected friendship and travel together in the boy’s search for home.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Oscar and guild contenders:
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Apple Original Films)
Synopsis: Follows a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse, as they create an unexpected friendship and travel together in the boy’s search for home.
- 11/10/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
After months of scandalous headlines and deeply troubling behaviour, The Flash star Ezra Miller finally agreed to seek professional help and offered an apology. According to a new report by THR, Ezra Miller finally came around after learning that Warner Bros. Film chairs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy were considering scrapping The Flash movie altogether.
Ezra Miller recently met with Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy to “not only how to stay on course for The Flash’s June 23, 2023 release date but to reaffirm their commitment to the movie as well as apologize for bringing negative attention to the production and the company.” The report states that Ezra Miller didn’t necessarily care about the bad press but didn’t want The Flash to be negatively affected any more than it already has. “They care about The Flash,” a source told THR. “It’s one of their favorite characters to play.
Ezra Miller recently met with Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy to “not only how to stay on course for The Flash’s June 23, 2023 release date but to reaffirm their commitment to the movie as well as apologize for bringing negative attention to the production and the company.” The report states that Ezra Miller didn’t necessarily care about the bad press but didn’t want The Flash to be negatively affected any more than it already has. “They care about The Flash,” a source told THR. “It’s one of their favorite characters to play.
- 8/26/2022
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Click here to read the full article.
This was one of the most consequential weeks in DC’s history. Warner Bros. Discovery seems to have found the executive to lead that division’s film and TV efforts. There were funeral screenings for canceled movie Batgirl. And the moving of major tentpoles Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Shazam! Fury of the Gods revealed the shifting sands under the newly acquired studio’s feet.
Amid all the bustle this week on the Burbank lot, one could have easily missed a pair of figures walking around the offices and heading to a meeting of the highest order. But that’s what Ezra Miller, the star of Warners’ high-profile movie, The Flash, and their CAA agent, Scott Metzger, did Wednesday — the same day a Batgirl screening took place.
Miller, who uses they/them pronouns, and their agent met with new Warner Bros. film...
This was one of the most consequential weeks in DC’s history. Warner Bros. Discovery seems to have found the executive to lead that division’s film and TV efforts. There were funeral screenings for canceled movie Batgirl. And the moving of major tentpoles Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Shazam! Fury of the Gods revealed the shifting sands under the newly acquired studio’s feet.
Amid all the bustle this week on the Burbank lot, one could have easily missed a pair of figures walking around the offices and heading to a meeting of the highest order. But that’s what Ezra Miller, the star of Warners’ high-profile movie, The Flash, and their CAA agent, Scott Metzger, did Wednesday — the same day a Batgirl screening took place.
Miller, who uses they/them pronouns, and their agent met with new Warner Bros. film...
- 8/26/2022
- by Borys Kit and Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Deadline has an exclusive track from Benjamin Wallfisch’s score for Ron Howard’s survival drama Thirteen Lives, which is slated for release on all major digital platforms via Milan Records tomorrow, as the film becomes available for streaming on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
The feature from MGM, Bron Creative, Imagine Entertainment, Storyteller and Magnolia Mae recounts the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become trapped in the Tham Luang cave network during an unexpected rainstorm in 2018. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers — uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels — join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks...
The feature from MGM, Bron Creative, Imagine Entertainment, Storyteller and Magnolia Mae recounts the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become trapped in the Tham Luang cave network during an unexpected rainstorm in 2018. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers — uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels — join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks...
- 8/4/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The idea of a focus on the soundtrack work of Hans Zimmer was an exciting prospect. How can I spin this subject and create a new way to approach these popular scores that are loved by so many? The task itself was far more daunting; scouring through Zimmer’s filmography felt like being an archivist, for a film composer only active since the mid 80s, his output is significant. He’s one of the most famous contemporary film composers on the world stage today; the type whose fans create YouTube videos of hours-long ultimate Zimmer loops and purchase his instrumental sample packs for their digital audio workstation software. In a popular culture that feels despondent towards cinema and the many players involved in the making of it, Zimmer strikes out as a household name.In going about this mix, Zimmer’s whole filmography is explored. His cherished signature sounds are represented: tribal instruments,...
