This month's update of Music from the Movies' list of upcoming scoring assignments include, among other news, John Debney scoring ELF. Please visit http://www.musicfromthemovies.com for more news and reviews.

Here is our updated list of confirmed assignments. Any comments?

SEPTEMBER 12
- Cabin Fever: Angelo Badalamenti/Nathan Barr
- Matchstick Men: Hans Zimmer
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico: Robert Rodriguez

SEPTEMBER 19
- Cold Creek Manor: Mike Figgis
- Secondhand Lions: Patrick Doyle
- Underworld: Paul Haslinger

SEPTEMBER 26
- Duplex: David Newman
- The Rundown: Harry Gregson-Williams
- Under the Tuscan Sun: Christophe Beck

OCTOBER 3
- The Human Stain: Rachel Portman
- Out of Time: Graeme Revell

OCTOBER 10
- Good Boy: Mark Mothersbaugh
- The House of the Dead: Reinhard Besser/Peter Ries
- Intolerable Cruelty: Carter Burwell
- Mystic River: Lennie Niehaus

OCTOBER 17
- Runaway Jury: Christopher Young
- Sylvia: Gabriel Yared
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Steve Jablonsky
- Veronica Guerin: Harry Gregson-Williams
- Wonderland: Cliff Martinez

OCTOBER 24
- Beyond Borders: James Horner
- Brother Bear: Mark Mancina
- Gothika: John Ottman
- In the Cut: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
- Radio: James Horner
- Scary Movie 3: James L. Venable

OCTOBER 31
- Die, Die Mommie: Dennis McCarthy

NOVEMBER 7
- Elf - John Debney
- The Matrix - Revolutions: Don Davis

COMING LATER
- Against the Ropes: Michael Kamen
- The Alamo: Carter Burwell
- Bad Santa: James L. Venable
- Big Fish: Danny Elfman
- The Blackout Murders: Mark Isham
- Blizzard: Mark McKenzie
- Bought and Sold: Joe Delia
- Calendar Girls: Patrick Doyle
- The Cat in the Hat: David Newman
- Cheaper by the Dozen: Christophe Beck
- Cheeky: Dario Marianelli
- Chicken Little: John Debney
- Cold Mountain: Gabriel Yared
- Cursed: Marco Beltrami
- The Day After Tomorrow: Harald Kloser
- Ella Enchanted: Shaun Davey
- Exorcist IV - The Beginning: Christopher Young
- The Galindez Mystery: Patrick Doyle
- Game of Their Lives: Jerry Goldsmith
- Godsend: Brian Tyler
- The Great Ceili War: Fiachra Trench
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: John Williams
- Hellboy: Marco Beltrami
- Hidalgo: James Newton Howard
- Highwaymen: Mark Isham
- House of Sand and Fog: James Horner
- The I Inside: Nicholas Pike
- If Only: Adrian Johnston
- The Incredibles: John Barry
- Intermission: John Murphy
- J.M. Barrie's Neverland: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
- Jersey Girl: James L. Venable
- King Arthur: Hans Zimmer
- King Kong: Howard Shore
- Kung Pow - Tongue of Fury: Robert Folk
- Ladder 49: William Ross
- The Last Samurai: Hans Zimmer
- Laws of Attraction: Edward Shearmur
- Looney Tunes - Back in Action: Jerry Goldsmith
- The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King: Howard Shore
- Love Actually: Craig Armstrong
- Love's Brother: Strephen Warbeck
- Mad Max - Fury Road: John Powell
- Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World: Christopher Gordon/ Iva Davies/ Richard Tognetti
- Mindhunters: Tuomas Kantelinen
- The Missing: James Horner
- Mission Without Permission: George S. Clinton
- Mona Lisa Smile: Rachel Portman
- My Baby's Mama: Richard Gibbs
- Obsessed: Cliff Martinez
- Paparazzi: Mark Isham
- The Perfect Score: John Murphy
- Peter Pan: James Newton Howard
- Polar Express: Alan Silvestri
- Puerto Vallarta Squeeze: Lee Holdridge
- Raising Helen: John Debney
- The Republic of Love: Talvin Singh
- The Rundown: Harry Gregson-Williams
- Scooby-Doo 2 - Monsters Unleashed: David Newman
- Scout: Robert Folk
- Secret Window, Secret Garden: James Newton Howard
- Shade: Christopher Young
- Shall We Dance: John Altman
- Shattered Glass: Mychael Danna
- Shrek 2: Harry Gregson-Williams
- Snow Walker: Mychael Danna
- Something's Gotta Give: Alan Silvestri
- Spider-Man II: Danny Elfman
- Spivs: David Julyan
- Star Wars - Episode III: John Williams
- Starship Troopers 2: Williamt T Stromberg/John Morgan
- Starsky & Hutch: Theodore Shapiro
- The Stepford Wives: David Arnold
- Straight Jacket: Steve Edwards
- Surviving Christmas: Randy Edelman
- Timeline: Brian Tyler
- Treasure Island: Marco Beltrami
- Troy: Gabriel Yared
- Van Helsing: Alan Silvestri
- Vanity Fair: Mychael Danna
- Wallace and Gromit - The Great Vegetable Plot: Julian Nott
- When Zachary Beaver Came to Town: Richard Gibbs
- The Whole Ten Yards: Christopher Young
- Win a Date With Tad Hamilton: Edward Shearmur
- Wondrous Oblivion: Ilona Sekacz
- Young Black Stallion: William Ross

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SEPTEMBER 26
- Under the Tuscan Sun: Christophe Beck
(Because I play the season 2 score promo casette copy in my car a lot.)

