From: Pippin Skywalker Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) is due to star in a film that is based on the…
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Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) is due to star in a film that is based on the novel “Alias Grace”. Cate will play Grace Marks a young maidservant who supposedly murders her employer and his mistress. Based on a true story, the role was specifically tailored with our dear Cate in mind.
Ringer Spy jkn sends along word from the ‘New York Times’. The latest review of the new film ‘The Score’ (which opens today), check out what the reviewer has to say about the Howard Shore score. [More]
Ringer Spy jkn sends along word from the ‘New York Times’. The latest review of the new film ‘The Score’, check out what the reviewer has to say about the Howard Shore score.
The best thing about Frank Oz’s film “The Score” is, well, the score. If you close your eyes, Howard Shore’s suave, moody music, with its Miles Davis-ish muted trumpets floating over cushions of bass, might create an impression of cool, elegant precision. Frustratingly brief snippets of performances by Cassandra Wilson and Mose Allison certainly enhance the effect. And, to be fair, if you open your eyes at the right moments, like when Ms. Wilson and Mr. Allison are onscreen in the lacquered, dim Montreal jazz club where much of the action takes place, you might mistake “The Score” for a stylish film-noir chamber piece.
Check out the rest of the review here.
Ringer Spy Hamish sends along word from the latest Australian issue of ‘Encore Magazine’, check it out with some info on the LOTR Score. [More]
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Flicking through the latest “Encore” magazine (Australian edition), which has an extended feature on composers/licensing etc for a conference which is upcoming. As part of one article it mentioned a new management agency for composers set up by “Mana Music”, and one of the represented members…
“New Zealand-based group Plan 9, which has a long assocation with director Peter Jackson and is involved in composing the music for selected scenes in his upcoming feature Lord of the Rings with fellow composer David Long”
AICN breaks their months long silence on LOTR reporting with a story today from a fan at Niagra Falls. Apparently, some of the effects houses are helping out WETA by picking up shots for the ending sequence of “Flight to the Ford.” I imagine the immense power and activity of Niagra will serve perfectly as a representative of the Ford of Bruinen and the ‘flooding’ of the Ringwraiths. [More]