- 2/28/2022
- MUBI
This review of “The Starling” was first published after the film’s premiere at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival.
Sometimes things aren’t always what they seem: “The Starling,” for example, is an impressively credited drama that premiered at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival on its way to Netflix. So viewers may be surprised to find they’ve happened upon a movie that would feel far more at home on the Hallmark Channel.
Then again, sometimes things are exactly what they seem. And in nearly every other way, predictability defines Ted Melfi’s disappointing follow-up to his widely-admired Oscar nominee “Hidden Figures” and his enjoyably prickly indie “St. Vincent.”
Just as its name announces, “The Starling” is all about learning to fly. This increasingly blunt metaphor includes an actual avian, who swoops through the opening credits in a clunky effect that simultaneously recollects the plastic bag from “American Beauty” and the “Forrest Gump” feather.
Sometimes things aren’t always what they seem: “The Starling,” for example, is an impressively credited drama that premiered at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival on its way to Netflix. So viewers may be surprised to find they’ve happened upon a movie that would feel far more at home on the Hallmark Channel.
Then again, sometimes things are exactly what they seem. And in nearly every other way, predictability defines Ted Melfi’s disappointing follow-up to his widely-admired Oscar nominee “Hidden Figures” and his enjoyably prickly indie “St. Vincent.”
Just as its name announces, “The Starling” is all about learning to fly. This increasingly blunt metaphor includes an actual avian, who swoops through the opening credits in a clunky effect that simultaneously recollects the plastic bag from “American Beauty” and the “Forrest Gump” feather.
- 9/23/2021
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Late in “The Starling,” at a stage when Melissa McCarthy’s grieving mother has never felt more distant from her withdrawn husband, she receives a pep talk from Kevin Kline’s wise confidante about the titular bird. When starlings mate, he explains, they build and protect their nest together: “They’re just not meant to exist in the world alone.” “Real subtle stuff,” she responds, with a trademark McCarthy grimace.
It’s a bit rich at this point for “The Starling” to lampshade such a cornily obvious metaphor, given that Theodore Melfi’s film has already given us ample scenes of McCarthy’s character growing and nurturing a vegetable garden from scratch on dried-out, weed-strewn land, defending it from the aforementioned starlings as they themselves forge a home of their own from scraps and trash, and cathartically ridding her house of all its furniture for good measure. What could it all mean?...
It’s a bit rich at this point for “The Starling” to lampshade such a cornily obvious metaphor, given that Theodore Melfi’s film has already given us ample scenes of McCarthy’s character growing and nurturing a vegetable garden from scratch on dried-out, weed-strewn land, defending it from the aforementioned starlings as they themselves forge a home of their own from scraps and trash, and cathartically ridding her house of all its furniture for good measure. What could it all mean?...
- 9/12/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Brutality
James Corden tested his might — and his voiceover mettle — last night, when the CBS late-night host played a ’90s version of himself laying down the vocals for that “Mortal Kombat” techno track.
At first, he got the lyrics right — but the energy was way off. Then the delivery was terrible.
And then, following some direct direction from his producer, Corden fully blanked on the words. It’s one line, dude — check the poster directly behind you. Or the one to the right of you. Or the lyrics sheet on the music stand in front of you. Or literally just commit two words totaling 12 letters to memory.
Finally, Corden got it right. And then he destroyed the place.
Fatality.
Watch the video above.
For the 2021 “Mortal Kombat” movie reboot, composer Benjamin Wallfisch wrote an Edm (electronic dance music) remix of the original song titled “Techno Syndrome 2021.”
It’s a banger — listen to it here.
James Corden tested his might — and his voiceover mettle — last night, when the CBS late-night host played a ’90s version of himself laying down the vocals for that “Mortal Kombat” techno track.
At first, he got the lyrics right — but the energy was way off. Then the delivery was terrible.
