Soundtrack Bits: Philip Glass On ‘Stoker,’ James Newton Howard On ‘Maleficent’ & ‘Catching Fire, Hans Zimmer Across The Universe
Music links the four pieces of news found after the jump in this article. There you’ll read about:
Stoker, the English language debut of directorPark Chan-wook, has long been shrouded in mystery. But now,with a trailer,release dateand all the essentials, we just have to wait and see what the director ofOldboyhas in store for Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and the rest in this Hitchcockian thriller.
We already heard that Clint Manselwould be scoring the filmbut apparently the music will be even more than that. In a story about its soundtrack,Entertainment Weekly(viaThe Playlist) revealed that it’ll also feature “original pieces by experimental composerPhilip Glass.” Glass is a well-known musician and composer who has been nominated for three Oscars. He’s yet another powerful, exciting addition to this potentially excellent film.
James Newton Howardhas long been on the short list of “Guys who score major Hollywood blockbusters” and he’s not giving up that spot.Film Music Reporter(viaComic Book Movie) reports while he’s currently working on the M. Night Shyamalan filmAfter Earth, he’ll then move onto the Disney princess pictureMaleficentstarring Angelina Jolie, followed by Francis Lawrence’sThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Finally, while not exactly movie news,StormeIndustrieshas posted a video on YouTube calledThe Known Universewhich takes the viewer on a visual representation of the the entire universe as mapped by man. What’s tangentially linked to film is that it’s scored by a remix toTime, aHans Zimmerpiece from the score toInception. A very, very cool – and humbling – video.
And just because this crossed my path recently, I believethis BBC linkdoes a better job than the video of representing the unfathomable size of the Universe. It’s a good follow up to that video and even less related to movies. Though there is a picture of the Enterprise.