OCTOBER 3
- Out of Time: Graeme Revell
(Could be interesting.

OCTOBER 10
- The House of the Dead: Reinhard Besser/Peter Ries
(Who?/ Who?)

OCTOBER 24
- Scary Movie 3: James L. Venable
(Just because he has impressed me a lot with his Samurai Jack Cartoon Network scores. Wish there was a CD or promo.)

OCTOBER 31
- Die, Die Mommie: Dennis McCarthy
(Because dammnit, I LOVED "Generations" and nuts to all the haters.)

NOVEMBER 7
- The Matrix - Revolutions: Don Davis
(Eh, could go eityher way, but after seeing the GODAWFUL "Reloaded", I know have NO intension of seeing the last installment. Online clips will be my way. No head phones at this library.)

COMING LATER
- Bad Santa: James L. Venable
(Again, "Samurai Jack".)

- Blizzard: Mark McKenzie
(Could be interesting.)

- Cheaper by the Dozen: Christophe Beck
(Again Beck, but again because I am starting to play the season 3 promo a lot.)

- Ella Enchanted: Shaun Davey
(Who?)

- Exorcist IV - The Beginning: Christopher Young
(Now this should be interesting.)

- Game of Their Lives: Jerry Goldsmith
(Come on. Who is not?)

- Godsend: Brian Tyler
(Maybe. Depends on "Timeline".)

- The Great Ceili War: Fiachra Trench
(Who? Wha?)

- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: John Williams
(You're a liar if you say you are not ;-)

- Hidalgo: James Newton Howard
(After [b]Signs" I will check out anything he has done.)

- Jersey Girl: James L. Venable
(Beh ... maybe. The movie's name doesn't exactly endure me to thinking of a good score.)

- Looney Tunes - Back in Action: Jerry Goldsmith
(I can't wait.)

- Mad Max - Fury Road: John Powell
(This might prove to be interesting.)

- Mission Without Permission: George S. Clinton
(Might be interesting as well.)

- Peter Pan: James Newton Howard
(Could prove an interesting romp.)

- Spider-Man II: Danny Elfman
(Yup, this might be a goodie.)

- Star Wars - Episode III: John Williams
(Boy oh boy, after the last two SW movies, cdnow will be the only way I know the scores any good.)

Shaun Davey is a guy who came to light (in the U.S. anyway) after scoring Waking Ned (or Waking Ned Devine, as it was retitled here). He also scored The Tailor of Panama.

Jersey Girl is actually the Venable score I'm interested in the most. The film appears to be more of a drama than anything else he's done.

What I'm anticipating most this year:

Secondhand Lions (Doyle)

Gothika (Ottman - Halle Berry and Penelope Cruz playing mental patients could be interesting, although I've guessed the ending just by reading the plot outline and looking at the cast list...could very easily be wrong though)

Scary Movie 3 (Venable is a wonderful parodist)

The Matrix Revolutions (Davis - I hated Reloaded as well, but I LOVED the score)

Big Fish (Elfman - after reading the book, I know what enormous potential this has both as an Elfman score and a Burton film)

Hidalgo (Howard)

Last Samurai (Zimmer - I don't like Zimmer, but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because I think the film looks interesting)

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Goldsmith)
Return of the King (Shore)
Peter Pan (Howard)

And it's not on the list, but (assuming Miramax actually puts it out before the end of the year) I'm really looking forward to hearing all of Michael Nyman's The Actors. The clips I've heard sound wonderful.

Kirk

The 2003 score that I'm looking forward to most is John Morgan and William Stromberg's "Starship Troopers 2." I sincerely believe that this will possibly be the best action/sci-fi genre score in a long time. For years both of them have been more than capable of tackling a project such as this and now that their time has come to score a feature, my mind boggles with delight at what will result.

Then there's Goldsmith's "Looney Tunes." Silvestri is a great choice for "Van Helsing" (for some reason, it seemed to me like a given for Beltrami, who has scored a dozen films like this...Silvestri is a better choice, in my opinion). If the other Young scores receive a cd release, I'm there. I'm sure most of us are looking forward to a new John Barry score. If Danny Elfman is scoring the stop-motion animation film "Corpse Bride," then my mouth will water to the ends of the Earth.

Dylan