And then, following some direct direction from his producer, Corden fully blanked on the words. It’s one line, dude — check the poster directly behind you. Or the one to the right of you. Or the lyrics sheet on the music stand in front of you. Or literally just commit two words totaling 12 letters to memory.
Finally, Corden got it right. And then he destroyed the place.
Fatality.
Watch the video above.
For the 2021 “Mortal Kombat” movie reboot, composer Benjamin Wallfisch wrote an Edm (electronic dance music) remix of the original song titled “Techno Syndrome 2021.”
It’s a banger — listen to it here.
- 4/27/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
With less than a week until the release of Mortal Kombat to theaters and HBO Max, we have a look at the first seven minutes of the film you can watch right now!
"From New Line Cinema comes the explosive new cinematic adventure “Mortal Kombat,” inspired by the blockbuster video game franchise, which most recently enjoyed the most successful video game launch in its history, Mortal Kombat 11. The film is helmed by award-winning Australian commercial filmmaker Simon McQuoid, marking his feature directorial debut, and produced by James Wan, Todd Garner, McQuoid and E. Bennett Walsh.
In “Mortal Kombat,” Mma fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld's Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family's safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax,...
"From New Line Cinema comes the explosive new cinematic adventure “Mortal Kombat,” inspired by the blockbuster video game franchise, which most recently enjoyed the most successful video game launch in its history, Mortal Kombat 11. The film is helmed by award-winning Australian commercial filmmaker Simon McQuoid, marking his feature directorial debut, and produced by James Wan, Todd Garner, McQuoid and E. Bennett Walsh.
In “Mortal Kombat,” Mma fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld's Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family's safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax,...
- 4/20/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Composer Benjamin Wallfisch, who has Mortal Kombat out this week, is speeding on to his next project. Wallfisch will score Warner Bros. and DC Films’ upcoming The Flash movie, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The Flash stars Ezra Miller as the DC superhero and is directed by Andy Muschietti, the filmmaker behind two successful It movies, which Wallfisch scored. The composer has already played in the DC Universe before with 2019’s Shazam!, with other recent scores including The Invisible Man and Blade Runner 2049, which he worked on with Hans Zimmer.
The Flash also stars Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton as different versions of Batman, Sasha Calle as Supergirl and Kiersey Clemons as Iris ...
The Flash stars Ezra Miller as the DC superhero and is directed by Andy Muschietti, the filmmaker behind two successful It movies, which Wallfisch scored. The composer has already played in the DC Universe before with 2019’s Shazam!, with other recent scores including The Invisible Man and Blade Runner 2049, which he worked on with Hans Zimmer.
The Flash also stars Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton as different versions of Batman, Sasha Calle as Supergirl and Kiersey Clemons as Iris ...
- 4/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Composer Benjamin Wallfisch, who has Mortal Kombat out this week, is speeding on to his next project. Wallfisch will score Warner Bros. and DC Films’ upcoming The Flash movie, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The Flash stars Ezra Miller as the DC superhero and is directed by Andy Muschietti, the filmmaker behind two successful It movies, which Wallfisch scored. The composer has already played in the DC Universe before with 2019’s Shazam!, with other recent scores including The Invisible Man and Blade Runner 2049, which he worked on with Hans Zimmer.
The Flash also stars Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton as different versions of Batman, Sasha Calle as Supergirl and Kiersey Clemons as Iris ...
The Flash stars Ezra Miller as the DC superhero and is directed by Andy Muschietti, the filmmaker behind two successful It movies, which Wallfisch scored. The composer has already played in the DC Universe before with 2019’s Shazam!, with other recent scores including The Invisible Man and Blade Runner 2049, which he worked on with Hans Zimmer.
The Flash also stars Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton as different versions of Batman, Sasha Calle as Supergirl and Kiersey Clemons as Iris ...
- 4/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“Mortal Kombat,” which hits theaters and HBO Max on April 23, marks Lewis Tan’s first time leading a major blockbuster — and it’s not a role he took on lightly.
Tan, a martial artist and actor who performs his own stunts in action-heavy roles in “Iron Fist,” “Into the Badlands,” “Wu Assassins” and “Deadpool 2,” has a legacy to protect. His father, Philip Tan, is also a martial artist and stunt coordinator, and Lewis has prided himself on choosing roles that present the stunts authentically.
Your character, Cole Young, is not one that’s in the games. Tell us about him.
If you’re familiar with the game, you know that the game started with only a few characters, and now the game has expanded into a “Mortal Kombat” universe if you will, and there’s over 100 characters. So, in the movie, we wanted to introduce something new and at...
Tan, a martial artist and actor who performs his own stunts in action-heavy roles in “Iron Fist,” “Into the Badlands,” “Wu Assassins” and “Deadpool 2,” has a legacy to protect. His father, Philip Tan, is also a martial artist and stunt coordinator, and Lewis has prided himself on choosing roles that present the stunts authentically.
Your character, Cole Young, is not one that’s in the games. Tell us about him.
If you’re familiar with the game, you know that the game started with only a few characters, and now the game has expanded into a “Mortal Kombat” universe if you will, and there’s over 100 characters. So, in the movie, we wanted to introduce something new and at...
- 4/13/2021
- by Alex Stedman
- Variety Film + TV
WaterTower Music has announced the April 16 release of the soundtrack to New Line Cinema’s explosive new movie “Mortal Kombat,” which brings to life the intense action of the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory, pitting the all-time, fan-favorite champions against one another in the ultimate, no-holds-barred, gory battle that pushes them to their very limits. The film is helmed by award-winning Australian commercial filmmaker Simon McQuoid, marking his feature directorial debut, is set for release nationwide in theaters on April 23 and will be available in the U.S. on HBO Max in 4K Uhd, HDR10, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos on supported devices for 31 days from theatrical release. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The Mortal Kombat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) contains all new score by Golden Globe-, Emmy-, and Grammy-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch.
The first single from the album was released. “Techno Syndrome...
The Mortal Kombat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) contains all new score by Golden Globe-, Emmy-, and Grammy-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch.
The first single from the album was released. “Techno Syndrome...
- 4/11/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The upcoming “Mortal Kombat” reboot may be a little more serious and gritty, but it could not go without an updated take on “Techno Syndrome,” the iconic theme music from the ’90s games and the original film.
Composer Benjamin Wallfisch has written an Edm remix of the original song titled “Techno Syndrome 2021,” and we’re here to tell you, it’s a banger. Listen to it above.
“Techno Syndrome 2021” — which includes the arcade game’s “Test Your Might” and echoing “Mortal Kombat” wail — is the first single off the upcoming “Mortal Kombat” original soundtrack from WaterTower Music. The soundtrack releases April 16, one week before the New Line Cinema film hits theaters.
Wallfisch is a Golden Globe, Emmy and Grammy-nominated composer who has worked on the “It” films, “Shazam!” and “Blade Runner: 2049” alongside Hans Zimmer. The track is an updated take on the original first written by The Immortals, and it...
Composer Benjamin Wallfisch has written an Edm remix of the original song titled “Techno Syndrome 2021,” and we’re here to tell you, it’s a banger. Listen to it above.
“Techno Syndrome 2021” — which includes the arcade game’s “Test Your Might” and echoing “Mortal Kombat” wail — is the first single off the upcoming “Mortal Kombat” original soundtrack from WaterTower Music. The soundtrack releases April 16, one week before the New Line Cinema film hits theaters.
Wallfisch is a Golden Globe, Emmy and Grammy-nominated composer who has worked on the “It” films, “Shazam!” and “Blade Runner: 2049” alongside Hans Zimmer. The track is an updated take on the original first written by The Immortals, and it...
- 4/9/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The artisan categories are often overlooked, especially when it comes to the overseen and the overdue Academy Awards. This year, there is a fresh crop of talent in each Oscar race, but several craftspeople who have worked on this year’s contenders should have received nominations long ago.
Many of these artisans have made the Oscars shortlist for their respective categories for this year’s nominations, which will be announced on March 15. With the voting opening on March 5, it’ll be a photo finish for many to garner AMPAS voters’ attention.
Here are a few of the contenders.
David Crank, production designer
“News of the World” (Universal Pictures)
Snubs: “The Master” (2012),
“Knives Out” (2019)
The designs of Crank have been seen in the industry for over two decades; he’s served as both an art director and production designer for film and television. Art directors don’t receive Oscar nominations, which...
Many of these artisans have made the Oscars shortlist for their respective categories for this year’s nominations, which will be announced on March 15. With the voting opening on March 5, it’ll be a photo finish for many to garner AMPAS voters’ attention.
Here are a few of the contenders.
David Crank, production designer
“News of the World” (Universal Pictures)
Snubs: “The Master” (2012),
“Knives Out” (2019)
The designs of Crank have been seen in the industry for over two decades; he’s served as both an art director and production designer for film and television. Art directors don’t receive Oscar nominations, which...
- 3/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
From New Line Cinema comes the explosive new cinematic adventure “Mortal Kombat,” inspired by the blockbuster video game franchise, which most recently enjoyed the most successful video game launch in its history, Mortal Kombat 11. The film is helmed by award-winning Australian commercial filmmaker Simon McQuoid, marking his feature directorial debut, and produced by James Wan, Todd Garner, McQuoid and E. Bennett Walsh.
Take a look at the new trailer.
In “Mortal Kombat,” Mma fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family’s safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden,...
Take a look at the new trailer.
In “Mortal Kombat,” Mma fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family’s safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden,...
- 2/19/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For the first time in more than 20 years, the Mortal Kombat franchise is coming to the big screen with a new film adaptation of the video game series that kicked off in 1992. Produced by James Wan and directed by Simon McQuoid, the official trailer for the new Mortal Kombat has been unleashed ahead of its April 16th release in theaters and on HBO Max via Warner Bros. And evidenced by the trailer, viewers have a lot of creative fight sequences to look forward to, including Subzero freezing Scorpion's blood and using it as a dagger.
"From New Line Cinema comes the explosive new cinematic adventure “Mortal Kombat,” inspired by the blockbuster video game franchise, which most recently enjoyed the most successful video game launch in its history, Mortal Kombat 11. The film is helmed by award-winning Australian commercial filmmaker Simon McQuoid, marking his feature directorial debut, and produced by James Wan,...
"From New Line Cinema comes the explosive new cinematic adventure “Mortal Kombat,” inspired by the blockbuster video game franchise, which most recently enjoyed the most successful video game launch in its history, Mortal Kombat 11. The film is helmed by award-winning Australian commercial filmmaker Simon McQuoid, marking his feature directorial debut, and produced by James Wan,...
- 2/18/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Of all the below-the-line categories at the Oscars, Best Original Score is the most difficult to predict early on due to the finicky nature of the music branch of the academy. Scores that sound like frontrunners are disqualified for a variety of reasons, from the number of credited composers to the amount of previously recorded music used. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2021 Oscar predictions for Best Original Score.)
Even when we know the players, it is still difficult to predict the eventual winner given the diversity of the recent champs. The epic orchestrations of Howard Shore‘s “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (2002) and “Lotr: The Return of the King” (2004) sound nothing like A.H. Rahman‘s pulsating, Bombay-infused work on “Slumdog Millionaire” (2009), Alexander Desplat‘s whimsical tunes for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2015) or Hildur Guonadottir‘s pulsating rhythms in “Joker” (2020).
As with many of...
Even when we know the players, it is still difficult to predict the eventual winner given the diversity of the recent champs. The epic orchestrations of Howard Shore‘s “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (2002) and “Lotr: The Return of the King” (2004) sound nothing like A.H. Rahman‘s pulsating, Bombay-infused work on “Slumdog Millionaire” (2009), Alexander Desplat‘s whimsical tunes for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2015) or Hildur Guonadottir‘s pulsating rhythms in “Joker” (2020).
As with many of...
- 2/10/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Academy Awards’ shortlists are a blessing and a curse.
Blessing in that it truly helps awards strategists and publicists hone their efforts and marketing dollars toward a sampling of candidates in the final run-up to nominations. In the case of the Music Branch and the Original Score category, film scores typically are punished over quota rules, i.e. this year a film’s music needs to be composed of 60% of original score, versus 50% in prior years. Also, if any of the music was ever pre-conceived in another medium, not specifically written for the film, then forget it. You’re disqualified. For example, a bulk of Mark Orton’s haunting, folksy score from Alexander Payne’s 2013 feature Nebraska were from tracks the composer wrote previously, despite the cues’ electricity in the black-and-white dramedy starring Will Forte, Bruce Dern and June Squibb.
When it comes to the Academy’s Music Branch and how it qualifies scores,...
Blessing in that it truly helps awards strategists and publicists hone their efforts and marketing dollars toward a sampling of candidates in the final run-up to nominations. In the case of the Music Branch and the Original Score category, film scores typically are punished over quota rules, i.e. this year a film’s music needs to be composed of 60% of original score, versus 50% in prior years. Also, if any of the music was ever pre-conceived in another medium, not specifically written for the film, then forget it. You’re disqualified. For example, a bulk of Mark Orton’s haunting, folksy score from Alexander Payne’s 2013 feature Nebraska were from tracks the composer wrote previously, despite the cues’ electricity in the black-and-white dramedy starring Will Forte, Bruce Dern and June Squibb.
When it comes to the Academy’s Music Branch and how it qualifies scores,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The shortlists for the Academy Awards’ two music categories are out, and while there are few surprises among the 375-member music branch’s 15 choices for best original score, there’s a remarkable shift in the original song category: Nearly half of the 15 songs on that list emerged from narrative films or documentaries whose casts or subjects were predominantly Black.
Most of these songs had already been tagged as leading contenders, even though it was hardly a certainty they’d all make the shortlist. Among them: Janelle Monae’s “Turntables” from the voter-suppression doc “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” Mary J. Blige’s “See What You’ve Done” from the prison-sterilization documentary “Belly of the Beast,” John Legend’s “Never Break” from the young-actor doc “Giving Voice,” Leslie Odom Jr.’s “Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami,” H.E.R.’s “Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah” and...
Most of these songs had already been tagged as leading contenders, even though it was hardly a certainty they’d all make the shortlist. Among them: Janelle Monae’s “Turntables” from the voter-suppression doc “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” Mary J. Blige’s “See What You’ve Done” from the prison-sterilization documentary “Belly of the Beast,” John Legend’s “Never Break” from the young-actor doc “Giving Voice,” Leslie Odom Jr.’s “Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami,” H.E.R.’s “Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah” and...
- 2/9/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be announcing its shortlist on Tuesday in nine Oscar categories. The categories and number of films to be revealed include documentary feature (15), documentary short subject (10), international feature (15), makeup and hairstyling (10), original score (15), original song (15), animated short film (10), live action short film (10) and visual effects (10).
The shortlist voting concluded on Feb. 5, and the remaining will move on to the official phase one voting, which will take place on March 5-9. The Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15, with the show scheduled to take place on April 25.
Down below, find the predictions for the shortlist (except for the shorts) with commentary on what to expect. Go to the Awards Circuit prediction pages of each category for the contenders’ full rankings and the credited artisans.
Makeup and Hairstyling
“Bill & Ted Face the Music” (United Artists Releasing) “Emma.” (Focus Features) “Hillbilly Elegy” (Netflix...
The shortlist voting concluded on Feb. 5, and the remaining will move on to the official phase one voting, which will take place on March 5-9. The Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15, with the show scheduled to take place on April 25.
Down below, find the predictions for the shortlist (except for the shorts) with commentary on what to expect. Go to the Awards Circuit prediction pages of each category for the contenders’ full rankings and the credited artisans.
Makeup and Hairstyling
“Bill & Ted Face the Music” (United Artists Releasing) “Emma.” (Focus Features) “Hillbilly Elegy” (Netflix...
- 2/8/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The Oscar race is already underway for categories devoted to below-the-line crafts — cinematography, costume design, editing, makeup and hairstyling, music, production design, sound and visual effects.
Voting began on Feb. 1 to determine a shortlist of possible nominees culled from all eligible contenders in the four craft categories that use a two-step process: score, original song, visual effects and makeup & hairstyling.
Voters have until Feb. 5 to narrow down all the contenders to a shortlist of semifinalists: 15 each in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song categories, 10 each in Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Visual Effects. (The shortlists will be announced on Feb. 9 ahead of the March 15 announcement of nominees.)
Here are our thoughts on what might advance in the four below-the-line categories that use shortlists.
“News of the World” (Universal Pictures)
Best Original Score
The Music Branch’s shortlists are typically short on surprises — and when those do happen,...
Voting began on Feb. 1 to determine a shortlist of possible nominees culled from all eligible contenders in the four craft categories that use a two-step process: score, original song, visual effects and makeup & hairstyling.
Voters have until Feb. 5 to narrow down all the contenders to a shortlist of semifinalists: 15 each in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song categories, 10 each in Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Visual Effects. (The shortlists will be announced on Feb. 9 ahead of the March 15 announcement of nominees.)
Here are our thoughts on what might advance in the four below-the-line categories that use shortlists.
“News of the World” (Universal Pictures)
Best Original Score
The Music Branch’s shortlists are typically short on surprises — and when those do happen,...
- 2/2/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Songs or scores from “Soul,” “Minari,” “Tenet,” “News of the World,” “”Euphoria” and “The Queen’s Gambit” were among the winners Wednesday night at the 11th annual (and first virtual) Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
Breaking down categories by genre affords the HMMAs the opportunity to cast a wide net in its awards. Film-related trophies went to James Newton Howard for “News of the World,” for outstanding score in a feature film; Emile Mosseri for “Minari” in the independent film category; Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste for “Soul” as the outstanding animated film score; Ludwig Göransson’s work on “Tenet” for sci-fi/fantasy score; Benjamin Wallfisch’s “The Invisible Man” score in the horror division; and Steven Price for documentary score for Netflix’s “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet.”
(Although it’s not yet certain how the Oscars will handle the different musical contributions of Batiste and Reznor/Ross for “Soul,...
Breaking down categories by genre affords the HMMAs the opportunity to cast a wide net in its awards. Film-related trophies went to James Newton Howard for “News of the World,” for outstanding score in a feature film; Emile Mosseri for “Minari” in the independent film category; Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste for “Soul” as the outstanding animated film score; Ludwig Göransson’s work on “Tenet” for sci-fi/fantasy score; Benjamin Wallfisch’s “The Invisible Man” score in the horror division; and Steven Price for documentary score for Netflix’s “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet.”
(Although it’s not yet certain how the Oscars will handle the different musical contributions of Batiste and Reznor/Ross for “Soul,...
- 1/28/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
It will probably not surprise you to learn that music was part of the lives of Gold Derby’s Meet the Btl Experts: Film Composer panelists — Terence Blanchard (“Da 5 Bloods”), Benjamin Wallfisch (“The Invisible Man”), Thomas Newman (“Let Them All Talk”), Steven Price (“Over the Moon”) and Bruno Coulais (“Wolfwalkers”) — from an early age. Click on each name above to view each person’s individual interview.
“I can’t really remember doing much else,” Price states. “I’ve got a theory that my development froze around 5 years old. There were instruments around the house, so it seemed a very natural thing for me to fiddle around with them and make things up. It took me a long time to piece together you could write something, but it always seemed like, what a fun thing to do with your life?”
A New Orleans native, Blanchard was always surrounded by music,...
“I can’t really remember doing much else,” Price states. “I’ve got a theory that my development froze around 5 years old. There were instruments around the house, so it seemed a very natural thing for me to fiddle around with them and make things up. It took me a long time to piece together you could write something, but it always seemed like, what a fun thing to do with your life?”
A New Orleans native, Blanchard was always surrounded by music,...
- 1/27/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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